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Hydroxytyrosol Attenuates High-Fat-Diet-Induced Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis and Inflammation of Blunt Snout Bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) through Its Regulation of Mitochondrial Homeostasis

by
Yanzou Dong
,
Tian Xia
,
Manhan Yu
,
Ling Wang
,
Kai Song
,
Chunxiao Zhang
and
Kangle Lu
*
Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Nutrition, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Fishes 2022, 7(2), 78; https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes7020078
Submission received: 5 March 2022 / Revised: 25 March 2022 / Accepted: 28 March 2022 / Published: 31 March 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fish Nutrition and Physiology)
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Abstract

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The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary hydroxytyrosol (HT) on oxidative stress, inflammation and mitochondrial homeostasis in blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala). Fish were fed a low-fat diet (LFD, 5% lipid), a high-fat diet (HFD, 15% lipid), an LFD supplementing 200 mg/kg HT, or an HFD supplementing 200 mg/kg HT. After 10-week feeding, significant reduction of growth was observed in fish fed HFD, compared with other groups. HFD caused oxidative stress and more apoptosis of hepatocytes, while HT addition resulted in significant decrease of ROS and MDA contents, and the apoptotic hepatocytes. Moreover, the expression of genes involving inflammation of HFD group were elevated. Supplementing HT to HFD can attenuate this. All the activities of complexes of mitochondria in the HFD group were decreased compared with those in the LFD group, while supplementing HT to HFD significantly increased complex I-III activities. Furthermore, HFD downregulated the expressions of Atg5 and NRF-1 which induced the failure of mitophagy and biogenesis, while, supplementing HT to HFD reversed these expressions involving mitochondrial autophagy and biogenesis. In summary, adding HT to HFD relieved oxidative stress, apoptosis and inflammation, likely due to its regulation of mitochondrial homeostasis.

1. Introduction

Dietary lipid plays a pivotal role in nutrient homeostasis due to its function in energy supply, containing essential fatty acids and phospholipids for human and other vertebrate animals. Lipid is extensively used to improve energy level of fish diet, and has a protein-sparing effect to improve feed efficiency [1]. The use of high-lipid diets is booming as a common practice because of the increasing cost and decreasing supply of fish meal [2]. However, with dietary lipid increasing, there are many undesirable impacts emerging [3]. Recent studies using mammal models have indicated that fat accumulation can induce inflammation [4,5]. High-fat-diet-induced inflammation of fish is also the cause of appetite suppression, hypoimmunity and liver damage [6]. Moreover, accumulation of fat can increase the rate of lipid peroxidation and induce oxidative stress [7]. Therefore, in fish farming, one current issue is how to attenuate high-fat-induced inflammation and oxidative stress.
Evidence has implied that inflammation is the mitochondrial dysfunction-dependent event [8]. The impairment of mitochondrion function and autophagy induce NLRP3 inflammasome and NF-κB signaling activation, further activating the inflammatory cascade and macrophage recruitment [9,10]. The mitochondrial respiratory chain also plays a major role in cellular ROS formation. ROS are overproduced when mitochondria malfunction [11]. Thus, targeting mitochondrion is an effective strategy for preventing inflammation and oxidative stress.
Mitochondrial nutrients are considered as micronutrients maintaining mitochondrial homeostasis [12], and sufficient mitochondrial nutrients in cells are effective in preventing mitochondrial dysfunction. Hydroxytyrosol (HT), a kind of polyphenol with small molecular weight, is regarded as the most efficient antioxidant in olives [13,14] and considered a mitochondrial nutrient [15]. HT enhances mitochondrial function via promoting mitochondrial complexes and decreasing free fatty acids in mammals [16]. Based on this, we investigated impacts of HT on anti-oxidative ability, apoptosis, the inflammatory response and mitochondrial homeostasis in blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala). This is an herbivorous fish and also a favorable fish for aquaculture with rapid growth, high flesh quality, and strong disease tolerance. In the past decades, the nutritional requirements of blunt snout bream have been determined. The optimal dietary protein content is approximately 30% and the optimal dietary lipid is 4–7% [17]. However, the blunt snout bream is more susceptible to high-fat-diet-induced metabolic disorders, due to its relatively low hepatosomatic index (liver weight/body weight) [3,6,7,18]. This study has implications for nutritional regulation of oxidative stress and chronic inflammation induced by a fat-enriched diet.

