Macleaya cordata helps improve the growth-promoting effect of chlortetracycline on broiler chickens#

Macleaya cordata helps improve the growth-promoting effect of chlortetracycline on broiler chickens # # 博落回辅助性地提高金霉素在肉鸡生长促进中的作用 1 first-author 2 3 1 1 corresp ‡Corresponding Author ‡Corresponding Author †E-mail:xuyuanyuan@njau.edu.cn †E-mail:xuyuanyuan@njau.edu.cn xuyuanyuan@njau.edu.cn 1 Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China National Research Center for Veterinary Vaccine Engineering and Technology of China, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China National Research Center for Veterinary Vaccine Engineering and Technology of China, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, China Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, China Chlortetracycline (CTC), one kind of common antibiotic for prevention and treatment of various diseases, also exhibits good performance in accelerating the growth of livestock. Macleaya cordata , a traditional Chinese medicine, is usually used as a natural additive in livestock because of its anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, and pesticidal activity. In this work, we studied whether M . cordata helps regulate the growth-promoting effect of CTC on broiler chickens. It is demonstrated that M . cordata improves the growth-promoting effect of CTC on growth performance indices of broiler chickens, such as survival rate, daily weight, and feed to weight rate. M . cordata also delays the maximum of CTC residues in plasma. It may depend on the higher values of operational taxonomic unit (OTU) and the indices of α diversity driven by simultaneous use of CTC and M . cordata . 目的 2 通过同时与金霉素饲喂,验证博落回在肉鸡生长促进中的作用. 创新点 2 通过博落回与金霉素的同时饲喂改进肉鸡生长,优化肉鸡表观指标的同时,检测体内金霉素残留,提高肉鸡饲养的经济利益. 方法 2 在肉鸡饲养过程中记录体重和采食量等基础数据,通过换算并比较存活率、日增重及料重比,进行肉鸡生长表观指标的比较;在给药饲喂过程中以及结束后,采取动物的组织及血液,通过高效液相色谱法和高效液相色谱-串联质谱法检测金霉素含量,同时应用16S测序检测饲喂后十二指肠肠道微生物菌群组成结构. 结论 2 证实博落回虽然增加了肝脏中金霉素残留量,但可以通过调节十二指肠肠道微生物菌群来提高金霉素的促生长作用. Chlortetracycline Macleaya cordata Broiler chicken Growth promotion Gut flora 金霉素 博落回 肉鸡 促生长作用 肠道微生物 1 Introduction 1 Chlortetracycline (CTC), one kind of tetracyline (Chopra and Roberts, 2001 2001 ; Motamedi et al., 2010 2010 ; Nelson et al., 2011 2011 ), is widely used in the production feeding of livestock. As is known, CTC can not only prevent diseases through the inhibition of protein synthesis in the microorganism (Aarestrup et al., 1998 1998 ; de Ruyck et al., 1999 1999 ; Salama et al., 2011 2011 ; Milbradt et al., 2014 2014 ), but also accelerate the growth of simple-stomach animals, such as swine and broiler chickens (Kilroy et al., 1990 1990 ). Several studies have demonstrated that changes of intestinal microbiota induced by CTC are central to growth promotion (Gaskins et al., 2002 2002 ; Dibner and Richards, 2005 2005 ). Kim et al. ( 2012 2012 ) and Looft et al. ( 2014 2014 ) have reported that usage of CTC influences the gut flora of swine, which is correlative with weight change. Unno et al. ( 2015 2015 ) have reported that CTC significantly accretes the richness of gut microbes during the post-weaning period (four weeks old) after the stabilization of gut microbiota. Macleaya cordata , a traditional Chinese medicine, is composed of a variety of active alkaloids such as sanguinarine and chelerythrine (Kosina et al., 2010 2010 ; Shi et al., 2015 2015 ), and is usually used as a natural additive in livestock because of its properties, including anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, and pesticidal activity (Walterová et al., 1995 1995 ; Newman et al., 1999 1999 ; Pang et al., 2005 2005 ; Psotova et al., 2006 2006 ; Kosina et al., 2010 2010 ; Kantas et al., 2015 2015 ). Kantas et al. ( 2015 2015 ) have reported the beneficial effects of M . cordata on growth-promoting performance in weaning pigs. A similar result has also been gained by Khadem et al. ( 2014 2014 ) in chickens. The changes of growth level, CTC residue, and gut microbiota were studied in this work, when M. cordata was added. As far as we know, this study is the first to investigate the growth-promoting effect on broiler chickens by simultaneous application of CTC and M . cordata . This should be helpful for guidance in feeding. 