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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 69, Issue 5 2196-2203, Copyright © 1991 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Effect of monensin and a protonophore on protein degradation, peptide accumulation, and deamination by mixed ruminal microorganisms in vitro

G. J. Chen and J. B. Russell
Dept. Anim. Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853.

Mixed ruminal bacteria (80 mg N/liter) degraded casein and soluble soy protein rapidly (.68 and .72 mg N/[liter.min], respectively), but ammonia was produced at a slower rate (.08 and .10 mg N/[liter.min], respectively). Because there was little increase in cell protein, ammonia production could not account for all the degraded protein. Large quantities of non-ammonia, non-protein nitrogen (NAN-NPN) accumulated, and this NAN-NPN reacted more strongly (2- to 14-fold) with ninhydrin after it was treated with 6 N HCl (110 degrees C, 24 h) or pronase E. Even after 96 h of incubation, 10% of the protein N was still found in the NAN-NPN pool. Monensin had little effect on protein degradation, but it caused a large decrease in ammonia production (P less than .05) and an increase in NAN-NPN (P less than .05). These results indicated that significant quantities of peptide N could not be degraded by ruminal microorganisms and that monensin could increase peptide flow from the rumen. Because 3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanide, a protonophore that inhibits both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, did not cause a greater decrease (P greater than .05) in ammonia than monensin, an ionophore that is primarily effective against Gram-positive bacteria, it seemed that the "protein sparing" of monensin could largely be explained by its inhibition of Gram-positive bacteria.


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