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© 2001 The American Society for Nutritional Sciences J. Nutr. 131:2898-2903, November 2001

Nutrient Requirements

Abalone, Haliotis discus hannai Ino, Can Synthesize Myo-Inositol De Novo to Meet Physiological Needs1

Kangsen Mai2, Getian Wu and Wei Zhu

Mariculture Research Laboratory, College of Fisheries, Ocean University of Qingdao, Qingdao 266003, Shandong, P. R. China

2To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kmai{at}mail.ouqd.edu.cn.

ABSTRACT

The experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of dietary myo-inositol on the survival, growth, proximate composition and de novo synthesis of myo-inositol in abalone, Haliotis discus hannai Ino. The possible inositol-synthesizing capacity of intestinal microflora was also examined. Seven semipurified diets were formulated to provide graded levels of myo-inositol (28.7–1020.1 mg/kg diet). A control diet, the basal diet supplemented with 4 g/kg tetracycline hydrochloride, was employed to suppress synthesis of myo-inositol by intestinal bacteria. Abalone juveniles of similar size (weight, 144.6 ± 0.8 mg; shell length, 10.92 ± 0.10 mm) were distributed in a flow-through system using a completely randomized design with eight treatments and three replicates per treatment. They were fed the appropriate diets once daily for 16 wk. Survival, growth, crude protein, lipid, moisture of whole soft body and visceral inositol content were independent of myo-inositol supplementation (P > 0.05). The addition of the antibiotic also did not affect the survival, growth and whole soft body composition. It indicated that intestinal microflora contributed little to the myo-inositol nutrition in abalone. The present study, for the first time, demonstrated de novo synthesis of myo-inositol in mollusks because the visceral tissue of abalone showed high levels of myo-inositol synthetase activities (combined activities of myo-inositol-1-phosphate synthetase and inositol-1-phosphatase), ranging from 74.0 to 98.2 µmol/(h·g protein). The enzyme activity significantly and negatively correlated with dietary myo-inositol level (r = -0.81). Hence, dietary myo-inositol is not essential for abalone because tissue synthesis of the vitamin appears to be sufficient to support normal growth and health of this mollusk.

KEY WORDS: • Haliotis discus hannai • myo-inositol • synthesis • mollusks






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