FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI The Digestive Function of Pseudoplatystoma punctifer Early Juveniles Is Differentially Modulated by Dietary Protein, Lipid and Carbohydrate Content and Their Ratios BT AF Castro-Ruiz, Diana Andree, Karl B. Solovyev, Mikhail M. Fernández-Méndez, Christian García-Dávila, Carmen Cahu, Chantal Gisbert, Enric Darias, Maria J. AS 1:1;2:2;3:3,4;4:5;5:1;6:6;7:2;8:7; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:PDG-RBE-PFOM;7:;8:; C1 Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular (LBGM), Dirección de Investigación en Ecosistemas Acuáticos Amazónicos (AQUAREC), Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Carretera Iquitos-Nauta km 4.5, Iquitos, Peru Aquaculture Program, Centre de Sant Carles de la Ràpita (IRTA-SCR), Institut de Recerca i Tecnologìa Agroalimentaries (IRTA), Crta. Poble Nou km 5.5, 43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Frunze St., 630091 Novosibirsk, Russia Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave., 634050 Tomsk, Russia Laboratorio de Bromatología, Dirección de Investigación en Ecosistemas Acuáticos Amazónicos (AQUAREC), Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Carretera Iquitos-Nauta km. 4.5, Iquitos, Peru LEMAR, Univ Bretagne, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, 29280 Plouzané, France MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Montpellier, France C2 IIAP, PERU IRTA, SPAIN RUSSIAN ACAD SCI, RUSSIA UNIV TOMSK STATE, RUSSIA IIAP, PERU IFREMER, FRANCE IRD, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-RBE-PFOM UM LEMAR MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer UMR WOS Cotutelle UMR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-p187 copubli-europe copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 3.231 TC 7 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79019/81420.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;neotropical fish;aquaculture;digestive enzymes;gene expression;nutrition;juveniles;histology;development;macronutrients;diet AB Pseudoplatystoma punctifer is an Amazonian catfish highly appreciated for its high flesh quality, size, and commercial value. Its aquaculture is pursued to satisfy the demands of an increasing population in the region. However, knowledge of the nutritional needs during the early life stages is necessary for improving growth and reducing the incidence of cannibalism, factors that limit the success of its commercial farming. This study aimed at evaluating the influence of four diets containing different protein and lipid levels (30:15, 30:10, 45:15, or 45:10 in %) in the digestive physiology and performance of early juveniles. The results showed that the dietary protein:lipid as well as carbohydrate levels and ratios influenced differently the whole-body proximate composition, the digestive physiology and development, and hence growth and survival. The 45:15 diet promoted the best growth, survival, and the most rapid development of the digestive system, as shown at histological (higher number of hepatocytes, goblet cells in the anterior intestine and enterocytes in all intestinal portions, and longer folds in the posterior intestine), molecular (highest amylase, lipoprotein lipase, phospholipase, trypsinogen, and pepsinogen gene expression), and biochemical (highest lipase and pepsin activities and higher alkaline phosphatase:leucine alanine peptidase activity ratio) levels. Lipids were favored over carbohydrates as source of energy, with lipids promoting a protein-sparing effect at adequate energy:protein ratio. Carbohydrate content higher than 25% was excessive for this species, leading to unbalanced lipid metabolism and fat deposition in the liver. PY 2021 PD FEB SO Animals SN 2076-2615 PU MDPI AG VL 11 IS 2 UT 000622072400001 DI 10.3390/ani11020369 ID 79019 ER EF