Effect of level of dietary neutral detergent fibre on the ultrastructure of M cells and mucosa integrity in rabbits’ appendix
Open Access
- 1 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Italian Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 20 (1), 2188-2196
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1828051x.2021.1959426
Abstract
Membranous (M) cells are believed to special gateways of the mucosal immune system because of sampling antigens from the gut lumen. However, little is known regarding the effect of diets on regulating M cells. So, we examined the ultrastructural characteristics of microfold (M) cells in rabbits fed different dietary fibre-to-starch ratios (I: 2.3, II: 1.9, III: 1.4, and IV: 1.0). Appendix tissues were obtained from rabbits at 52, 62, 72, and 82 d. Diet I had higher M cell area than diet IV (p < .01) during total experiment. Using electron microscope, we observed apparently intestinal damage and M cells apoptosis in diet I and IV compared to diet II and III (p < .001), except for 62d. By estimation of M cell deviations from normal structure and TNF-a mRNA expression in appendix from different diet treatments, it is apparent that degree of deviations from normal structure in diet I, IV was higher than diet II, III, except for 62 days. The appendix TNF-a mRNA levels were significantly (p < .01) increased in diet I, IV at 52, 62, 72, 82 days compared to diet II, III. These data elucidated that an imbalance dietary fibre-to-starch ratio induced the structural damage of M cell.Keywords
Funding Information
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (ZR2020MC176)
- Shandong ‘Double Tops’ Program (SYL2017YSTD11)
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