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The heart is one of the most important target organs of the disease. The goal of this study was to evaluate the metabolic function of the right ventricles in clinical ascitic broilers. HE staining was performed to observe histopathological changes in the right ventricle of the heart, while Western blotting was used to detect the protein expression levels of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase (p-AMPK), as well as other key enzymes of energy metabolic pathways (i.e., glycolytic pathway: HK2, PFK1, PFK2, and PKM2; the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle) pathway: OGDH, IDH2, and CS; and the fatty acid oxidation pathway: CPT-1A and ACC) in myocardial tissue. The histopathological examination of the myocardia of ascitic broilers revealed disoriented myocardial cells in the myofibril structure and a large number of blood cells deposited in the intermyofibrillar vessels, suggesting right heart failure in ascitic broilers. The Western blotting analysis demonstrated significantly increased levels of MIF and p-AMPK in the myocardia of ascitic broilers compared to those of the control group (p &lt; 0.05). Additionally, the protein expression of key enzymes was dramatically increased in the glycolytic and fatty acid oxidation pathways, while the protein expression of key enzymes in the TCA cycle pathway was decreased in the ascitic broiler group. These findings suggest enhanced glycolysis and fatty acid oxidation metabolism, and a diminished TCA cycle, in the myocardia of broiler chickens with ascites syndrome.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani12192488","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,20]],"date-time":"2022-09-20T21:12:53Z","timestamp":1663708373000},"page":"2488","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Changes in the Expression of MIF and Other Key Enzymes of Energy Metabolism in the Myocardia of Broiler Chickens with Ascites Syndrome"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Lifang","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qiufeng","family":"Jia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics and Physics, Jinzhong College of Information, Jinzhong 030800, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lingli","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453003, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7248-4321","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wenkui","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"352","DOI":"10.3923\/pjbs.2016.352.359","article-title":"Trial Diagnosis of Ascites Syndrome in Broiler Chickens","volume":"19","author":"Liu","year":"2016","journal-title":"Pak. 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