2 Materials and methods 1 2.1 Chemicals and materials 2 CTC premix and M . cordata were provided from the Central China Charoen Pokphand Group (Zhumadian, China). Sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ), sodium tungstate (Na 2 WO 4 ), and other chemicals were obtained from the Nanjing Chemical Agent Company, China and were used without further purification. Mcllvaine buffer was prepared by mixing 0.1 mol/L citric acid and 0.2 mol/L NaH 2 PO 4 (8:5 (v/v), pH 4.0). Sodium ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (Na 2 EDTA)-Mcllvaine buffer (0.1 mol/L) was prepared by dissolving 37.23 g of Na 2 EDTA in Mcllvaine buffer and diluting to 1 L. All solutions, including 12.5 mol/L H 2 SO 4 and 0.3 mol/L Na 2 WO 4 , were prepared by double-distilled water (ddH 2 O), which was purified with a Milli-Q purification system (Branstead, USA) to a resistance of 18.2 MΩ∙cm and stored at 4 °C. 2.2 Animals and group design 2 Seven hundred and twenty (360 males and 360 females) healthy 7-d-old broiler chickens were randomly divided into three groups, a control group (CT) and two experimental groups (T1 and T2). Broiler chickens in each group eat and drank freely, and all drugs were added by mixing in feed. CTC premix (50 mg/kg) was added to T1, which was replaced by 50 mg/kg CTC premix and 50 mg/kg M . cordata in T2. After a four-week feeding, there was a 5-d drug cessation. 2.3 Analysis of growth performance indices 2 Growth performance data, including death number, feed intake, and weights of ten stochastic chickens, were recorded weekly. Growth performance indices were calculated based on the above data, and the calculation formulae were as follows: survival rate=(sum−fatality)/total sum; feed to gain rate=feed intake/weight gain. 2.4 Detection of CTC in plasma by HPLC-MS/MS 2 Plasma samples at the 0, 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th days during the four-week feeding were collected and purified based on the following procedure before high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). Blood samples (750 µl) were first added into an equivalent volume of acetonitrile and centrifuged at 12 000 r/min for 25 min at 4 °C. Then, 1 ml of supernatant was collected and filtrated by 0.22 µm microporous membrane for Agilent 1290N-AB550 Qtrap HPLC-MS/MS (Agilent, USA) analysis using a 3-µm particle size Waters Atlantis dC18 column (3.0 mm×150 nm). The mobile phase is dynamic and is listed in Table S1 S1 . Briefly, the mobile phase is a combination of 0.2% (v/v) methyl alcohol (A) and acetonitrile (B) according to corresponding ratios (A:B) at different time points. Every new cycle consisted of 10 min. The ratio of A to B was 9:1 at the first 5 min. Then, it changed into 1:1 at the 6th minute. At last 4 min, the ratio turned back into 9:1. Primary parameters are listed in Tables S2 S2 , S3 S3 , S4 S4 . 2.5 Detection of CTC in tissues by HPLC 2 Muscle, kidney, fat, and liver were collected at the 0, 3rd, and 5th days of the drug cessation period and purified by the following procedure before HPLC. First, 2 g of tissues were homogenized with a mixed solution containing 2 ml of 12.5 mol/L H 2 SO 4 , 2 ml of 0.3 mol/L Na 2 WO 4 , and 8 ml of Na 2 EDTA-Mcllvaine buffer for 10 min, followed by centrifugation at 12 000 r/min for 10 min at 4 °C. Then, 5 ml of supernatant was collected and purified by Waters Oasis HLB solid phase Extraction Cartridge (Waters, USA), which was previously treated with 5 ml each of methanol and ddH 2 O. The cartridge was washed with ddH 2 O and methanol after completion of above supernatant filtration, and then aspirated by aurilave. After that, CTC attached on cartridges was eluted with 8 ml of methyl alcohol and concentrated in DC12H Termovap Sample Concentrator (Anpel Technology, China). After dissolution with 1 ml of 20% (v/v) methyl alcohol and filtration by 0.22 µm microporous membrane, CTC solution was prepared for Agilent 1260 HPLC (Agilent, USA) analysis, and the concentration was calculated by the standard linear equation. 2.6 Pathological section and staining of duodenums 2 Duodenums of chickens in each group were first collected at the 0, 3rd, and 5th days of the drug cessation period. After being fixed with formalin, tissues were trimmed and flushed by water for at least 4 h, and then dehydrated with alcohol solutions of different concentrations ranging from 75% to 100% with a 5% increase for about 1 h at each alcohol solution. After being soaked in xylene for 90 s and waxed for 3 h at 60 °C, tissues were cut into slices with a thickness of 5 µm. After being parched for 3 h at 60 °C, the slices were stained by hematoxylin and eosin (H & E) (Gu et al., 2017 2017 ). 