Sodium Butyrate Ameliorates Oxidative Stress-Induced Intestinal Epithelium Barrier Injury and Mitochondrial Damage through AMPK-Mitophagy Pathway

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Effects of sodium butyrate (NaB) on mitophagy, oxidative stress, and intestinal epithelium barrier after interference with AMPKα. (a) Expression and quantification of mitophagy proteins PINK1, Parkin, and P62. (b–d) Superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione reductase (GSH) activity, and malondialdehyde (MDA) content of porcine intestinal epithelial cells (IPEC-J2). (e) Cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) level of IPEC-J2. (f) Cellular mitochondrial membrane potential of IPEC-J2. (g) Protein expression and quantification of recombinant NLR family, pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) and Caspase-1. (h) Intestinal epithelial transepithelial resistance (TER) and fluorescein isothiocyanate dextran 4 kDa (FD4) permeability. indicates a significant difference compared with the control group ().

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