Nano-Se Assimilation and Action in Poultry and Other Monogastric Animals: Is Gut Microbiota an Answer?

Recently, a comprehensive review paper devoted to roles of nano-Se in livestock and fish nutrition has been published in the Nanoscale Research Letters. The authors described in great details an issue related to nano-Se production and its possible applications in animal industry and medicine. Howeve...

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Published in:Nanoscale research letters 2017-12, Vol.12 (1), p.612-7, Article 612
Main Authors: Surai, Peter F., Kochish, Ivan I., Velichko, Oksana A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological assimilation
Chemistry and Materials Science
Fish
Fish nutrition
Intestinal microflora
Livestock
Materials Science
Microbiota
Molecular Medicine
Molecular modelling
Nano
Nano Commentary
Nanochemistry
Nanoscale Science and Technology
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology and Microengineering
Nutrition
Poultry
Selenite
Selenium
Selenoproteins
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Summary:Recently, a comprehensive review paper devoted to roles of nano-Se in livestock and fish nutrition has been published in the Nanoscale Research Letters. The authors described in great details an issue related to nano-Se production and its possible applications in animal industry and medicine. However, molecular mechanisms of nano-Se action were not described and the question of how nano-Se is converted into active selenoproteins is not resolved. It seems likely that the gut microbiota can convert nano-Se into selenite, H 2 Se or Se-phosphate with the following synthesis of selenoproteins. This possibility needs to be further studied in detail, and advantages and disadvantages of nano-Se as a source of Se in animal/poultry/fish nutrition await critical evaluations.
ISSN:1931-7573
1556-276X
DOI:10.1186/s11671-017-2383-3