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Chylomicron apoprotein localization within rat intestinal epithelium: studies of normal and impaired lipid absorption.

Monospecific antisera were produced to two chylomicron apoproteins (apoB, apoA-I) and utilized for indirect immunofluorescent localization of these apoproteins within rat intestinal epithelium during normal and impaired lipid absorption. Isolated intestinal epithelial cells prepared after different periods of lipid absorption from in situ intestinal segments revealed a rapid increase in fluorescence for both apoproteins that filled the entire apical portion of the cell. Prolonged lipid absorption for as long as 5 hr demonstrated sustained immunofluorescence and gave no indication of a depletion of the intestinal mucosa for either apoprotein during normal lipid absorption. [(3)H]Leucine incorporation into mesenteric lymph chylomicron apoproteins showed a linear decrease in specific activity of total chylomicron protein as well as apoB over 4 hr of a continuous lipid infusion indicating sustained active apoprotein synthesis during prolonged lipid absorption. Acetoxycloheximide, a potent inhibitor of protein synthesis, was employed to determine the dynamics of chylomicron apoproteins during an experimental condition of impaired lipid absorption. In animals with inhibited protein synthesis, fluorescence for both apoproteins was present early in the course of lipid absorption; however, at 60 min after the onset of lipid absorption, fluorescence for both apoproteins was absent. Fluorescence for both apoproteins returned during the recovery of protein synthesis. The present studies have confirmed previous results that localized two chylomicron apoproteins within intestinal epithelial cells. The present studies extend these observations and disclose a rapid and sustained synthesis of these apoproteins during prolonged chylomicron formation. During an experimental condition of impaired protein synthesis there was a marked reduction in the mucosal content of both apoA-I and apoB. These results are the first demonstration of impaired mucosal apoprotein synthesis during an experimental model of impaired lipid absorption.

Animals

Lipid absorption and metabolism.

Metabolic processes occurring within the mucosal cell are critical in determining results of interactions between environmental agents and the alimentary tract. The absorption, metabolism, and transport of lipids affects most those agents which are lipid soluble. The understanding of the process involved in lipid absorption and transport is therefore important for both appreciation of the mechanism of uptake of these toxins and for an effective interference with it. Most of the detailed mechanisms of lipid absorption and transport have been proposed from in vitro studies with soluble cell-free systems. The present review integrates these results with recent in vivo and in vitro findings with intact animal tissues and isolated mucosal cells. While there is much general agreement occasional startling differences are also observed, which may have a bearing on the mechanism of normal fat absorption and on the understanding of the transport of the fat-soluble toxins across the mucosal villus cell.

Animals

Histochemical study of lipid absorption in two teleost fishes.

Absorption of lipid in the different regions of the intestine of two teleost fishes has been studied histochemically at different time intervals of 4, 10 and 20 h. All the three portions of the intestine have the absorptive capacity. However, it varies from one region to another. The lipid has been absorbed in the form of lipoid particles and lipoid goblets. It is also recorded here that some lipoid droplets are absorbed by pinocytosis across the brush border membrane. The lipid absorbed was localized in the brush border cells, in intercellular spaces of connective tissue, in submucosa, in between serosa and muscularis, in the lumen of blood capillaries and mesentric lymphatic vessels but was absent in muscularis and serosa.

Animals

Lipid absorption in bile fistula rats. Lack of a requirement for biliary lecithin.

The role of biliary or dietary phosphatidylcholine (lecithin) in the process of lipid absorption was studied in bile fistual rats. Jejunal lipid-reesterifying enzyme activities were determined in experimental rats given diet, bile salts and phosphatidylethanolamine and results compared to controls given diet alone. Lipid absorption was also studied in vivo with radioactive techniques. Two groups of bile tistula rats were used. Both received diet and bile salts. In addition, one group was given phosphatidylethanolamine and the other received lecithin. Enzyme activities were moderately but significantly reduced in bile tistula rats receiving phosphatidylethanolamine. This was associated with an abnormal phospholipid composition of the microsomal membrane. Despite the changes in mucosal enzyme activity, however, no abnormality of lipid absorption was noted in bile fistula rats that received phosphatidylethanalamine. Results in this group were similar to controls and to the other bile fistula group given lecithin. In all groups, significant amounts of lecithin were recovered from the lumen of the small bowel. It is concluded that if lecithin is required for lipid absorption, it does not have to be supplied to the small bowel via the diet or in bile.

