Table 4.
Relative gene expression of fatty acid desaturases Fads1, Fads2, Fads9, HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCoA), (Acox) and (Cpt1), superoxide dismutase (Sod) and glutathione peroxidase4 (Gpx4) in breast muscle of chickens fed low selenium (Se) diet (0.13 mg Se/kg feed) and high Se (1.1 mg Se/kg feed), without or with linseed oil (LO) in the feed
| |
Selenium |
|
Linseed oil |
|
Low Se without LO |
High Se with LO |
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Low |
High |
|
Without |
With |
|
|
||
| n = 33 | n = 32 | p | n = 32 | n = 33 | p | n = 16 | n = 16 | p | |
| Fads1 |
-0.058 |
0.157 |
0.054 |
0.046 |
0.053 |
0.954 |
-0.021 |
0.201 |
0.104 |
| Fads2 |
-0.197 |
-0.030 |
0.476 |
-0.057 |
-0.170 |
0.631 |
-0.001 |
0.054 |
0.850 |
| Fads9 |
-0.126 |
0.250 |
0.107 |
0.022 |
0.102 |
0.733 |
-0.015 |
0.441 |
0.216 |
| HMGCoA |
-0.046 |
0.101 |
0.166 |
0.052 |
0.002 |
0.638 |
-0.042 |
0.054 |
0.453 |
| Acox |
-0.011 |
0.074 |
0.231 |
0.010 |
0.053 |
0.553 |
-0.027 |
0.102 |
0.197 |
| Cpt1 |
-0.093 |
-0.144 |
0.600 |
-0.052 |
-0.185 |
0.165 |
-0.024 |
-0.209 |
0.257 |
| Sod |
0.066 |
0.142 |
0.736 |
0.167 |
0.041 |
0.577 |
0.009 |
-0.041 |
0.873 |
| Gpx4 | 0.011 | 0.297 | <0.001 | 0.117 | 0.191 | 0.358 | -0.023 | 0.337 | <0.001 |