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. 1974 Jun;140(3):509–516. doi: 10.1042/bj1400509

Involvement of binding lipoproteins in the absorption and transport of α-tocopherol in the rat

O V Rajaram 1, P Fatterpaker 1, A Sreenivasan 1
PMCID: PMC1168029  PMID: 4374942

Abstract

1. Specific lipoproteins binding α-tocopherol but not its known metabolites have been isolated and identified from cytosol of rat intestinal mucosa and from serum. 2. A timestudy of the appearance of the orally administered α-[3H]tocopherol with these lipoproteins indicates that very-low-density lipoprotein of serum acts as a carrier of the vitamin. 3. The involvement of the mucosal lipoprotein in the absorption of the vitamin from the intestine has been inferred from observations on the amounts of α-tocopherol in serum of orotic acid-fed rats where release of lipoproteins from the liver to serum is completely inhibited. A considerable decrease in the association of α-tocopherol with serum very-low-density lipoprotein under this condition is interpreted to mean that serum lipoproteins are limiting factors for the transport of the vitamin across the intestine and that this is possibly effected by exchange of α-tocopherol between serum very-low-density lipoprotein and mucosal lipoprotein.

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