Acute effects of prolactin on passive calcium absorption in the small intestine by in vivo perfusion technique

1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nateetip Krishnamra ◽  
Yinglak Wirunrattanakij ◽  
Liangchai Limlomwongse
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Calcium Absorption ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Sodium Concentration ◽  
Plasma Calcium ◽  
Calcium Flux ◽  
Proximal Jejunum ◽  
Perfusion Technique ◽  
Calcium Fluxes

The acute effect of intraperitoneally administered prolactin (0.2, 0.4, and 0.6 mg/kg body weight) on passive calcium transport in duodenum, proximal jejunum, and ileum of sexually mature female Wistar rats was investigated by using an in vivo perfusion technique. Test solution containing (in mM) NaCl, 100; KCl, 4.7; MgSO4, 1.2; CaCl2, 20; D-glucose, 11; sodium ferrocyanide (Na4Fe(CN)6), an index of net water transport, 20; and 0.7 µCi 45CaCl2 (1 Ci = 37 GBq) was perfused through the 10-cm intestinal loop for 60 min. Results showed that 0.4 mg prolactin/kg body weight significantly increased duodenal net Ca absorption (net Ca) from 23.81 ± 1.84 to 30.56 ± 1.57 mmol/g dry weight (p < 0.05) by stimulating the lumen to plasma calcium flux (CaL-P). The jejunum responded to 0.2, 0.4, and 0.6 mg prolactin/kg body weight by reversing from net Ca absorption of 18.60 ± 1.70 mmol/g dry weight to net secretion of -3.30 ± 1.56, -10.39 ± 2.21, and -11.79 ± 2.04 mmol/g dry weight (p < 0.01), respectively, as a result of a dose-dependent increase in plasma to lumen calcium flux (CaP-L). Calcium fluxes in the ileum on the other hand did not respond to prolactin. There was a close correlation between net water flux and net calcium flux in all three intestinal segments under basal condition regardless of the luminal sodium concentration. However, this correlation was lost after prolactin administration, which while having no effect on net water flux, altered the duodenal and jejunal calcium fluxes. By varying the luminal concentration of sodium, it was found that the stimulatory effect of 0.4 mg prolactin/kg body weight on the duodenal CaL-P was reduced when compared with control, i.e., 17.84 ± 0.91 vs. 26.64 ± 1.05 mmol/g dry weight at a sodium concentration of 180 mM, and 14.48 ± 0.99 vs. 20.12 ± 1.34 mmol/g dry weight at a sodium concentration of 140 mM. At a sodium concentration of 80 mM, the prolactin effect was absent. Since duodenal Na+-K+ ATPase activity was increased by prolactin from 3.77 ± 0.16 to 4.95 ± 0.30 µmol Pi ·mg-1 protein ·h-1 (p < 0.05), sodium dependency of the prolactin-enhanced lumen to plasma calcium flux may be related to both sodium-induced water flow and calcium-sodium exchange across the basolateral membrane. Thus, it was postulated that under basal condition, net calcium transport in the small intestine occurred with the sodium-induced water transport along the paracellular pathway. However, after prolactin administration, this association was lost. Prolactin-enhanced lumen to plasma calcium flux in the duodenum was sodium dependent and involved the Na+-K+ ATPase activity. In the proximal jejunum, prolactin stimulated plasma to lumen calcium flux, but the mechanism was not known.Key words: calcium absorption, calcium fluxes, Na-K ATPase, perfusion technique, prolactin.

