Effects of changes in calorie intake on intestinal nutrient uptake and transporter mRNA levels in aged mice
Effects of changes in calorie intake on intestinal nutrient uptake and transporter mRNA levels in aged mice
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DOI:
10.1093/gerona/52a.6.b300
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发表时间:
1997-11-01
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
Ferraris, RP
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作者:
Casirola, DM;Lan, Y;Ferraris, RP
In aged, chronically calorie-restricted (CR) mice, intestinal nutrient uptake is significantly higher than in same-age ad libitum controls. Can this chronic restriction-induced enhancement of uptake be reversed by ad libitum feeding? We addressed this question by switching 32-mo-old chronically CR mice to ad libitum feeding for 4 wk (CRAL). Intestinal transport rate and total intestinal absorptive capacity for D-sugars and several nonessential L-amino acids decreased significantly in CRAL mice. In contrast, switching CR mice to an ad libitum reginen for only 3 d had no effect on intestinal nutrient transport, indicating that the negative effects od ad libitum feeding require a duration longer than the 3-d lifetime of most enterocytes. Permeability of the intestinal mucose to L-glucose was independent of the switches in diet. Levels of the brushborder gluscose transporter SGLT1, brushborder fructose transporter GLUT5, and basolateral sugar transporter GLUT2 mRNA as determined by reverse transscription-polymerase chain reaction in 6-, 24-, and 32-mo-old mice were each apparently independent of caloric restriction and age. We conclude that the high rates of intestinal nutrient uptake exhibited by chronically CR mice can be reversed by ad libitum feeding of only 1 mo duration. These decreases in uptake were due mainly to specific decreases in transport per unit weight of intestine and not to nonspecific decreases in intestine mass. Changes in rates of sugar uptake induced by chronic CR and age are apparently not accompanied by changes in steady-state levels of mRNA coding for those transporters.