Comparing Two Intestinal Porcine Epithelial Cell Lines (IPECs): Morphological Differentiation, Function and Metabolism.

ABSTRACT: The pig shows genetical and physiological resemblance to human, which predestines it as an experimental animal model especially for mucosal physiology. Therefore, the intestinal epithelial cell lines 1 and J2 (IPEC-1, IPEC-J2)--spontaneously immortalised cell lines from the porcine intestine--are important tools for studying intestinal function. A microarray (GeneChip Porcine Genome Array) was performed to compare the genome wide gene expression of IPECs. Different significantly up-regulated pathways were identified, like "lysosome", "pathways in cancer", "regulation of actin cytoskeleton" and "oxidative phosphorylation" in IPEC-J2 in comparison to IPEC-1. On the other hand, "spliceosome", "ribosome", "RNA-degradation" and "tight junction" are significantly down-regulated pathways in IPEC-

SUBMITTER: Nossol C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4493080 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature