title: Amiloride inhibits meal-stimulated colonic absorption.
abstract: Meal-stimulated colonic absorption has recently been described, but the cellular transport mechanisms mediating this response are unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the contribution of Na+ transport pathways to colonic proabsorption. Distal colonic Thiry-Vella loops were constructed in six dogs. Absorption was measured by infusing the loops with a physiological electrolyte solution containing [14C] polyethylene glycol as the impermeant marker. In the first set of experiments, the dose dependence of amiloride-induced inhibition of basal colonic absorption was determined. In the second set of experiments the effect of amiloride, which inhibits both Na+ channels and Na+/H+ exchange in colonocytes, on meal-stimulated colonic absorption was determined. Luminal amiloride inhibited basal colonic absorption in a dose-dependent manner, with significant reductions in Na+ absorption occurring with concentrations of 10(-2)M and higher. Infusion with 10(-3)M amiloride, a concentration that did not alter basal absorption, resulted in significant reductions in postprandial water, Na+, and Cl- absorption. These results suggest that meal-stimulated colonic absorption is mediated, at last in part, by transcellular Na+ absorptive pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Whang
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zinner
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: McFadden
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ashley
mesh_terms: D000584:Amiloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism; D003106:Colon / Q000378:metabolism*; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000187:drug effects*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D026941:Sodium Channel Blockers; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D026941:Sodium Channel Blockers; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D000584:Amiloride; D012964:Sodium