Effects of maternal methyl donor intake during pregnancy on ileum methylation and function in an intrauterine growth restriction pig model

Table 7 Effect of maternal MET supplementation on the activity of one -carbon metabolism enzyme in the ileum of newborn piglets

Item	Treatments				SEM	P-value
Item	CON_IUGR	CON_NBW	MET_IUGR	MET_NBW	SEM	BW	MET	BW × MET
MetS, U/L	222.94^a	199.21^ab	188.59^ab	148.02^b	22.15	0.09	0.03	0.65
DNMTs, U/L	23.71	24.82	25.69	27.22	1.34	0.37	0.14	0.88
BHMT, U/L	265.91^b	263.75^b	299.18^a	285.54^ab	13.08	0.47	0.02	0.60

CON_IUGR CON group with IUGR piglets, CON_NBW CON group with NBW piglets, MET_IUGR MET group with IUGR piglets, MET_NBW MET group with NBW piglets, MetS Methionine synthase, DNMTs DNA methyltransferases, BHMT Betaine homocysteine methyltransferase
^a,bP < 0.05 between different superscripts within the same line, n = 10 in each group

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