A Study of in vivo Glycine Absorption by Fed and Fasted Rainbow Trout (Salmo Gairdneri)

1981 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 285-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. BOGÉ ◽  
A. RIGAL ◽  
G. PÉRES
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Rainbow Trout ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Acid Concentration ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Salmo Gairdneri ◽  
Mucosal Tissue ◽  
Perfusion Technique

The effects of 4 and 8 weeks fasting at 16 °C were studied in rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson. After 4 and 8 weeks, the wet weights of the intestine of fasted animals are respectively 64% and 69% lower than those of fed animals. These effects especially concern the mucosal tissue. Glycine absorption (0.5 and 10 mm) was studied using an in vivo perfusion technique. After 4 weeks, the absolute amounts of 0.5 mm glycine absorbed by fasted and fed fish are similar. With 10 mm glycine, the absorption is slightly lower in fasted trout (−19%). After 8 weeks these differences are more marked, with glycine concentrations of 10 mm (−42%). Results expressed per 100 g body weight showed that these differences result partly from a weight gain of fed trout. Absorption expressed in terms of weight of dry intestine is higher in 4 and 8 weeks fasted animals, principally for the lower amino acid concentration (+61% and +111%). Larger differences were apparent when the absorptions were expressed in terms of dry weight of mucosal tissue (+122% and +225%).

Comparison of calcium absorptive and secretory capacities of segments of intact or functionally resected intestine during normo-, hypo-, and hyper-calcemia

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (7) ◽  
pp. 764-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Krishnamra ◽  
K. Angkanaporn ◽  
T. Deenoi
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Absorption ◽  
Intestinal Secretion ◽  
Proximal Colon ◽  
Plasma Calcium ◽  
Proximal Jejunum ◽  
Proximal Small Intestine ◽  
Enhanced Secretion ◽  
Rate Of Absorption ◽  
Plasma Calcium Concentration ◽  
Luminal Calcium

Absorptive and secretory capacities of six in situ intestinal loops of equal length were compared under the same calcium load and calcemic condition. The highest rate of calcium absorption was found in duodenum, colon, and proximal jejunum when loops were filled with 0.3 mM calcium, and in duodenum and proximal jejunum when filled with 10 mM luminal calcium. Secretory rates were in the following order: duodenum, jejunum, proximal jejunum, cecum, ileum, and proximal colon. Absorption of 0.3 mM calcium was decreased in all but the cecum and colon during hypercalcemia, and in duodenum, proximal jejunum, and colon during thyroparathyroidectomy-induced hypocalcemia. In contrast, calcium secretion was directly related to plasma calcium concentration and the length of the intestine. Functional resection of any part met with a compensatory increase in calcium absorption by the remaining segments, with the exception of the resection of the distal ileum with the large bowel. In conclusion, proximal small intestine exhibited the highest rate of absorption and secretion, but functional resection of this or any part did not affect the overall calcium absorption if luminal calcium was 10 mM. Moreover, enhanced secretion and reduced absorption during hypercalcemia were beneficial with respect to plasma calcium regulation.Key words: calcium, hypercalcemia, hypocalcemia, intestinal absorption, intestinal secretion.

Effect of hypophysectomy on calcium transport by rat duodenum.

1977 ◽  
Vol 232 (2) ◽  
pp. E229
Author(s):  
E L Krawitt ◽  
A S Kunin ◽  
H W Sampson ◽  
B F Bacon
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Transport ◽  
Calcium Absorption ◽  
Plasma Flux ◽  
Perfusion Technique ◽  
Intestinal Length ◽  
Absorption Studies ◽  
Luminal Perfusion ◽  
Rat Duodenum

To examine the effect of hypophysectomy on intestinal calcium absorption, studies were performed on immature rats 7, 14, and 21 days after hypophysectomy. Duodenal calcium transport was measured in vitro utilizing everted gut sacs and in vivo by a luminal perfusion technique. Hypophysectomy produced no differences in the ability of everted gut sacs to transport calcium. Similarly, when in vivo transport data were expressed on the basis of intestinal length, no significant differences were noted. However, when transport data were expressed on the basis of mucosal weight, increases in absorption and lumen-to-plasma fluxes were apparent in hypophysectomized animals. No differences were seen in plasma-to-lumen fluxes. The results indicate that when the transport data are corrected for mass of intestinal mucosa, the duodenum from hypophysectomized animals absorbs calcium more avidly due to an increase in lumen-to-plasma flux.

Effect of serotonin treatment on intestinal transport in the rabbit.

