Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (1): 455-465.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.01.041

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Effects of Salidroside-added Complete Nutrition Food on Blood Biochemical Indexes and Liver Transcriptomics in Dogs

WANG Shengqi1,2(), JI Xinyu1,2, HUANG Fuqing2,3,4, HU Manli2,3,4, WANG Rouqi1, GENG Yuxin1,2, SUN Yingxue1,2, QI Zhili1,*(), ZHANG Xin2,3,4,*()   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
    2. State Key Laboratory of New Targets Discovery and Drug Development for Major Diseases, Gannan Innovation and Transformation Medical Research Institute, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, China
    3. Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control of Ministry of Education, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, China
    4. Ganzhou Pet Health Science Research Institute, Ganzhou 341000, China
  • Received:2024-01-02 Online:2025-01-23 Published:2025-01-18
  • Contact: QI Zhili, ZHANG Xin E-mail:KKY@webmail.hzau.edu.cn;zhiliqi@mail.hzau.edu.cn;zhangxin@gmu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of salidroside-added complete nutrition food on blood and liver transcriptomics in dogs, with a view to provide experimental data to support liver conservation and prevent liver disease in dogs. Ten adult Chinese field dogs (8.67±1.00 kg) were selected and randomly divided into control (n=5) and test (n=5) groups. The control group was fed with control food, while the test group was fed with complete nutrition food supplemented with salidroside. The study evaluated the feeding effect and safety of complete nutrition food supplemented with salidroside through blood examination. Additionally, the potential regulatory mechanism of salidroside-added complete nutrition food on dogs was explored using transcriptomics technology. The trial period lasted 8 weeks. The blood test results showed that salidroside-added complete nutrition food significantly reduced the concentration of serum alanine aminotransferase in dogs (P < 0.05), and did not significantly affect most of the other indexes (P>0.05). However, compared to the control food, the complete nutrition food with added salidroside did not cause greater fluctuations in blood indexes and could maintain their stability. The transcriptomics analysis results revealed that differentially expressed genes were significantly enriched in the calcium signaling pathway, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, and MAPK signaling pathway. The results of gene set enrichment analysis for phenotypes revealed that salidroside-added complete nutrition food played a regulatory role in lipid metabolism, glucose metabolism, inflammation, oxidative stress, and fibrosis. It showed a more significant regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism, with the related signaling pathways significantly up-regulated in the test group. In conclusion, salidroside-added complete nutrition food has been found to reduce serum alanine aminotransferase concentration in dogs and help stabilize the concentration of blood indexes in dogs, and regulate hepatic glucolipid metabolism in dogs. These effects may be primarily achieved by regulating the calcium signaling pathway, the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, and the MAPK signaling pathway.

Key words: salidroside, transcriptomics, glucolipid metabolism, dog

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