维拉帕米对肉鸡腹水综合征患鸡心肌细胞c-fos和c-jun表达的影响

右心肥大衰竭是导致腹水综合征(ascites syndrome,AS)患鸡发病的重要因素.作者通过免疫组化和原位杂交技术初步探讨c-fos和c-jun在AS肉鸡右心肥大和衰竭过程中的变化及维拉帕米对其表达的影响.结果发现:在22、29、36、43和50日龄时,与对照组肉鸡相比,低温组肉鸡右心室心肌细胞c-fos/c-jun蛋白和mRNA的平均光密度值显著或极显著(P<0.05;P<0.01)升高,其mRNA的阳性面积百分比也极显著升高(P<0.01),与低温组肉鸡相比,维拉帕米组肉鸡右心室心肌细胞c-fos/c-jun蛋白和mRNA的平均光密度值显著或极显著(P<0.05;P<0.01)降低,其mRNA的阳性面积百分比也极显著降低(P<0.01).结果表明c-fos和c-jun癌基因在右心肥大和衰竭中起着重要作用.维拉帕米可有效抑制c-os和c-jun癌基因的表达,有利于防止右心肥大和功能性衰竭.     

维拉帕米对低温诱发腹水综合征病鸡右心功能的影响

300只15日龄商品肉仔鸡随机分为常温组、低温组和维拉帕米组，以研究L型电压依赖性钙通道拮抗剂维拉帕米对腹水综合征病鸡右心功能的影响。结果，与低温组相比，维拉帕米可显著降低肉鸡腹水综合征的发生率；维拉帕米组肉鸡腹水心脏指数分别在29、36、43和50日龄时显著或极显著降低；右心室收缩压在36和43日龄时极显著降低，右心室舒张压在36和43日龄时也显著或极显著下降；右心室内压最大变化速率在43日龄时极显著升高。结果表明，维拉帕米可显著降低肉鸡腹水和右心肥大的发生，能有效维护右心功能。     

c-Jun在肉鸡腹水综合征过程中肺动脉壁的表达变化及维拉帕米的干预研究

本试验研究低温诱发肉鸡腹水综合征过程中肺动脉壁c-Jun的表达,及阻断钙信号对肺动脉壁c-Jun表达的影响和对肉鸡腹水综合征发生的干预情况,为肉鸡腹水综合征发生机制的研究提供基础。240只15日龄AA肉鸡分为对照组、低温组和维拉帕米组,15~50日龄每组随机取6只测定右心肥大指数,取肺组织做石蜡组织切片进行c-Jun免疫组化染色分析。结果显示,29~50日龄低温组肉鸡右心肥大指数较对照组和维拉帕米组明显升高(P0.05),低温组肉鸡20~50μm、50~100μm和100~200μm肺小动脉c-Jun阳性指数分别从22、29日龄和29日龄开始到50日龄极显著高于对照组和维拉帕米组(P0.01)。研究结果认为,低温诱发肉鸡腹水综合征过程中不同直径大小肺小动脉壁cJun表达明显增强,阻断钙信号可明显抑制肺小动脉壁c-Jun的表达和肉鸡腹水综合征的发生。     

两种钙颉颃剂对肉鸡肺动脉高压和右心肥大的影响

为了揭示肉鸡肺动脉高压的形成机理,为预防和治疗肉鸡腹水综合征提供理论依据,试验研究了两种钙颉颃剂硝苯地平和维拉帕米对肉鸡肺动脉高压和腹水肉鸡右心肥大指数的影响.结果表明:44日龄,硝苯地平组肺动脉压极明显低于低温组(P<0.01);28和36日龄,维拉帕米明显降低肺动脉压 (P<0.05);44日龄维拉帕米组肺动脉压极明显低于低温组(P<0.01).硝苯地平和维拉帕米可降低肉鸡腹水心脏指数.结果说明维拉帕米和硝苯地平降低了低温诱发的肺动脉高压和肉鸡腹水综合征的发生率,降低肉鸡腹水心脏指数,初步证实钙信号参与了肺动脉高压的形成.     

