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1. The effect of the osteolathyrogen aminoacetonitrile (AAN) on plasma calcium, phosphate and alkaline phosphatase, on bone, on growth rates, on absorption of calcium and phosphate in the gut and on their urinary excretion, has been examined in rats. 2. AAN caused a general deterioration in the health of the rat and reduced its rate of growth. 3. AAN reduced plasma calcium and increased plasma alkaline phosphatase but did not affect plasma phosphate. 4. AAN caused obvious deformity of the long bones with large exostoses. The femurs of the lathyritic rats had an increased fat-free weight and increased fat-free weight to ash weight ratio. 5. AAN increased true and apparent absorption of calcium but did not consistently affect urinary excretion of phosphate or apparent absorption of phosphate. 6. AAN did not produce a significant reduction in the plasma calcium of parathyroidectomized or thyroparathyroidectomized rats. 7. Absorption of calcium from ligated jejunal loops was increased in AAN-treated parathyroidectomized rats. 8. In some experiments parathyroidectomy or thyroparathyroidectomy protected the bones from the effect of AAN.
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PMID:The effect of aminoacetonitrile on calcium metabolism and bone in the rat. 99 26

Activities of the small intestinal mucosal enzymes lactase, sucrase, maltase, alkaline phosphatase and N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase were studied in rats with surgically-induced upper intestinal stasis and in control animals. The first four are brush border enzymes, the latter a lysosomal enzyme. There was a reduction in the activities of all enzymes in the operated animals. The change lining was significant and most marked in mucosa the blind loop and gut distal to it; areas in which there is gross bacterial overgrowth and excessive levels of intraluminal deconjugated bile salts. The significance of these findings in relation to malabsorption consequent on bacterial contamination of the upper gut is uncertain and requires further study.
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PMID:Effect of stasis on intestinal enzyme activities. 105 24

The rosy barb (Puntius conchonius) was exposed to copper (Cu) for short (48 hr) and long (8 weeks) terms and effects on enzyme activities and biochemical variables in the blood and tissues were examined. In vivo exposure to 571 micrograms CuSO4/liter (96-hr median tolerance limit (TLm)) for 48 hr stimulated to varying degrees acid phosphatase (AcP), alkaline phosphatase (AlP) (except in the liver), and acetylcholinesterase activities in selected tissues. The alanine aminotransferase and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) (except in the heart) activities were inhibited to varying degrees in vivo. In vitro, the presence of 10(-6) M Cu suppressed enzyme activities in the tissues examined, with a few exceptions such as AcP in ovaries and gut, AlP in liver, gills, gut, and testes, and LDH in liver. Hyperglycemia, hyperlactemia, hyperproteinemia, elevated blood free fatty acid (FFA) levels, and hypocholesterolemia were manifested in the fish exposed to 190 micrograms CuSO4/liter (1/3 96-hr TLm). Effects on the tissues included glycogenolysis (liver and skeletal muscles), glycogenesis (brain and heart), a marked rise in hepatic proteins, accumulation of FFAs in liver and skeletal muscles, and reduction in hepatic and gonadal cholesterol contents. After 8 weeks, a trend toward recovery was noted in the biochemical variables (except blood and hepatic protein levels).
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PMID:Short- and long-term effects of copper on the rosy barb (Puntius conchonius Ham.). 137 34

The mucosal immune system is concerned with host defense along the moist surfaces of the body which have contact with the external environment. These sites contain specialized lymphoid structures which contain precursors for IgA-synthesizing B lymphocytes and immunoregulatory T lymphocytes which will determine whether oral tolerance or a strong immune response develops against antigens administered orally. The key step to antigen processing in the gastrointestinal tract involves its initial uptake from the gut lumen by specialized follicle associated epithelium called 'M' cells. M cells originate from adjacent crypt epithelium and are interspersed between the absorptive epithelial cells in the follicle-associated epithelium. M cells cells have short, irregular microvilli, are closely associated with lymphocytes, do not have a prominent terminal web, and have only weak alkaline phosphatase activity but strong nonspecific esterase activity. M cells do not express surface MHC class II (HLA-DR) antigens. These cells take up macromolecules, viruses, bacteria and protozoa within 30 minutes from the initial presentation of the antigen to the intestinal lumen. After the initial uptake of antigen by M cells, the antigens are transported into the follicular areas to be processed by dendritic cells and brought into close contact with the antigen-specific precursors for IgA secreting plasma cells. The final result of M cell processing is the production of a vigorous secretory IgA response and local cell-mediated immunity with suppression of a systemic IgG, IgE and delayed-type hypersensitivity to orally-administered antigens.
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PMID:Antigen processing in the mucosal immune system. 139 96