Acyltransferases

Intestinal aspects of lipid absorption: in review.

The rapidly evolving field of lipid absorption is reviewed with the thrust of new knowledge focused on the interpendency of the luminal and cellular phases of absorption. To date little attention has been paid to factors that regulate the phospholipid biosynthesis in the enterocyte. The availability of 20:4 omega 6 may be the rate-limiting factor for phospholipid synthesis. The source of 20:4 omega 6 is unknown, whether it be synthesized de novo the enterocyte or entirely originating from degradation of bile phospholipid. It has been established that dietary fat can modulate the enterocyte membrane lipid composition and transport properties. Specified fats such as as fish oils rich in 20:5 omega 3 and 22:6 omega 3 have been implicated as protective against hypercholesterolemia. However, the effects of these dietary fats on the transport of nutrients across the enterocyte are not yet known, nor are the mechanisms responsible for the adaptive responses of the brush border identified.

Animals

beta-Sitosterol as a nonabsorbable marker of dietary lipid absorption in man.

beta-[14C]Sitosterol was evaluated for its usefulness as a nonabsorbable marker of lipid absorption in intubation studies. A liquid meal, including [3H]triolein as a marker of absorbable lipid, was used. The beta-sitosterol was shown to remain well mixed with triolein in the gastric antrum, validating its suitability for this type of study. In small bowel fluid, the beta-sitosterol was shown to partition into the aqueous phase in proportion to triolein and its hydrolysis products. With this system, lipid absorption was shown to take place chiefly in the jejunum in normal individuals.

Carbon Radioisotopes

Effect of hydrophobic detergent on lipid absorption in the rat and on lipid and sterol balance in the swine.

The effects of hydrophobic detergent on fat absorption in the rat were determined under two conditions. In the first, a high dose of detergent was given in a test lipid meal to rats not previously exposed to this agent. A marked delay in digestion of triglyceride in association with malabsorption was observed. In the second, a relatively small dose of detergent was given to rats pretreated with dietary supplement of detergent. No delay of digestion or uptake was observed but absorbed, reesterified lipid was noted to accumulate in the mucosa. Morphologic studies showed abnormal collections of fat droplets in the enterocytes. Sterol and fat balance studies were done on swine on chronic dietary detergent supplement. Mild steatorrhea with excess fecal excretion of neutral sterols was observed. It is concluded that hydrophobic detergents can have an inhibitory effect on both intraluminal and intracellular events of fat absorption.

Animals

[Canalicular system of enterocytes at rest and its changes during lipid absorption].

A study was made of the structural changes in different organoids of enterocytes of the rat small intestine at "rest" and during lipid absorption using ultrathin sections, impregnation with Ur-Pb-Cu, and continuous impregnation with OsO4. With the latter technique a specific canalicular system was found in the enterocytes, which we failed to observe on ultrathin sections. During lipid absorption the canalicular system underwent fragmentation. The vesicules on the trans-surface of the Golgi apparatus were enlarged, and the number of flattened cisterns was significantly lower. The changes in cellular organoids and their interrelations observed in the present study support the earlier hypothesis of the resynthesis of triglycerides within the enterocytes, the formation of chylomicrons and their transfer into the intercellular space.

Animals

Obesity-enriched gut microbe degrades myo-inositol and promotes lipid absorption.

