Figure 5.

Early weaning induces a long-term upregulation of GLUT2 and GLUT5 but not SGLT1 mRNA expression in isolated jejunal epithelial cells. Jejunum epithelial cells were isolated from 70-day-old female pigs (n = 7 or 8 pigs/wean age group) that were previously weaned from their dam at 28 days of age (late weaned) or 15 days of age (early weaned). Relative gene expression of SGLT1, GLUT2, and GLUT5 were quantified as described in the methods. *P < 0.05, LW vs. EW, Student’s t test. EW, early wean; GLUT5, fructose transporter; GLUT2, glucose transporter 2; LW, late wean; SGLT1, sodium-glucose-linked transporter 1.