1977 ◽  
Vol 232 (1) ◽  
pp. E85 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Donowitz ◽  
A N Charney ◽  
J M Heffernan
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Carcinoid Syndrome ◽  
Intestinal Transport ◽  
Intestinal Secretion ◽  
Serotonin Level ◽  
Proximal Jejunum ◽  
Intestinal Histology ◽  
Perfusion Technique

The hormone serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) has been implicated as the cause of the diarrhea seen in many patients with the carcinoid syndrome. To determine whether serotonin is an intestinal secretagogue, the effect of serotonin on intestinal water and electrolyte transport was evaluated in the rabbit. Two weeks of daily subcutaneous injection of serotonin suspended in oil resulted in a blood serotonin level elevated to twice that of controls. Intestinal transport was studied in vivo by a perfusion technique. Serotonin treatment resulted in ileal secretion and decreased mid-jejunal absorption of water and electrolytes but did not effect water absorption in the proximal jejunum or colon. Intestinal absorption of D-glucose and the amino acid L-tryptophan and glucose-dependent water and electrolyte absorption were normal in serotonin-treated animals. Serotonin-induced ileal secretion was reversed by methysergide, a peripheral antagonist of serotonin action. No alterations in intestinal histology or permeability occurred in serotonin-treated animals. Serotonin-induced intestinal secretion was not associated with alterations in the activities of intestinal mucosal adenylate cyclase, cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase, or Na-K-ATPase.

Effects of parathyroid hormone and the synthetic 1–34 amino-terminal fragment in rats and dogs

1983 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-30
Author(s):  
R. W. Stevenson ◽  
J. A. Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Parathyroid Hormone ◽  
Infusion Rate ◽  
Calcium Absorption ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
Plasma Calcium ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Active Fragments

Since the structural requirements for all known biological activities of parathyroid hormone (PTH(1–84)) are virtually satisfied by the amino-terminal 34 amino acid fragment, PTH(1–34), we investigated whether this fragment could elaborate the overall actions of the intact hormone in the whole animal by comparing the effects of equimolar infusions of each peptide to dogs and rats. Infusion of bovine PTH(1–84) (bPTH(1–84)) at 17 pmol/kg per h for 20 h to three dogs or at 100 and 200 pmol/kg per h to groups of six rats for 5 days produced greater hypercalcaemia (3·02±0·03, 2·52±0·07 and 3·24±0·11 mmol/l respectively) than equimolar infusions of human PTH(1–34) (hPTH(1–34)) (2·61±0·03, 2·46 ± 0·05 and 2·71 ±0·09 mmol/l respectively). A significant calcium rise was not observed in dogs until after 4 h of PTH infusion. No rise in plasma calcium was apparent in rats, however, until the third day of PTH infusion. Only in parathyroidectomized rats was there a rise in plasma calcium within 24 h of starting an infusion of PTH. The hypercalciuria and plasma phosphate responses in dogs during equimolar infusions of hPTH(1–34) and bPTH(1–84) were not significantly different. However, by day 5 of infusion in rats greater hypercalciuria was produced by bPTH(1–84). Although infusion of hPTH(1–34) and bPTH(1–84) caused rises in urinary cyclic AMP excretion (measured only in the dog) of immediate onset and equal magnitude, bPTH(1–84) tended to produce greater phosphaturia than hPTH(1–34) in both species. If the assumption is correct that the half-lives of hPTH(1–34) and bPTH(1–84) in the circulation are similar and provided that hPTH does not inherently have less biological activity than bPTH, then during equimolar infusions of these peptides into dogs and rats, the greater responses observed with bPTH(1–84) suggest that intact PTH may have a direct action of its own in vivo before being metabolized into smaller biologically active fragments. In additional experiments using parathyroidectomized rats, the infusion rate of bPTH(1–84) required to restore normocalcaemia was 26 pmol/kg per h. Although near-normal calcaemia and intestinal calcium absorption could still be maintained when the infusion rate was increased to 39 pmol/kg per h, hypercalciuria and phosphaturia became apparent.

Relation between bone mineralization, Ca absorption, and plasma Ca in phosphonate-treated rats.

