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Administration of hydrocortisone increased the sucrase and amylolytic activities in the brush border of the enterocytes along the intestinal villus and decreased the maltase activity in fed chicken. Hydrocortisone does not affect the level of maltase activity in food-deprived chicks.
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PMID:[The effect of hydrocortisone on carbohydrase activity along the intestinal villus in chicks]. 133 10

The activity of the small intestine's peptide hydrolases is higher in 1-day old rats than in adult rats, whereas levels of activity of alkaline phosphatase and diglycyl glycine peptidase do not differ significantly in these two groups of the rats. Our own data on carbohydrases corroborate other authors' evidence and reveals that activities of lactase, sucrase and maltase are either absent or very low in the first days of life and sharply increase by the third week of postnatal development. Adaptive changes of regulatory properties of lactase and alkaline phosphatase are revealed.
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PMID:[The detailed characteristics of the enzyme spectrum of the small intestine in rats in the early postnatal period]. 133 21

Two-hour heat exposure (40-41 degrees C) was shown to change the circadian rhythms of enteral gamma-amylase, maltase and sucrase activities. The character and obviousness of the changes depended on the type of enzyme activity and the portion of the small intestine. The heat exposure did not change daily mean levels of enzymatic activities and their distribution along the small intestine.
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PMID:[The effect of heat exposure on the circadian rhythm of the enzymatic activity in different sections of the rat small intestine]. 133 33

1. Lactase, sucrase, maltase, trehalase and alkaline phosphatase activities of rat proximal jejunum were measured in 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24-month-old rats fed with diets differing in their fatty acid composition. 2. A drop of 47-53% of the specific enzyme activity was observed with disaccharidases against a decrease of 71% for alkaline phosphatase in the 24-month-old rats compared to the 3-month-old rats. 3. Changes in dietary fatty acid composition, either in the saturated or monounsaturated ratio, or in the polyunsaturated fatty acid composition, did not significantly interfere with this aging effect.
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PMID:Diet fatty acid composition, age and rat jejunal microvillus enzyme activities. 134 82

The chronic diarrhea observed in young malnourished infants that is sensitive to dietary glucose and other carbohydrates is associated with variable degrees of patchy mucosal villous atrophy. To explore intrinsic mucosal function in the pathogenesis of this alimentary intolerance, we have conducted an immunohistologic investigation of brush-border enzyme proteins of clinically obtained, mucosal biopsy samples. We used a group of monoclonal antibodies against human brush-border aminopeptidase, sucrase/isomaltase (SI), maltase, and lactase enzyme proteins. SI was strongly and uniformly expressed in crypts and villi of 11 of the 14 subjects; in 3 subjects, however, SI was expressed in a mosaic pattern. Maltase and lactase were occasionally absent, but more commonly were expressed in a mosaic distribution. The mosaic expression of brush-border enzyme proteins has been reported in congenital enzyme deficiencies associated with normal intestinal histology. We report the mosaic expression of brush-border enzyme proteins as a functional alteration associated with a pathological lesion of the mucosa in infants with chronic diarrhea. Our observation challenges the existing concept of ontogenic regulation of brush-border enzyme activity.
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PMID:Mosaic expression of brush-border enzymes in infants with chronic diarrhea and malnutrition. 135 33

This study was performed to determine whether the addition of alanyl-glutamine (Ala-Gln) can prevent intestinal mucosal atrophy induced by standard solution of total parenteral nutrition (S-TPN). Forty-one male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 250 g were randomly divided into four groups: group I was killed after overnight fasting; group II received S-TPN. The other groups received S-TPN supplemented with amino acids other than glutamine (group III) or supplemented with Ala-Gln 2 g/100 mL (group IV); both solutions were isocaloric and isonitrogenous. After 1 week of TPN the rats were killed, and the duodenum, proximal jejunum, mid-small bowel, and distal ileum were obtained for morphologic and functional analysis. Weight gain did not differ significantly among these four groups, and there was no difference in nitrogen balance between groups III and IV. Serum glutamine in group IV (102.8 +/- 13.3 mumol/dL) was significantly increased (p less than .05) compared with groups I, II, and III (66.2 +/- 3.9, 55.7 +/- 7.8, and 61.3 +/- 10.8 mumol/dL, respectively). Mucosal wet weight, protein, RNA, sucrase, and maltase of group IV were significantly increased (p less than .05) compared with groups II and III. Villus height was significantly increased (p less than .05) in the jejunum of group IV rats compared with groups II and III, but not in any other segments of the intestine. No significant changes were observed in crypt depth among all groups. Diamine oxidase in groups II, III, and IV was significantly decreased (p less than .05) compared with group I in all segments except for the ileum.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:The dipeptide alanyl-glutamine prevents intestinal mucosal atrophy in parenterally fed rats. 137 46

