Differential responses of the gut transcriptome to plant protein diets in farmed Atlantic salmon.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The potential for alternative plant protein sources to replace limited marine ingredients in fish feeds is important for the future of the fish farming industry. However, plant ingredients in fish feeds contain antinutritional factors (ANFs) that can promote gut inflammation (enteritis) and compromise fish health. It is unknown whether enteritis induced by plant materials with notable differences in secondary metabolism is characterised by common or distinct gene expression patterns, and how using feeds with single vs mixed plant proteins may affect the gut transcriptome and fish performance. We used Atlantic salmon parr to investigate the transcriptome responses of distal gut to varying dietary levels (0-45%) of soy protein concentrate (SPC) and faba bean (Vicia faba) p

SUBMITTER: Krol E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4772681 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature