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Ex Vivo Intestinal Sacs to Assess Mucosal Permeability in Models of Gastrointestinal Disease
Published on: February 9, 2016
Studies on absorption and hydrolysis of ethyl alpha-D-glucoside in rat intestine
Tomoyuki Mishima1, Keiko Tanaka, Haruhito Tsuge
1The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science and Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan. h6103007@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
Ethyl alpha-D-glucoside (alpha-EG) is normally contained in Sake, which has been taken by Japanese people since ancient times. In this study, the intestinal absorption of alpha-EG was investigated using rat everted intestinal sac. Furthermore, the alpha-EG hydrolytic activity in rat intestine was compared with disaccharides hydrolytic activities, and the effects of alpha-EG on disaccharides hydrolysis were examined using crude enzyme preparation from rat intestinal acetone powder. Glucose liberated from alpha-EG was detected in a serosal solution of everted rat intestinal sac, but it was only less than 4% of absorbed intact alpha-EG. alpha-EG absorption into small intestinal tissue was reduced by elimination of sodium ion from the mucosal solution or under the presence of phlorizin. The hydrolytic activity for alpha-EG was detected in crude enzyme preparation from rat intestinal acetone powder, but it showed a low value as compared to those for disaccharides. alpha-EG showed mixed type inhibition for maltose and sucrose hydrolysis, but inhibitory concentrations of alpha-EG required for 50% inhibition for the maltose and sucrose hydrolysis were higher than those of arabinose and acarbose. In conclusion, a small amount of alpha-EG was hydrolyzed and most of it was absorbed via SGLT1 as an intact form in the rat small intestine, and the inhibitory effect of alpha-EG on disaccharides hydrolysis was weak.
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