肉鸡腹水综合征患鸡右心组织钙沉积和Ca2+-ATPase活性变化

右心肥大衰竭是腹水综合征患鸡发病的重要环节之一,而心肌细胞内Ca^2＋浓度在调节心脏收缩和舒张功能及其生长方面都起着重要作用。本试验应用右心导管法测定AS患鸡右心压力变化情况,采用焦锑酸钾沉淀法、电镜酶细胞化学法研究AS患鸡右心组织Ca^2＋和钙泵（Ca^2＋-ATPase）活性变化及其精确定位。结果显示AS组肉鸡右心室舒张压极显著高于对照组（P〈0.01）,同时,右心室内压最大变化速率也极显著降低（P〈0.01）;对照组肉鸡右心组织偶见少量散在的Ca^2＋沉淀颗粒,低温诱发AS患鸡右心组织发生了明显的钙沉积;对照组肉鸡的右心组织Ca^2＋-ATPase以高电子密度颗粒分布于肌浆网、线粒体膜等处,AS患鸡心脏组织的Ca^2＋-ATPase的电子密度颗粒显著减少或缺失。本研究揭示,在低温条件下AS患鸡具有明显的右心舒张功能障碍,Ca^2＋浓度增高和Ca^2＋-ATPase功能抑制可能在其中起着重要作用。     

卡托普利对腹水综合征肉鸡右心功能的影响

150只15日龄AA肉鸡随机分为常温组、低温组和卡托普利组,探讨卡托普利对腹水综合征肉鸡右心功能的影响。结果:卡托普利降低低温诱发肉鸡腹水的发生率;卡托普利降低低温诱发肉鸡肺动脉高压;卡托普利与低温组比降低肉鸡腹水心脏指数;28、36日龄和44日龄,卡托普利组右心室收缩压低于低温组(P0.05);28、36日龄和44日龄,卡托普利组右心室舒张压分别极低于低温组((P0.01)。本试验证明卡托普利可以降低腹水发生率和右心肥大,有效维护右心功能。     

维拉帕米对低温诱发腹水综合征肉鸡右心功能的影响

本试验旨在探讨钙离子内流阻滞剂维拉帕米（verapamile）对腹水综合征肉鸡右心功能的影响。结果显示，维拉帕米使低温诱发的肉鸡腹水症发生率以及肉鸡腹水心脏指数降低。与低温对照组相比，维拉帕米组28日龄鸡右心室收缩压显著降低（P〈0．05），36、44日龄鸡右心室收缩压有所降低（P〉0．05），而28和36日龄鸡右心室舒张压显著降低（P〈0．01）。     

低温诱发肉鸡腹水综合征过程中肺动脉平滑肌细胞增殖的变化

本试验旨在研究低温诱发肉鸡腹水综合征(AS)过程中平滑肌细胞增殖在肺血管重塑过程中的动态变化,初步探讨肺血管重塑的机制。160只15日龄雄性AA商品代肉鸡随机分为对照组(22℃±1.5℃)和低温组(11℃±2℃)。试验持续至50日龄,期间每周每组随机取6只,取肺组织做石蜡切片,Weigert-间苯二酚复红染色,观察并测定血管重塑情况;采用免疫组织化学方法检测肺动脉增殖细胞核抗原(PCNA)蛋白表达,并对其半定量化,分析平滑肌细胞增殖情况。50日龄时统计整个饲养过程中AS发生率。结果显示:(1)低温组肉鸡AS发生率(18.75%)极显著高于对照组(1.25%)(P<0.01);(2)低温组肉鸡直径20-50μm和50-150μm肺动脉结构从36日龄开始较对照组发生了明显的重塑(P<0.01或P<0.05);(3)低温组肉鸡直径20-50μm和50-150μm的肺动脉平滑肌细胞增殖指数分别从22日龄和36日龄开始极显著高于对照组(P<0.01)。结果表明:低温诱发肉鸡AS过程中肺动脉结构发生了明显的重塑,肺动脉平滑肌细胞发生了明显的增殖,并且平滑肌细胞增殖促进了肺血管重塑,在肉鸡AS发生发展过程中起着重要的作用。     

