title: The effect of early nutrition on satellite cell dynamics in the young turkey.
abstract: Early posthatch satellite cell mitotic activity is an important aspect of muscle development. An understanding of the interplay between nutrition and satellite cell mitotic activity will lead to more efficient meat production. The objective of this study was to test the influence of the leucine metabolite, beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate (HMB), and feed deprivation on muscle development in the early posthatch poult. Male Nicholas poults were placed on 1 of 4 treatments: immediately fed a starter diet with 0.1% HMB (IF-HMB), immediately fed a starter diet containing 0.1% Solka-Floc for a control (IF-No HMB), feed and water withheld for 48 h immediately posthatch and then fed the HMB diet (WF-HMB), and feed and water withheld for 48 h immediately posthatch and then fed the control starter diet (WF-No HMB). 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) was injected intra-abdominally into all poults to label mitotically active satellite cells. The pectoralis thoracicus was harvested 2 h after the BrdU injection. Immunohistochemistry for BrdU, Pax7, and laminin along with computer-based image analysis was used to study muscle development. IF-HMB poults had higher body weights (P < 0.01) at 48 h and 1 wk of age and had higher satellite cell mitotic activity at 48 h of age (P < 0.01) compared with the IF-No HMB and WF poults. Therefore, dietary supplementation of HMB may have an anabolic effect on early posthatch muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Ferket
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Mozdziak
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D008297:Male; D008938:Mitosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D032496:Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014422:Turkeys / Q000254:growth & development*; D014631:Valerates / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014631:Valerates; C004961:beta-hydroxyisovaleric acid