Effects of Dietary ${\omega}$-3 and ${\omega}$-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Fatty Acid Composition of Immune Organs in Young Chicks

${\omega}$-3 및 ${\omega}$-6계 지방산 첨가 사료의 급여가 어린 병아리에서 면역기관 내 지방산 조성에 미치는 영향

  • Published : 2003.01.01

Abstract

Effects of various combinations of corn oil (CO) and perilla oil (PO) as respective dietary sources of ${\omega}$-6 and ${\omega}$-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on fatty acid profiles of immune organs were studied in young chicks. Seventy-five 1-day-old male (ISA Brown) chicks were assigned to five treatments with three replications. Semi-purified-type diets containing glucose and soybean meal as major ingredients were added with 8% CO, 6% CO+2% PO, 4% CO+4% PO, 2% CO+6% PO and 8% PO and fed for 7 weeks. There were no significant differences in body weight gain, feed intake and relative weights of liver and immune organs (g/100g weight) among dietary groups. Dietary fatty acid patterns were generally reflected in the fatty acid compositions of all immune organs such as spleen, thymus and bursa of Fabricius. The levels of a-linolenic acid(LNA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid in various immune organs increased with increasing levels of perilla oil in the diets, whilet the levels of linoleic acid (LA) and arachidonic acid (AA) decreased. Thymus appeared to have capacity to retain remarkably higher (P<0.05) levels of LA and LNA up to 37 and 22%, respectively, compared to the other organs. Thymic tissue contained ${\omega}$-3 fatty acid and ${\omega}$-6 fatty acid 10~36 times and 3~5 times higher than the other organs, respectively. Spleen tissue was specifically higher (P<0.05) in the levels of AA and EPA and the ratios of AA/LA and EPA/LNA, compared to the other organs, suggesting that the tissue might have high desaturase activity to convert LA or LNA to AA or EPA, respectively. BSA antibody production tended to increase by 18 ~ 32% with higher levels of perilla oil in diet, although the increase was not statistically significant. In conclusion, fatty acid compositions of immune organs very depending on the lipid composition of the diets and each organ appears to respond differently for its fatty acid profile to dietary lipids. Considering AA and EPA are precursors of many important eicosanoids, further studies are required to clarify the responses of the immune organs to the dietary fatty acids.

본 연구에서는 ${\omega}$-6 및 ${\omega}$-3계 지방산을 함유한 유지의 첨가비율을 달리한 실험사료를 어린 병아리에서 급여했을 때 면연 기관의 지방산조성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 5개의 처리구에 각 처리당 3반복을 두고 총 75수의 1일령 수평아리를 공시하였다. 옥수수유(CO)와 들깨유(PO)를 중량비로 각각 8%+0%, , 6%+2%, 4%+4%, 2%+6%, 0%+8% 수준으로 첨가한 반정제 실험 사료를 7주간 급여하였다. 실험 종료시 증체량 및 사료섭취량은 처리 간에 큰 차이가 보이지 않았으며 체중 100g당 간장 중량 및 면역 기관 중량에서도 유의한 차이가 인정되지 않았다. 면역조직 내 지방산 조성은 EPA와 AA(arachidonic acid)를 포함하여 섭취한 사료 지방산의 조성을 잘 반영하는 경향을 보였는데, 면역기관 간에 그 정도에 차이가 있었다. 들깨유의 첨가수준이 증가함에 따라 linoleie acid LA)의 비율이 점진적으로 감소하였고 반면 a-linolenic acid(LNA) 비율은 현저하게 증가하는 경향이었다. 흉선에는 .LA와 LNA의 함량이 다른 조직보다 현저히 더 많아서 섭취하는 지방산의 조성이 가장 잘 반영되었다. 비장 조직에는 HPA 및 AA 농도와 EPA/LNA, AA/LA의 비율이 다른 조직에 비해 현저히 더 높았는데 이는 비장이 LA나 LNA로부터 AA나 EPA로 전환하는 능력이 높음을 의미한다. 실험사료 급여후 2, 4주후에 조사된 anti-BSA 항체가 유의한 차이는 인정되지 않았으나 CO 8%구에 비해 PO를 첨가한 모든 구에서 더 많이 생성되는 경향이 관찰되었고 특히 PO를 6% 및 8% 첨가한 실험구에서 20~30%나 더 높아졌다. 결론적으로 섭취하는 지방산 조성에 따라 면역기관내 모든 지방산 조성이 변하였으며, 면역기관에 따라 그 반응정도가 달라지는 것이 관찰되었다. 이는 eicosanoids 합성에도 영향을 미칠 수 있기 때문에 가금에서 질병에 대한 면역력 향상이라는 관점에서 앞으로 더 세밀한 연구가 필요하다.

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