Numerous studies have reported critical roles for the gut microbiota in obesity. However, the specific microbes that causally contribute to obesity and the underlying mechanisms remain undetermined. Here, we conducted shotgun metagenomic sequencing in a Chinese cohort of 631 obese subjects and 374 normal-weight controls and identified a Megamonas-dominated, enterotype-like cluster enriched in obese subjects. Among this cohort, the presence of Megamonas and polygenic risk exhibited an additive impact on obesity. Megamonas rupellensis possessed genes for myo-inositol degradation, as demonstrated in vitro and in vivo, and the addition of myo-inositol effectively inhibited fatty acid absorption in intestinal organoids. Furthermore, mice colonized with M. rupellensis or E. coli heterologously expressing the myo-inositol-degrading iolG gene exhibited enhanced intestinal lipid absorption, thereby leading to obesity. Altogether, our findings uncover roles for M. rupellensis as a myo-inositol degrader that enhances lipid absorption and obesity, suggesting potential strategies for future obesity management.

Inositol

The effect of synthetic diether phospholipid on lipid absorption in the rat.

The effect of synthetic diether phosphatidylcholine on lipid absorption in the rat was studied to determine whether this material inhibited absorption of either cholesterol or fatty acid. A lipid emulsion was prepared with sodium taurocholate, phospholipid, 3H-cholesterol, 14C-triolein, and oleic acid. Emulsion given to controls contained pig liver phosphatidylcholine as the source of phospholipid. For experimentals it was supplied as diether phosphatidylcholine. Emulsions were given by gavage into the stomach and recoveries of radioactive lipids in various regions of the gastrointestinal tract were determined with radioactive techniques 4 and 24 hours after receipt of the lipid challenge. Significantly greater amounts of 3H-cholesterol were recovered unabsorbed from the gastrointestinal tract of experimental rats at both 4 and 24 hours after administration of labeled lipids. Somewhat more of the 14C-oleic acid label derived from labeled triolein was also recovered unabsorbed in experimentals, although a significant difference was not observed between experimentals and controls. It is concluded that nondigestible (diether) phosphatadidylcholine inhibits absorption of cholesterol. This phospholipid, however, had no appreciable affect on fatty acid absorption as definitive malabsorption of this material was not observed under the conditions of this study.

Animals

Milk lipid absorption and chylomicron production in the suckling rat.

Structural correlates of milk lipid absorption and chylomicron production were studied in 10-day-old suckled rats. The gastric and duodenal contents and duodenal mucosae were examined with the light and electron microscopes. In the gastric lumen the milk lipid globule cores were smooth, circular and uniformly electron opaque. Many membranes and lamellar structures with a trilaminar and multilamellar appearance were adherent to the peripheries of the cores. In the central duodenal lumen the milk lipid globule cores were also smooth, circular and uniformly electron opaque. Very few milk lipid globules in the duodenal lumen showed adherent membranes or lamellae. Membrane fragments and lamellae were present in the lumen separate from the milk lipid globules. In the duodenal lumen between villi the milk lipid globules had multiple electron lucent indentations of the core. It is believed that the irregular peripheries of the milk lipid globule cores are the result of lipolysis within the duodenal lumen acting at the milk lipid globule surface. This lipolysis of triacylglycerol would produce amphiphilic lipids which may result in the electron lucent spaces at the milk lipid globule periphery. The absorptive epithelial cells along the length of the duodenal villus varied in structure relative to their position at the tip, middle, or base of the villus. Typical mid-villus epithelial cells contained lipid droplets averaging 0.3-micrometer diameter in the smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum and in Golgi complexes in the apical cytoplasm. Villus tip and villus base cells contained large lipid droplets between 7-16 micrometers. Only a few 0.3-micrometer lipid droplets were present within these cells. These large lipid droplets appeared to be accumulations of triacylglycerol present in the apical cytoplasm associated with lamellar and membranous structures. Numerous chylomicrons were present between epithelial cells located in the middle region of the villus while significantly fewer chylomicrons were seen between epithelial cells at the tip and base of the villus. These observations suggest that the cells at the middle of the duodenal villus of suckling rats were more efficient in the production of chylomicron triacylglycerol derived from incoming milk triacylglycerol than cells at the tip and base of the villus.

Absorption

Lipid absorption and intestinal tumour incidence in rats fed on varying levels of calcium and butterfat.

