Effect of dietary stable isotopic ratios of carbon and nitrogen on the extent of their incorporation into tissues of rats

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Jingdong Yin¹  Boyang Yu¹  Bing Dong¹  Tingting Ju¹  Wentao Lv¹ 

[1] State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, China Agricultural University, No.2 West Road Yuanmingyuan, 100193, Beijing, China

关键词: Stable isotopes;    Nitrogen;    Diet;    Carbon;   

Others  :  814195
DOI  :  10.1186/2049-1891-3-14

 received in 2012-03-26, accepted in 2012-05-09,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of different dietary ratios of ¹³ C to ¹² C or ¹⁵ N to ¹⁴ N on their relative incorporation into tissues. Eighty male rats were used in two 21-day feeding trials in which they were fed diets with either high δ¹³C levels (δ¹³C = −13.89‰ and δ¹⁵N = 2.37‰ in experiment 1 and δ¹³C = −19.34‰ and δ¹⁵N = 4.73‰ in experiment 2) or low δ¹³C levels (δ¹³C = −17.90‰ and δ¹⁵N = 3.08‰ in experiment 1 and δ¹³C = −21.76‰ and δ¹⁵N = 0.53‰ in experiment 2), meanwhile, the dietary δ¹⁵N levels were designed to two ranks. Blood, liver, adipose and muscle tissues were collected on day 0, 3, 7, 14, and 21 for determination of ¹³ C, ¹² C, ¹⁵ N and ¹⁴ N isotopes. Rat growth rate, antioxidant capacity and metabolic parameters were also assessed. The results indicate that adipose tissue tend to deplete ¹³ C before the stable isotopic ratios achieved final equilibrium. Therefore, feeds with different isotopic signatures had different incorporation rates into tissues. Low dietary ¹³ C levels decreased tissue δ¹³C values whereas high dietary ¹³ C levels did not alter tissue δ¹³C values during the 21-d experiment. Blood δ¹⁵N values were a reliable parameter in assessing the relative contribution of dietary nitrogen to tissues. This study revealed a relationship between dietary isotopic signatures and their incorporation rates into rat tissues. However, more studies are needed to illustrate the mechanism through which dietary isotopic ratios influence the extent of isotopic incorporation into the tissues.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Lv et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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