To explore the effect of replacing dietary fish meal (FM) with black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae meal (BSFLM) on growth and body composition of Jian carp (Cyprinus carpio var. Jian), the FM in basal diet of Jian carp was replaced by 0, 35, 70, 105 and 140 g/kg BSFLM respectively to form five isonitrogenous and isolipidic diets. A total of 300 Jian carp (10.1 ± 1.6 g) were randomly divided into five groups (triplicate per group) and fed five diets, respectively. After 56 days of feeding, growth and body composition of fish were determined. Results showed that serum maleic dialdehyde, total antioxidant capacity, 18:1n-9, 18:2n-6, 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3 in fish significantly decreased and 12:0, 14:0 and 16:0 significantly increased with increasing replacement of BSFLM. The growth, biological parameters, proximate composition, amino acid composition and serum biochemical parameters of Jian carp were not affected by the replacement of BSFLM. In conclusion, up to 140 g/kg BSFLM (100% replacement of FM) can be included in diets of Jian carp without unfavourable effects on growth while decreasing n-3 highly unsaturated fatty acid (HUFA) composition in body of fish, suggesting that BSFLM could be used after nutrient enrichment with n-3 HUFA to bring active effects on fish quality. K E Y W O R D Sbiological parameters, black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae meal, fatty acid composition, fish meal replacement, proximate composition, serum biochemical parameters

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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and obesity have become increasingly prevalent in recent years. Recent studies have focused on identifying causal variations or candidate genes for obesity and T2DM via analysis of expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) within a single tissue. T2DM and obesity are affected by comprehensive sets of genes in multiple tissues. In the current study, gene expression levels in multiple human tissues from GEO datasets were analyzed, and 21 candidate genes displaying high percentages of differential expression were filtered out. Specifically, DENND1B, LYN, MRPL30, POC1B, PRKCB, RP4-655J12.3, HIBADH, and TMBIM4 were identified from the T2DM-control study, and BCAT1, BMP2K, CSRNP2, MYNN, NCKAP5L, SAP30BP, SLC35B4, SP1, BAP1, GRB14, HSP90AB1, ITGA5, and TOMM5 were identified from the obesity-control study. The majority of these genes are known to be involved in T2DM and obesity. Therefore, analysis of gene expression in various tissues using GEO datasets may be an effective and feasible method to determine novel or causal genes associated with T2DM and obesity.

To investigate the effects of dietary bile acids (BA) on growth and metabolism of lipid in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella, C. idella) at high dietary lipid level, a basal diet (50 g kg -1 lipid, 5L group) was supplemented with 20 g kg -1 soybean oil (70 g kg -1 lipid, 7L group); then, 0.06 g/kg BA was added in 7L diet to form the third diet (7L+BA group). The 96 C. idella (69.86 ± 6.24 g) were divided into three groups (duplicate per group) and fed three diets, respectively, for 8 weeks, and then, growth and lipid metabolism were determined. Results showed that growth of fish in 7L+BA group was significantly higher than 5L and 7L groups. The lipid level in whole body, hepatopancreas and muscle of grass carp in 7L+BA group were significantly lower than 7L group.Relative expression of lipid catabolism genes in hepatopancreas and muscle of 7L+BA group was significantly higher than 5L group. The amount of microbiota in intestine of fish in 7L+BA group was significantly higher than the other two groups. The present results indicated that BA in 7L diet improved growth of fish by increasing protein synthesizing, decreasing lipid content in fish body and by regulating amount of microbiota in intestine of fish. K E Y W O R D S adipose triglyceride lipase, fatty acid synthase, growth performance, intestinal microbiota, lipid accumulation, protein deposition How to cite this article: Zhou JS, Chen HJ, Ji H, et al. Effect of dietary bile acids on growth, body composition, lipid metabolism and microbiota in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Aquacult Nutr. 2018;24:802-813.

To elucidate if the trans-membrane uptake of fatty acids is protein-mediated, the uptake of oleic acid (18:1n-9), linoleic acid (18:2n-6), alpha-linolenic acid (18:3n-3), eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3) was investigated in vitro in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) primary hepatocytes. Firstly, optimal fatty acid incubation time and concentration were established for trans-membrane 18:n-9 uptake. Based on saturation kinetics, a 2-h incubation time and 37.5 muM were used for the following experiments. Secondly, in order to identify whether trans-membrane fatty acid uptake in hepatocytes was mainly passive or protein mediated, hepatocytes were pre-incubated with membrane protein inhibitors followed by 2 h of incubation with [1-(14)C] labelled 18:1n-9, 18:2n-6, 18:3n-3, 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3. Fatty acid uptake into hepatocytes was highest with 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3 and lowest with 18:1n-9. Phloretin was the most potent fatty acid uptake inhibitor, inhibiting uptake in the following order: 20:5n-3 > 18:3n-3 = 22:6n-3 > 18:2n-6 > 18:1n-9. The uptake of FA in Atlantic salmon hepatocytes seem to be due to both saturable and inhibitable protein mediated uptake, as well as passive uptake processes with more unsaturated and long fatty acids (20:n-3 > 22:6n-3 = 18:3n-3 > 18:2n-6) being more dependent on membrane protein mediated uptake compared to 18:1n-9.