2. Materials and Method

2.1. Experimental Diet Preparation

A total of four experimental diets were made-up as presented in Table 1. According to our previous study, a diet containing 5% lipid was regarded as low-fat diet (LFD), and a diet with 15% lipid was named as high-fat diet (HFD) [7]. LFD with 200 mg/kg HT addition and HFD with 200 mg/kg HT addition were also prepared, referred to as LFD+HT and HFD+HT, respectively. The dose of HT was determined by our pilot test, in which 100–200 mg/kg HT supplementation had a lipid-lowering effect. All desiccative ingredients were fully crushed, weighed, and homogenized in oil. After that, water with 30% of the ingredients weight was included as binder. Then, hard pelleted feeds were produced through a laboratory pelletizer. After drying at 65 °C for eight hours, the diets were separated into sealed plastic bags and stored at −20 °C freezer. The crude protein and lipid contents of the experimental diets were determined according to our previous study [19].

2.2. Fish and Experimental Design

Experimental juveniles were purchased from a commercial hatchery in Guangzhou (China). The feeding trial was conducted in a RAS (recirculating aquaculture system). Before the feeding trial, fish were reared in 1000-L tanks and fed a commercial diet for 2 weeks. Then, 360 fish of similar size were randomly distributed into 12,200-L cylindrical tanks of fresh water at a stocking rate of 30 fish per tank. During the trial, the water temperature varied from 25 to 27 °C, dissolved oxygen fluctuated between 5.0 and 6.0 mg/L, and pH was maintained above 7.4. Fish were hand-fed to apparent satiation three times (08:00, 12:00, and 16:00 h) daily for ten weeks. Each diet was assigned in triplicate. During the feeding trial, no fish died, and no disease or other adverse events happened.

2.3. Sampling

After the 10-week feeding trial, fish were fasted for 24 h before sampling. After being euthanized by 100 mg/L MS-222 (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA), all the fish of each tank were weighed. Then, blood was drawn from ten randomly selected fish per tank from the caudal vessel using a 1-mL syringe, centrifuged (850× g, 10 min) at 4 °C, and the serum was separated and transferred to a −80 °C ultralow temperature freezer. After drawing blood, the liver was immediately removed (placed on ice), flash frozen in liquid nitrogen and then transferred to a −80 °C ultralow temperature freezer.

2.4. Biochemical Parameters

The activities of plasma aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) were assayed by commercial kits (Beijing BHKT Clinical Reagent, Beijing, China) according to our previous study [3]. The reactive oxygen species (ROS) level was detected in hepatic homogenates by the DCFH/DA method as in our previous study [20]. Moreover, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, malondialdehyde (MDA) and total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) of liver samples were measured by commercial assay kits (Nanjing Jiancheng Bioengineering Institute, Nanjing, China).
The liver samples were homogenized in pre-cooled buffer (0.25 m sucrose, 5 mm Tris–HCL and 1 mm EGTA, pH 7.4). Differential centrifugation was conducted to isolate mitochondria. After that, mitochondria were collected in hypotonic media (25 mm potassium phosphate, 5 mm MgCl2, pH 7.2) with repeated freezing and thawing three times to release enzymes. Then, the isolated mitochondria were used to detect mitochondrial complex I-V activities, according to the method descripted in a previous study [21].

2.5. Apoptosis Determination

Liver samples were fixed in Bouin’s solution overnight and dehydrated in a graded ethanol series. Routine paraffin embedding and slicing to 5-μm thickness were conducted. Then, a TUNEL assay was applied to obverse apoptotic hepatocytes. The protocol is described in the manufacturer’s instructions (Nanjing Jian-Cheng Bioengineering Institute, Nanjing, China).

