scholarly journals Ectopic Lipid Accumulation is Key Feature in Early Stages of Wooden Breast

Author(s):  
Juniper A. Lake ◽  
Michael B. Papah ◽  
Behnam Abasht

Wooden breast is a muscle disorder affecting modern commercial broiler chickens that causes a palpably firm pectoralis major muscle and severe reduction in meat quality. Most studies have focused on advanced stages of wooden breast apparent at market age, resulting in limited insights into the etiology and early pathogenesis of the myopathy. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify early molecular signals in the wooden breast transcriptional cascade by performing gene expression analysis on the pectoralis major muscle of two-week-old birds that may later exhibit the wooden breast phenotype by market age at 7 weeks. Biopsy samples of the left pectoralis major muscle were collected from a subset of 101 birds randomly selected from a total of 302 birds at 14 days of age, after which all birds were raised to 7 weeks of age for scoring of wooden breast. RNA sequencing was performed on 5 unaffected and 8 affected female chicken samples, selected based on wooden breast scores (0 to 4) assigned at necropsy where affected birds had scores of 2 or 3 (mildly or moderately affected) while unaffected birds had scores of 0 (no apparent gross lesions). Differential expression analysis identified 60 genes found to be significant at an FDR-adjusted p value of 0.05. Of these, 26 were previously demonstrated to exhibit altered expression or genetic polymorphisms related to glucose tolerance or diabetes mellitus in mammals. Additionally, 9 genes have functions directly related to lipid metabolism and 11 genes are associated with adiposity traits such as intramuscular fat and body mass index. This study suggests that wooden breast disease is first and foremost a metabolic disorder characterized primarily by ectopic lipid accumulation in the pectoralis major.

Genes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juniper A. Lake ◽  
Michael B. Papah ◽  
Behnam Abasht

Wooden breast is a muscle disorder affecting modern commercial broiler chickens that causes a palpably firm pectoralis major muscle and severe reduction in meat quality. Most studies have focused on advanced stages of wooden breast apparent at market age, resulting in limited insights into the etiology and early pathogenesis of the myopathy. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify early molecular signals in the wooden breast transcriptional cascade by performing gene expression analysis on the pectoralis major muscle of two-week-old birds that may later exhibit the wooden breast phenotype by market age at 7 weeks. Biopsy samples of the left pectoralis major muscle were collected from 101 birds at 14 days of age. Birds were subsequently raised to 7 weeks of age to allow sample selection based on the wooden breast phenotype at market age. RNA-sequencing was performed on 5 unaffected and 8 affected female chicken samples, selected based on wooden breast scores (0 to 4) assigned at necropsy where affected birds had scores of 2 or 3 (mildly or moderately affected) while unaffected birds had scores of 0 (no apparent gross lesions). Differential expression analysis identified 60 genes found to be significant at an FDR-adjusted p-value of 0.05. Of these, 26 were previously demonstrated to exhibit altered expression or genetic polymorphisms related to glucose tolerance or diabetes mellitus in mammals. Additionally, 9 genes have functions directly related to lipid metabolism and 11 genes are associated with adiposity traits such as intramuscular fat and body mass index. This study suggests that wooden breast disease is first and foremost a metabolic disorder characterized primarily by ectopic lipid accumulation in the pectoralis major.


