Dietary supplementation with glutamate improves the flesh quality of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio) by altering muscle texture characteristics and increasing the deposition of flavour substances

Nutrition intervention is an effective way to improve flesh qualities of fish. The effect of feed supplementation with glutamate (Glu) on flesh quality of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio) was investigated. In trial 1, the fish (initial weight: 37.49 ± 0.08 g) were fed two practical diets with 0 and 2%...

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Main Authors: Wanjie Cai, Xing Wang, Haokun Liu, Luohai Hua, Dong Han, Xiaoming Zhu, Junyan Jin, Zhimin Zhang, Yunxia Yang, Shouqi Xie
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Xing Wang
Haokun Liu
Luohai Hua
Dong Han
Xiaoming Zhu
Junyan Jin
Zhimin Zhang
Yunxia Yang
Shouqi Xie
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Xing Wang
Haokun Liu
Luohai Hua
Dong Han
Xiaoming Zhu
Junyan Jin
Zhimin Zhang
Yunxia Yang
Shouqi Xie
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description Nutrition intervention is an effective way to improve flesh qualities of fish. The effect of feed supplementation with glutamate (Glu) on flesh quality of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio) was investigated. In trial 1, the fish (initial weight: 37.49 ± 0.08 g) were fed two practical diets with 0 and 2% Glu supplementation. In trial 2, the fish (37.26 ± 0.04 g) were fed two purified diets with 0 and 3% Glu supplementation. The results after feeding trials showed that dietary Glu supplementation increased the hardness and springiness of muscle, whether using practical or purified diets. Glu-supplemented diets increased the thickness and density of myofibres and collagen content between myofibres. Furthermore, Glu promoted muscle protein deposition by regulating the IGF-1-AKT-mTOR signalling pathway, and enhanced the myofibre hypertrophy by upregulating genes related to myofibre growth and development (mef2a, mef2d, myod, myf5, mlc, tpi and pax7α). The protein deposition and myofibre hypertrophy in turn improved the flesh texture. In addition, IMP content in flesh increased when supplementing Glu whether to practical or to purified diet. Metabolomics confirmed that Glu promoted the deposition of muscle-flavoured substances and purine metabolic pathway most functioned, echoed by the upregulation of key genes (ampd, ppat and adsl) in purine metabolism. The sensory test also clarified that dietary Glu improved the flesh quality by enhancing the muscle texture and flavour. Conclusively, dietary Glu supplementation can improve the flesh quality in this fish, which can further support evidence from other studies more generally that improve flesh quality of cultured fish.
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spelling doaj-art-4f143aa1a99a424da16db8081abaa2a82025-08-20T02:37:13ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Nutritional Science2048-67902025-01-011410.1017/jns.2025.10009Dietary supplementation with glutamate improves the flesh quality of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio) by altering muscle texture characteristics and increasing the deposition of flavour substancesWanjie Cai0Xing Wang1Haokun Liu2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0585-0541Luohai Hua3Dong Han4Xiaoming Zhu5Junyan Jin6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2314-4969Zhimin Zhang7Yunxia Yang8Shouqi Xie9Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, ChinaInstitute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Hubei Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Nutrition and Feed, Wuhan, ChinaInstitute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China Hubei Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Nutrition and Feed, Wuhan, ChinaInstitute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, ChinaInstitute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, ChinaInstitute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, ChinaInstitute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Hubei Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Nutrition and Feed, Wuhan, China The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, ChinaNutrition intervention is an effective way to improve flesh qualities of fish. The effect of feed supplementation with glutamate (Glu) on flesh quality of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio) was investigated. In trial 1, the fish (initial weight: 37.49 ± 0.08 g) were fed two practical diets with 0 and 2% Glu supplementation. In trial 2, the fish (37.26 ± 0.04 g) were fed two purified diets with 0 and 3% Glu supplementation. The results after feeding trials showed that dietary Glu supplementation increased the hardness and springiness of muscle, whether using practical or purified diets. Glu-supplemented diets increased the thickness and density of myofibres and collagen content between myofibres. Furthermore, Glu promoted muscle protein deposition by regulating the IGF-1-AKT-mTOR signalling pathway, and enhanced the myofibre hypertrophy by upregulating genes related to myofibre growth and development (mef2a, mef2d, myod, myf5, mlc, tpi and pax7α). The protein deposition and myofibre hypertrophy in turn improved the flesh texture. In addition, IMP content in flesh increased when supplementing Glu whether to practical or to purified diet. Metabolomics confirmed that Glu promoted the deposition of muscle-flavoured substances and purine metabolic pathway most functioned, echoed by the upregulation of key genes (ampd, ppat and adsl) in purine metabolism. The sensory test also clarified that dietary Glu improved the flesh quality by enhancing the muscle texture and flavour. Conclusively, dietary Glu supplementation can improve the flesh quality in this fish, which can further support evidence from other studies more generally that improve flesh quality of cultured fish.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2048679025100098/type/journal_articleFlesh qualityFlavourGlutamateMyofibreTexture
spellingShingle Wanjie Cai
Xing Wang
Haokun Liu
Luohai Hua
Dong Han
Xiaoming Zhu
Junyan Jin
Zhimin Zhang
Yunxia Yang
Shouqi Xie
Dietary supplementation with glutamate improves the flesh quality of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio) by altering muscle texture characteristics and increasing the deposition of flavour substances
Journal of Nutritional Science
Flesh quality
Flavour
Glutamate
Myofibre
Texture
title Dietary supplementation with glutamate improves the flesh quality of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio) by altering muscle texture characteristics and increasing the deposition of flavour substances
title_full Dietary supplementation with glutamate improves the flesh quality of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio) by altering muscle texture characteristics and increasing the deposition of flavour substances
title_fullStr Dietary supplementation with glutamate improves the flesh quality of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio) by altering muscle texture characteristics and increasing the deposition of flavour substances
title_full_unstemmed Dietary supplementation with glutamate improves the flesh quality of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio) by altering muscle texture characteristics and increasing the deposition of flavour substances
title_short Dietary supplementation with glutamate improves the flesh quality of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio) by altering muscle texture characteristics and increasing the deposition of flavour substances
title_sort dietary supplementation with glutamate improves the flesh quality of gibel carp carassius gibelio by altering muscle texture characteristics and increasing the deposition of flavour substances
topic Flesh quality
Flavour
Glutamate
Myofibre
Texture
url https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2048679025100098/type/journal_article
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