Effect of mild intermittent cold stimulation on thymus immune function in broilers
Poultry Science(2022)
摘要
This study aims to assess the effect of intermittent and mild cold stimulation (IMCS) on thy-mus function and the ability of 1-day-old male Ross 308 broilers to withstand cold. Four hundred broilers were reared under normal and mild cold temperatures at 3 degrees C below the normal feeding temperature and were sub-jected to acute cold stress (ACS) at 10 degrees C on d 50 at 7 am for 6 h, 12 h, and 24 h. We determined the expression levels of toll-like receptors (TLRs), cytokines and avian b-defencins (AvBDs), encoding genes in thymus of broilers at 22, 36, 43, and 50 d of age, and the serum ACTH and cortisol (CORT) levels at 50 d of age. At D22 and D36, the mRNA expression levels of TLRs and AvBDs genes in CS groups were generally significantly decreased (P < 0.05). The lowest expression levels were found in birds submitted to intermittent and mild cold stimulation training for 5 h (CS5 group) on d 22 and 36 of development (P < 0.05). At D43 and D49 after IMCS, mRNA expression levels of most TLRs and AvBDs were significantly lower than those in CC group (P < 0.05), and that mRNA expression levels of all TLRs and most AvBDs in CS5 group had the same change trend with age as those in CC group (P > 0.05). At D22 and D36, mRNA expression levels of different cytokines in each CS groups were different (P < 0.05). mRNA expression levels of IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-17, and IFN-a all reached the highest values in the CS5 group at D36 (P < 0.05). The levels of ACTH and CORT in all IMCS-treated birds changed in varying degrees after ACS, but there was no significant change in CS5 group (P > 0.05). Collectively, different cold stimulation schemes could modulate thymus immune function of broilers by maintaining homeostasis and enhancing cold resistance. In particular, the optimal cold adaptation scheme was at 3 degrees C below the conven-tional feeding temperature for 5 h.
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broiler thymus,cold stimulation,immune regulation,hormone regulation,cold adaptation
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