To evaluate the effects of dietary nano‐selenium (Nano‐Se) on antioxidant capacity and hypoxia tolerance of grass carp fed with high‐fat diet, experimental fishes were fed Nano‐Se supplemented diets at doses of 0 (Control), 0.3, 0.6, 0.9 and 1.2 mg/kg for 10 weeks. After feeding trial, a part of the fishes were exposed to hypoxia stress. Results showed that the survival ratio of grass carp significantly increased in 0.6 and 0.9 mg/kg Nano‐Se group, and the content of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) significantly decreased in 0.6–1.2 mg/kg Nano‐Se groups compared with the control group. In addition, dietary Nano‐Se significantly enhanced glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity and reduced the malondialdehyde (MDA) content in fishes fed diets with 0.3 and 0.6 mg/kg Nano‐Se. Dietary Nano‐Se significantly elevated mRNA expression of GPX1 and catalase (CAT) by promoting the mRNA expression of NF‐E2‐related nuclear factor 2 (Nrf2) in the hepatopancreas. After hypoxia stress, the GPX and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities were significantly enhanced, and the MDA content and mortality rate consequently decreased in fishes fed diets with 0.3 and 0.6 mg/kg Nano‐Se. In summary, these results suggested that optimal Nano‐Se in diet enhanced the antioxidant capacity and hypoxia tolerance of grass carp.

To investigate the effect of fermented meal mixture of silkworm pupae, rapeseed and wheat (FMM) on growth and health of juvenile mirror carp (Cyprinus carpio var. specularis), fish meal (FM) was replaced with FMM where FMM was increasingly added in the diets by 0, 40, 80, 120, 160 g kg À1 and FM decreased accordingly to form five isonitrogenous (365 g kg À1 crude protein) and isolipidic (60 g kg À1 crude lipid) diets, being FM, T1, T2, T3 and T4 groups. 270 mirror carp (9.70 AE 1.02 g) were randomly divided into five groups (each group having three replicates) and fed for 58 days. Following termination of the experiment, the fish growth, body composition and health status were analysed. Growth, feed utilization and crude lipid content were negatively correlated with FMM levels in the diet. Increasing the FMM levels led to decreased serum TG, total cholesterol, LDL-c, MDA and SOD, while GOT and GPT increased. Relative expression of TNF-a1 and IL-6 genes in hepatopancreas increased in the T3 and T4 groups and the spleen index showed significant differences in the T2 and T3 groups. In conclusion, 40 g kg À1 FMM can be included into diets of juvenile mirror carp, while 80-160 g kg À1 FMM inclusion adversely affects the growth and health status of the fish.

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation of enzymatic hydrolysates of defatted silkworm pupa (EHDSP) on growth performance, body composition and non‐specific immunity of juvenile mirror carp (Cyprinus carpio var. specularis). The control diet (EHDSP0) was produced using fish meal (FM) as the main protein source and the other four diets were formulated by substitution of 25% (EHDSP25), 50% (EHDSP50), 75% (EHDSP75) and 100% (EHDSP100) FM with EHDSP. Five groups containing 270 juvenile mirror carp (14.51 ± 0.03 g) were fed to apparent satiation for 8 weeks. The results indicated that the special growth rate, weight gain, protein efficiency ratio and feed conversion rate of experimental fish in EHDSP25 and EHDSP50 groups were not significantly different from EHDSP0 group (p > .05). The spleen index of experimental fish in EHDSP25 group was significantly higher than that of EHDSP0 group (p < .05). The muscle protein content of experimental fish in EHDSP25 and EHDSP50 groups was significantly higher than that of EHDSP0 group (p < .05). Serum alanine aminotransferase and total cholesterol of experimental fish fed with the EHDSP were significantly lower than that of control (p < .05). The activity of serum superoxide dismutase of experimental fish in EHDSP25, EHDSP50 groups was significantly higher than that of EHDSP0 group (p < .05). Intestinal trypsin activity of EHDSP25 group was significantly higher than that of EHDSP0 (p < .05). In conclusion, EHDSP can be included into diet to replace 50% FM of juvenile mirror carp without negative effect on growth, furthermore, it can improve the non‐specific immunity and function of intestinal tract.