Abstract:
In order to analyze the differences in growth and metabolism of
Siniperca chuatsi under different culture temperatures, the present experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of growth, liver fat metabolism, and oxidative stress in male and female
S. chuatsi at different temperatures (28℃, 35℃, and 36℃). The results showed that female
S. chuatsi grew faster than that of male at 28℃; at 35℃, the growth of both male and female
S. chuatsi was significantly higher than that of 28℃, with males growing faster than females, indicating a sex-dependent growth shift under high temperature; the growth was seriously inhibited at 36℃, identifying this as the critical temperature for normal survival. Hepatic lipid droplet number and triglyceride (TG) content in both male and female showed an overall trend of first increasing and then decreasing with temperature, while male
S. chuatsi upregulated hepatic genes related to insulin, gluconeogenesis at 35℃. the SOD activities of male and female
Siniperca chuatsi were reversed, with female SOD decreased, whereas male SOD increased significantly;
hsp70,
hsp90,
ucp2,
sod and
cat genes in the liver of female
S. chuatsi upregulated at 35℃, while male livers showed consistent expression with females except for significantly elevated
sod. The present study demonstrates that the growth of
S. chuatsi correlates positively with the fat utilization, and the metabolic rate growth of male was significantly higher than that of female under high temperature; the long-term high-temperature culture induces sex-reversed growth patterns, highlighting the potential of all-male populations under high-temperature culture conditions.