2.6. Gene Expression

Total RNA in liver samples was extracted using a FastPure Cell/Tissue Total RNA Isolation Kit (Vazyme Biotech Co., Ltd., Nanjing, China) according to the instruction provided by the manufacturer. Before the downstream experiment, RNA concentration and purity were measured by an NanoDrop spectrophotometer, and the quality was determined by the 1% agarose gel electrophoresis test. Genomic DNA was cleared by RNase-Free DNase. Complementary DNA (cDNA) was reverse-transcribed from 500 ng total RNA using a HiScript II 1st Strand cDNA Synthesis Kit (Vazyme Biotech Co., Ltd., Nanjing, China).
Quantitative Real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) was used to measure mRNA abundance using a SYBR® Green I fluorescence kit (Takara Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan). Primer characteristics of target genes and the reference genes used for qRT-PCR are shown in Table 2. Rpl13a was used as reference gene according to a previous study, and the reaction system, amplification process and mRNA abundance analysis method were conducted according to our previous study [22].

2.7. Statistical Analysis

Data are presented as mean ± S.E. and were analyzed by one-way ANOVA using IBM SPSS Statistics 20. Duncan’s test was used for group comparison. The level of significance was set at p < 0.05.

3. Results

3.1. Growth and Blood Biochemistry

Growth performance data for blunt snout bream are presented in Table 3. The results showed fish fed HFD had obvious lower final body weight, weight gain and specific growth rate than in the other three groups, while, supplementary HT in the high-fat diet increased the values of the indexes. The feed efficiency ratio (FCR) of the HFD group was also obviously higher than in the other three groups, and HT administration decreased FCR. Feed intake showed no significant difference among all groups.
The activities of AST and ALT in plasma were remarkably higher in the HFD group, which implied damage of the liver. Moreover, activities of these two enzymes in HFD+HT group were at the same level as the LFD group (Figure 1).

3.2. Oxidative Status

A remarkable improvement of ROS level was observed in the liver of fish in the HFD group, and supplementation of HT in HFD significantly reduced hepatic ROS content (Figure 2). Likewise, the highest MDA content was found in the HFD group, and an intermediary value was observed in the HFD+HT group (Figure 2). HFD showed the lowest SOD and T-AOC activities among all groups, and HT addition increased SOD activity.

3.3. Hepatocytes Apoptosis

The TUNEL method indicated DNA breakage of hepatocytes, which can be used to detect the level of apoptosis. Normal and apoptotic hepatocytes were stained amethyst and brown respectively (Figure 3). Apoptotic cells made up a small percentage of the total number of hepatocytes in the LFD group, whereas apoptotic cells constituted a high percentage of the hepatocytes in fish that were fed HFD. HT addition resulted in significant decrease of the apoptotic hepatocytes.
The expressions of apoptosis-related genes are listed in Figure 4. The results show that expressions of Bax, caspase 3 and caspase 9 genes were up-regulated in the HFD group, while HT supplementation significantly down-regulated the expressions to the levels of the LFD group. Conversely, the expression of Bcl-2 gene was down-regulated in HFD group, and an enhancement was observed by HT addition.

3.4. Inflammation

The expressions of inflammation-related genes are listed in Figure 5. Expression of IL-6, known as pro-inflammatory cytokines, was significantly up-regulated in the HFD group. CD68, considered as a macrophage marker and its gene expression was activated in the liver of fish fed HFD. CCR2 has a key role in the process of macrophage recruitment, and its gene expression was higher in HFD-fed fish. The p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK) signaling pathway plays a key role in the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and its gene expression was higher in group fed with HFD. Moreover, the addition of HT down-regulated the expressions of IL-6, CD68, p38MAPK and CCR2.

3.5. Mitochondrial Function

Hepatic mitochondrial complex I-V activities are showed in Table 3. All the activities of complexes (I-V) in fish fed with HFD were lower than fish fed with LFD. The addition of HT significantly increased the activities of complex I-III.
The expressions of genes involving mitochondrial remodeling are presented in Table 4. PINK1, Mul1 and Atg5 play key roles in mitophagy, and all the expressions were down-regulated by HFD, while the addition of HT significantly increased the expressions of Mul1 and Atg5. NRF-1 and TFAM play key roles in mitochondrial biogenesis, and all the expressions were down-regulated by HFD. Mfn2 is one of the key points in the fusion of mitochondria, and all the expressions were down-regulated by HFD; the addition of HT significantly increased its expression. Fis1 plays a key role in fission of mitochondria, and its expression was down-regulated by HFD. The addition of HT significantly increased its expression. The regulatory factors of mitochondrial remodeling including PGC-1α, PGC-1β, FoxO and SIRT-1 were all down-regulated by HFD, while the addition of HT reverted these expressions to the levels of LFD (Table 5).

