›› 2018, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (8): 2197-2203.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2018.08.019

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The Effect of Compound Plant Essential Oil on LPS-induced Immune-stressed Weaned Pigs

XU Haiwang1, YU Kui1, WU Mengjun1, LIU Wenkai1, LI Peng1, YI Dan1,2, WANG Lei1,2, HOU Yongqing1,2   

  1. 1. Hubei key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China;
    2. Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center of Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China
  • Received:2017-11-26 Online:2018-08-20 Published:2018-08-15

Abstract:

The purpose of this research was to study the effect of OCT on the immune stress of weaned piglets induced by LPS.A total of 24 weaned piglets (Duroc×Large white×Landrace) were randomly assigned to three treatments at 28 days:Control group (based diet,injection of saline),LPS group (basic diet,injection of LPS) and OCT group (basal diet+50 mg/kg OCT,injection of LPS).Each treatment included 8 piglets that were subdivided equally to 8 pens,each pen had 1 piglets.On 21th day of the experiment,piglets in the LPS and OCT groups were injected intraperitoneally with LPS (100 μg/(kg·BW)),whereas piglets in the control group were injected intraperitoneally with the same volume of physiological saline.Blood samples were obtained 3 h after injection for analysis of white blood cell differential counts.6 h after LPS challenged,the pigs were slaughtered and thymus and spleen were taken for measuring the related genes IL-4,IL-6,IL-10,TNF-α,NF-κB,and STAT3 mRNA.The result showed that:①Compared with control group,LPS stimulation could lead to a significant reduction in the number of the eosinophils,neutrophils,lymphocytes,monocytes,white blood cells in the blood (P<0.05).Compared with LPS group,adding OCT could significantly increase blood levels of white blood cells (P<0.05).②Compared with control group,after injection of LPS,mRNA levels of IL-6 and STAT3 genes significantly increased in spleen and thymus (P<0.05);mRNA levels of IL-4,TNF-α in spleen and IL-4,TNF-α,NF-κB genes mRNA levels in thymus had been significantly reducted (P<0.05).Compared with LPS group,adding OCT could significantly reduce IL-6 and STAT3 mRNA levels in both spleen and thymus (P<0.05),and significantly increase IL-4,IL-10,TNF-α and NF-κB genes mRNA levels in thymus (P<0.05).In conclusion,LPS could induce immune stress in weaned pigs,whereas OCT could improve its immunity and alleviate inflammation to some extent.

Key words: compound plant of essential oil (OCT); piglets; lipopolysaccharide(LPS); immune stressed

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