THE CONTENT OF RETINOL, α-TOCOPHEROL AND GLUTATHIONE IN THE TISSUES OF WILD BOAR ( SUS SCROFA  L.), INHABITING THE NORTHWEST OF RUSSIA

I. A. Zaitseva; Зайцева И. А.; I. V. Baishnikova; Баишникова И. В.; D. V. Panchenko; Панченко Д. В.; S. N. Kalinina; Калинина С. Н.; T. N. Ilyina; Ильина Т. Н.; E. P. Antonova; Антонова Е. П.

doi:10.31857/S0044452923030105

THE CONTENT OF RETINOL, α-TOCOPHEROL AND GLUTATHIONE IN THE TISSUES OF WILD BOAR (SUS SCROFA L.), INHABITING THE NORTHWEST OF RUSSIA

Authors: Zaitseva I.A.¹^,2, Baishnikova I.V.¹, Panchenko D.V.¹, Kalinina S.N.¹^,2, Ilyina T.N.¹, Antonova E.P.¹
Affiliations:
1. Institute of Biology of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2. Petrozavodsk State University
Issue: Vol 59, No 3 (2023)
Pages: 232-242
Section: EXPERIMENTAL ARTICLES
URL: https://cijournal.ru/0044-4529/article/view/648064
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0044452923030105
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/YICWRG
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Phenotypic plasticity and resistance to climatic conditions allowed the wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) to expand its historical range, pushing its Northern border. In the processes of adaptation of animals to living on the periphery of the range in the conditions of the North, the status of vitamins A and E, which are natural antioxidants, and also perform a number of other biological functions in the body and are necessary for growth, reproduction and maintenance of immunity, is of great importance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the content of retinol, α-tocopherol, and the low-molecular-weight antioxidant glutathione (GSH) in the liver, kidney, heart, skeletal muscle, lung and spleen of wild boars (n = 65) aged 0.5 to 8 years, living in the Northwest of Russia. The results obtained indicate that the studied animals practically did not differ from the wild boars living in the сentre and south of Europe in terms of retinol availability, but were characterized by a lower level of α-tocopherol in the studied tissues, which is probably due to the limited food resources and harsh climatic conditions in the cold season in the North. The levels of vitamins and GSH in most tissues were comparable in piglets and adult animals. There was an accumulation of retinol and α-tocopherol in the liver and kidney, as well as α-tocopherol in the heart of wild boars with age, which is typical for other mammalian species. An increase in the level of GSH was found in the lung of animals over 5 years of age. The revealed vitamin status, which was formed in the wild boar in the conditions of the Northwest of Russia, and the peculiarities of the age dynamics of the studied indicators, may be one of the evidences of the successful adaptation of this species to inhabit in the Northern periphery of the range, which is confirmed by the growth of its population.

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wild boar, retinol, α-tocopherol, glutathione, vitamin status, antioxidant, periphery of the range

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