维拉帕米对肺动脉高压综合征肉鸡心、肺组织中肥大细胞的影响

为了探索肥大细胞（MC）钙信号系统在肉鸡肺动脉高压综合征（PHS）形成中的作用,采用低温诱发肉鸡PHS,给予钙通道阻断剂（维拉帕米）后,右心导管法测定肉鸡血流动力学,常规阿尔新蓝法显示MC,免疫组化方法显示组胺,利用焦锑酸钾组化电镜技术,观察肺组织MC脱颗粒时胞浆钙沉积现象。结果：（1）维拉帕米组肉鸡肺动脉收缩压和舒张压显著低于低温组;（2）维拉帕米维持右心舒缩功能相对正常,抑制右心肥大;（3）维拉帕米组肺血管壁MC数显著（P〈0.05）高于低温组,心脏MC数极显著（P〈0.01）高于低温组,31和38日龄维拉帕米组肺呼吸毛细管和肺小动脉血管壁MC脱颗粒率也显著（P〈0.05）低于低温组;（4）维拉帕米组肺呼吸毛细管组胺阳性细胞数显著（P〈0.05）高于低温组,血管壁组胺阳性细胞数亦显著（P〈0.05）高于低温组;（5）肺动脉高压综合征肉鸡的脱颗粒MC胞浆中可见Ca^2＋颗粒沉积,出现Ca^2＋超载现象。研究表明钙信号参与PHS肉鸡MC的激活,维拉帕米稳定肺和心脏中的MC,防止MC脱颗粒,抑制组胺的释放,同时降低了肺动脉压,这可能是维拉帕米抑制PHS形成的重要机制之一。     

维拉帕米对肉鸡肺动脉压和腹水综合征的影响

肉鸡腹水综合征(Ascites syndrome,AS)是普遍发生于商品代肉仔鸡群的一种疾病,其特征是右心肥大、肝脏肿大及明显的腹腔积水。有学者根据肉鸡腹水综合征发病的病理变化和长期研究结果,提出肉鸡肺动脉高压假说,即发病因子→缺氧→肺动脉高压→右心肥大→右心室衰竭→肝脏淤血→腹水和死亡。其中肺动脉高压和右心肥大成为发病的关键环节。维拉帕米(Verapam il)是罂粟碱的衍生物,是一种钙离子内流阻滞剂(慢通道阻制剂),钙离子内流抑制使心肌细胞兴奋-收缩偶联中钙离子的利用降低,影响收缩蛋白的活动,心肌收缩减弱、心脏做功减少。试验旨在研…     

早期限饲对肉鸡血浆NO水平、红细胞比容和心脏指数的影响

试验测定了常温和低温下限饲肉鸡和非限饲肉鸡体内一氧化氮(NO)含量、红细胞比容(PCV)和心脏指数的变化,以探讨早期限饲降低肉鸡肺动脉高压综合征(PHS)发病率的机理。试验结果显示低温下肉鸡的PCV值、心脏指数和PHS的发病率显著升高,NO水平在低温早期显著降低,然而随着低温时间的延长,低温处理组肉鸡的血浆NO水平反而代偿性升高。早期限饲显著降低了肉鸡生长早期的红细胞压积值,并显著降低了42日龄心脏指数和PHS的发病率。限饲鸡在限饲期间血浆NO水平显著降低,但其他阶段与非限饲鸡差异不显著。这提示早期限饲能够缓解肉鸡肺动脉高压和右心肥大的产生,其机理可能与NO和PCV改变所致的血流动力学变化有关。     

The relationship of right ventricular hypertrophy, right ventricular failure, and ascites to weight gain in broiler and roaster chickens

Nine hundred twenty-five male progeny from 50 sire families of a commercial sire line were weighed at 14, 28, and 47 days and scored for right ventricular hypertrophydilation at 48 days. Broilers with marked hypertrophy of the right ventricle at processing (298 of 925) were significantly heavier than their more normal contemporaries at 14 and 28 days of age. These results suggest that rapidly growing broilers are more susceptible to increased pulmonary arterial pressure resulting in right ventricular hypertrophy, right ventricular failure, and ascites than slower-growing broilers. Thirty-five (3.5% of 997) broilers died from right ventricular failure and ascites, and 14 (1.5% of 925) has ascites at processing. Two hundred fifty-nine sibs were kept on full feed to 16 weeks of age. Between 7 and 16 weeks, 68 (26.3%) of these cockerels died from right ventricular failure and ascites and a further 27 (10.4%) had marked right ventricular hypertrophy-dilation when processed at 16 weeks. Thus most of the 298 broilers classified as having marked right ventricular hypertrophy at 7 weeks would likely have died from right ventricular failure and ascites if they had been kept on full feed until 16 weeks.     

