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Query: EC:3.2.1.108 (lactase)
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1. Pig intestinal sucrase and maltase activities increase markedly, and lactase activity decreases, during the second week of post-natal life. Correlations noted between the time course describing these changes and that found previously to describe a decline in the ability of the pig intestine to take up macromolecules suggest that both events are subject to the same type of developmental control. 2. Injection of epidermal growth factor (EGF) into 3-day-old piglets increase sucrase and maltase activities measured 3 days later. These increases, which are not seen when measuring other hydrolase enzymes, are confined to the mid and distal regions of the small intestine. 3. Dexamethasone injected into 3-day-old piglets inhibits lactase and, on occasion, sucrase activities without affecting other intestinal hydrolases. Significant increases in sucrase and maltase activities also occur in distal intestine following injection of EGF plus dexamethasone into 3-day-old pigs. 4. Cytochemical analysis shows EGF effects on sucrase and maltase activities to be exerted in crypt and basal villus enterocytes produced post-natally. Dexamethasone inhibits lactase activity mainly by acting on mid and upper villus enterocytes produced before birth. 5. EGF appears to increase sucrase and maltase activities by extending the time during which young enterocytes continue to accumulate these enzymes in their brush-border membranes. Dexamethasone appears to cause a more fundamental change in the biochemistry of older enterocytes. accompanied by an increasing ability of these cells to transport neutral amino acids through a sodium-dependent mechanism (see James, Smith, Tivey & Wilson, 1987a).
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PMID:Epidermal growth factor selectively increases maltase and sucrase activities in neonatal piglet intestine. 332 84

Jejunal mucosa of 6 d-old rats were cultured for 24 and 48 h in the presence of thyroxine, insulin, pentagastrin, glucagon, epidermal growth factor (EGF) or dibutyryl-A-3:5-MP cyclic with or without dexamethasone (DX). The enzymes were assayed on the purified brush borders. The various agents added alone to the basic culture medium had no effect with the exception of DX on the levels of enzyme activities. Dexamethasone alone induced sucrase, stimulated maltase, and protected other brush border enzyme activities (aminopeptidase, lactase, and alkaline phosphatase). When added to DX-supplemented medium, only the following factors modified the levels of enzymatic activities observed with DX alone. Insulin (10(-6) M) increased maltase, alkaline phosphatase, and lactase activity to a greater extent than DX at 24 h culture, the effect being maintained at 48 h on alkaline phosphatase only. At 48 h culture, both EGF (10(-8) M) and dbcAMP (10(-3) M) decreased DX-induced sucrase activity. The latter agent also depressed DX-stimulated aminopeptidase activity.
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PMID:Organ culture of suckling rat intestine: comparative study of various hormones on brush border enzymes. 674 50

The present study examined the effects of dexamethasone on mucosal adaptation after massive small bowel resection. Rats underwent 80% jejunoileal resection or a sham operation and received either vehicle or 128 micrograms.kg-1.day-1 sc dexamethasone for 7 days. Dexamethasone infusion resulted in decreased weight, DNA content, and protein content in the duodenojejunal and ileal mucosa in both sham and resected rats. Sucrase, lactase, and maltase activities (all in mumol.g protein-1.min-1) in the duodenojejunal mucosa were elevated by dexamethasone infusion. By contrast, enzyme activities were elevated only in the ileal mucosa of dexamethasone-infused sham-operated rats compared with sham-operated control rats, and dexamethasone did not elevate enzyme activities in resected rats. We further examined whether the inhibitory effects of dexamethasone on mucosal adaptation may be related to changes in either insulin-like growth factor (IGF) or IGF binding protein (BP) serum levels. Serum IGF-I and IGF-II levels were markedly decreased in dexamethasone-infused resected and sham-operated rats. IGF BP-1 serum levels were elevated by dexamethasone treatment with a concomitant depression in serum IGF BP-2 levels. IGF BP-3 levels were lowered by dexamethasone treatment in sham-operated rats and by gut resection, and serum IGF BP-4 levels did not change. These results suggest that the growth-inhibiting effects of dexamethasone in small intestinal mucosa may be partially mediated by decreased serum IGF levels or by alterations in IGF activity associated with changes in serum levels of IGF BPs.
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PMID:Dexamethasone inhibits mucosal adaptation after small bowel resection. 751 28

To facilitate the study of regulators of differentiation and proliferation of small intestinal epithelium in the suckling rat we have developed a serum-free organ culture system and used it to examine epithelial responsiveness to various regulatory hormones. These hormones included the insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) whose action can be blocked by binding proteins in serum. Jejunal explants from 5-day-old suckling rats maintained better brush border enzyme activity and better histology when cultured under hyperbaric conditions for 24 h in serum-free Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium/F12 medium than in RPMI 1640 plus 10% fetal bovine serum. Tissue responsiveness to various regulatory hormones was then tested in the serum-free medium. Insulin had no significant effect on morphology, proliferation rate, or enzyme activity in 5-day explants after 24 h in culture. However, insulin did increase lactase activity and induce the early appearance of sucrase in 10- and 12-day explants after 48 h in culture. Dexamethasone increased specific activities of alkaline phosphatase (30%, P < 0.001) and lactase (15%, P < 0.001), and reduced shedding of alkaline phosphatase into the medium (P < 0.001), in explants of 5-day-old rats cultured over 24 h. Dexamethasone combined with insulin had no obvious effect on the rate of protein or DNA synthesis but did increase villus height (P = 0.04) and crypt depth (P = 0.001) and acted synergistically to further increase lactase activity above levels obtained by either alone. IGF-I and IGF-II, des-(1-3)IGF-I, fibroblast growth factor (FGF), and growth hormone (GH) had no effect on morphology or biochemical activity of explants after 24 or 48 h culture.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Serum-free organ culture of suckling rat jejunum: effect of regulatory hormones. 795 13

Three experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of dexamethasone (DEX) on growth performance and on selected digestive enzyme activities in weanling pigs. In Exp. 1, 96 pigs (6.7 kg BW and 27 d) were used in a 3 x 2 factorial combination of three DEX frequencies (no injection; 1 mg DEX/kg BW 3 d before weaning; and 1 mg DEX/kg BW 6 and 3 d before weaning) and two feeding regimens: a simple diet fed throughout the 28-d trial, or a semicomplex diet fed during the first 14 d postweaning, followed by the simple diet. Growth performance was not affected (P > .10) by hormonal treatment. Pigs fed the simple diet had a greater ADF1 after d 15 postweaning (P < .10) and higher ADG from 15 to 21 d postweaning (P < .01). In Exp. 2, 80 pigs (7.2 kg BW and 26 d) were assigned 3 d before weaning to four dosages of DEX (0, .33, .66, and .99 mg/kg BW). Growth performance was similar regardless of DEX dosing. In Exp. 3, 24 pigs (6.4 kg BW and 21 d) were injected with DEX (1 mg/kg BW) or saline solution on d 3 before weaning. Four pigs per treatment were slaughtered at weaning, or on d 3 and d 6 postweaning. Dexamethasone resulted in greater (P < .10) pancreas weight and increased (P < .01) total activity of amylase and sucrase, but lactase was lowered (P < .10). Dexamethasone injection enhanced digestive enzyme activity but failed to improve performance, presumably because of the reduced feed intake of pigs at weaning.
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PMID:Growth performance and enzyme development in weanling pigs injected with dexamethasone. 911 Feb 12