ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2014, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (12): 2067-2073.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2014.12.022

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Effects of Serotonin on Intestinal Antioxidative Function in the Stress-diarrheal Weaning ICR Mice

HAN Ya-nan1,YANG Chen-yu1,WANG Zi-xu1,CHEN Yao-xing1,SUN Jia-yi 2,3,QIN Zhuo-ming4,CAO Jing1,DONG Yu-lan 1*   

  1. (1.College of Veterinary Medicine,China Agricultural University,Beijing 100193,China;2.College of Biology,China Agricultural University,Beijing 100193,China;3.Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University,West Lafayette,IN 47907,USA;4.Poultry institute,Shandong Academy of Agricultural Science,Jinan 250100,China)
  • Received:2014-04-10 Online:2014-12-23 Published:2014-12-23

Abstract:

This study aimed to explore the relationship between 5-HT level and antioxidant function in the weaning stress-diarrhea intestine and further revealed the role of 5-HT in the gastrointestinal tract function.Forty 21-day-old weaned mice were divided into four treatment groups:Control,PCPA Control (block the synthesis of 5-HT),Stress-diarrhea and PCPA+ stress-diarrhea.Plasma 5-HT was determined using ELISA kit.Intestinal oxidation products and antioxidant enzyme activity were determined by spectrophotometry.The results showed:(1) Weaning stress-diarrhea significantly increased plasma 5-HT concentration by 23.42% (P=0.009) compared with control group.Pretreated with PCPA decreased,plasma 5-HT concentration which had no significant difference in normal mice (P=0.200),yet totally prevented the increase in 5-HT levels in weaning stress-diarrheal mice (P=0.006).(2) Oxidative product (MDA) level was significantly increased in intestine of stress-diarrhea group,and it increased by 2.70 time and 3.06 time than that of control group especially in duodenum and jejunum (P=0.000);GSH-PX,CAT,SOD and T-AOC activities appeared decrease in a different extent in intestine of stress-diarrhea group.GSH-PX,SOD and T-AOC activities in duodenum were respectively reduced by 70.59% (P=0.000),59.15% (P=0.001) and 53.01% (P=0.000).SOD activity in jejunum was significantly reduced by 71.05% (P=0.000) compared with that of control group.GSH-PX,CAT and SOD activities in ileum were respectively reduced by 72.33% (P=0.000),50.82% (P=0.000),73.86% (P=0.000).CAT activity in colon decreased significantly to 0.46±0.09 U•mg-1 (from 0.85±0.06 U•mg-1).(3) Pretreated with PCPA in the weaning stress-diarrheal mice could promote the intestinal antioxidant function,but this did not bring the mice to recovery.The results suggested that weaning stress-diarrhea could cause serious injury of intestinal antioxidant function,while blocking the synthesis of 5-HT could effectively improve its antioxidant function and relieve diarrhea symptom.

CLC Number: