Effects of taurodeoxycholate on in vivo water and solute transport in rat jejunum in absence and presence of calcium

1986 ◽  
Vol 250 (2) ◽  
pp. G248-G251
Author(s):  
H. V. Ammon ◽  
D. S. Cho ◽  
R. L. Loeffler ◽  
K. L. Reetz

Bile acids and fatty acids enhance the permeability of brush-border membrane vesicles for calcium. It has been postulated that increased influx of calcium into the enterocyte might be responsible for the fluid secretion induced by dihydroxy bile acids and fatty acids. During in vivo perfusion studies of the rat jejunum, 15 mM taurodeoxycholate induced secretion of electrolytes and water (P less than 0.001), reduced glucose absorption (P less than 0.001), and enhanced the absorption of mannitol (P less than 0.0125) and calcium (P less than 0.001). Calcium absorption continued to be enhanced during perfusion of a CaCl2-containing solution following the perfusion with taurodeoxycholate (P less than 0.05). In view of the previously demonstrated enhanced permeability of the apical brush-border membrane in the presence of bile acids, it is very likely that some calcium enters the enterocyte along the steep concentration gradient in the presence of taurodeoxycholate. In spite of enhanced calcium absorption, 15 mM CaCl2 had no effect on control absorption rates or on fluid secretion induced by taurodeoxycholate. The data indicate that the effects of bile acids on intestinal transport are not mediated by an influx of calcium into the enterocyte.

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 1528-1532 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Keelan ◽  
K. Walker ◽  
A. B. R. Thomson

Alterations in transport function have been described 6 weeks after surgical resection of 50% of the distal small intestine. Previous studies demonstrated a modest increase in the jejunal uptake of medium chain length fatty acids following resection, while the uptake of many other lipids (cholesterol, bile acids, fatty alcohols, short and long chain length fatty acids) appears to be unaffected. Marked changes in the kinetic constants for the carrier-mediated uptake of four sugars and leucine were observed following resection, but the changes in transport were not associated with changes in the mucosal surface area. This study was undertaken to examine the possible adaptive mechanisms that occur with ileal resection in the rabbit. A 29% increase in the wet weight of jejunal mucosal scrapings and a 53% increase in jejunal brush border membrane (BBM) protein was observed following resection. The jejunal BBM sucrase (S) was unchanged following ileal resection, but alkaline phosphatase (AP) total activities were increased in the resected rabbits. This resulted in a 45% increase in the ratio of AP/S with resection. The lipid composition (total free fatty acids, total bile acids, total cholesterol, total phospholipids, individual phospholipids, and the ratio of total phospholipids/total cholesterol) of BBM was similar in control and resected rabbits. This suggests that quantitative rather than qualitative changes in the membrane composition may be responsible for the transport changes observed in resected animals.


1991 ◽  
Vol 260 (6) ◽  
pp. G807-G814 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Opleta-Madsen ◽  
J. Hardin ◽  
D. G. Gall

The role of epidermal growth factor (EGF) in the acute regulation of intestinal transport of electrolytes and glucose was examined. In vivo transport studies were performed in New Zealand White rabbits (500–900 g) using a single-pass perfusion technique. In vitro net fluxes were determined under short-circuited conditions in Ussing chambers. Kinetic parameters of glucose transport in the presence and absence of EGF were measured in brush-border membrane vesicles. In vivo studies showed that the addition of 60 ng/ml EGF to the perfusate resulted in increased absorption of H2O, Na+, Cl-, and glucose from the jejunum. In Ussing chambers, the presence of EGF caused an increase in jejunal net fluxes of glucose-stimulated Na+ and 3–O-methylglucose due to an increase in mucosal-to-serosal movements. Verapamil abolished the EGF effect. In the absence of glucose, net fluxes of Na+ and Cl- were enhanced in the presence of EGF due to a decrease in the serosal-to-mucosal movement of both ions. Verapamil had no effect on this decrease. The incubation of EGF with brush-border membrane vesicles had no effect on either the maximal flux or the Michaelis constant of glucose transport. These results indicate that EGF is capable of regulating absorption of electrolytes and nutrients from the small intestine and suggest a role for this peptide in the control of intestinal transport.


