Sodium butyrate, propionate, trichostatin A (TSA, a selective and reversible hydroxamate inhibitor of class I and II HDACs) (Hebbel et al., 2010 (link)), sodium β-hydroxybutyrate (SHB, antagonist for GPR41 receptor) (Kimura et al., 2011 (link)), and LPS (Escherichia coli 0111:B4) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, United States. Sodium acetate was bought from Merck Millipore. A cytotoxicity detection kit (lactate dehydrogenase, LDH) was obtained from Roche. Human IL-6, IL-8 ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) kits, and calcein-AM were purchased from Invitrogen. Human recombinant TNFα, anti-human CD106 (VCAM-1) PE, and viability fixable dyes were bought from eBioscience. GLPG0974 (GLPG, antagonist of GPR43 receptor) (Namour et al., 2016 (link)) was obtained from Tocris Bioscience. Primary anti-GPR41 antibody, anti-GPR43 antibody, and an HDAC activity assay kit were purchased from Abcam. EGM-2 Bulletkit was purchased from Lonza (Switzerland).
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