2.7 DNA extraction, PCR, and sequencing 2 DNA of duodenum contents was extracted using the TIANamp Stool DNA Kit (TianGen Biotech, China). The DNA quality was determined by 0.8% agarose gel electrophoresis and RS232G spectrophotometer (Eppendorf, Germany). The V4 region of the bacterial 16S ribosomal RNAs (rRNA) gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The sequences of primers were as follows: forward: 5'-GCACCTAAYTGGGYDTA AGNG-3'; reverse: 5'-TACNVGGGTATCTAATCC-3'. The barcode of the forward primer was a seven-base oligonucleotide which was used for distinguishing samples from one library. The PCR kit (Biolabs, New England) consisted of Q5 high-fidelity DNA polymerase, 5×reaction buffer, and 5×high glycine carbonate (GC) buffer. In a typical PCR system, 0.25 μl of Q5 high-fidelity DNA polymerase, 5 μl of 5×reaction buffer, 5 μl of 5×high GC buffer, 1 μl of 10 μmol/L each primer, 0.5 μl of 10 mmol/L deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP), and 1 μl of template DNA were mixed together to a final volume of 25 μl with ddH 2 O. After undergoing the following reaction condition, thus 98 °C for 30 s, 25 cycles of 98 °C for 15 s, 50 °C for 30 s and 72 °C for 30 s, and a final extension at 72 °C for 5 min, PCR products were extracted from 2% agarose gels and purified by the AxyPrep DNA Gel Extraction Kit (Axygen Biosciences, USA). Finally, the extracted PCR products were quantified by Quant-iT PicoGreen dsDNA Assay Kit (Invitrogen, UK) and FLx Microplate reader (Biotek, USA). The library construction was carried out using TruSeq Nano DNA LT Library Prep Kit (Illumina, USA). Previously, the ends of genes were repaired by the above kit according to the instructions. After construction, the quality of library was determined by Agilent Bioanalyzer 2100 and Agilent High Sensitivity DNA Kit (Agilent Technologies, USA). According to requirements, the library was diluted to 2 nmol/L and denatured to a single chain with 0.1 mol/L NaOH. Finally, the mixed library was sequenced (double-end, 2×300 bp) by MiSeq Reagent Kit V3 (600 cycles; Illumina, USA) and the concentration controlled between 15 and 18 pmol/L. 2.8 Statistical analyses 2 All statistical procedures were analyzed using statistical software SPSS 19.0. Data were expressed as mean±standard error of the mean (SEM). Differences were evaluated by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by post-hoc tests. Differences were considered significant at P < 0.05. 3 Results 1 3.1 Growth performance indices of broiler chickens 2 Growth performance indices of each group, including survival rate, daily gain, and feed to weight rate, are displayed in Table 1 1 . The survival rate from 7 to 42 d old chickens in T2 (86.18%) was higher than those of other two groups, i.e. CT (58.21%) and T1 (75.34%). The daily gain and feed to weight rate of broiler chickens in T2 also displayed the best growth performance by comparison with other groups. It is indicated that simultaneous treatment of CTC and M . cordata effectively improves the growth performance of broiler chickens. Values are expressed as mean of triplicate experiments for survival rate of 7–42 d old chickens, and mean of ten times for daily gain and feed to gain rate. CT: control; T1: Experiment 1 (50 mg/kg CTC premix); T2: Experiment 2 (50 mg/kg CTC premix and 50 mg/kg M . cordata ) Group Survival rate (%) Daily gain (g) Feed to gain rate CT 58.21  The 1st week 30.39 1.128  The 2nd week 44.98 1.395  The 3rd week 49.67 1.570  The 4th week 49.75 1.705  The 5th week 72.19 1.801  1–5 weeks 49.40 1.520 T1 75.34  The 1st week 32.96 1.094  The 2nd week 46.80 1.332  The 3rd week 63.56 1.481  The 4th week 60.34 1.638  The 5th week 85.13 1.664  1–5 weeks 57.76 1.442 T2 86.18  The 1st week 34.39 1.079  The 2nd week 50.51 1.297  The 3rd week 65.96 1.458  The 4th week 65.34 1.633  The 5th week 90.41 1.652  1–5 weeks 61.32 1.424 3.2 Detection of CTC residue in plasmas and tissues 2 The CTC concentration in the blood was measured at the