Publication: Effect of repeated administration of lipopolysaccharide on inflammatory and stress markers in saliva of growing pigs
Authors
Campos, Paulo H.R.F. ; Gutiérrez Montes, Ana María ; Le Floc’h, Nathalie ; Cerón Madrigal, José Joaquín ; Merlot, Elodie
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Escribano Tortosa, Damián
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Elsevier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.04.007
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© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in The Veterinary Journal. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.04.007
Abstract
Although saliva could be considered to be an ideal biological sample for evaluation of biomarkers relat- ing to stress and inflammatory responses in pigs, little is known about how these might be influenced by the presence of endotoxaemia. In the present study, the response to repeated administrations of li- popolysaccharide (LPS) was investigated, using a panel of salivary stress markers such as chromogranin A (CgA) and cortisol, as well as inflammatory/immune markers such as haptoglobin (Hp), C-reactive protein (CRP) and immunoglobulin A (IgA). Sixteen growing pigs were adapted to experimental conditions for 3 weeks, after which, 10 of the pigs were selected to receive three doses of LPS at 48 h intervals. Saliva samples were taken from all pigs prior to any LPS administration (baseline) and at time points corresponding to 3 h after each injection of LPS (T1, T2 and T3). Results showed that repeated administration of LPS induced significant elevation of salivary markers of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (cortisol) and immune (Hp, CRP and IgA) activity compared to base- line levels (P < 0.05). However, rectal temperature, CRP and cortisol data suggested that the amplitude of the inflammatory response decreased with successive LPS administrations. Thus, measurement of sal- ivary biomarkers could be a practical tool for evaluating the inflammatory response to endotoxaemia in pigs. In the case of chronic inflammatory states, salivary Hp and IgA might be more sensitive markers than CRP or cortisol.
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Citation
The Veterinary Journal 200 (2014) 393–397
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