4. Discussion

In mammals, lipotoxicity is the main contributor of various diseases associated with excess fat accumulation, such as fatty liver, obesity and diabetes [24,25]. Excessive triglyceride deposition in liver is a biomarker of fatty liver. In some fish species, liver is a major site of lipid storage, and a large part of dietary energy is retained as liver lipid stores [26]. During autumn, extensive lipid infiltration of the hepatic parenchyma occurs depending on the species, e.g., for cod Gadus morhua L. [27]. This is not regarded as a pathological phenomenon. For most fish species, especially in freshwater farmed fish, if liver lipid content reaches a certain level, a severe metabolism syndrome emerges [2,7,28]. In present study, oxidative stress, apoptosis and inflammation appeared in fish fed HFD due to lipid deposition, which is considered pathological.
Previous studies have indicated fat accumulation can increase fat peroxidation rate and induce oxidative stress [29]. Our results showed obvious increases of ROS and MDA levels in the HFD group, which implies oxidative stress. Although tissues have antioxidant defense systems to mitigate oxidative stress, including antioxidase and nonenzymatic antioxidant system, excessive ROS accumulation still can cause oxidative stress [30,31]. Mitochondria are the major source of ROS production due to oxidative phosphorylation [32]. Thus, oxidative stress mostly originates in the cell’s mitochondria. Actually, our previous study showed that blunt snout bream fed HFD have many damaged mitochondria with impairment of cristae and matrices [7,29]. Moreover, this study presented a decrease of the activities of complexes of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. ROS is primarily produced by complex I-III located at mitochondrial inner membrane and lower activities of complexes contribute to ROS overload [33]. Generally speaking, the excessive intake of fat destroys mitochondrial functions and causes oxidative stress. Supplementation of HT can reduce the contents of ROS and MDA in the liver and attenuate oxidative stress. Although HT is often considered a non-enzymatic antioxidant, it did not elevate total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) in this study. Thus, the effects of HT in attenuating oxidative stress are mainly by promoting mitochondrial function with less ROS.
Hepatocyte apoptosis often appears in fatty liver, and is frequently considered as a hepatic steatosis biomarker in human [34]. In the present study, TUNEL positive cells of HFD fed fish were more prevalent than in other fish. Apoptotic pathways are involved in many extrinsic and intrinsic pathways associated with cellular stress [6]. There is widespread agreement that mitochondria are central to apoptosis [35]. In the present study, apoptosis of hepatocytes was also related to intrinsic mitochondrial-pathways characterized by mitochondrial damage with the release of cytochrome c, and activation of caspase 9 and, subsequently, caspase 3. Based on our previous study, cytochrome c is released from mitochondria into the cytosol when fish are fed HFD, with damage of mitochondrial permeability [29]. Release of cytochrome c from mitochondria is considered the primary event for apoptosis. HT supplementation significantly down-regulated the expressions of caspase 3 and 9 to the levels of the LFD group. Thus, we presume that the anti-apoptotic action of HT is based on the protection of mitochondrial integrity. Among proapoptotic members, Bax is perhaps the best-studied protein and is essential for mitochondrion-mediated apoptosis [36]. Functional analysis showed that BAX could promote the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria [36,37]. Conversely, Bcl-2 plays an anti-apoptosis role by ameliorating cytochrome c release, and decrease of the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio alleviates the amount of apoptosis [38,39]. In this study, the Bax expression level was decreased, and Bcl-2 was increased in fish fed the HT-supplemented diet.
