Table 10.

Effects of MLE on liver lipid metabolism gene expression of broilers.

	MLE supplementation to diet/(mg/kg)					P value
Items	0	400	800	1,200	SEM	ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
ACC	1.00a	0.58b	0.32c	0.31c	0.04	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
CPT1α	1.00	1.11	0.95	1.04	0.06	0.187	0.917	0.815
FAS	1.00a	0.68b	0.55c	0.52c	0.06	<0.001	<0.001	0.004
SREBP-1c	1.00a	1.10a	0.67b	0.45b	0.13	0.001	<0.001	0.202
PPARα	1.00	0.95	0.84	0.94	0.12	0.635	0.470	0.406
AMPK	1.00c	3.54b	3.72b	4.43a	0.19	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
ACO	1.00	0.87	1.13	0.89	0.11	0.260	0.865	0.533
LPL	1.00	1.03	1.09	0.94	0.12	0.747	0.731	0.286
FABP	1.00	1.00	0.88	0.98	0.13	0.782	0.673	0.595

Abbreviations: ACC, acetyl-coA carboxylase; ACO, lipoyl-coa oxidase; AMPKα, adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase; CPT-1α, carnitine palmityl transferase; FABP, fatty acid binding protein; FAS, fatty acid synthase; LPL, lipoprotein decomposition enzyme; PPAR_α, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor; SREBP-1c, sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c.

^a,b,cWith a row, values with different superscript letters differ (P < 0.05). n = 6.