It has been shown previously that insulinlike growth factors (IGFs) stimulate the proliferation of intestinal crypt cells in vitro. To examine the in vivo effects of IGF-I on mucosal adaptation, three groups of Sprague-Dawley rats underwent 80% jejunoileal resection. Miniosmotic pumps were then inserted under the skin immediately after resection to deliver vehicle (resected control), 1.5 mg/kg per day of IGF-I, or 1.5 mg/kg per day of des-(1-3)-IGF-I (des-IGF-I). Des-IGF-I is a truncated form of IGF-I that binds as well to type I IGF receptors but less tightly to several forms of IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs) than IGF-I. Ad libitum food intake did not differ among the three resected groups. Body weight gains were greater in animals receiving des-IGF-I than in those receiving IGF-I, which were greater than resected controls. All animals were killed 7 days postoperatively, and the remaining small intestine was removed and divided at the anastomotic site. Both IGF-I and des-IGF-I induced hyperplasia (increased DNA and protein content) in the duodenojejunum but not in the ileum. IGF-I and des-IGF-I were equally active. In contrast, sucrase, maltase, and leucine aminopeptidase activities were greater only in the ileum of animals receiving IGF-I and des-IGF-I than in resected controls. Although more potent in stimulating overall body weight gain, des-IGF-I was not more potent than IGF-I when duodenal and ileal responses were determined. IGF infusion (IGF-I greater than des-IGF-I) increased the levels of circulating IGFBP-3 and IGFBP-2, which may act to modulate the biological effectiveness of the infused peptides. These results suggest that both IGF-I and des-IGF-I may have potential as therapeutic agents for short bowel patients.
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PMID:Truncated and native insulinlike growth factor I enhance mucosal adaptation after jejunoileal resection. 137 79

The antiprotozoal drug metronidazole, when administered orally at a dose level of 100 mg/kg body wt. daily for 7 days to rats, brought about significant elevation of renal brush-border-membrane-bound hydrolytic enzymes, such as alkaline phosphatase, maltase, sucrase, and leucine aminopeptidase (LAP). Kinetic analysis of the enzymes (substrate saturation) indicated that the drug produced an increase in the maximum of apparent initial enzyme velocity (Vmax), while the substrate affinity constant (Km) remained unaltered. These changes were not recovered to the normal level even after the drug regimen was stopped and the animals were allowed to recover for a period of 7 days. Lipid analysis of brush border membrane (BBM) revealed a significant elevation in the cholesterol, phospholipid, and ganglioside levels, while no marked change was recorded in triglyceride, free fatty acid and plasmalogen. Study of the temperature-dependent parameters of the enzymes showed that metronidazole induced a shift in the transition temperature (To) in LAP with nearly total reversibility in the recovery group. No such change was seen in the other enzymes. However, there also was a lowering in the energy of activation (Ea) below To, which returned to normal after the treatment was withdrawn.
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PMID:Changes in membrane-bound hydrolases by metronidazole in rat renal brush border. 141 Aug 3

An investigation was conducted on the influence of the presence of zinc in an elemental diet on the mucosa of residual intestine after massive small bowel resection. A total of 34 male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into five groups: control animals (n = 10) were killed after overnight fasting; a second group (n = 14) underwent massive small bowel resection preserving 10 cm of terminal ileum, and the third group (n = 10) underwent sham operation. Animals in the second and third groups were fed either a commercially available elemental diet or a zinc-deficient diet for 2 weeks; they were then killed. In animals receiving the zinc-deficient diet, a significant decrease (P < 0.05) was noted in plasma zinc and total protein, and in mucosal wet weight (duodenum), thickness (duodenum and ileum), and protein (duodenum) and DNA (duodenum) content. Mucosal sucrase and maltase specific activities in the duodenum and ileum fell but diamine oxidase levels did not. These results suggest that zinc plays an important role in intestinal adaptation in the rat, and indicate that this trace element is essential for intestinal mucosal preservation in this animal.
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PMID:Zinc-deficient diet impairs adaptive changes in the remaining intestine after massive small bowel resection in the rat. 142 69

The retinoid etretinate influences the proliferation and differentiation of epithelial cells. Therefore, the activity of disaccharidases maltase and sucrase was measured in duodenum and jejunum after oral retinoid application to female mice. The enzymes are localized in the brush border of differentiating mucosal cells. The etretinate dose ranged from 0.1 to 1 mg/kg. The treatment with etretinate induced a decrease of the duodenal and jejunal disaccharidase activity. A correlation between the influence in intestinal enzyme activity and undesired gastrointestinal side effects which were described by GOLD et al. (1988) is supposed.
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PMID:[Effect of etretinate on the activity of intestinal disaccharidases]. 142 21


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