Cells that secrete mucous layer
highest concentration of mucous in ....
Goblet cells
Stomach and colon (due to bacteria concentration)
Villi length and effect on surface area
0.5-1.5 mm
10X
microvilli length and effect on surface area
1um long, 0.1 um diameter
200X
Reserve capacity of pancreatic lipase
9 folds
Reserve capacity of glucose transport
duodenum and 30 cm jejunum
Safety Margin
capacity / load
extent of uptake of (CHO, Fe, Ca)
CHO 98%
Fe 10%
Ca 30%
Immunostaining in immunohistochemistry and confocal imaging measures?
Intestinal fatty acid-binding protein , amount of transporters
Methods used to develop ORS
perfusion of human small intestines
Hydrophobic AA
alpha helix
Functions of Aquaporins and Aquaglyceroporins
Transporting:
- Water
- Glycerol
- Urea
- NH3
- H2O2
What concentration of Na drive water uptake?
90mmol/l
Models of water flow
- Simple osmotic flow (fastest)
- Paracellular
- Aquaporins (40-60%)
Duplication of digestive enzymes
- Pancreatic amylase & brush-border glucoamylase
- Lingual and pancreatic lipase
- Gastric, pancreatic and brush-border peptidases
Duplication of absorptive functions (transporters)
- GLUT2 and SGLT1
- PEPT1 and Amino Acid transporters
- Flip-flop and Fatty Acid Binding Proteins
Types of transporters
Facilitative or non-active transporters (UT1, GLUT1)
Ion-coupled transporters (SGLT1)
ATP dependent transporters (MDR1)
uptake by the BB depends on
- Number of cells
- Number of transporters
- Electrochemical driving force (SGLT1 needs a Na gradient maintained by the Na+/K+ ATPase
homozygous C292Y-SGLT1 mutation lead to
Glucose galactose malabsorption
Inhibitors can be used to unravel the transporters involved in intestinal glucose transport
Phloretin
Phloridzin
Km values of transporters (SGLT1, GLUT2)
SGLT1 > 0.5 low Km works best even at low glucose concentrations (fasting)
GULT2 > 17 high Km works best at high glucose concentrations (eating)
Intestinal glucose and fructose transporters
- GLUT5 (necessary for fructose but not glucose)
- GLUT2
effects of stress on glucose absorption
Stress decreases SGLT1 mediated transport
increase GLUT 2 mediated transport
Lipids Absorption
Transport systems highest FA uptake during fasting when lumen concentrations of FA low
- Scavenger receptor CD36 (SR-B2)
- scavenger receptor B1 (SR-B1) – CD36 family
- FA transport protein 4 (FATP4)
Via diffusion is highest during feeding when FA concentrations in the lumen are high
AA transporters
- Na dependent
- IMINO
- Na independent
- Proton-energised peptide transporters (PEPT-1)
Lactalbumin absorption %
61%
Lactalbumin hydrolyate absorption %
91%
Milk protein components
75-80% Casein
20-25% Whey
Whey Protein properties
- Globular with defined tertiary structures
- Exist in milk serum
- Remain soluble at pH 4.6 > Stable
- Not incorporated into cheese curd
Classification of fibers (non-starch polysaccharides )
- Cellulose (Carboxymethylcellulose)
- Non-cellulose (hemicellulose, pectin, plant gums & mucilage, inulin, Guar)
How are SCFA and organic acids absorbed?
SCFA and organic acids - by organic anion transporter
SCFA – by passive diffusion?
Fermentation Capacity in Humans
- Lactitol - 74g/d
- Sorbitol - 71g/d
- Cellulose – much higher. WHY?
- Polydextrose [high melt, randon copolymer of glucose and citric acid] – 120g/d WHY?
- Most soluble and fermentable fibres - about the same as lactitol
- The kinetics of fermentation are variable
Non fermentable fiber effects on the gut
increase stool weight
Which SCFA is beneficial for blood flow? And which for cell turnover?
blood flow (acetate) and cell turnover(butyrate)
The enteric nervous system has two major ganglionated plexuses
Myenteric plexus - lies between the outer longitudinal and the circular muscle layers
Submucosal plexus - lies between the muscularis mucosae and the circular muscle layer
Food in the stomach causes .... release which stimulates.......
gastrin release which stimulates acid secretion
Fatty foods in the duodenum causes 2 things to happen:-
1.Secretin release – bicarbonate and pancreatic secretions
2.Cholecystekinin release CCK– gall bladder contracts, pancreatic secretions
Three phases of pancreatic stimulation
1 Cephalic (vagal, seeing, smelling, and thinking about food (20%))
2 Gastric (vagal, gastrin, acid, peptides (10%))
3 Intestinal (CCK, secretin, cholinergic vagal, serotonin 70%)
Pancreatic inhibition
1- Ghrelin
2- Leptin
3- Head break PYY, GLP-1
Reduction in duodenal and ileal motility when...
- lipids in the duodenum
- head of the meal reaches ileum
Presence of SCFA in caecum promotes ...
ileo-caecal motility increased – prevents reflux of colonic contents into ileum