TY - JOUR
T1 - Excess dietary L-cysteine causes lethal metabolic acidosis in chicks
AU - Dilger, Ryan N.
AU - Baker, David H.
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - A 72-h time-course study was conducted to elucidate the physiological mechanism underlying cysteine (Cys) toxicity in chicks beginning at 8-d posthatch. Biochemical markers quantified in plasma and liver samples collected from chicks receiving 30 g/kg excess dietary Cys were compared with baseline measurements from chicks receiving an unsupplemented corn-soybean meal diet over a 72-h feeding period. Concomitant with chick mortality were indices of acute metabolic acidosis, including a rapid increase (P < 0.001) in anion gap that resulted from a reduction (P < 0.001) in plasma HCO3- of ∼40% and a 2.8-fold increase (P < 0.001) in plasma sulfate in chicks receiving excess Cys. Additionally, provision of 30 g/kg excess Cys resulted in a 1.5-fold increase (P < 0.05) in hepatic oxidized glutathione compared with the 0-h control time-point. Excess dietary Cys did not affect plasma free Met, but plasma free Cys increased (P < 0.05) from 89 to 107 μmol/L at 12 h and remained elevated through 36 h. Strikingly, ingestion of 30 g/kg excess Cys caused more than a doubling (P < 0.001) of plasma free cystine, the oxidized form of Cys, beginning 12 h after initiating the study, and it remained elevated throughout the 72-h feeding period. Taken together, these data suggest that ingestion of 30 g/kg excess L-Cys causes both acute metabolic acidosis and oxidative stress in young chicks when fed a nutritionally adequate, corn-soybean meal diet.
AB - A 72-h time-course study was conducted to elucidate the physiological mechanism underlying cysteine (Cys) toxicity in chicks beginning at 8-d posthatch. Biochemical markers quantified in plasma and liver samples collected from chicks receiving 30 g/kg excess dietary Cys were compared with baseline measurements from chicks receiving an unsupplemented corn-soybean meal diet over a 72-h feeding period. Concomitant with chick mortality were indices of acute metabolic acidosis, including a rapid increase (P < 0.001) in anion gap that resulted from a reduction (P < 0.001) in plasma HCO3- of ∼40% and a 2.8-fold increase (P < 0.001) in plasma sulfate in chicks receiving excess Cys. Additionally, provision of 30 g/kg excess Cys resulted in a 1.5-fold increase (P < 0.05) in hepatic oxidized glutathione compared with the 0-h control time-point. Excess dietary Cys did not affect plasma free Met, but plasma free Cys increased (P < 0.05) from 89 to 107 μmol/L at 12 h and remained elevated through 36 h. Strikingly, ingestion of 30 g/kg excess Cys caused more than a doubling (P < 0.001) of plasma free cystine, the oxidized form of Cys, beginning 12 h after initiating the study, and it remained elevated throughout the 72-h feeding period. Taken together, these data suggest that ingestion of 30 g/kg excess L-Cys causes both acute metabolic acidosis and oxidative stress in young chicks when fed a nutritionally adequate, corn-soybean meal diet.
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U2 - 10.1093/jn/138.9.1628
DO - 10.1093/jn/138.9.1628
M3 - Article
C2 - 18716161
AN - SCOPUS:51049087470
SN - 0022-3166
VL - 138
SP - 1628
EP - 1633
JO - Journal of Nutrition
JF - Journal of Nutrition
IS - 9
ER -