Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (2): 751-758.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2024.02.032

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Expression of Renin Angiotensin System (RAS) in Jejunum Tissues of Piglets with Clinical Diarrhea and Its Relationship with Intestinal Inflammation

CHEN Xueqing1, LI Zhiqiang1, WU Yulong2, ZHANG Chonghao1, ZHANG Yuanshu1*   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;
    2. School of Food Science, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China
  • Received:2023-02-01 Online:2024-02-23 Published:2024-02-27

Abstract: In the process of modern large-scale pig breeding, whether it is the stress response caused by weaning, replacement and replacement, or bacterial and viral infections, it is very easy to affect the health of the digestive tract and cause intestinal inflammation with diarrhea as the main symptom. The expression of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in jejunum tissues of pigs with clinical diarrhea was studied to explore the relationship between RAS and intestinal inflammation. The study was conducted on nursery pigs with clinical symptoms of diarrhea, and the pathological changes of jejunum tissues of diarrhea pigs were observed by histopathology, Western blot and RT-qPCR. To clarify the expression changes of RAS components, especially angiotensin-converting enzyme 2(ACE2), and explore the effects of RAS on intestinal inflammation injury in pigs. The results showed that the pro-inflammatory factors TNF-α and IL-1β were significantly increased in jejunum tissues of pigs with clinical diarrhoea piglets, while the anti-inflammatory factor IL-10 was not significantly changed. Histopathology showed that jejunum epithelial villi exfoliated, glandular hyperplasia and hemorrhagic sites. The mRNA and protein levels of ACE2 and MasR and the content of Ang (1-7) were decreased, while the protein levels of ACE and AT1R and the content of Ang II were increased. The results suggest that local jejunum RAS is activated in the jejunal tissue of pigs with clinical diarrhoea piglets. The activity of ACE-Ang II-AT1R axis was much higher than that of ACE2-ang (1-7)-MasR axis, and ACE2 was inferior in anti-inflammatory damage.

Key words: renin-angiotensin system, piglets, jejunum, clinical diarrhea, intestinal inflammation

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