The purpose of the 2 x 2 factorial study was to determine the effect of varying levels of dietary calcium (2.5 and 10 g/kg) and butterfat (50 and 200 g/kg) on lipid utilization and on development of colon tumours in animals initiated with 1,2-dimethylhydrazine dihydrochloride. Among rats fed on 200 g butterfat/kg, the fourfold increase in Ca intake induced more than a sevenfold increase in faecal excretion of total lipids and almost a fortyfold increase in faecal excretion of acid-extractable lipid. Among rats fed on 50 g butterfat/kg, the ingestion of supplemental Ca had a less dramatic effect and induced only a twofold increase in faecal excretion of total lipids and a threefold increase in acid-extractable lipid. The volume of intestinal adenocarcinomas was correlated with the excretion of acid-extractable lipid in faeces (R 0.369, P less than 0.02). Caecal enzymic activity was not correlated with tumour incidence or size or faecal lipid excretion. Overall, the fourfold increase in Ca intakes decreased total lipid absorption significantly but by less than 6%.

1,2-Dimethylhydrazine

Lipoproteins and apolipoproteins in intestinal lymph of the preruminant calf, Bos spp., at peak lipid absorption.

We have recently evaluated the in vivo role of the liver in lipoprotein homeostasis in the preruminant calf (Bauchart, D., D. Durand, P. M. Laplaud, P. Forgez, S. Goulinet, and M. J. Chapman, 1989. J. Lipid Res. 30: 1499-1514). We now present the partial characterization of lipoprotein particles in postprandial intestinal lymph at peak lipid absorption (i.e., 10 h after a meal) in the preruminant calf fed a curdled milk replacer. Intestinal lymph from four male preruminant calves was analyzed for its content of lipids and fractionated by sequential and density gradient ultracentrifugation into chylomicrons (Sf greater than 400), very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) (Sf less than 400; d less than 1.006 g/ml), and a series of lipoprotein subfractions with d greater than 1.006 g/ml. Postprandial lymph contained predominantly triglycerides (1099 +/- 611 mg/100 ml), with lesser amounts of phospholipids (197 +/- 107 mg/100 ml) and cholesterol (52 +/- 30 mg/100 ml). The most abundant particles were triglyceride-rich chylomicrons and VLDL which accounted for approximately 76% and approximately 19%, respectively, of total d less than 1.21 g/ml lipoproteins. As judged by negative stain electron microscopy, chylomicron particle diameters ranged from 650 to 2400 A, while VLDL were smaller and distributed over a distinct size range (340-860 A). These two lipoprotein classes each presented protein components with Mr comparable to those of human apoB-48, apoA-I, and C apoproteins, together with an Mr 52,000 protein resembling human beta 2-glycoprotein-I. In addition, VLDL exhibited a polypeptide with Mr approximately 61,000. Lymph lipoproteins with d greater than 1.006 g/ml consisted primarily (approximately 81% of total) of particles distributed over the 1.053-1.119 g/ml density range. Electrophoretic analysis of the latter lipoprotein fraction showed it to be heterogeneous, including particles with the migration characteristics of low and of high density lipoproteins, respectively. Subfractions in the d 1.053-1.076 g/ml range were dominated by particles with Stokes diameters typical of high density lipoproteins (HDL), but also contained three different populations of low density lipoprotein-like particles. The high molecular weight apolipoproteins in these same cholesteryl ester-rich (greater than 30% of lipoprotein mass) subfractions comprised components with Mr resembling those of human apoB-100 and apoB-48, respectively, and with the latter protein predominating to a varying degree. A counterpart to human apoA-I was the major protein component over the entire density range from d 1.053 to 1.119 g/ml.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

Animals

[Blood beta-carotene after oral administration of carotenoids. A dynamic test of lipid absorption].

Authors report a method on the functional investigation of intestinal epithelium, based upon the dosage of serum carotene levels after administration of carotenoids. This test takes advantage of the modality of beta-carotene absorption that it behaves like a lipid. The "beta-carotene test" has demonstrated, as regards to T.A.R.T., great sensibility and specificity over 90%. It doesn't show value overlapping between normal and coeliac children and also it shows good compliance of children and simplicity in laboratory determination. For all these characteristics the Authors suggest the utilization of "beta-carotene test" as screening tool of malabsorption.

Administration, Oral