first day of each week i.e. the 0, 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th days during the four-week feeding. Experimental results showed that the CTC concentration of the T1 group reached a maximum at the 1st week and the maximum of the T2 group was postponed to the 2nd week (Fig. 1 1 ). Then, CTC concentrations of both groups declined accompanied by continued feeding. During four-week feeding, CTC concentrations (ng/ml) at the 0, 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th days in the T1 (a) and T2 (b) groups were determined by HPLC-MS/MS. Data are presented as the mean±SEM ( n =5) CTC concentrations of four tissues at the 0, 3rd, and 5th days during drug cessation were detected and calculated according to the standard linear equation (Fig. S1 S1 ). CTC concentrations of T2 group were not significantly different from T1 in muscle, kidney, or fat, while the difference was significant in the liver. This indicated that M . cordata increased the CTC residues of liver (Fig. 2 2 ). After four-week feeding, muscle, kidney, fat, and liver samples were collected at the 0, 3rd, and 5th days during drug cession and CTC concentrations (ng/g) were determined by HPLC. CT: control; T1: Experiment 1 (50 mg/kg CTC premix); T2: Experiment 2 (50 mg/kg CTC premix and 50 mg/kg M . cordata ). Data are presented as mean±SEM ( n =5). * P < 0.05, significantly different between the indicated groups 3.3 Pathological section of duodenums 2 Histomorphological sections of duodenums showed that the intestinal mucous membrane and villus construction structure in the experimental groups were integrated compared with CT (Fig. 3 3 ). Therefore, it could be concluded that CTC and M . cordata have little negative effect on the structure of the small intestine. CT: control; T1: Experiment 1 (50 mg/kg CTC premix); T2: Experiment 2 (50 mg/kg CTC premix and 50 mg/kg M . cordata ) 3.4 Analysis of gut flora 2 The numbers of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) in T1 and T2 were 4181 and 3987, respectively, at the 0 day of the drug cessation period, and both were much higher than that of CT (Fig. 4 4 ). OTUs at the 3rd day showed the same trends as the 0 day, but the value of OTU in T1 was lower than that in T2. However, from the value of OTUs at the 5th day, experimental groups had a decreasing tendency compared with CT. As for the 3rd day, the OTU of T1 was lower than that of T2. Small intestine was collected at the 0 (CT-0, T1-0, and T2-0), 3rd (CT-3, T1-3, and T2-3), and 5th (CT-5, T1-5, and T2-5) days after drug to microbial sequencing. (a) OTU; (b) Genus level; (c) Phylum level. CT: control; T1: Experiment 1 (50 mg/kg CTC premix); T2: Experiment 2 (50 mg/kg CTC premix and 50 mg/kg M . cordata ) Alpha diversity reflecting the diversity of samples has been widely used in the analysis of gut flora. The indices of α diversity involved Chao1 and ACE and focused on community richness, as well as Shannon and Simpson which concentrated on evenness in one sample or site. The result showed that four indices of two experimental groups were much larger than those of CT at the 0 day of drug cessation (Table 2 2 ). Four α diversity indices at the 3rd day in T1 and T2 had an increasing tendency compared with CT, and the latter was larger. At the 5th day, those indices of T1 had a decreasing tendency compared with CT, while no obvious change was observed between T2 and CT. The above results of α diversity were coincident with the analysis of OTU. CT: control; T1: Experiment 1 (50 mg/kg CTC premix); T2: Experiment 2 (50 mg/kg CTC premix and 50 mg/kg M . cordata ) Group Chao1 ACE Simpson Shannon 5 The 0 day CT 405 448.211 479 2 0.798 423 671 3.957 269 039 T1 686 790.230 189 9 0.946 040 868 6.468 898 868 T2 565 669.565 936 5 0.973 247 532 6.423 953 528 5 The 3rd day CT 310 333.116 964 2 0.773 986 413 3.425 416 740 T1 415 455.977 386 0 0.899 740 275 4.809 963 993 T2 548 698.595 888 5 0.973 121 886 6.343 162 141 5 The 5th day CT 525 633.091 183 2 0.941 098 871 5.973 159 100 T1 340 369.322 265 6 0.824 612 753 4.008 542 852 T2 645 671.597 426 7 0.926 718 147 5.940 116 568 The taxonomic composition analysis of the flora gut (Figs. 4b and 4c 4b and 4c ) showed that CTC causes the changes at phylum and gene levels of the intestinal bacteria community. There was a significant increase of Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes in T1 and T2 at the phylum level. The kinds of genus composition of intestinal flora in T1 and T2 were more diversified, such as the higher proportion of Bacteroides , Bifidobacterium , Burkholderia , and Faecalibacterium . 