title: Enhancement of glucose transport in small intestinal brush border membrane of retinol administered rat.
abstract: Retinylpalmitate (200 IU/kg body weight) was administered intraperitoneally to rats once daily for 4 days. Brush border membrane vesicles (BBMVs) were prepared from small intestinal epithelium cells from along the crypt-villus axis. D-glucose uptake by BBMVs was examined under the inwardly directed Na+ gradient. The D-glucose uptake by BBMVs from the villus-tip and mid-villus cells of retinylpalmitate treated rats was significantly larger than that of control (corn oil treated) rats, respectively. Thus, retinol treatment of rats promoted the D-glucose transport in small intestinal brush border membrane. Interestingly, the enhancement of D-glucose transport was more prominent in villus-tip and mid-villus than in lower villus.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanii
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horie
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D004224:Diterpenes; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D007583:Jejunum; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008871:Microvilli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000084562:Retinyl Esters; D013937:Thymidine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; D000084562:Retinyl Esters; D014801:Vitamin A; C014794:retinol palmitate; D013937:Thymidine Kinase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D005947:Glucose