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A pilot study on the urine proteome of cats fed a high-protein complete diet, supplemented with or without arginine, ornithine or zeolite (2022)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Paßlack, Nadine (WE 4)

Nöbauer, Katharina

Hummel, Karin

Razzazi-Fazeli, Ebrahim

Belik, Vitaly (WE 16)

Zentek, Jürgen (WE 4)

Quelle

Veterinary sciences

Bandzählung: 9

Heftzählung: 12

Seiten: Artikel 654

ISSN: 2306-7381

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/9/12/654

DOI: 10.3390/vetsci9120654

Kontakt

Institut für Tierernährung

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14195 Berlin
+49 30 838 52256
tierernaehrung@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Proteome analyses can be used to detect biomarkers for the healthy and diseased organism. However, data in cats are scarce, and no information is available on the potential impact of nutritional interventions on the feline urine proteome. In the present study, a label-free shotgun proteomics approach was performed to investigate the urinary proteins of four healthy adult cats. Each animal received a high-protein complete diet without (w/o) or with supplements that could affect the protein metabolism: arginine (+100% compared to the arginine concentration in the w/o diet), ornithine (+200% compared to the arginine concentration in the w/o diet) or zeolite (0.375 g/kg body weight/day). Our results demonstrate a huge number of proteins in the urine of cats (516 ± 49, 512 ± 39, 399 ± 149 and 455 ± 134 in the w/o, arginine, ornithine and zeolite group, respectively), which are associated with several biological processes. In addition, up- and downregulated urinary proteins could be detected in the dietary supplementation periods. Overall, the present pilot study provides basic data on the urine proteome of healthy adult cats. With increasing information, the numerousness of urinary proteins implies the potential to identify biomarkers and metabolic pathways in the feline organism.