Biological processes induced by ZnO, Amoxicillin, Rye and Fructooligosaccharides in cultured Intestinal Porcine Epithelial Cells : VDI-4; In-vitro tests 2013-2014

The objective of this study was to develop an in-vitro bioassay using cultured Intestinal Porcine Epithelial Cells (IPEC-J2) and evaluate the capability of this assay to predict enterocyte-specific physiological and immunological processes induced by nutrients/additives in the intestines of farm animals. Responses to five nutrients/feed-additives, similar to those studied in animal trials, performed in the Feed4Foodure framework, were measured by gene expression analysis of IPEC-J2 cells either under stressed (Salmonella) or non-stressed conditions. Response genes were analysed using bioinformatics web-tools in order to identify dominant biological processes induced by these nutrients/feed-additives and to predict key-genes/proteins important for regulation of these biological proc