Dietary Addition of Selenium Attenuates Cadmium-Induced Liver Injury in Grass Carp (<i>Ctenopharyngodon idellus</i>) by Reducing Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis
2024
Yu-Ling Zhang | Pin Ma | Min Li | Da-Peng Li | Rong Tang
In order to investigate the effects of selenium (Se) against cadmium (Cd) toxicity, 180 healthy grass carp were separated into three groups and fed diets containing 0.147 (control group), 0.562, and 1.044 mg/kg of selenium Yeast throughout 60 days. In grass carp livers, malondialdehyde (MDA) content, antioxidant enzyme activities, and apoptosis-related gene expression were examined. As a result of acute exposure to cadmium, MDA content decreased significantly. With time, catalase (CAT), total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activities changed. The relative transcript levels of heavy metal scavenging genes <i>abcc2</i> and <i>mt2</i> were significantly reduced. The relative levels of expression of <i>jnk</i>, <i>bax</i>, <i>caspase-3</i>, <i>caspase-8</i>, and <i>caspase-9</i> in apoptosis-associated factors were significantly elevated after cadmium exposure. Selenium-supplementation downregulated the expression of apoptosis-related factors. As compared to the control group, liver cells supplemented with selenium had a significantly lower apoptotic index. Comprehensive analysis showed that dietary selenium supplementation significantly attenuated cadmium-induced peroxidative damage and apoptosis in liver by increasing GSH-Px activity, and that cadmium toxicity could be alleviated by the addition of yeast selenium.
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