title: Protein digestion and absorption in the blind loop syndrome.
abstract: Protein digestion and absorption was studied in rats with 6-week-old surgically constructed self-filling intestinal blind loops and steatorrhea, ie, blind-loop animals and controls were fed a 14C-labeled protein meal containing a nonabsorbable marker, 51CrCl3, and sacrificed 1 or 2 hr later. Intestinal contents were analyzed for 14C, 51Cr, protein, trypsin, and the products of digestion. At 1 hr, 14C absorption was greater in controls, but at 2 hr there was no difference in absorption between the two groups. Marker studies showed that blind-loop filling resulted in a delay of the progression of intestinal contents distally. Intraluminal trypsin and porteolysis were similar in the two groups. Endogenous protein was greater in the blind-loop animals. The early stages of the blind-loop syndrome may be characterized by delayed protein absorption secondary to blind-loop filling, which is compensated for by the distal gut resulting in an absence of overall protein malabsorption.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001765:Blind Loop Syndrome / Q000097:blood*; D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D007583:Jejunum / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D004044:Dietary Proteins