2008 ◽  
Vol 294 (1) ◽  
pp. G155-G164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josefina García-Herrera ◽  
M. Carmen Marca ◽  
Edith Brot-Laroche ◽  
Natalia Guillén ◽  
Sergio Acin ◽  
...  

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) endotoxin is a causative agent of sepsis. The aim of this study was to examine LPS effects on intestinal fructose absorption and to decipher mechanisms. Sepsis was induced by intravenous injection of LPS in rabbits. The ultrastructural study and DNA fragmentation patterns were identical in the intestine of LPS and sham animals. LPS treatment reduced fructose absorption altering both mucosal-to-serosal transepithelial fluxes and uptake into brush border membrane vesicles (BBMVs). Cytochalasin B was ineffective on fructose uptake, indicating that GLUT5, but not GLUT2, transport activity was targeted. GLUT5 protein levels in BBMvs were lower in LPS than in sham-injected rabbits. Thus lower fructose transport resulted from lower levels of GLUT5 protein. LPS treatment decreased GLUT5 levels by proteasome-dependent degradation. Specific inhibitors of PKC, PKA, and MAP kinases (p38MAPK, JNK, MEK1/2) protected fructose uptake from adverse LPS effect. Moreover, a TNF-α antagonist blocked LPS action on fructose uptake. We conclude that intestinal fructose transport inhibition by LPS is associated with diminished GLUT5 numbers in the brush border membrane of enterocytes triggered by activation of several interrelated signaling cascades and proteasome degradation.


1983 ◽  
Vol 244 (1) ◽  
pp. G33-G39
Author(s):  
M. H. Humphreys ◽  
L. Y. Chou

Perfusion of rat jejunal segments in vivo with an isotonic, HCO3-free SO4-Ringer solution resulted in low rates of net sodium (JNanet) and water absorption. When the perfusion fluid was changed to one containing 25 mM Na2SO3, JNanet increased from 4.7 +/- 1.2 to 11.6 +/- 1.5 (SE) mumol X cm-1 X h-1 (P less than 0.001). This increased absorption was accompanied by comparable increases in chloride and water absorption, occurred without a detectable change in potential difference across the perfused segment, and was readily reversed on reinstitution of perfusion with SO4-Ringer. Perfusion with SO3-Ringer had no effect on electrolyte absorption from terminal segments of rat ileum. Addition of L-phenylalanine stimulated absorption from SO4-Ringer perfusate but not from SO3-Ringer perfusate. Addition of 25 mM NaHCO3 to SO4-Ringer perfusate caused parallel increases in JNanet and JHCO3net; when 25 mM NaHCO3 was added to SO4-Ringer perfusate that also contained 25 mM NaSCN, the same increase in JHCO3net occurred but was not associated with any increase in JNanet. These results indicate a potent effect of SO2-3 and HCO-3 to stimulate JNanet from rat jejunum but not from ileum. These anion effects on intestinal transport in vivo resemble their effects on ATPase activity of brush-border fractions from small intestine in vitro and raise the possibility that these effects on ion transport could be mediated through the changes in brush-border ATPase activity, which are brought about by exposure to these anions, although other explanations are also possible.


2002 ◽  
Vol 367 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita AU ◽  
Alina GUPTA ◽  
Paul SCHEMBRI ◽  
Chris. I. CHEESEMAN

A possible role for GLUT2 transiently expressed in the rat jejunal brush-border membrane (BBM) under the influence of glucagon-like peptide 2 (GLP-2) was investigated using in vivo perfusion of the intestinal lumen as well as isolation of membrane proteins and immunohistochemistry. A 1h vascular infusion of GLP-2 in vivo doubled the rate of fructose absorption and this increase could be blocked by luminal phloretin. Immunohistochemistry of frozen sections of rat jejunum showed the expression of GLUT2 in both the basolateral and BBMs of mature enterocytes. Perfusion of the intestinal lumen with 50mM d-glucose or vascular infusion of 800pM GLP-2 for 1h increased the expression of GLUT2 in the BBM. Quantification of these changes using Western blotting of biotinylated surface-exposed protein showed a doubling of the expression of GLUT2 in the BBM, but the effects of glucose and GLP-2 were not additive. These results indicate that vascular GLP-2 can promote the insertion of GLUT2 into the rat jejunal BBM providing a low-affinity/high-capacity route of entry for dietary hexoses.


