title: Insulin-like growth factor I absorption in the jejunum of neonatal calves.
abstract: The absorption of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor I(rhIGF-I), [125I]rhIGF-I, xylose and [3H]lysine, administered into a clamped jejunal segment in anesthetized neonatal calves, was studied by measuring their appearance in the mesenteric vein draining the gut segment. Only trace amounts of IGF-I and of [125I]rhIGF-I and/or 125I were absorbed following dissolution in saline, buffer or colostrum. The absorption rate of both [3H]lysine and/or 3H and of xylose was much greater than the absorption of rhIGF-I, [125I]rhIGF-I and/or 125I but was also transient. Biological effects of ingested IGF-I in neonatal calves should barely occur as a consequence of intestinal absorption even in 1-day-old calves, known to absorb various peptides and proteins.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nutrition Pathology, Institute of Animal Breeding, University of Berne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Vacher
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bestetti
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Blum
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D001345:Autoradiography; D002417:Cattle; D002845:Chromatography; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000378:metabolism*; D008239:Lysine / Q000097:blood; D008642:Mesenteric Veins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D014994:Xylose / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D014994:Xylose; D008239:Lysine