Carbohydrate tolerance in the fruit-eating fish Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887)

dc.contributor.authorTakahashi, Leonardo Susumu [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorHa, Natalia [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Mayara Moura [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBiller-Takahashi, Jaqueline Dalbello [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorUrbinati, Elisabeth Criscuolo [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-11T17:17:05Z
dc.date.available2018-12-11T17:17:05Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-01
dc.description.abstractSome fish species have a limited ability to metabolize dietary carbohydrates. An important tool for understanding carbohydrate metabolism is the application of the glucose tolerance test, which can be performed orally or intraperitoneally. To evaluate carbohydrate tolerance in the fruit-eating fish pacu, two experiments were performed, one with oral administration by gavage of three carbohydrate types (glucose, fructose and starch, 2.0 g/kg body weight (BW)) and the other with intraperitoneal injection (IP) of glucose (500 mg/kg BW). Oral glucose resulted in an increase in plasma glucose 2 hr later with the peak at 4 hr (8.30 mmol/L), and return to baseline between 6 and 12 hr; starch administration promoted a peak after 4 hr (7.70 mmol/L), returning to the baseline at 6 hr. The administration of fructose promoted a moderate peak after 2 hr (5.71 mmol/L), and return to baseline for the time points that followed. Elevated serum cholesterol levels were observed 2 and 24 hr after administration of glucose and starch. Hepatic glycogen levels increased within 24 hr, regardless of the type of carbohydrate administered. IP glucose load resulted in a peak of plasma glucose 3 hr post injection (6.91 mmol/L), returning to baseline 6 hr later. There was a reduction in the concentration of triglycerides at 24 hr. The results demonstrate that pacu metabolize both oral (glucose or starch) and intraperitoneal (glucose) carbohydrate loads after 6 hr, suggesting good ability to deal with dietary carbohydrates.en
dc.description.affiliationCollege of Agricultural and Technological Sciences São Paulo State University (Unesp)
dc.description.affiliationAquaculture Center of Unesp (Caunesp) São Paulo State University (Unesp)
dc.description.affiliationUnespCollege of Agricultural and Technological Sciences São Paulo State University (Unesp)
dc.description.affiliationUnespAquaculture Center of Unesp (Caunesp) São Paulo State University (Unesp)
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2010/15844-1
dc.format.extent1182-1188
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/are.13571
dc.identifier.citationAquaculture Research, v. 49, n. 3, p. 1182-1188, 2018.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/are.13571
dc.identifier.issn1365-2109
dc.identifier.issn1355-557X
dc.identifier.lattes3860915077534516
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85039172635
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/175691
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAquaculture Research
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,586
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectfish
dc.subjectglucose
dc.subjecthyperglycaemia
dc.subjectmetabolism
dc.subjectomnivorous
dc.subjectpacu
dc.titleCarbohydrate tolerance in the fruit-eating fish Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887)en
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.lattes3860915077534516
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-5820-188X[1]
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