Effect of DL-Methionine Supplementation on Tissue and Plasma Antioxidant Status and Concentrations of Oxidation Products of Cholesterol and Phytosterols in Heat-Processed Thigh Muscle of Broilers

Simple Summary The occurrence of oxidative stress is a general problem in high-yielding farm animals. Oxidative stress not only affects animal health, but free radicals generated under oxidative stress conditions can also promote the oxidation of lipids in animal products which are detrimental for the consumer, such as lipid oxidation products. Therefore, prevention of oxidative stress by improving the antioxidant system has high priority in farm animal management. Methionine (Met) is a precursor of glutathione, one of the major antioxidants in the body. Therefore, we investigated the hypothesis that feeding diets with an excess of Met in relation to the requirement for optimum growth improves the antioxidant status by enhancing the formation of glutathione in broilers. We observed that broilers fed diets with an excess of Met had higher concentrations of glutathione in liver and thigh muscle, indicative of an improved antioxidant status, and moreover had lower concentrations of cholesterol oxidation products in heat-processed thigh muscle, in comparison to broilers of the control group. This effect is favorable with respect to animal health and quality of broiler meat. Abstract In this study, the hypothesis that supplementation with methionine (Met) as DL-Met (DLM) in excess of the National Research Council (NRC) recommendations improves the antioxidant system in broilers was investigated. Day-old male Cobb-500 broilers (n = 72) were divided into three groups which were fed a control diet or diets supplemented with two levels of DLM in which the concentrations of Met + Cys exceeded the recommendations of NRC by 15–20% (group DLM 1) or 30–40% (group DLM 2), respectively. The three groups of broilers did not show differences in body weight gains, feed intake, and feed conversion ratio. However, broilers of groups DLM 1 and DLM 2 had higher concentrations of glutathione (GSH) in liver and thigh muscle and lower concentrations of cholesterol oxidation products (COPs) in heat-processed thigh muscle than broilers of the control group. Concentrations of several oxidation products of phytosterols in heat-processed thigh muscle were also reduced in groups DLM 1 and DLM 2; however, the concentration of total oxidation products of phytosterols was not different between the three groups. The study shows that DLM supplementation improved the antioxidant status due to an increased formation of GSH and reduced the formation of COPs during heat-processing in thigh muscle.

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