Inflammatory cytokines are closely associated with the development of metabolic diseases [38,39,40]. Inflammation is the key and early contributing factor for the occurrence of many chronic diseases [41]. A recent study in zebrafish (Danio rerio) indicated that long-term HFD feeding induced the increase of inflammatory markers [42]. Moreover, the HFD-related inflammation response inhibits the appetite of blunt snout bream, and is closely related to lipid abnormality and exacerbation of growth performance [6]. IL-6, a pro-inflammatory cytokine, has been proved to be a marker of inflammation [3]. In this study, its expression in the HFD group was significantly up-regulated. Furthermore, the recruitment of macrophages to the liver is caused by pro-inflammatory cytokines, which is an important process in inflammation-induced liver damage [43]. CCR2 and CD68 act as key points in the recruitment of macrophages [43,44]. Our t results showed that these two gene expressions were higher in fish fed HFD than in those fed LFD. These data generally indicate that macrophage recruitment is associated with inflammation in fish. Interestingly, the mitochondrion is a signaling platform for macrophage activation and functions, and is the master regulator of macrophages [45]. Therefore, in this study, the effects of HT on preventing inflammation of fish fed high-fat diets may also be related to mitochondrion-targeting. Likewise, the role of mitochondrial dysfunction is widely discussed in the context of various chronic inflammatory disorders [46].
As a highly dynamic cell organelle, the mitochondrion is involved in many cellular processes, including ATP formation, apoptosis, and signal transduction, among others [11]. Hence, it is not surprising that mitochondrial dysfunction is implicated in several diseases, and it has been implicated in many diet-induced fatty liver diseases [47]. In response to extrinsic/intrinsic stimuli, mitochondria undergo reproduction (biogenesis) and degradation (mitophagy), as well as morphological dynamics (via fusion and fission), which maintains the homeostasis of mitochondria [48].
Mitophagy is a selective autophagy and triggered when there are more damaged mitochondria in cells [49] and can resist various stressors such as oxidative stress [50]. The dysfunction of mitophagy induces the retention of dysfunctional mitochondria resulting in oxidative stress, apoptosis and inflammation [51]. In this study, all autophagic and mitophagic markers, such as PINK1, Parkin, Mul1 and Atg5, were decreased in the HFD group, together with the inhibition of FoxO. Thus, we can conclude that the intake of HFD inhibits the activation of the mitophagy pathway, inducing the accumulation of damaged mitochondria.
Besides clearance of damaged mitochondria, maintenance of mitochondrial homeostasis also requires generation of fresh and healthy mitochondria by biogenesis. There is complex crosstalk between mitophagy and biogenesis, and their balance is very important in cellular homeostasis [49], and some studies have even indicated that mitophagy is required for mitochondrial biogenesis [52]. In this study, as with mitophagy, the key factors of mitochondria biogenesis, NRF-1 and TFAM were down-regulated in the HFD group together with inhibition of PGC-1. Hence, the down-regulation of biogenesis would induce fewer fresh mitochondria, while, the supplementation of HT can revert these two processes to control level. Therefore, HT is involved in the regulation of mitochondrial homeostasis.
In addition, mitochondria constantly undergo fission and fusion to repair damaged components [51]. Mitochondrial fusion is mainly regulated by Mfn1 and 2, and fission is mediated by an out-membrane protein Drp1 and Fis1 [53]. Fission and fusion also play critical roles in maintaining functional mitochondria when cells face metabolic or environmental stresses. Fusion mitigates stress via mixing partially damaged mitochondria as a complementation method. Fission is needed to create new mitochondria and essential for providing dividing cells with adequate mitochondria [53]. It has been reported that fission is required for mitophagy as it was prevented in a negative mutant of Drp1 [54]. In all, failure of these processes leads to cell death and metabolic disorders. In this study, the mRNA levels of all fusion and fission proteins, such as Mfn1 and 2, Drp1 and Fis1, were decreased in the HFD group. Thus, we can conclude that the intake of HFD also inhibited the pathways of fusion and fission, while the supplementation of HT reverted these two processes to control level. Therefore, HT can regulate mitochondrial morphology to combat cellular stress via fusion and fission.

