Creatine monohydrate administration delayed muscle glycolysis of antemortem-stressed broilers by enhancing muscle energy status, increasing antioxidant capacity and regulating muscle metabolite profiles

Preslaughter stress induced a negative energy balance of broilers, resulted in an accelerated glycolysis and finally led to an inferior meat quality. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of creatine monohydrate (CMH) supplementation on muscle energy storage, antioxidant capacity, the g...

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Main Authors: Ning Liu, Qingzhen Zhong, Zewei Sun, Bolin Zhang
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description Preslaughter stress induced a negative energy balance of broilers, resulted in an accelerated glycolysis and finally led to an inferior meat quality. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of creatine monohydrate (CMH) supplementation on muscle energy storage, antioxidant capacity, the glycolysis of postmortem muscle and the metabolite profiles in muscle of broilers subjected to preslaughter transport. Two hundred and forty broilers were chosen and randomly allocated into three treatments (group A, group B and group C), comprising 8 replicates (10 broilers each replicate). Broilers in group A and B as well as group C were fed with the basal diet or diets containing 1200 mg/kg CMH for 14 days, respectively. After 12 h feed deprivation, broilers in group B (T3h group) and group C (T3h +CMH1200 group) were both subjected to a preslaughter transportation (3 h), but those in group A were treated with a 0.5 h-transport (refined as the control group). The results showed that preslaughter stress led to a lower pH24 h value, a bigger L* value and a higher drip loss of muscle compared with the control group (P < 0.05). In addition, transport stress accelerated glycolysis in postmortem muscle, decreased energy storage and the antioxidant capacities of muscle (P < 0.05). However, CMH administration ameliorated energy status, delayed muscle glycolysis, elevated mRNA expression involved in Cr metabolism and inhibited AMPK signaling of broilers experienced preslaughter transport stress. Moreover, significant differences in glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, cysteine and methionine metabolism, purine metabolism, arginine and proline metabolism, ABC transporters, carbon metabolism, lysine metabolism and sulfur metabolism were observed using pathway enrichment analysis. Additionally, the contents of Cr and ATP were positively correlated with branched amino acids (L-valine and l-leucine), l-asparagine, inosine, PCr and d-ribose by metabolomics analysis. Taken together, CMH ameliorated energy status, delayed muscle glycolysis and improved meat quality of antemortem-stressed broilers by the regulation of pathways and key metabolites involved in energy metabolism of postmortem muscle.
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spelling doaj-art-fc60d59c25c84824a23b98befcd1661b2025-01-11T06:38:20ZengElsevierPoultry Science0032-57912025-02-011042104778Creatine monohydrate administration delayed muscle glycolysis of antemortem-stressed broilers by enhancing muscle energy status, increasing antioxidant capacity and regulating muscle metabolite profilesNing Liu0Qingzhen Zhong1Zewei Sun2Bolin Zhang3College of Animal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education Laboratory of, Animal Production and Quality Security, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130117, ChinaCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education Laboratory of, Animal Production and Quality Security, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130117, ChinaCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education Laboratory of, Animal Production and Quality Security, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130117, China; Corresponding author.College of Animal Science and Technology, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266000, China; Department of Biology and Agriculture, Zunyi Normal College, Ping`an Avenue, Hong Huagang District, Zunyi 563006, ChinaPreslaughter stress induced a negative energy balance of broilers, resulted in an accelerated glycolysis and finally led to an inferior meat quality. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of creatine monohydrate (CMH) supplementation on muscle energy storage, antioxidant capacity, the glycolysis of postmortem muscle and the metabolite profiles in muscle of broilers subjected to preslaughter transport. Two hundred and forty broilers were chosen and randomly allocated into three treatments (group A, group B and group C), comprising 8 replicates (10 broilers each replicate). Broilers in group A and B as well as group C were fed with the basal diet or diets containing 1200 mg/kg CMH for 14 days, respectively. After 12 h feed deprivation, broilers in group B (T3h group) and group C (T3h +CMH1200 group) were both subjected to a preslaughter transportation (3 h), but those in group A were treated with a 0.5 h-transport (refined as the control group). The results showed that preslaughter stress led to a lower pH24 h value, a bigger L* value and a higher drip loss of muscle compared with the control group (P < 0.05). In addition, transport stress accelerated glycolysis in postmortem muscle, decreased energy storage and the antioxidant capacities of muscle (P < 0.05). However, CMH administration ameliorated energy status, delayed muscle glycolysis, elevated mRNA expression involved in Cr metabolism and inhibited AMPK signaling of broilers experienced preslaughter transport stress. Moreover, significant differences in glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, cysteine and methionine metabolism, purine metabolism, arginine and proline metabolism, ABC transporters, carbon metabolism, lysine metabolism and sulfur metabolism were observed using pathway enrichment analysis. Additionally, the contents of Cr and ATP were positively correlated with branched amino acids (L-valine and l-leucine), l-asparagine, inosine, PCr and d-ribose by metabolomics analysis. Taken together, CMH ameliorated energy status, delayed muscle glycolysis and improved meat quality of antemortem-stressed broilers by the regulation of pathways and key metabolites involved in energy metabolism of postmortem muscle.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003257912500015XCreatine monohydrateEnergy storagePostmortem glycolysisEnergy metabolismMetabolomics analysis
spellingShingle Ning Liu
Qingzhen Zhong
Zewei Sun
Bolin Zhang
Creatine monohydrate administration delayed muscle glycolysis of antemortem-stressed broilers by enhancing muscle energy status, increasing antioxidant capacity and regulating muscle metabolite profiles
Poultry Science
Creatine monohydrate
Energy storage
Postmortem glycolysis
Energy metabolism
Metabolomics analysis
title Creatine monohydrate administration delayed muscle glycolysis of antemortem-stressed broilers by enhancing muscle energy status, increasing antioxidant capacity and regulating muscle metabolite profiles
title_full Creatine monohydrate administration delayed muscle glycolysis of antemortem-stressed broilers by enhancing muscle energy status, increasing antioxidant capacity and regulating muscle metabolite profiles
title_fullStr Creatine monohydrate administration delayed muscle glycolysis of antemortem-stressed broilers by enhancing muscle energy status, increasing antioxidant capacity and regulating muscle metabolite profiles
title_full_unstemmed Creatine monohydrate administration delayed muscle glycolysis of antemortem-stressed broilers by enhancing muscle energy status, increasing antioxidant capacity and regulating muscle metabolite profiles
title_short Creatine monohydrate administration delayed muscle glycolysis of antemortem-stressed broilers by enhancing muscle energy status, increasing antioxidant capacity and regulating muscle metabolite profiles
title_sort creatine monohydrate administration delayed muscle glycolysis of antemortem stressed broilers by enhancing muscle energy status increasing antioxidant capacity and regulating muscle metabolite profiles
topic Creatine monohydrate
Energy storage
Postmortem glycolysis
Energy metabolism
Metabolomics analysis
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003257912500015X
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