Author(s):  
Juniper A. Lake ◽  
Michael B. Papah ◽  
Behnam Abasht

Wooden breast is a muscle disorder affecting modern commercial broiler chickens that causes a palpably firm pectoralis major muscle and severe reduction in meat quality. Most studies have focused on advanced stages of wooden breast apparent at market age, resulting in limited insights into the etiology and early pathogenesis of the myopathy. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify early molecular signals in the wooden breast transcriptional cascade by performing gene expression analysis on the pectoralis major muscle of two-week-old birds that may later exhibit the wooden breast phenotype by market age at 7 weeks. Biopsy samples of the left pectoralis major muscle were collected from 101 birds at 14 days of age. Birds were subsequently raised to 7 weeks of age to allow sample selection based on the wooden breast phenotype at market age. RNA sequencing was performed on 5 unaffected and 8 affected female chicken samples, selected based on wooden breast scores (0 to 4) assigned at necropsy where affected birds had scores of 2 or 3 (mildly or moderately affected) while unaffected birds had scores of 0 (no apparent gross lesions). Differential expression analysis identified 60 genes found to be significant at an FDR-adjusted p value of 0.05. Of these, 26 were previously demonstrated to exhibit altered expression or genetic polymorphisms related to glucose tolerance or diabetes mellitus in mammals. Additionally, 9 genes have functions directly related to lipid metabolism and 11 genes are associated with adiposity traits such as intramuscular fat and body mass index. This study suggests that wooden breast disease is first and foremost a metabolic disorder characterized primarily by ectopic lipid accumulation in the pectoralis major.


2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 623-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael B. Papah ◽  
Erin M. Brannick ◽  
Carl J. Schmidt ◽  
Behnam Abasht

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 308-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Chiofalo ◽  
V. Lo Presti ◽  
G. Samoini ◽  
D. Alessandro E ◽  
V. Chiofalo ◽  
...  

The study evaluated the effects of nucleotide dietary supplementation on the physical and nutritional characteristics of the Pectoralis major muscle of male broiler chickens (n = 60 000), divided into two homogeneous groups: Control (C) and Nucleotides (N). The animals of the two groups, from the birth (24 h of age) to the slaughtering age (52 days), received the same diet, supplemented (N) or not (C) with 0.1% of a Nucleotide pool. At the slaughtering, on a sample of 130 animals per group, randomly selected, the physical and nutritional characteristics of Pectoralis major muscle were determined. The meat of the N group showed significantly higher redness and Hue values, lower shear force values, higher lipid and ash percentages and iron content. Moreover, nucleotides significantly increased monounsaturated acids and linolenic acid and decreased eicosapentanoic and docosahexanoic acids. The unsaturation degree was higher in the Nucleotides group and Atherogenic index was positively influenced by the nucleotide supplementation. Nucleotide dietary supplementation improved the physical and nutritional characteristics of the Pectoralis major muscle of broiler chickens.


EMBRIO ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Yuniar Angelia Puspadewi ◽  
Jiarti Kusbandiyah

Breastmilk (ASI) is a staple food that can be given to a newborn for growth and development of the baby for his survival. Therefore, almost 80% of mothers who give birth are able to produce enough milk for the needs of their babies. Psychological factors because there is a belief from the mother that she cannot provide breast milk which will cause a decrease in the hormone oxytocin so that breast milk cannot come out immediately after birth, so the mother takes the decision to give formula milk. The research objective in this study was to analyze the difference in the effectiveness of oxytocin massage and pectoralis major muscle massage on the acceleration of breastfeeding in postpartum mothers. The number of respondents in each group was 20 people with criteria such as postpartum mothers before 2 hours, breastfeeding did not come out at all, mothers gave normal birth. Both groups were checked for the smooth release of breast milk on which day by observation. This study used a true experiment design with a postest-only control design approach. The independent variables in this study were oxytocin massage and pectoralis major muscle massage which was carried out 2 times a day massage with a massage duration of 2-3 minutes for 5 days, while the dependent variable was the speed of expressing breastmilk which occurred on what number of days postpartum. The results showed that the U value was 122 and the W value was 375. When converted to Z value, the value was -2.593. Sig value or P value 0.010 <0.05 means that there is a significant difference between the 2 groups, namely oxytocin massage is more effective in accelerating breastfeeding.


2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (suppl_5) ◽  
pp. 425-425
Author(s):  
M. P. Babak ◽  
E. M. Brannick ◽  
C. J. Schmidt ◽  
B. Abasht

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