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Dersjant-Li, Y.; Verreth, J.A.J.; Evers, Fernanda; Tijssen, Peter; Booms, G.H.R.; Verstegen, M.W.A.

doi:10.1023/a:1007707507228

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“…The induction of stress by dietary imbalances have been described in fish, including responses linked to partial or total replacement of fish meal and fish oil by alternative sources (Montero et al, 2003, 2008, 2010; Gómez-Requeni et al, 2004). Previous studies have shown that growth performance, feed intake and nutrient digestibility are altered when fish are fed electrolyte imbalanced diets (Dersjant-Li et al, 1999, 2000; Saravanan et al, 2013b; Magnoni et al, 2016). However, the induction of stress by this type of dietary imbalance is yet to be investigated in fish.…”

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Acute Stress and an Electrolyte- Imbalanced Diet, but Not Chronic Hypoxia, Increase Oxidative Stress and Hamper Innate Immune Status in a Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Isogenic Line

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In aquaculture, fish may be exposed to sub-optimal rearing conditions, which generate a stress response if full adaptation is not displayed. However, our current knowledge of several coexisting factors that may give rise to a stress response is limited, in particular when both chronic and acute stressors are involved. This study investigated changes in metabolic parameters, oxidative stress and innate immune markers in a rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) isogenic line exposed to a combination of dietary (electrolyte-imbalanced diet, DEB 700 mEq Kg -1 ) and environmental (hypoxia, 4.5 mg O 2 L -1 ) challenges and their respective controls (electrolyte-balanced diet, DEB 200 mEq Kg -1 and normoxia, 7.9 or mg O 2 L -1 ) for 49 days. At the end of this period, fish were sampled or subjected to an acute stressor (2 min of handling/confinement) and then sampled. Feeding trout an electrolyte-imbalanced diet produced a reduction in blood pH, as well as increases in cortisol levels, hepato-somatic index (HSI) and total energy content in the liver. The ratio between the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) activities decreased in the liver of trout fed the DEB 700 diet, but increased in the heart, suggesting a different modulation of metabolic capacity by the dietary challenge. Several markers of oxidative stress in the liver of trout, mainly related to the glutathione antioxidant system, were altered when fed the electrolyte-imbalanced diet. The dietary challenge was also associated with a decrease in the alternative complement pathway activity (ACH 50 ) in plasma, suggesting an impaired innate immune status in that group. Trout subjected to the acute stressor displayed reduced blood pH values, higher plasma cortisol levels as well as increased levels of metabolic markers associated with oxidative stress in the liver. An interaction between diet and acute stressor was detected for oxidative stress markers in the liver of trout, showing that the chronic electrolyte-imbalance impairs the response of rainbow trout to handling/confinement. However, trout reared under chronic hypoxia only displayed changes in parameters related to energy use in both liver and heart. Taken together, these results suggest that trout displays an adaptative response to chronic hypoxia. Conversely, the dietary challenge profoundly affected fish homeostasis, resulting in an impaired physiological response leading to stress, which then placed constraints on a subsequent acute challenge.

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