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

Table 6

Effect of dietary polydatin supplementation on the jejunal apoptosis and caspase activities of weanling piglets with different birth weights.

Items^1,2	CON		PD		SEM	value
	NBW	IUGR	NBW	IUGR		BW	Diet
Apoptosis (%)	2.68^b	8.20^a	3.07^b	3.98^b	0.59	0.001	0.024	0.008
Caspase-3 (U/mg protein)	22.12^b	43.48^a	24.74^b	25.92^b	2.55	0.010	0.073	0.019
Caspase-8 (U/mg protein)	6.79	10.71	8.35	7.29	0.67	0.269	0.470	0.062
Caspase-9 (U/mg protein)	14.15^ab	18.79^a	9.59^b	13.99^ab	1.01	0.011	0.009	0.940

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