5. Conclusions

In conclusion, supplementing HT to HFD attenuated oxidative stress, apoptosis, inflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction in the liver. HT maintained mitochondrial homeostasis by activating mitophagy and biogenesis.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, K.L. and Y.D.; data curation, Y.D., T.X., M.Y. and K.L.; formal analysis, Y.D.; methodology, T.X., M.Y., L.W., K.S. and C.Z.; supervision, K.L.; writing—original draft, Y.D.; writing—review & editing, K.L. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This work was funded by National Nature Science Foundation of China (31602171) and Nature Science Foundation of Fujian Province (2017J05056).

Institutional Review Board Statement

The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Basel and approved by Recommendations of Animal Research Institute Committee guidelines, Jimei University, China (Approval number: 2011-58).

Data Availability Statement

The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Plasma AST (A) and ALT (B) activities of blunt snout bream fed with experimental diets. Bars with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).
Figure 1. Plasma AST (A) and ALT (B) activities of blunt snout bream fed with experimental diets. Bars with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).
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Figure 2. (A) Activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD); (B) total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC); (C) concentrations of reactive oxygen species (ROS); (D) malondialdehyde (MDA) in liver of blunt snout bream fed with experimental diets. Bars with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).
Figure 2. (A) Activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD); (B) total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC); (C) concentrations of reactive oxygen species (ROS); (D) malondialdehyde (MDA) in liver of blunt snout bream fed with experimental diets. Bars with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).
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Figure 3. Hepatocyte apoptosis in blunt Snout Bream: (A) normal cells (stained amethyst) and apoptotic cells (white arrow) from LFD group; (B) normal cells and apoptotic cells from HFD group; (C) normal cells and apoptotic cells from the HFD+HT group.
Figure 3. Hepatocyte apoptosis in blunt Snout Bream: (A) normal cells (stained amethyst) and apoptotic cells (white arrow) from LFD group; (B) normal cells and apoptotic cells from HFD group; (C) normal cells and apoptotic cells from the HFD+HT group.
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Figure 4. Relative expression of apoptosis-related genes (A) Bax (B) Bcl-2 (C) Caspase-3 (D) Caspase-9 in the liver of blunt snout bream fed with experimental diets. Bars with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).
Figure 4. Relative expression of apoptosis-related genes (A) Bax (B) Bcl-2 (C) Caspase-3 (D) Caspase-9 in the liver of blunt snout bream fed with experimental diets. Bars with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).
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Figure 5. Relative expression of inflammation-related genes (A) IL-6 (B) CCR2 (C) CD68 (D) p38MAPK in the liver of blunt snout bream fed with experimental diets. Bars with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).