4 Discussion 1 It is well-known that CTC, one kind of antibiotic, promotes the growth of broilers (Anadón et al., 2012 2012 ). M . cordata , a traditional Chinese medicine possessing analgesic and antiedemic properties (Zdarilova et al., 2008 2008 ), also promotes growth for broilers (Khadem et al., 2014 2014 ). The effect of growth by simultaneous use of CTC and M . cordata in broilers is studied in this work. Experimental results show that CTC clearly improves the growth level of broilers, and it is worth noting that the promoting-growth effect of simultaneous use of CTC and M . cordata is superior to that of CTC. Despite the survival rate, daily gain and feed to gain rate at the 4th week are inferior to normal levels because of two diseases ( Escherichia coli -influenced enteritis and respiratory infection). The same conclusion still can be found by comparison of the results of all the groups (Table 2 2 ). It proves that simultaneous use of CTC and M . cordata possesses an overlaying effect of growth-promotion, which is instructive for the application of CTC. Results of CTC concentrations in blood indicate that M . cordata slowly down-regulates the metabolism of CTC. In addition, CTC concentration in tissues during the drug cessation period is less than the maximal residue limits (100 µg/kg for muscle, 600 µg/kg for kidney, and 300 µg/kg for liver) (Anadón et al., 2012 2012 ). CTC is continuously transferred from kidney and muscle to liver during the drug cessation period, because liver is the main metabolic organ leading to the increase of liver residue and the light decrease of CTC residues in other tissues. With the addition of M . cordata , CTC concentration in kidney and muscle decreases after four-week feeding. It indicates that M . cordata helps reduce CTC residues of muscle and kidney by accelerating the metabolism of CTC in the liver. The intestinal microorganism is a significant factor in several biological functions, for example, the providing of nutriment and prevention of diseases (Mestecky and McGhee, 1987 1987 ; Xing et al., 2005 2005 ; Cerf-Bensussan and Gaboriau-Routhiau, 2010 2010 ; Gerritsen et al., 2011 2011 ; Zackular et al., 2013 2013 ; Nie et al., 2015 2015 ). Many studies have reported that CTC promotes growth of livestock via the regulation of gut microbiota (Kim et al., 2012 2012 ; Looft et al., 2014 2014 ; Unno et al., 2015 2015 ). The gut flora of the duodenum that connects to the stomach is closely related to energy and nutrient absorption. OTU and α diversity analysis results indicate that CTC and M . cordata promote the growth of chicken via regulating the diversiform of gut flora in the duodenum, such as the improvement of a high proportion of Bacteroides , Faecalibacterium , and Bifidobacteria (Fig. 4 4 and Table 2 2 ). This conclusion is in good agreement with a previous report that high bacterial diversity is favorable to the health and productivity of animals (Hildebrand et al., 2013 2013 ). It is known that Bacteroides can not only generate short-chain fatty acid to provide energy for hosts (Hooper et al., 2002 2002 ), but also enhance gut mucosal immunity and defense against pathogens in gut colonization (Hooper et al., 2003 2003 ; Rhee et al., 2004 2004 ; Mazmanian and Kasper, 2006 2006 ). Faecalibacterium regulates anti-inflammation pathway of the Clostridium leptum group (Pryde et al., 2002 2002 ; Shen et al., 2006 2006 ; Sokol et al., 2008 2008 ), and Bifidobacteria enhances immunity to resist a pathogen (Ouwehand et al., 2002 2002 ; Ventura et al., 2007 2007 ; Russell et al., 2011 2011 ). The better understanding of the growth-promoting mechanism, to some extent, has a significant role in seeking alternatives to antibiotics. The simultaneous use of CTC and M . cordata produces a better promoting-growth effect via the improvement of high proportion of Bacteroides , Faecalibacterium , and Bifidobacteria , which provides a more advisable use of CTC in chickens. 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