1994 ◽  
Vol 189 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
R Parthasarathy ◽  
W R Harvey

The time-dependent fluorescence intensity of an intravesicular potential-sensitive dye was used to probe the real-time kinetics of potential difference (PD)-dependent amino acid/Na+ symport at pH9 into brush-border membrane vesicles obtained from larval Manduca sexta midgut. Neutral amino acids (alanine, proline) are symported at higher rates as the vesicles are hyperpolarized. The symport rates of acidic (glutamate) and basic (arginine) amino acids are almost PD-independent. The half-saturation constant of alanine is PD-independent between -108 and -78 mV, although the maximal symport velocity increases by half as the voltage is increased. Amino acid throughput is evidently enhanced as the relatively high transmembrane PDs (> 150 mV, lumen positive) measured in vivo are approached. The half-saturation concentrations of Na+ were in the range 15-40 mmol l-1 for most of the amino acids examined and increased with voltage for alanine. The Vmax observed as a function of cation or amino acid concentration increased as the vesicle was hyperpolarized in the case of leucine and alanine. The data support the hypothesis that carrier and substrates are at equilibrium inasmuch as substrate translocation seems to be the rate-determining step of symport.


1976 ◽  
Vol 231 (4) ◽  
pp. 1024-1032 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Silverman ◽  
L Huang

The multiple indicator-dilution technique in vivo and isolated brush-border membranes in vitro have been used to explore the mechanism of maleic acid-induced glucosuria in dog kidney. The interaction of D-glucose with the antiluminal membrane from the peritubular fluid surface is unaltered. It is demonstrated that alpha-methyl-D-glucoside (alpha MG) enters and exits from the proximal tubular cell only across the brush-border membrane. Then using alphaMG as a reference indicator, it is shown that maleic acid does not cause complete inhibition of D-glucose interaction with the antiluminal membrane from the cytoplasmic surface. The binding of [3H]phlorizin both in vivo and in vitro is not affected by prior administration of maleic acid, indicating that D-glucose interaction with the outside surface of the brush border is also not affected by maleic acid. The data are therefore consistent with the concept that maleic acid-induced glucosuria is due either to i) partial inhibition of D-glucose movement from cytoplasm across the antiluminal membrane into the blood, ii) stimulated movement back across the brush-border membrane into urine, or iii) a combination of the two effects.


1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (2) ◽  
pp. C302-C310 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Birn ◽  
J. Selhub ◽  
E. I. Christensen

Folate-binding protein (FBP) is involved in folate reabsorption in the renal proximal tubule. Immunocytochemical studies have located FBP to the brush-border membrane, endocytic vacuoles, and dense apical tubules. We applied the same polyclonal antibody (anti-FBP) against FBP to investigate the dynamic relationship between FBP in the different compartments by microinjecting the antibody into rat kidney proximal tubules in situ. Specific binding of anti-FBP in vivo to the brush-border membrane was followed by fixation at various times. Protein A-gold labeling shows that anti-FBP is transported from endocytic invaginations into vacuoles followed by transport into dense apical tubules within 15 s. Thus FBP is rapidly internalized, and together with previous studies this study strongly suggests recycling of FBP back to the luminal plasma membrane through dense apical tubules. The results are consistent with reabsorption of folate through endocytosis of the FBP-folate complex followed by dissociation and recycling of FBP. When time is allowed there is a steady accumulation of FBP in dense apical tubules combined with an increase in surface density of the same compartment. A possible explanation involves partial inhibition of the fusion between dense apical tubules and plasma membrane because of the anti-FBP labeling of the receptor.


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