Glucocorticoids may induce osteopenia in experimental animals and in man. In order to study the possible effects of vitamin D metabolites in the prevention of glucocorticoid-induced osteopenia in rats, we administered 1 alpha(OH)-vitamin D3, 24,25(OH)2-vitamin D3 or a combination of both metabolites, by intragastric intubation, to rats treated daily by intramuscular injections of 10 mg/kg cortisone acetate. Treatment with the vitamin D metabolites started after 1 month of glucocorticoid therapy, at the time osteopenia was already present. Cortisone acetate decreased the gain weight, increased alkaline phosphatase (AP) and decreased Ca serum levels. It also decreased tibial wet and ash weight and tibial Ca content. Computerized histomorphometry of sections from the upper tibia showed decreased epiphyseal bone volume and increased bone marrow volume; decreased height of hypertrophic cartilage in the growth plate and decreased amount of persisting cartilage in the metaphyseal bone trabeculae were also observed. Administration of 24,25(OH)2D3 alone did not reduce these glucocorticoid-induced bone changes and sometimes even worsened them. 1 alpha(OH)D3 reversed many of the deleterious effects of cortisone acetate. It reduced serum AP levels, increased serum Ca levels, increased bone ash weight, epiphyseal and metaphyseal bone volume, with a concomitant reduction in epiphyseal and metaphyseal bone marrow volume. The best results were obtained by a combination of 1 alpha(OH)D3 and 24,25(OH)2D3. It is presumed that both metabolites are needed to reduce the impact of glucocorticoids on bone. 1 alpha(OH)2D3 acts on the gut, increasing Ca absorption (which was decreased by glucocorticoids), and 24,25(OH)2D3 directly acts on bone to enhance bone formation and mineralization.
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PMID:Effects of 1 alpha(OH)-vitamin D3 and 24,25(OH)2-vitamin D3 on long bones of glucocorticoid-treated rats. 141 14

The differentiation status of epithelial cells in intestinal adaptation remains unclear. To determine whether enterocytes reach optimum maturity following adaptation after 85% shortening of the rat gut by jejunoileal bypass surgery, activities of two brush border enzymatic markers of differentiation, alkaline phosphatase and sucrase, were examined in subpopulations of epithelial cells isolated sequentially from the villus/crypt axis of normal (sham operated) and hyperplastic mucosa. In jejunal villi, adaptational hyperplasia was associated with an increase in total epithelial alkaline phosphatase, but not total sucrase, activity; alkaline phosphatase activity increased most obviously in cells at the 11-50% position (from the tip) on villi. In hyperplastic ileal villi, total alkaline phosphatase activity fell, although sucrase activity did not change significantly. Specific activity (per mg protein) of sucrase on jejunal villus epithelium was reduced by the adaptational changes to bypass; alkaline phosphatase specific activity remained unchanged. In the ileum, despite adaptational changes to bypass, there was no increase in the normally low specific activities of sucrase and alkaline phosphatase. Bypass surgery did not change the major site of expression of either enzyme on jejunal or ileal villi. In conclusion, enzymatic markers of functional differentiation are not all equally affected by adaptational hyperplasia. Hypertrophy of villi and increased cell proliferation seen in jejunum remaining exposed to luminal contents resulted in an increase in the alkaline phosphatase but not the sucrase content. This is not, therefore, the result of a simple immaturity of villus cells. Morphological adaptation in the ileum, however, is not accompanied by adaptation of brush border enzyme markers of differentiation, confirming a functional immaturity of these cells. Strategies for increasing the expression of these markers may have clinical value.
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PMID:Differentiation status of rat enterocytes after intestinal adaptation to jejunoileal bypass. 148 65

