Effect of DL-ethionine on the intestinal absorption and transport of palmitic acid-1-14C and tripalmitin-14C. Role of intramucosal factors in the uptake of luminal lipids.
The effect of DL-ethionine on the uptake and transport of lipid by the rat small intestine was investigated. A cottonseed oil emulsion containing (14)C-labeled tripalmitin or palmitic acid was administered intragastrically to rats pretreated with DL-ethionine, DL-ethionine plus methionine, or saline, and the rats were sacrificed 2, 4, and 6 hr later. Lipids from the plasma, the stomach, the colon, the luminal contents of the small intestine, and the wall of the small intestine were extracted, fractionated, and their radioactivity assayed. Ethionine markedly inhibited the uptake of lipids by the small intestine. This inhibition was not related to impairment of intraluminal lipolysis since analagous inhibitions were observed when palmitic acid or predigested triglyceride (TG), obtained through a jejunal fistula from normal animals, was administered instead of tripalmitin. Ethionine also inhibited the transport of lipid from the wall of the small intestine. A significant fraction of the administered lipid remained in the wall of the small intestine, and only a small fraction was transported to the blood stream. Although most of the wall radioactivity was in the form of TG, significant proportions were also found in the free fatty acid (FFA) and partial glyceride fractions, indicating a marked inhibition of mucosal reesterification to TG. The degree of inhibition of mucosal reesterification and the degree of inhibition of transport of wall lipids were directly related to the degree of inhibition of uptake of luminal radioactivity. This relationship suggests that the rate of reesterification, the level of mucosal FFA, and the rate of transport of intramucosal TG may be of importance in determining the extent of uptake of intraluminal lipid by the mucosal cells. Since a significant fraction of the wall radioactivity was in the form of TG, the decreased transport of wall lipids was attributed to an impairment of chylomicron completion due to inhibition of either the synthesis of chylomicron apoprotein or the association of preformed TG with the protein moiety of chylomicrons. Experiments with labeled amino acids support the first possibility.
D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003369:Cottonseed Oil; D004063:Digestion / Q000187:drug effects; D004655:Emulsions; D005001:Ethionine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005215:Fasting; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000187:drug effects*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008715:Methionine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009821:Oils; D010169:Palmitic Acids / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D003369:Cottonseed Oil; D004655:Emulsions; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D009821:Oils; D010169:Palmitic Acids; D014280:Triglycerides; D008715:Methionine; D005001:Ethionine
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