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Table 8 Effects of dietary threonine levels on GSH content and activities of GR, SOD, CAT, GST and GPx in intestine and hepatoancreas of sub-adult grass carpe

From: Growth, digestive and absorptive capacity and antioxidant status in intestine and hepatopancreas of sub-adult grass carp Ctenopharyngodonidella fed graded levels of dietary threonine

Item

Dietary Thr levels, g/kg diet

 

3.3

5.9

8.4

10.9

13.1

15.8

Intestine

 GSH, mg/g protein

1.81 ± 0.16a

1.83 ± 0.13a

2.56 ± 0.19b

3.00 ± 0.19c

5.63 ± 0.22d

2.98 ± 0.16c

 GR, U/g protein

23.15 ± 1.22b

24.57 ± 1.95b

17.05 ± 1.36a

19.27 ± 1.78a

27.65 ± 2.82c

33.59 ± 3.11d

 SOD, U/mg protein

19.84 ± 1.71a

23.87 ± 2.33b

23.62 ± 1.13b

23.41 ± 2.19b

24.83 ± 1.44b

23.45 ± 1.84b

 CAT, U/mg protein

11.70 ± 1.03a

16.65 ± 1.48c

16.77 ± 1.31c

22.59 ± 1.94d

18.06 ± 1.26c

14.41 ± 1.46b

 GST, U/mg protein

7.08 ± 0.75a

17.41 ± 1.58b

16.82 ± 1.48b

16.13 ± 1.41b

17.36 ± 1.33b

17.41 ± 1.58b

 GPx, U/mg protein

105.4 ± 9.7b

109.4 ± 6.6b

109.3 ± 4.1b

107.4 ± 9.3b

104.9 ± 5.7b

87.7 ± 8.8a

Hepatopancreas

 GSH, mg/g protein

6.13 ± 0.30b

7.07 ± 0.41c

7.06 ± 0.31c

7.83 ± 0.39d

6.08 ± 0.29b

5.67 ± 0.31a

 GR, U/g protein

4.08 ± 0.31a

13.22 ± 1.02c

7.74 ± 0.80b

7.91 ± 0.59b

7.36 ± 0.73b

7.58 ± 0.75b

 SOD, U/mg protein

83.16 ± 8.65b

100.42 ± 6.19c

80.39 ± 7.06b

84.66 ± 4.00b

78.72 ± 5.17b

66.57 ± 3.08a

 CAT, U/mg protein

55.67 ± 5.95a

59.11 ± 5.39a

79.98 ± 7.11c

69.65 ± 7.34b

57.94 ± 6.91a

56.51 ± 5.61a

 GST, U/mg protein

22.51 ± 2.05b

45.73 ± 2.73d

44.27 ± 3.78d

25.80 ± 2.68c

25.77 ± 2.48c

17.34 ± 1.66a

 GPx, U/mg protein

961.5 ± 79.2a

1,205.9 ± 44.5c

1,041.0 ± 55.3b

1,053.9 ± 57.1b

1,026.2 ± 46.4ab

995.7 ± 47.2ab

  1. GSH: Glutathione; GR: Glutathione reductase; SOD: Superoxide dismutase; CAT: Catalase; GST: Glutathione-S-transferase; GPx: Glutathione peroxidase
  2. a,b,c,dMeans in the same row without a letter in common are significantly different (P< 0.05)
  3. eValues are mean ± SD (n = 6)