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. 1995 Feb;36(2):215–219. doi: 10.1136/gut.36.2.215

Chloride dependent amino acid transport in the human small intestine.

L K Munck 1
PMCID: PMC1382407  PMID: 7883220

Abstract

Carriers of beta amino acids and imino acids in the small intestine of rabbits and guinea pigs are chloride dependent, and a cotransport of chloride, sodium, and 2-methyl-aminoisobutyric acid has been shown. This study examines the chloride dependence of amino acid transport in the human small intestine. The steady state tissue uptake of amino acids, given as the ratio between substrate concentration in intracellular and extracellular water after 35 minutes incubation at 37 degrees C, was determined in mucosal biopsy specimens from the duodenum of patients undergoing diagnostic upper endoscopy and compared using one way analysis of variance. Uptake of leucine and alpha-methyl-D-glucoside in the duodenum and the distal ileum did not differ. The accumulation of all substrates was sodium dependent. In the absence of mucosal chloride the uptake of taurine, glycine, and 2-methyl-aminoisobutyric acid was significantly reduced while that of leucine and alpha-methyl-D-glucoside was unaffected and the reduction of beta alanine uptake not statistically significant. Uptake of 2-methyl-aminoisobutyric acid and proline showed mutual inhibition. Leucine did not reduce uptake of the beta amino acids. In conclusion, chloride dependent transport processes for 2-methyl-amino-isobutyric acid, taurine, and glycine are present in the human small intestine.

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