gene expressions. CORT treatment significantly increased the level of SREBP2 (p=0.00), LDLR (p<0.05), GR (p<0.05) and 11ß-HSD2 (p<0.05) protein abundance in liver. However, TI phenotype only affected hepatic HMGCR protein expression, and LTI broilers showed higher level of HMGCR protein expression in liver than STI (p<0.05). These results indicate that chronic CORT administration causes hepatic cholesterol accumulation in broiler chickens mainly by enhancing cholesterol synthesis and uptake into liver. LTI chickens had higher amount of total cholesterol in liver, which might be associated with an increase of hepatic HMGCR protein expression. However, there is no interaction between TI and CORT on cholesterol metabolism in liver of broilers.
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