Butyrate Mitigates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Intestinal Morphological Changes in Weanling Piglets by Regulating the Microbiota and Energy Metabolism, and Alleviating Inflammation and Apoptosis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Animals and Experimental Design
2.2. Sample Collection
2.3. Intestinal Morphology
2.4. Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase Nick end Labeling (TUNEL)
2.5. Jejunal Microbiota and Analysis
2.6. Biochemical Analysis
2.7. Real-Time Quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR)
2.8. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. The Effects of Butyrate on LPS-Challenged Intestinal Morphology in Piglets
3.2. The Effects of Butyrate on LPS-Challenged Jejunum Histological Scores
3.3. The Effects of Butyrate on LPS-Challenged Jejunum Inflammation
3.4. The Effects of Butyrate on Microbiota Diversity in Jejunum Exposed to LPS
3.5. The Effects of Butyrate on Bacterial Community Structures, Challenged by LPS, in the Jejunum
3.6. Correlation Analyses between the Jejunal Microbiota and Immune Indices
3.7. The Effects of Butyrate on Jejunum-LPS Challenged Cell Apoptosis
3.8. The Effects of Butyrate on Energy Metabolism Gene mRNA Levels in LPS-Induced Jejunum
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Ingredient (%) | Content |
---|---|
Extruded corn | 55.25 |
Soybean meal | 11.30 |
Extruded soybean | 10.00 |
Fish meal | 5.00 |
Soybean protein concentrate | 4.00 |
Whey powder | 8.00 |
Sucrose | 2.00 |
Soy oil | 1.50 |
Dicalcium phosphate | 1.00 |
Limestone | 0.50 |
Sodium chloride | 0.20 |
L-Lysine-HCl | 0.30 |
DL-Methionine | 0.20 |
L-Threonine | 0.15 |
L-Tryptophan | 0.10 |
Premix † | 0.50 |
Nutrient composition ‡ | |
Digestible energy (MJ/kg) | 14.50 |
Crude protein (%) | 19.10 |
Calcium (%) | 0.82 |
Total phosphorus (%) | 0.72 |
Available phosphorus (%) | 0.49 |
SID * lysine (%) | 1.23 |
SID * methionine (%) | 0.36 |
SID * threonine (%) | 0.74 |
SID * tryptophan (%) | 0.20 |
Item | Dietary Treatment 1 | SEM 2 | p-Value | ||
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CON | LPS | BT-LPS | |||
Duodenum | |||||
Villus height (μm) | 391.43 a | 274.29 b | 284.76 b | 8.960 | 0.002 |
Crypt depth (μm) | 333.21 | 291.43 | 306.67 | 6.633 | 0.464 |
Villus height/crypt depth | 1.16 a | 0.93 b | 0.90 b | 0.029 | <0.001 |
Jejunum | |||||
Villus height (μm) | 348.19 a | 281.24 b | 334.38 a | 6.408 | <0.001 |
Crypt depth (μm) | 281.52 a | 242.66 b | 252.38 b | 4.292 | <0.001 |
Villus height/crypt depth | 1.25 ab | 1.16 b | 1.34 a | 0.025 | 0.018 |
Ileum | |||||
Villus height (μm) | 344.29 a | 265.90 b | 325.05 a | 7.472 | <0.001 |
Crypt depth (μm) | 269.33 | 250.47 | 253.90 | 3.484 | 0.059 |
Villus height/crypt depth | 1.28 a | 1.06 b | 1.28 a | 0.024 | <0.001 |
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Han, Y.; Tang, C.; Zhao, Q.; Fan, S.; Yang, P.; Zhang, J. Butyrate Mitigates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Intestinal Morphological Changes in Weanling Piglets by Regulating the Microbiota and Energy Metabolism, and Alleviating Inflammation and Apoptosis. Microorganisms 2022, 10, 2001. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10102001
Han Y, Tang C, Zhao Q, Fan S, Yang P, Zhang J. Butyrate Mitigates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Intestinal Morphological Changes in Weanling Piglets by Regulating the Microbiota and Energy Metabolism, and Alleviating Inflammation and Apoptosis. Microorganisms. 2022; 10(10):2001. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10102001
Chicago/Turabian StyleHan, Yunsheng, Chaohua Tang, Qingyu Zhao, Shijie Fan, Peilong Yang, and Junmin Zhang. 2022. "Butyrate Mitigates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Intestinal Morphological Changes in Weanling Piglets by Regulating the Microbiota and Energy Metabolism, and Alleviating Inflammation and Apoptosis" Microorganisms 10, no. 10: 2001. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10102001