Table 7. Relative gene expression levels of nutrient transporters in jejunum of broiler chickens fed experimental diets for 35 days1)

Treatment CON2) ZB SPL SEM p-value
Carbohydrate transporter, fold change
GLUT2 1.00b 3.37a 3.53a 0.438 0.020
SGLT1 1.00b 2.15a 1.98a 0.189 0.017
Lipid transporter, fold change
FABP1 1.00 0.81 1.11 0.071 0.231
CD36 1.00 2.49 3.13 0.487 0.269
DGAT2 1.00 1.08 1.01 0.066 0.884
FATP4 1.11 1.69 2.05 0.198 0.156
Protein transporter, fold change
PepT1 1.00 0.62 1.10 0.112 0.201
CAT1 1.00 1.00 0.98 0.054 0.989
rBAT 1.00 0.97 0.96 0.042 0.931
Y+LAT1 1.00 2.15 1.59 0.258 0.221
Mean values represent 6 replicates per treatment; a chicken is the experimental unit.
CON, basal diet; ZB, 100 ppm of zinc bacitracin supplemented group; SPL, 250 ppm of sophorolipid supplemented group.
Different superscripts within the same row significantly differ (p < 0.05).
GLUT2, glucose transporter 2; SGLT2, sodium-glucose transporter 2; FABP1, fatty-acid binding protein 1; CD36, cluster of differentiation 36; DGAT2, diacylglycerol o-acyltransferase 2; FATP4, fatty-acid transport protein 4; PepT1, peptide transporter 1; CAT1, cationic amino acid transporter; rBAT, neutral and basic amino acid transport protein; y+LAT1, y + L amino acid transporter 1.