活性酵母对脂多糖应激黄羽肉鸡肠道健康的影响

本试验旨在研究活性酵母对脂多糖(LPS)应激黄羽肉鸡肠道健康的影响。选取480羽1日龄黄羽肉公鸡,随机分成6个组,分别为抗生素组(基础饲粮+0.025‰抗生素)、抗生素+LPS组(基础饲粮+0.025‰抗生素,注射LPS)、0.05%活性酵母组(基础饲粮+0.05%活性酵母)、0.05%活性酵母+LPS组(基础饲粮+0.05%活性酵母,注射LPS)、0.50%活性酵母组(基础饲粮+0.50%活性酵母)和0.50%活性酵母+LPS组(基础饲粮+0.50%活性酵母,注射LPS),每组8个重复,每个重复10只鸡。试验期56 d。抗生素+LPS组、0.05%活性酵母+LPS组和0.50%活性酵母+LPS组的试验鸡于21、23、25和27日龄每只鸡肌肉注射2 mL 0.2 mg/mL LPS,其余试验鸡肌肉注射等量生理盐水。于21和27日龄注射LPS或生理盐水后2、4、6、8、10、12和24 h测量试验鸡的直肠温度,并检测27和56日龄试验鸡的肠道细胞凋亡指数以及27、35和56日龄试验鸡的肠道食糜微生物数量和肠道形态结构。结果表明:1)与注射生理盐水相比,LPS刺激显著提高了21日龄注射后2 h和27日龄注射后2和4 h黄羽肉鸡的直肠温度(P0.05),显著降低了21日龄注射后12 h和27日龄注射后8 h黄羽肉鸡的直肠温度(P0.05);饲粮中添加活性酵母对黄羽肉鸡的直肠温度无显著影响(P0.05);饲粮中添加活性酵母与肌肉注射LPS对黄羽肉鸡的直肠温度无显著交互作用(P0.05)。2)与注射生理盐水相比,LPS应激显著提高了27日龄黄羽肉鸡的十二指肠和回肠细胞凋亡指数(P0.05);饲粮中添加活性酵母对黄羽肉鸡的肠道细胞凋亡指数无显著影响(P0.05);饲粮中添加活性酵母与肌肉注射LPS对黄羽肉鸡的肠道细胞凋亡指数无显著交互作用(P0.05)。3)与抗生素相比,饲粮中添加0.05%和0.50%的活性酵母显著提高了27、35和56日龄黄羽肉鸡回肠食糜酵母菌数量(P0.05);与注射生理盐水相比,LPS应激对黄羽肉鸡回肠和盲肠食糜微生物数量无显著影响(P0.05);饲粮中添加活性酵母与肌肉注射LPS对黄羽肉鸡肠道食糜微生物数量无显著交互作用(P0.05)。4)与抗生素相比,饲粮中添加0.50%活性酵母显著提高了35日龄黄羽肉鸡的空肠绒毛高度(P0.05);与注射生理盐水相比,LPS应激显著提高了56日龄黄羽肉鸡的十二指肠隐窝深度(P0.05);饲粮中添加活性酵母与肌肉注射LPS对黄羽肉鸡的肠道形态结构无显著交互作用(P0.05)。综上所述,LPS能成功诱导黄羽肉鸡的免疫应激反应,饲粮中添加活性酵母能够提高黄羽肉鸡肠道绒毛高度和食糜中酵母菌数量,改善肠道黏膜及菌群结构,但肌肉注射LPS与饲粮中添加活性酵母无显著交互作用。     

Right ventricular failure and ascites in broiler chickens caused by phosphorus-deficient diets

Phosphorus-deficient diets fed to broiler chicks from day 1 to day 21 induced rickets. Some chicks were stunted, but most grew well, though they had increased respiratory rates, high arterial carbon dioxide partial pressure, and low oxygen partial pressure and were polycythemic. Most of the broilers that died showed signs of pulmocardiovascular abnormalities, some died from hypoxia, and some died from right ventricular failure with or without ascites. Many broilers had mild to marked right ventricular hypertrophy and dilation with or without ascites when examined at 21 days. It is suggested that right ventricular hypertrophy and dilation was a response to pulmonary arterial hypertension caused by chronic hypoxia, which resulted from inability to breathe normally because of poor rib strength and infolding. When right ventricular failure occurred, it was secondary to right ventricular hypertrophy and dilation.     

Proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells in the development of ascites syndrome in broilers induced by low ambient temperature

Pulmonary vascular remodelling, mainly characterized by arterial medial thickening, is an important pathological feature of broiler ascites syndrome (AS). Since vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) form the major cellular component of arterial medial layer, we speculate that VSMC proliferation is one of the causes of pulmonary arterial medial thickening in ascitic broilers. Hence, the present study was designed to investigate the role of VSMC proliferation in pulmonary vascular remodelling in development of AS induced by low ambient temperature. Broilers in control group (22 +/- 1.5 degrees C) and low temperature group (11 +/- 2 degrees C) were sampled every week at 15-50 days of age. Proliferative indexes of VSMC in pulmonary arteries were assessed with proliferating cell nuclear antigen, and the relative medial thickness (RMT) and relative wall area (RWA), as indexes of pulmonary vascular remodelling, were examined by computer-image analysing system. The results showed that the high incidence (18.75%) of AS was induced by low temperature, and a significantly increased VSMC proliferation was observed in pulmonary arteries in the low temperature group at 22-50 days of age (P < 0.05). In addition, RMT and RWA in pulmonary arteries were significantly elevated in the low temperature group from 36 days of age (P < 0.05), indicating that pulmonary vascular remodelling occurred following VSMC proliferation in AS. Our data suggest that proliferation of VSMC may facilitate pulmonary vascular remodelling and have a pivotal role in AS induced by low ambient temperature.     

Increased calcium deposits and decreased Ca2+-ATPase in right ventricular myocardium of ascitic broiler chickens

Right ventricular hypertrophy and failure is an important step in the development of ascites syndrome (AS) in broiler chickens. Cytoplasmic calcium concentration is a major regulator of cardiac contractile function and various physiological processes in cardiac muscle cells. The purpose of this study was to measure the right ventricular pressure and investigate the precise ultrastructural location of Ca(2+) and Ca(2+)-ATPase in the right ventricular myocardium of chickens with AS induced by low ambient temperature. The results showed that the right ventricular diastolic pressure of ascitic broilers was significantly higher than that of control broilers (P < 0.01), and the maximum change ratio of right intraventricular pressure (RV +/- dp/dt(max)) of ascitic broilers was significantly lower than that of the controls (P < 0.01). Extensively increased calcium deposits were observed in the right ventricular myocardium of ascitic broilers, whereas in the age-matched control broilers, calcium deposits were much less. The Ca(2+)-ATPase reactive products were obviously found on the sarcoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial membrane of the control right ventricular myocardium, but rarely observed in the ascitic broilers. The data suggest that in ascitic broilers there is the right ventricular diastolic dysfunction, in which the overload of intracellular calcium and the decreased Ca(2+)-ATPase activity might be the important factors.     

Genetic parameters of ascites-related traits in broilers: effect of cold and normal temperature conditions

(1) Ascites syndrome is a growth-related disorder of broilers that occurs more often in fast-growing birds and at low temperatures. The objective of this study was to estimate genetic and phenotypic correlations among ascites-related traits measured either under cold or under normal temperature conditions, and to estimate genetic correlations between ascites-related traits measured under cold and normal conditions. (2) Several traits related to ascites were measured on more than 4000 chickens under cold conditions and on more than 700 chickens under normal conditions. (3) The heritability estimates for body weight (BW) measured under cold and normal conditions were 0.42 and 0.50, respectively, for haematocrit value 0.46 and 0.17, respectively, and for ratio of right to total ventricular weight 0.45 and 0.12, respectively. (4) The genetic correlation between BW and haematocrit value under cold conditions was -0.23 and between BW and ratio of right to total ventricular weight -0.27. Under normal conditions, however, these genetic correlations were 0.55 and 0.50, respectively. (5) These results demonstrate that the heritability estimates of ascites-related traits as well as genetic correlations between ascites-related traits and BW depend on the temperature conditions under which animals are kept. (6) Strong positive genetic correlations (around 0.8) were observed between total mortality, fluid in the abdomen and ratio of right to total ventricular weight under cold conditions. The genetic correlation between ratio of right to total ventricular weight under cold and normal conditions was 0.91. (7) These results suggest that the ratio of right to total ventricular weight measured under normal temperature conditions might serve as a good indicator trait for ascites.