Primordial germ cells in the mouse are known to be derived from the epiblast. They can be identified histochemically, by their high alkaline phosphatase activity. At 8 d post coitum they have been observed within the embryonic part of the egg cylinder, at the posterior end of the primitive streak. Earlier, at 7.25 days post coitum, we have observed them embedded in the extra-embryonic mesoderm, as a tight clump. Germ cell counts over the 7-8 d period of gastrulation have been made. They are consistent with either of two models: (1) derivation of the germ cell lineage from a very small stem cell pool, followed by a constant rate of proliferation, and (2) derivation from a larger initial stem cell pool, followed by a period when germ cells are differentiating but not dividing. From their initial extra-embryonic location, germ cells spread into the mesoderm of the primitive streak, and the endoderm of the yolk sac and hind gut. Active locomotion is probably required for their passage up the dorsal mesentery and into the genital ridges. Mutant alleles at two loci, W (White-spotting) and Sl (Steel), drastically reduce the number of germ cells reaching the ridges. Since those that succeed in reaching the ridges suffer little if any delay, the defect is unlikely to be due to reduced powers of locomotion, but rather to a failure of proliferation or survival. W acts cell-autonomously: its gene product is the c-kit polypeptide, a transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Development of primordial germ cells in the mouse. 153 Jan 50

We report a 3-year analysis (1986 to 1989) of the management of 63 home parenteral nutrition patients, 40 with short-bowel syndrome and 23 with chronic intestinal obstruction with or without intestinal resection. Intravenous fluid requirements varied from 0.9 to 6 L/day, and the content of glucose varied between 46 and 531 g/day, protein varied from .0 to 85 g/day, fat from .0 to 100 g/day, sodium from 37 to 695 mEq/day, potassium from 30 to 220 mEq/day, chloride from 60 to 760 mEq/day, and acetate from 0 to 200 mEq/day. Body weight was normalized and well maintained in the majority of patients, but using the strict definition of deficiency as the presence of one abnormal value during 3 years, more than half had abnormal plasma chloride, glucose, alkaline phosphatase, serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, total protein, albumin, selenium, and iron concentrations, and more than a third had low calcium, magnesium, vitamin D, and vitamin C levels. Normochromic anemia was seen in 73% and high blood creatinine associated with low urine volumes in 42%. Most (78%) returned to relatively normal lifestyles, but employability was occasionally impaired by loss of third-party insurance coverage resulting from a therapy that may cost $100,000 per year. Overall mortality was low (5% per year), but 73% needed readmission to hospital, mainly for suspected catheter sepsis. The results indicate that home parenteral nutrition has allowed many patients to survive gut failure and return to work but problems with chronic fluid, electrolyte and micronutrient deficiencies, catheter sepsis, and insurance coverage often restrict optimal rehabilitation.
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PMID:Home parenteral nutrition--a 3-year analysis of clinical and laboratory monitoring. 850 44

The effects of diet-induced changes in blood acid-base status on mineral retention has been studied in lambs fed diets containing either 1% NH4Cl or 2% NaHCO3. Balance measurements using 45Ca and 32P showed no difference between them in the amounts of dietary Ca and P absorbed from the gut. Retention of both minerals, however, was lower and their excretion in urine higher in those fed the acid diet. Plasma Ca and P levels were unaffected but parathyroid hormone and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 levels were higher in lambs on this diet while measurements of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase and alkaline phosphatase levels in rib samples indicated an increase in osteoclast and a reduction in osteoblast activity in these lambs. Cell-mediated changes in bone turnover together with changes in urinary mineral loss would thus appear to be the major factors contributing to the lower rates of mineral retention seen in lambs fed acid diets.
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PMID:The effects of feeding diets containing either NaHCO3 or NH4Cl on indices of bone formation and resorption and on mineral balance in the lamb. 166 Feb 81

Diarrhoea is a common gastrointestinal disorder which is a state of fluid and ion loss from the gut. Cauvery-100, an Ayurvedic formulation has been used in this study for the treatment of diarrhoea. Diarrhoea was induced in experimental rats by oral administration of castor oil. The increased gastrointestinal motility in diarrhoea was brought back to near normal levels on the treatment of Cauvery-100. The activities of the enzymes alkaline phosphatase, total ATPase and Na+,K(+)-ATPase were decreased in the diarrhoeal group and was brought back to near normal levels in the treated group. The serum levels of sodium and potassium were decreased in the diarrhoeal group and brought back to normal levels in the treated group. Prior treatment of the drug Cauvery-100 did not induce diarrhoea on administration of castor oil, suggesting the protective influence of the drug on the gastrointestinal tract.
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PMID:Biochemical studies on the antidiarrhoeal effects of Cauvery-100, an ayurvedic formulation, in rats. 166 70


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