Research Article

Protective Effect of Polydatin on Jejunal Mucosal Integrity, Redox Status, Inflammatory Response, and Mitochondrial Function in Intrauterine Growth-Retarded Weanling Piglets

Table 10

Effect of dietary polydatin supplementation on the jejunal mitochondrial DNA content and sirtuin 1 activity of weanling piglets with different birth weights.

Items1,2CONPDSEM value
NBWIUGRNBWIUGRBWDiet

mtDNA (fold to NBW-CON)1.00a0.36b0.91a0.76a0.070.0030.2110.048
SIRT1 (nmol/min/mg protein)183.56ab88.22b284.02a228.36ab27.960.1520.0280.700

1Data are presented as the means and SEM, . Mean values with different letters indicate a significant difference (). 2ATP: adenosine triphosphate; BW: birth weight; : the interaction effect of the main effects (BW and diet); CON: basal diet; CS: citrate synthase; IUGR: intrauterine growth retardation; NBW: normal birth weight; PD: polydatin-supplemented diet.