title: Dietary induction of angiotensin-converting enzyme in proximal and distal rat small intestine.
abstract: Induction of angiotensin-converting enzyme was examined in proximal and distal intestinal segments of rats fed a low-protein (4%) diet and then switched to a high-protein (gelatin) diet. Animals were killed at varying time points, and brush-border membranes and total RNA were prepared from the segments. In the proximal intestine, there was a fivefold increase in angiotensin-converting enzyme levels after 14 days but only a twofold change in mRNA. In the distal intestine, there was no increase in enzyme activity but mRNA increased 2.4-fold. Organ culture was used to measure changes in enzyme biosynthesis. There was a 5- to 6-fold increase in the biosynthesis of angiotensin-converting enzyme in the proximal intestine 24 h after the switch to the gelatin diet and a 1.6-fold increase in mRNA levels. No change in biosynthesis was observed in the distal small intestine despite an increase in mRNA. These results support the conclusion that rapid dietary induction of intestinal angiotensin-converting enzyme is differentially regulated in proximal and distal segments of the small intestine.
authors.affiliation: Gastrointestinal Research Laboratory, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA. neko@itsa.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D004032:Diet; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013997:Time Factors; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A