title: Ultrastructural demonstration of the absorption and transportation of minute chylomicrons by subepithelial blood capillaries in rat jejunal villi.
abstract: Chylomicrons from villous columnar epithelial cells are generally known to be transported only by central lymph vessels (CLV), whereas antigenic particulates derived from the intestinal lumen can also be transported by subepithelial blood capillaries (sBCs) in rat intestinal villi. The possibility of chylomicron absorption by sBCs was histoplanimetrically studied in the rat jejunum under a transmission electron microscope. The chylomicrons more abundantly presented in villous venules than in arterioles. The most frequent size (MFS) of chylomicrons was 75 to 90 nm in diameter in the areas near sBCs, while it was 45 to 60 nm in the epithelial intercellular spaces just above sBCs or the intermediate areas between sBCs. The MFS of chylomicrons was 45 to 60 nm in the intermediate areas between sBCs and in the epithelial intercellular spaces just above these areas. The MFS of chylomicrons in CLV was intermediate between that in the area adjacent to sBCs and that in the intermediate areas between sBCs. Chylomicrons were found in small vesicles in the endothelial cytoplasms of sBCs. No chylomicrons larger than 600 nm were observed in the lamina propria. These findings suggest that some of the chylomicrons smaller than 75 nm, which are probable intestinal very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL), are directly transported to the liver by hepatic portal blood in addition to CLV and that epithelial fat droplets larger than 600 nm are not discharged into lamina propria in rat jejunum under physiological conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioresource Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Ei-Ichirou
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takahara
authors.forename: Youhei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mantani
authors.forename: Kankanam Gamage Sanath
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Udayanga
authors.forename: Wang-Mei
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanida
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Toshifumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Nobuhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hoshi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D002914:Chylomicrons / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004063:Digestion / Q000502:physiology*; D006652:Histological Techniques; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000502:physiology*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007583:Jejunum / Q000502:physiology*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D010316:Particle Size; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D002914:Chylomicrons
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