PMID- 30137616 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190221 LR - 20200220 IS - 1525-3171 (Electronic) IS - 0032-5791 (Linking) VI - 98 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Jan 1 TI - Effects of dietary supplementation of DL-2-hydroxy-4(methylthio) butanoic acid on antioxidant capacity and its related gene expression in lung and liver of broilers exposed to low temperature. PG - 341-349 LID - 10.3382/ps/pey371 [doi] AB - DL-2-hydroxy-4(methylthio) butanoic acid (DL-HMTBA) exhibits a higher antioxidant capability in vitro as compared to DL-Met, but the mechanism is still not known. A total of 400 8-day-old broiler chicks were allotted to a 2 [low (12 to 14 degrees C) vs. control temperature (thermoneutral, 24 to 26 degrees C)] x 2 (0.17% or 0.51% of DL-HMTBA) factorial arrangement to investigate effects of DL-HMTBA on antioxidant capacity and its related gene expression in lung and liver of broilers exposed to low temperature. The hepatic glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activities were decreased, whereas protein carbonyl and malodndialdehyde contents in lung were increased in low temperature (P < 0.05). Dietary supplementation of 0.51% DL-HMTBA increased (P < 0.05) GSH and GSH-Px activity in liver and SOD activity in lung in spite of the temperature. The greater gene expression of GSH reductase and lower expression of GSH synthetase (P < 0.01) were observed in lung of broilers that were maintained at low temperature. Higher DL-HMTBA supplementation induced greater (P < 0.05) mRNA expression of glutathione-S transferase in lung, GSH synthetase in liver and lung, as well as lower expression of GSH reductase in lung, and this effect were more obvious for the chicks exposed to low temperature (interaction, P < 0.05). Chicks that were maintained under low temperature had the lower expression of cystathionine beta-synthase (CbetaS), whereas those fed 0.51% DL-HMTBA increased the CbetaS expression in liver under low temperature (interaction, P