. 2018 Dec 2;97(2):610–619. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky457

Table 3.

Effects of dietary methionine restriction on the hepatic gluconeogenic enzyme activities of intrauterine growth retardation pigs at 49 and 105 d of age¹

Item²	NBW-CON	IUGR-CON	IUGR-MR
Day 49
PEPCK, nmol·min⁻¹·mg prot⁻¹	28.03 ± 1.62^b	48.02 ± 1.92^a	43.87 ± 1.34^a
G6Pase, nmol·min⁻¹·mg prot⁻¹	154.63 ± 47.47^b	257.43 ± 33.39^a	201.58 ± 44.04^ab
Day 105
PEPCK, nmol·min⁻¹·mg prot⁻¹	20.16 ± 0.79^b	25.15 ± 1.22^a	22.45 ± 1.25^ab
G6Pase, nmol·min⁻¹·mg prot⁻¹	118.95 ± 15.26^b	236.85 ± 25.77^a	158.69 ± 18.17^b

^a,bWithin a row, means with different superscript letters differ, P < 0.05.

¹Results are presented as mean ± SE (n = 6).

²NBW-CON = normal birth weight pigs fed control diets; IUGR-CON = intrauterine growth restriction pigs fed control diets; IUGR-MR = intrauterine growth restriction pigs fed methionine restriction diets; PEPCK = phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase; G6Pase = glucose-6-phosphatase.