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Oxygen deprivation (hypoxia) is a common challenge in water environment, which causes lack of energy and oxidative damage in organisms. Many studies have indicated a number of physiological and metabolic changes under hypoxia, but the effects of dietary nutrients on hypoxia tolerance have not been well evaluated. In the present 7-week feeding trial, we fed zebrafish with low-protein diet (LP), high-protein diet (HP), low-fat diet (LF), high-fat diet (HF), low-carbohydrate diet (LC), and high-carbohydrate diet (HC), respectively. Afterward, the resistance to acute hypoxia challenge, growth, body composition, activities of metabolic enzymes, and expressions of energy homeostasis–related genes and six hifαs genes were measured. The results indicated that only the HC diet could significantly improve the resistance to hypoxia challenge. Moreover, the HC diet feeding caused higher glycogen deposition in the liver and muscle, and these glycogens were significantly reduced after 6-h acute hypoxia challenge. Meanwhile, the lactate content in the liver and blood was increased in the HC groups. At hypoxia status, the relative mRNA expressions of the genes related to glycolysis, ATP production, insulin signaling pathway, and hif-3a (hif1al) were all significantly increased in the muscle of the HC diet–fed fish. This study revealed that high-carbohydrate diet could improve the resistance to hypoxia by activating glycolysis and hif/insulin signaling pathway in zebrafish, mainly in the muscle, to efficiently supply energy. Therefore, our results highlight the importance of dietary carbohydrate in resisting hypoxia in fish.
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Ma, Q., Hu, CT., Yue, J. et al. High-carbohydrate diet promotes the adaptation to acute hypoxia in zebrafish. Fish Physiol Biochem 46, 665–679 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-019-00742-2
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