1977 ◽  
Vol 232 (3) ◽  
pp. E298
Author(s):  
U Trechsel ◽  
R Schenk ◽  
J P Bonjour ◽  
R G Russell ◽  
H Fleisch
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Absorption ◽  
Bone Mineralization ◽  
Close Correlation ◽  
Plasma Calcium ◽  
Intestinal Calcium Absorption ◽  
Phosphate Salts ◽  
Dose Response Study ◽  
Skeletal Mineralization

Disodium ethane-1-hydroxy-1,1-diphosphonate (EHDP) is known to inhibit the crystallization of calcium phosphate salts in vitro. Large doses of EHDP administered in vivo inhibit skeletal mineralization, decrease intestinal calcium absorption, and produce hypercalcemia. In the present study, EHDP or one of 13 other phosphonates were given to rats at 10 mg P/kg-day sc for 7 days in order to better define the nature of the relationship between bone mineralization, intestinal absorption, and plasma calcium in the regulation of calcium homeostasis. Each of the phosphonates which inhibited skeletal mineralization in vivo also inhibited crystallization in vitro, but the converse was not true. A very close correlation was found between inhibition of skeletal mineralization, decreased intestinal calcium absorption, and slight hypercalcemia. A dose-response study with two compounds also revealed the same close correlation. It is argued that the impairment of intestinal calcium absorption in phosphonate-treated rats may represent a secondary homeostatic response to the primary effect of the drugs on bone mineralization. This response may be mediated by an elevation of a fraction of plasma calcium.

Effect of PTH on calcium transport across the cortical thick ascending limb of Henle's loop

1980 ◽  
Vol 239 (2) ◽  
pp. F121-F126 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Bourdeau ◽  
M. B. Burg
Keyword(s):  
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone ◽  
Calcium Absorption ◽  
Calcium Flux ◽  
Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Henle's Loop ◽  
Transepithelial Voltage ◽  
Net Flux ◽  
Stimulation Of

Cortical thick ascending limbs of Henle's loop were dissected from rabbit kidneys and perfused in vitro. Unidirectional transepithelial calcium fluxes from lumen-to-bath and bath-to-lumen were measured with 45Ca. The tubules were bathed in 150 mM sodium and perfused with 60 mM sodium to simulate conditions in the cortical thick ascending limb in vivo. During the 20-30 min preceding the addition of parathyroid hormone (PTH), net calcium absorption decreased from 0.207 to 0.084 pmol x s-1 x cm-1. After addition of synthetic bovine PTH (60-64 nM) to the bath, there was an immediate increase in calcium absorption, and by 20 min the net flux increased to 0.415 pmol x s-1 x cm-1. The increase in calcium absorption was due to an increase in the lumen-to-bath flux. Dibutyryl-cAMP or 8-BrcAMP mimicked PTH; adrenocorticotropic hormone had no effect on the calcium flux. Transepithelial voltage was unchanged after addition of PTH. We conclude that PTH increases calcium absorption across the cortical thick ascending limb, probably by stimulation of adenylate cyclase.

Comparison of Absorption Rates of Glucose and Maltose in Man in Vivo

1973 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 425-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. C. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Glucose Solution ◽  
Glucose Absorption ◽  
Double Lumen Tube ◽  
Proximal Jejunum ◽  
Perfusion Technique ◽  
Double Lumen ◽  
Lumen Tube ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Difference

1. Using a double-lumen tube perfusion technique in vivo, the absorption rates of glucose from a glucose (200 mmol l−1) and from a maltose (100 mmol l−1) solution were measured in the proximal jejunum of six Zambian African adults. 2. In all of the subjects the rate of glucose absorption from the maltose solution was greater than that from the glucose solution. The difference between the mean rates was approximately 15% and is significant (P < 0.01).

