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. 1993 Apr 15;291(Pt 2):435–440. doi: 10.1042/bj2910435

Regulation of the ovine intestinal Na+/glucose co-transporter (SGLT1) is dissociated from mRNA abundance.

L Lescale-Matys 1, J Dyer 1, D Scott 1, T C Freeman 1, E M Wright 1, S P Shirazi-Beechey 1
PMCID: PMC1132544  PMID: 8484724

Abstract

We have investigated the mechanisms of regulation of the Na+/glucose co-transporter (SGLT1) in a ruminant animal, which is an exceptional model system for studying intestinal glucose transport. Pre-ruminant lambs absorb glucose, produced by hydrolysis of the milk sugar lactose, in the intestine via apical SGLT1 and basolateral facilitative glucose transporters (GLUT2). Weaning coincides with the development of the rumen, and consequently the amount of hexoses reaching the small intestine of the ruminant sheep is undetectable. During development, SGLT1 activity and abundance in intestinal brush-border membranes decreased by over 200-fold, and either maintaining lambs on a milk replacer diet or infusing sheep intestine with D-glucose restored co-transporter activity and expression. We have measured ovine intestinal SGLT1 mRNA levels during development, with changes in diet and after direct infusion of D-glucose or methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside into the intestinal lumen, in order to determine the level of regulation. During development, mRNA levels decreased only 4-fold. Lambs maintained on a milk replacer diet showed no change in mRNA levels relative to age-matched controls. Finally, upon infusion of the intestine of the ruminant sheep with sugars, D-glucose infusion increased SGLT1 mRNA, but only by 2-fold, compared with a 60-90-fold increase in co-transporter number and activity. Since the change in Na(+)-dependent glucose transport activity is correlated with SGLT1 protein abundance, and since changes in mRNA levels do not account for the dramatic changes in protein abundance, we conclude that the principal level of SGLT1 regulation by luminal sugar is translational or post-translational.

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