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Title: In vivo transport kinetics and distribution of taurocholate by rat ileum and jejunum

Journal Article · · American Journal of Physiology; (USA)
OSTI ID:6522292
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  1. Burroughs Wellcome Company, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA)

The transport kinetics and distribution of taurocholate (TC) from the ileum and jejunum were evaluated in anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats. Uptake and transport kinetics were determined after simultaneous administration of equimolar solutions of ({sup 3}H)taurocholic acid (({sup 3}H)TC) in the ileum and (24-{sup 14}C)taurocholic acid (({sup 14}C)TC) in the jejunum of anesthetized rats. At TC concentrations between 0.3 and 15 mM, total ileal absorption exceeded jejunal absorption 15- to 25-fold. The apparent Km and Vmax for ileal absorption of TC were 5.6 mM and 65.5 nmol.min-1.cm-1, respectively. Tissue distribution studies following uptake from the ileum and jejunum were done with {sup 75}Se-labeled homocholic acid taurine ({sup 75}Se-HCAT). In the ileum, 82% of the {sup 75}Se-HCAT removed from the lumen was found in the bile, 10.6% was found in the ileal wall, and 7.3% was found in the liver. In the jejunum, 24.1% was found in bile, 0.6% was found in the liver, and 75.3% remained in the jejunal wall. These data show that the ileum is much more efficient and better equipped than the jejunum to take up and transport TC at concentrations up to 15 mM.

OSTI ID:
6522292
Journal Information:
American Journal of Physiology; (USA), Vol. 259:2 Pt 1; ISSN 0002-9513
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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