Figure 3

Relative mRNA concentrations of sterol transporters and receptors in intestinal mucosa of pigs fed the experimental diets. Pigs received diets containing 23% casein or 23% lupin protein isolate for 4 weeks. Niemann-Pick C1-like 1 (NPC1L1), fatty acid translocase/Cluster determinant 36 (FAT/CD36), scavenger receptor class B, type 1 (SR-BI), ATP-binding cassette transporters (ABC) A1, G5, and G8, apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA1), farnesoid X receptor (FXR), and liver X receptor (LXR) α. Values are means (n = 12) with standard deviations. The mRNA concentrations of succinate dehydrogenase, subunit A (SDHA) and ribosomal protein S9 (RPS9) were used for normalization. The mRNA concentrations of the genes are shown relative to those of pigs fed the casein diet (= 1.00). *Significantly different from the casein group (P < 0.05, Student’s t- test).