Effect of cafeteria diet on alpha-MG intestinal absorption in rats.
The effect of a cafeteria diet (a hypercaloric diet) on the accumulative ability of the mediated and non-mediated small intestine transport of alpha-methyl-D-glucoside (alpha-MG) in developing female Wistar rats was studied using everted intestinal slices. Cafeteria diet increased intestinal active transport and decreased intestinal passive diffusion of alpha-MG in 30-day-old rats. No differences in alpha-MG intestinal absorption were found in cafeteria vs control rats after the development of obesity in cafeteria diet fed rats. A link between gastrointestinal functions and the development of obesity induced by cafeteria diet is suggested.
Dameto
M C
MC
Department of Fund. Biology and Health Science, University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Rayó
J M
JM
Esteban
S
S
Prieto
R M
RM
Tur
J A
JA
D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D004058:Diffusion; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006601:Hexoses / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000502:physiology*; D008757:Methylglucosides / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
D006601:Hexoses; D008757:Methylglucosides; C027020:methylglucoside