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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 and ghrelin on liver metabolites in steers

M. El-Sabagh A B , D. Taniguchi A , T. Sugino A C , T. Obitsu A and K. Taniguchi A
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A Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan.

B Permanent address: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt.

C Corresponding author. Email: sugino@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Animal Production Science 54(10) 1732-1736 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN14363
Submitted: 13 March 2014  Accepted: 23 June 2014   Published: 19 August 2014

Abstract

Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and ghrelin have opposite regulatory effects on glucose metabolism in non-ruminants. However, mechanisms by which GLP-1 and ghrelin regulate nutrient partitioning, particularly in the liver, have been much less demonstrated in ruminants. A novel metabolomic method based on capillary electrophoresis time-of-flight mass spectrometry (CE-TOFMS) combined with multivariate statistical analysis was applied to address the GLP-1 and ghrelin-induced metabolic changes in the liver of steers. Three Holstein steers (400 ± 5.0 kg LW) fed a maintenance diet according to Japanese feeding standards were randomly assigned to three treatments (GLP-1, ghrelin and saline) in a 3 × 3 Latin square design with one week apart. Liver biopsies were taken 30 min after a single injection (1.0 μg/kg LW) of GLP-1 or ghrelin, and analysed for metabolites by Agilent CE-TOFMS system. Also, blood samples were collected for plasma hormones analysis. Results indicated that 20 and 10 liver metabolites were altered (P < 0.05) by GLP-1 and ghrelin, respectively. Pathway analysis showed that GLP-1 is involved in biochemical pathways related to glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, lipogenesis and lipid export from the liver, oxidative stress defence and protein turnover. Ghrelin was shown to be involved in pathways related to glycolysis, protein anabolism and phospholipid biosynthesis. However, plasma concentrations of insulin, growth hormone and glucagon did not differ between treatments. These results imply that GLP-1 and ghrelin are involved in multibiochemical pathways that go beyond simply regulating glucose metabolism. In addition, the effects of GLP-1 and ghrelin may potentially be independent of insulin and growth hormone, respectively.

Additional keywords: bioinformatics, biomarkers, metabolomics, nutrient partitioning.


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