4.7 Article

4-Phenylbutyric acid accelerates rehabilitation of barrier function in IPEC-J2 cell monolayer model

Journal

ANIMAL NUTRITION
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 1061-1069

Publisher

KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2021.02.003

Keywords

4-Phenylbutyric acid; Intestinal barrier; Tight junction; Intestinal porcine epithelial cell; Deoxynivalenol; Lipopolysaccharide

Funding

  1. Hunan Agricultural University
  2. Changsha Municipal Natural Science Foundation [kq2014068]
  3. Open Project Program of Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology
  4. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China

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4-Phenylbutyric acid (4-PBA) has been shown to accelerate the recovery of intestinal epithelial barrier in pigs from physical damage and toxin-induced damage by enhancing cell mitigation and expressions of tight junction proteins.
As the first line of defence against pathogens and endotoxins crossing the intestine-blood barrier, the intestinal epithelial barrier plays a determinant role in pigs' health and growth. 4-Phenylbutyric acid (4-PBA), an aromatic fatty acid, was reported to benefit homeostasis of endoplasmic reticulum and protein synthesis. However, whether 4-PBA affects intestinal epithelial barrier function in pigs is unknown. This study aimed to explore the effects of 4-PBA on the intestinal barrier function, using in vitro models of well-differentiated intestinal porcine epithelial cell (IPEC-J2) monolayers in the transwell plates. Cell monolayers with or without 4-PBA (1.0 mmol/L) treatment were challenged with physical scratch, deoxynivalenol (DON, 2.0 mg/mL, 48 h), and lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 5.0 mg/mL, 48 h), respectively. Transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) and fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran (FD-4) permeability were measured to indicate barrier integrity and permeability. Real-time PCR and Western blot were conducted to determine relative gene and protein expressions of tight junction proteins. As expected, physical scratch, DON, and LPS challenges decreased TEER and increased FD-4 permeability. 4-PBA treatment accelerated cell mitigation and rehabilitation of the physical scratch-damaged intestinal epithelial barrier but did not alleviate DON or LPS induced barrier damage. However, once 48-h DON and LPS challenges were removed, rehabilitation of the epithelial barrier function of IPEC-J2 monolayer was accelerated by the 4-PBA treatment. Also, the relative gene and protein expressions of zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1), occludin, and claudin-1 were further upregulated by the 4-PBA treatment during the barrier rehabilitation. Taken together, 4-PBA accelerated the IPEC-J2 cell monolayer barrier recovering from physical scratch, DON-, and LPS-induced damage, via enhancing cell mitigation and expressions of tight junction proteins. (C) 2021 Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.

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