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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2020

Effects of arginine and ornithine supplementation to a high-protein diet on selected cellular immune variables in adult cats.

Nadine Paßlack, Barbara Kohn, Jürgen Zentek

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial, Veterinary
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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nadine PaßlackInstitute of Animal Nutrition, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7308-803X
Barbara KohnClinic for Small Animals, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Jürgen ZentekInstitute of Animal Nutrition, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Freie Universität Berlin · DE

Funding

almapharm GmbH + Co. KG (Wildpoldsried, Germany)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDietary protein and amino acid intake and composition can modulate immune function.

objectivesTo evaluate the effects of high-protein intake and arginine and ornithine supplementation on feline immune cells. ANIMALS: Ten healthy cats.

methodsExperimental study. Cats received a high-protein basal diet as a single daily meal. A crossover design was applied with treatments being basal diet (w/o); basal diet with arginine supplementation (+50, 75, 100% compared to the arginine provision by the basal diet; Arg 1-3); and basal diet with ornithine supplementation (+100, 150, 200% compared to the arginine provision by the basal diet; Orn 1-3). Blood samples were collected at the end of each 11-day treatment period.

resultsMitogen-stimulated proliferative activity of blood leukocytes revealed a quadratic effect for the dietary supplementation of arginine (P = .02) and ornithine (P = .03) (means for ConA-stimulation: w/o = 6.96; Arg 1 = 9.31; Arg 2 = 11.4; Arg 3 = 8.04; Orn 1 = 15.4; Orn 2 = 9.43; Orn 3 = 9.28; pooled SEM: 0.96). The number (% gated) of phagocytic granulocytes linearly decreased with increasing dietary concentrations of arginine (P = .05) and ornithine (P = .03) (means: w/o = 95.5; Arg 1 = 93.0; Arg 2 = 92.5; Arg 3 = 92.6; Orn 1 = 92.6; Orn 2 = 92.6; Orn 3 = 91.5; pooled SEM = 0.44). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: This study could demonstrate immunomodulating properties of dietary arginine and ornithine in cats.

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Immunity, CellularAnimal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaAnimalsArginineCatsDietary SupplementsDiet, High-ProteinFemaleLeukocytesMaleOrnithineArginineOrnithinefelineimmune systemphagocytic granulocytesproliferation

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