Table 7.
Effects of gut microbiota on the jejunal enzyme activity in a pig model.1
| Item | Groups2 |
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CV | GF | FMT | ||
| Lipase, U/g prot | 69.94 ± 15.53b | 122.92 ± 5.70 ab | 165.53 ± 9.85a | <0.01 |
| Trypsin, U/mg prot | 57.86 ± 6.06 | 86.70 ± 10.54 | 88.18 ± 14.25 | 0.15 |
| Maltase, U/mg prot | 596.95 ± 66.63 | 765.08 ± 192.25 | 775.80 ± 126.24 | 0.69 |
| Sucrase, U/mg prot | 145.29 ± 19.08 | 150.79 ± 26.15 | 155.33 ± 15.45 | 0.96 |
| Lactase, U/mg prot | 164.60 ± 15.93 | 150.80 ± 30.58 | 213.77 ± 29.35 | 0.37 |
| γ-GT, U/g prot | 75.76 ± 13.64 | 104.32 ± 5.40 | 95.42 ± 6.17 | 0.12 |
| Creatine kinase, U/mg prot | 1.85 ± 0.09 | 2.16 ± 0.33 | 1.91 ± 0.17 | 0.65 |
| Na+, K+-ATPase, mol Pi/mg prot per h | 8.21 ± 0.45 | 7.10 ± 0.35 | 6.81 ± 0.39 | 0.11 |
| Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase, mol Pi/mg prot per h | 8.27 ± 0.50 | 6.45 ± 0.87 | 6.82 ± 0.40 | 0.16 |
γ-GT = γ-glutamyl-transferase; Na+, K+-ATPase = sodium/potassium ATPase; Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase = calcium/magnesium ATPase.
a,b Labeled means with different superscripts within a row are significantly different at P < 0.05.
1
Values are means ± SEM, n = 6/group.
2
CV, conventional piglets; GF, germ-free piglets; FMT, germ-free piglets were transplanted with healthy sow fecal microbiota.