Figure 5. Relative expression of inflammation-related genes (A) IL-6 (B) CCR2 (C) CD68 (D) p38MAPK in the liver of blunt snout bream fed with experimental diets. Bars with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).
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Table 1. Formulation and proximate composition of the experimental diets (% dry matter).
Table 1. Formulation and proximate composition of the experimental diets (% dry matter).
IngredientsGroups (Lipid/Hydroxytyrosol)
LFDLFD+HTHFDHFD+HT
Fish meal20.0020.0020.0020.00
Soybean meal30.0030.0030.0030.00
α-starch8.008.008.008.00
Wheat Flour30.0030.0025.0025.00
Microcrystalline cellulose5.005.000.000.00
Soybean oil3.803.8013.8013.80
Calcium biphosphate1.801.801.801.80
Premix 11.351.351.351.35
Hydroxytyrosol0.000.020.000.02
Nutrition levels (%, as dry matter basis)
Protein31.1230.8830.9531.05
Lipid4.955.0514.9515.10
1 Premix supplied the following minerals (g/kg) and vitamins (IU or mg/kg): CuSO4·5H2O, 2.0 g; FeSO4·7H2O, 25 g; ZnSO4·7H2O, 22 g; MnSO4·4H2O, 7 g; Na2SeO3, 0.04 g; KI, 0.026 g; CoCl2·6H2O, 0.1 g; Vitamin A, 900,000 IU; Vitamin D, 200,000 IU; Vitamin E, 4500 mg; Vitamin K3, 220 mg; Vitamin B1, 320 mg; Vitamin B2, 1090 mg; Niacin, 2800 mg; Vitamin B5, 2000 mg; Vitamin B6, 500 mg; Vitamin B12, 1.6 mg; Vitamin C, 5000 mg; Pantothenate, 1000 mg; Folic acid, 165 mg; Choline, 60,000 mg.
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Table 2. Sequences of primers used for RT-PCR in this study.
Table 2. Sequences of primers used for RT-PCR in this study.
Target GenesForward Primer Sequence (5′ to 3′)Reverse Primer Sequence (5′ to 3′)Annealing Temperature (°C)Sources
PGC-1αTGCCCTCGGTTCATTGTCGATTTCTGATTGGTCGCTGTA60MH791034.1
PGC-1βCTCTAAGGGTGAATCGCAACG TCCTCCGCCACTTCCACAT60MH791035.1
TFAMCTTTGGTATCCAGGGAGCAGTGTTGAATCGCATCCAGTCGT60KT380498.1
NRF-1CTCTACGCCTTTGAGGACCAGCCAGTGCCAACCTGTATGAGC60[23]
IL-6CATCACACAAACTTTGGCA GTACAGCAGTATGGGGGAG60KJ755058.1
p38MAPKGGACATTTGGTCAGTGGGCTGCCATCTGAGGAAGCGAGTT60MH791036.1
CCR2ATCCCTTCAATCACCTCCCCATCATTACTCCTCTACGG60[23]
CD68CTATAGTGACTGGTACCCATTGGGGAACGGTGTGAGTCTA60KY798319.1
SIRT-1ACGAACTCTGCCATCGTCTGTCTGATGTGTCTGTGACGGC60[23]
BCL-2GTTGGGATGCCTTTGTGGAGTTCTGAGCAAAAAAGGCGAT60[23]
BaxTGTGACCCCAGCCATAAACGGTCGGTTGAAGAGCAGAGTCA60MK315043.1
Caspase-3GGTGGATGCTATGCCTCAGTCCATTGCGTTGGTTCATGCC60KY006115.1
Caspase-9TTGGAGACGAGAGGGAGTCAAGGAGGCCGATGAGCACTAT60KM604705.1
PINK1ACGCCATCCTTCGCTCTATGTCAGCCGTTTAGGCACTGTT60[23]
ParkinTCTGTCGTGTGGAGTGGAACCTTGGCTCCATTCCCTGAGTT60[23]
FoxOTTAGTCTCCGCAAAGCAGCATGACAGATCCCTACCCCGTT60[23]
Mul1AAGGTGTTGTGCGTTCAGTGGCGTTGGTGGATGACCTTTTC60[23]
Atg5TCCACATCAGCATCATCCCGTAAAGGCAGCAGGTACACGG60[23]
Mfn1TTTCACCCGTCACCCAATGTACAGCATCAGAACAGCGGAA60[23]
Mfn2TTGGCATCACTCACCTCTCGCCCTGGTTGTCCATGTGAGT60[23]
Opa1AGGCACGAGATTGAACTCCGCAGGCAAGTCAACAAGCACC60[23]
Fis1CGAACATGGAGGCGATTGTGGGTTTCCTTTGAAACGGGTCC60[23]
Rpl13aTCTGGAGGACTGTAAGAGGTATGCAGACGCACAATCTTGAGAGCAG60[23]
PGC-1α/β: Peroxisome proliferators activated receptor γ coactivator-1 α/β; TFAM: Mitochondrial transcription factor A; NRF-1: Nuclear respiratory factor 1; IL-6: interleukin 6; p38 MAPK: p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase; CCR2: C-C motif chemokine receptor 2; CD68: CD68 molecule; SIRT-1: sirtuin 1; Bax: apoptosis regulator BAX; Bcl-2: B-cell lymphoma-2; PINK1: PTEN-induced putative kinase 1; FoxO: forkhead box protein O3; Mul1: mitochondrial E3 ubiquitin ligase 1b; Atg5: autophagy protein 5; Mfn 1/2: mitofusin-1/2; Opa1: optic atrophy 1; Fis1: fission 1; Rpl13a: ribosomal protein L13a, reference gene.
