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. 1993 Jun;217(6):604–614. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199306000-00002

Effect of total parenteral nutrition on amino acid and glucose transport by the human small intestine.

Y Inoue 1, N J Espat 1, D J Frohnapple 1, H Epstein 1, E M Copeland 1, W W Souba 1
PMCID: PMC1242861  PMID: 8507109

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The effect of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) on small intestinal amino acid transport activity was studied in humans. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Studies in humans receiving TPN indicate that a decrease in the activities of the dissacharidase enzymes occurs, but morphologic changes are minimal with only a slight decrease in villous height. METHODS: Surgical patients were randomized to receive TPN (n = 6) or a regular oral diet (controls, n = 7) for 1 week before abdominal surgery. Ileum (5 controls, 5 TPN) or jejunum (2 controls, 1 TPN) were obtained intraoperatively and brush-border membrane vesicles (BBMV) were prepared by magnesium aggregation/differential centrifugation. Transport of L-MeAlB (a selective system A substrate), L-glutamine, L-alanine, L-arginine, L-leucine, and D-glucose was assayed by a rapid mixing/filtration technique in the presence and absence of sodium. RESULTS: Vesicles demonstrated approximately 18-fold enrichments of enzyme markers, classic overshoots, transport into an osmotically active space, and similar 1-hour equilibrium values. TPN resulted in a 26-44% decrease in the carrier-mediated transport velocity of all substrates except glutamine across ileal BBMVs. In the one patient receiving TPN from whom jejunum was obtained, there was also a generalized decrease in nutrient transport, although glutamine was least affected. Kinetic studies of the system A transporter demonstrated that the decrease in uptake was secondary to a reduction in carrier Vmax, consistent with a decrease in the number of functional carriers in the brush-border membrane. CONCLUSIONS: TPN results in a decrease in brush-border amino acid and glucose transport activity. The observation that glutamine transport is not downregulated by 1 week of bowel rest may further emphasize the important metabolic role that glutamine plays as a gut fuel and in the body's response to catabolic stresses.

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