KINETIC-STUDIES ON THE METABOLISM OF SHORT-CHAIN FATTY-ACIDS AND GLUCOSE BY ISOLATED RAT COLONOCYTES
KINETIC-STUDIES ON THE METABOLISM OF SHORT-CHAIN FATTY-ACIDS AND GLUCOSE BY ISOLATED RAT COLONOCYTES
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DOI:
10.1016/0016-5085(94)90601-7
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发表时间:
1994-02-01
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29.4
通讯作者:
MORTENSEN, PB
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作者:
CLAUSEN, MR;MORTENSEN, PB
Background/Aims:Although the interest in colonic mucosal metabolism of short-chain fatty acids is steadily increasing, the kinetic parameters Vmax(maximum velocity) andKm(Michaelis constant) of the complete oxidation of these acids into CO2by colonic epithelial cells have not previously been determined.Methods:Isolated rat colonocytes were incubated in the presence of a concentration range of14C-labeled acetate, propionate, butyrate, and glucose. Oxidation rates were obtained by quantifying the production of14CO2. VmaxandKmwere calculated by computer-fitting of the data to a Michaelis-Menten plot.Results:The apparent Vmaxvalues were similar comparing acetate, propionate, and butyrate (1.114 ± 0.061, 0.991 ± 0.072, and 1.007 ± 0.070 μmol/min · g, respectively), but significantly lower for glucose (0.339 ± 0.022 μmol/ min · g). The correspondingKmvalues were all different and in the order of butyrate (0.184 ± 0.017 mmol/ L) < propionate (0.339 ± 0.025 mmol/L) < acetate (0.487 ± 0.019 mmol/L) < glucose (0.777 ± 0.051 mmol/L). In substrate competition experiments, butyrate caused a strong noncompetitive inhibition of acetate oxidation and a mixed type of inhibition of propionate oxidation. Propionate inhibited the oxidation of acetate noncompetitively and that of butyrate competitively. Acetate only slightly inhibited the oxidation of propionate and butyrate.Conclusions:Colonic epithelial cells seem to utilize short-chain fatty acids in a preferential order of butyrate > propionate > acetate. Oxidation of propionate or acetate, however, may provide the energy needed for cellular functions if the metabolism of butyrate is impaired or the luminal supply is limited.