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Table 3. Growth performance of blunt snout bream fed with experimental diets.
Table 3. Growth performance of blunt snout bream fed with experimental diets.
GroupsLFDLFD+HTHFDHFD+HT
Initial body weight (g)4.06 ± 0.044.08 ± 0.024.07 ± 0.064.05 ± 0.03
Final body weight (g)16.79 ± 0.49 b15.67 ± 0.36 b13.72 ± 0.4 a15.56 ± 0.33 b
Weight gain (%)313.59 ± 13.44 b284.21 ± 12.68 b237.24 ± 8.87 a284.46 ± 8.84 b
Specific growth rate (%/day)2.00 ± 0.05 b1.90 ± 0.05 b1.71 ± 0.04 a1.90 ± 0.03 b
Feed efficiency ratio1.55 ± 0.04 a1.66 ± 0.07 a1.98 ± 0.05 b1.73 ± 0.10 a
Feed intake (% BW/day)2.66 ± 0.052.75 ± 0.063.03 ± 0.122.85 ± 0.14
Weight gain = ((final body weight − initial body weight)/initial body weight × 100). Specific growth rate = ((ln final body weight − ln initial body weight)/days) × 100. Feed conversion ratio = dry feed fed/wet weight gain. Feed intake (% BW/day) = 100 × dry feed fed/((initial body weight +final body weight)/2)/days. All data are presented as mean ± SE (n = 3). Significant differences within the diets are indicated by different letters.
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Table 4. Activities of mitochondrial complexes in the liver of blunt snout bream fed with experimental diets.
Table 4. Activities of mitochondrial complexes in the liver of blunt snout bream fed with experimental diets.
GroupsComplex IComplex IIComplex IIIComplex IVComplex V
LFD1.00 ± 0.12 a1.00 ± 0.02 b1.00 ± 0.10 a1.00 ± 0.07 ab1.00 ± 0.06 ab
LFD+HT2.06 ± 0.28 b1.44 ± 0.03 c1.93 ± 0.30 b1.33 ± 0.24 b2.32 ± 0.61 b
HFD0.61 ± 0.003 a0.62 ± 0.03 a0.79 ± 0.04 a0.44 ± 0.04 a0.68 ± 0.11 a
HFD+HT0.96 ± 0.04 a1.03 ± 0.15 b1.14 ± 0.22 a0.76 ± 0.02 ab0.97 ± 0.01 ab
Activities of mitochondrial complexes detected in isolated mitochondria are all expressed as the related to LFD group. All data are presented as mean ± SE (n = 3). Significant differences within the diets are indicated by different letters.
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Table 5. Mitochondrial remodeling in the liver of blunt snout bream fed with experimental diets.
Table 5. Mitochondrial remodeling in the liver of blunt snout bream fed with experimental diets.
LFDLFD+HTHFDHFD+HT
Mitophagy
PINK11.00 ± 0.07 bc1.20 ± 0.03 c0.72 ± 0.02 a0.85 ± 0.005 ab
Parkin1.00 ± 0.11 ab1.55 ± 0.03 c0.74 ± 0.04 a1.26 ± 0.01 bc
Mul11.00 ± 0.06 c1.46 ± 0.01 d0.44 ± 0.03 a0.72 ± 0.01 b
Atg51.00 ± 0.03 b1.25 ± 0.04 c0.73 ± 0.01 a1.05 ± 0.03 b
Biogenesis
NRF-11.00 ± 0.10 c1.34 ± 0.12 c0.51 ± 0.09 ab0.82 ± 0.21 a
TFAM1.00 ± 0.09 a1.33 ± 0.12 c0.69 ± 0.04 b0.94 ± 0.04 b
Fusion
Mfn11.00 ± 0.051.04 ± 0.040.87 ± 0.030.82 ± 0.06
Mfn21.00 ± 0.05 c1.29 ± 0.01 d0.52 ± 0.03 a0.78 ± 0.03 b
Fission
Drp11.00 ± 0.06 ab1.40 ± 0.04 c0.84 ± 0.04 a1.29 ± 0.05 a
Fis11.00 ± 0.06 b1.24 ± 0.02 c0.68 ± 0.001 a0.92 ± 0.02 b
Regulatory factors
PGC-1α1.00 ± 0.13 b1.80 ± 0.04 c0.48 ± 0.02 a0.91 ± 0.06 b
PGC-1β1.00 ± 0.03 c1.25 ± 0.02 d0.48 ± 0.01 a0.77 ± 0.01 b
FoxO1.00 ± 0.02 c1.23 ± 0.04 d0.40 ± 003 a0.68 ± 0.04 b
SIRT-11.00 ± 0.005 a1.45 ± 0.09 b0.79 ± 0.07 a1.19 ± 0.04 ab
All data are presented as mean ± SE (n = 3). Significant differences between the diets are indicated by different letters.
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