Endogenous prolactin modulated the calcium absorption in the jejunum of suckling rats

2005 ◽  
Vol 83 (7) ◽  
pp. 595-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suwimol Amnattanakul ◽  
Narattaphol Charoenphandhu ◽  
Liangchai Limlomwongse ◽  
Nateetip Krishnamra
Keyword(s):  
Tight Junction ◽  
Physiological Condition ◽  
Calcium Absorption ◽  
Sodium Concentration ◽  
Calcium Fluxes ◽  
Suckling Rats ◽  
Control Value ◽  
Intestinal Segments ◽  
Old Rats ◽  
Calcium Secretion

Prolactin has been reported to stimulate intestinal calcium absorption in young and mature, but not aging rats. The present study was performed on suckling rats to elucidate the actions of endogenous prolactin on calcium absorption in various intestinal segments. Before measuring the calcium fluxes, 9-day-old rats were administered for 7 days with 0.9% NaCl, s.c. (control), 3 mg/kg bromocriptine, i.p., twice daily to abolish secretion of endogenous pro lac tin, or bromocriptine plus exogenous 2.5 mg/kg prolactin, s.c. Thereafter, the 16-day-old rats were experimented upon by instilling the 45Ca-containing solution into the intestinal segments. The results showed that, under a physiological condition, the jejunum had the highest rate of calcium absorption compared with other segments (1.4 ± 0.35 µmol·h–1·cm–1, p < 0.05). The duodenum and ileum also manifested calcium absorption, whereas the colon showed calcium secretion. Lack of endogenous prolactin decreased lumen-to-plasma and net calcium fluxes in jejunum from 2.07 ± 0.31 to 1.19 ± 0.12 and 1.40 ± 0.35 to 0.88 ± 0.18 µmol·h–1·cm–1 (p < 0.05), respectively, and exogenous prolactin restored the jejunal calcium absorption to the control value. Endogenous prolactin also had an effect on the duodenum but, in this case, exogenous prolactin did not reverse the effect of bromocriptine. However, neither ileal nor colonic calcium fluxes were influenced by prolactin. Because luminal sodium concentration has been demonstrated to affect calcium absorption in mature rats, the effect of varying luminal sodium concentrations on calcium fluxes in suckling rats was evaluated. The jejunum was used due to its highest rate of calcium absorption. After filling the jejunal segments with 124 (control), 80, 40 mmol/L Na+-containing or Na+-free solution, increases in calcium absorption were found to be inversely related to luminal sodium concentrations in both control and bromocriptine-treated rats. The plasma concentration of 45Ca under luminal sodium free condition was also higher than that of the control condition (2.26% ± 0.07% vs. 2.01% ± 0.09% administered dose, p < 0.05). However, 3H-mannitol, a marker of the widening of tight junction that was introduced into the lumen, had a stable level in the plasma during an increase in plasma 45Ca, suggesting that the widening of tight junction was not required for enhanced calcium absorption. In conclusion, calcium absorption in suckling rats was of the highest rate in the jejunum where endogenous prolactin modulated calcium absorption without increasing the paracellular transport of mannitol. Key words: calcium absorption, intestinal segments, prolactin, suckling rats.

THE EFFECT OF FLOW RATE AND OSMOLARITY OF LUMEN CONTENTS ON CALCIUM AND WATER ABSORPTION FROM THIRY-VELLA FISTULAS IN DOGS

1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl F. Cramer ◽  
Tennyson A. Haqq
Keyword(s):  
Water Absorption ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Calcium Absorption ◽  
Sodium Concentration ◽  
Jejunal Loop ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Normal Absorption ◽  
Rate Of Absorption ◽  
Static Conditions

The effect of a number of factors which locally might affect intestinal absorption of calcium in vivo was studied. Changes of osmolarity or of sodium concentration altered neither the calcium absorption rate nor the maximal absorptive capacity found at higher calcium concentrations. Under static conditions in a healed jejunal loop, calcium was absorbed more rapidly at first, but after 40 minutes the rate of absorption was essentially constant. Water absorption was approximately constant throughout the 2 hours. On the other hand, when the solutions flowed slowly through the gut loop, calcium was absorbed six times, and water four times more rapidly. The importance of these findings to normal absorption is discussed.

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