Dietary L-glutamate modulates intestinal mucosal immunity of juvenile hybrid striped bass (Morone saxatilis ♀ × Morone chrysops ♂)

作者：Karina Hissen, Wenliang He, Guoyao Wu, Michael F. Criscitiello · 发表于：Frontiers in Immunology · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.3389/fimmu.2025.1575644 · 被引用次数：4 · 研究领域：Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth、Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques、Aquaculture disease management and microbiota

Introduction L-Glutamate is a conditionally essential amino acid, meaning it can become essential under specific conditions, like stress or disease. It is an abundant intracellular amino acid crucial in immune responses. Supplementation of feed with key amino acids, such as glutamate, can optimize growth and have other health benefits for production animals. Most research on dietary amino acid supplementation has focused on mammalian models, thus this research turned to hybrid striped bass, a teleost fish of growing importance to the aquaculture industry. The study investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with 0% or 5% glutamate in hybrid striped bass on intestinal mucosal immunity. Methods The basal purified diet contained crystalline amino acids, including 3% L-glutamate. After an 8-week period of dietary supplementation with 5% glutamate followed by lipopolysaccharide stimulation, the intestinal mucosa was analyzed at the cellular and molecular levels to compare with the head kidney to assess potential changes in immune reactivity. Results One week after lipopolysaccharide stimulation, glutamate supplementation enhanced ( P < 0.05) the whole-body growth of fish without lipopolysaccharide challenge, total respiratory burst (the sum of O 2 – and H 2 O 2 production) in head kidney leukocytes, the net production of H 2 O 2 in intestinal mucosal leukocytes, and upregulation of expression of mRNAs for IL-1β, TNF-α, and IgT in the gut mucosa. Discussion Dietary ...