PMID- 27809943 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170522 LR - 20170522 IS - 1475-2662 (Electronic) IS - 0007-1145 (Linking) VI - 116 IP - 9 DP - 2016 Nov TI - Use of molecular biomarkers to estimate manganese requirements for broiler chickens from 22 to 42 d of age. PG - 1512-1518 AB - The present study was carried out to evaluate dietary Mn requirements of broilers from 22 to 42 d of age using molecular biomarkers. Chickens were fed a conventional basal maize-soyabean meal diet supplemented with Mn as Mn sulphate in graded concentrations of 20 mg Mn/kg from 0 to 140 mg Mn/kg of diet for 21 d (from 22 to 42 d of age). The Mn response curves were fitted for ten parameters including heart Mn-containing superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) mRNA and its protein expression levels and the DNA-binding activities of specificity protein 1 (Sp1) and activating protein-2 (AP-2). Heart MnSOD mRNA and protein expression levels showed significant quadratic responses (P<0.01), and heart MnSOD activity showed a broken-line response (P<0.01), whereas Mn content and DNA-binding activities of Sp1 and AP-2 in the heart displayed linear responses (P<0.01) to dietary Mn concentrations, respectively. The estimates of dietary Mn requirements were 101, 104 and 94 mg/kg for full expressions of MnSOD mRNA level, MnSOD protein level and MnSOD activity in the heart, respectively. Our findings indicate that heart MnSOD mRNA expression level is a more reliable indicator than heart MnSOD protein expression level and its activity for the evaluation of Mn requirement of broilers, and about 100 mg Mn/kg of diet is required for the full expression of heart MnSOD in broilers fed the conventional basal maize-soyabean meal diet from 22 to 42 d of age. FAU - Lu, Lin AU - Lu L AD - 1Mineral Nutrition Research Division,Institute of Animal Science,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS),Beijing 100193,People's Republic of China. FAU - Chang, Bin AU - Chang B AD - 1Mineral Nutrition Research Division,Institute of Animal Science,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS),Beijing 100193,People's Republic of China. FAU - Liao, Xiudong AU - Liao X AD - 1Mineral Nutrition Research Division,Institute of Animal Science,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS),Beijing 100193,People's Republic of China. FAU - Wang, Runlian AU - Wang R AD - 2Department of Animal Science,Guangdong Ocean University,Zhanjiang 524088,People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhang, Liyang AU - Zhang L AD - 1Mineral Nutrition Research Division,Institute of Animal Science,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS),Beijing 100193,People's Republic of China. FAU - Luo, Xugang AU - Luo X AD - 1Mineral Nutrition Research Division,Institute of Animal Science,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS),Beijing 100193,People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161104 PL - England TA - Br J Nutr JT - The British journal of nutrition JID - 0372547 RN - 0 (Avian Proteins) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Manganese Compounds) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Sp1 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Sulfates) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor AP-2) RN - 42Z2K6ZL8P (Manganese) RN - EC 1.15.1.1 (Superoxide Dismutase) RN - W00LYS4T26 (manganese sulfate) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Avian Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - Biomarkers/metabolism MH - Chickens/growth & development/*physiology MH - China MH - Energy Intake MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic MH - Heart/growth & development MH - Male MH - Manganese/*administration & dosage/analysis/metabolism MH - Manganese Compounds/administration & dosage MH - Myocardium/enzymology/*metabolism MH - *Nutritional Requirements MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Random Allocation MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Sp1 Transcription Factor/chemistry/metabolism MH - Sulfates/administration & dosage MH - Superoxide Dismutase/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - Transcription Factor AP-2/chemistry/metabolism MH - Weight Gain OTO - NOTNLM OT - AP-2 activating protein-2 OT - MnSOD manganese-containing superoxide dismutase OT - Sp1 specificity protein 1 OT - Broilers OT - Dietary requirements OT - Gene expression OT - Manganese OT - Manganese-containing superoxide dismutase EDAT- 2016/11/05 06:00 MHDA- 2017/05/23 06:00 CRDT- 2016/11/05 06:00 PHST- 2016/11/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/05/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/11/05 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0007114516003640 [pii] AID - 10.1017/S0007114516003640 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Nutr. 2016 Nov;116(9):1512-1518. doi: 10.1017/S0007114516003640. Epub 2016 Nov 4.