DISACCHARIDASE LEVELS IN IRON DEFICIENT RATS AT BIRTH AND DURING THE NURSING AND POST-WEANING PERIODS - RESPONSE TO IRON TREATMENT
DISACCHARIDASE LEVELS IN IRON DEFICIENT RATS AT BIRTH AND DURING THE NURSING AND POST-WEANING PERIODS - RESPONSE TO IRON TREATMENT
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DOI:
10.1203/00006450-198204000-00016
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
MILLER, F
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LANZKOWSKY, P;KARAYALCIN, G;MILLER, F
Newborn rats born to Fe-deficient mothers (IDM) had significantly lower Hg, sucrase, lactase and maltase levels compared to control newborn rats. Rats born to IDM and nursed by IDM, when sacrificed at 21 days of age, had statistically significantly lower Hb, serum Fe, sucrase, lactase and maltase levels compared to control rats. Rats born to IDM but nursed by Fe-sufficient mothers (ISM) and sacrificed at 21 days of age had Hb, serum Fe and sucrase levels comparable to control rats, whereas lactase and maltase were not corrected by 21 days of nursing by ISM. Rats born to IDM and nursed by either IDM or ISM for 21 days were given i.m. iron dextran and placed on Fe-sufficient diet (ISD) for 7 days. These animals experienced correction of the Hg, serum Fe, sucrase and maltase levels compared to control rats, whereas intestinal lactase was not corrected by 7 days of ISD and i.m. Fe. Rats born to ISM, nursed by IDM and sacrificed on day 21 had significantly lower Hb, serum Fe and intestinal lactase levels compared to control rats. Rats born to ISM and nursed by IDM were given i.m. iron dextran on day 21 and placed on an ISD from day 21-28. These animals had a return in Hb, serum Fe, sucrase and maltase levels comparable to control rats. Rats born to and nursed by ISM and maintained on an Fe-deficient diet from day 21-84 had significantly lower Hb, serum Fe, sucrase, lactase and maltase levels compared to control rats. Rats born to and nursed by ISM maintained on Fe-deficient diet from day 21-84 and then given i.m. iron dextran on day 84 and maintained on an ISD until day 92 experienced correction of the Hb, serum Fe and lactase levels compared to control rats. I.m. Fe and 7 days of ISD did not correct the sucrase and maltase levels in these rats. Lactose tolerance tests in Fe-deficient rats showed flat curves compared to controls. After Fe treatment, lactose tolerance curves returned to control values. Fe deficiency in rats in utero, during the nursing and post weaning period causes, in addition to anemia, a reduction in jejunal disaccharidase activity because of an alteration in the enzymes of the brush border membrane. Varying degrees of reduction and response of certain disaccharides to Fe treatment are dependent on the time of Fe deprivation in relationship to the intrauterine and postnatal development of the digestive and absorptive functions in the small intestine. Alterations in the levels of disaccharides represent another aspect of the spectrum of biochemical effects of Fe deficiency. Fe deficiency has a profound effect on protein synthesis. Alterations in the levels of disaccharides represent only a fraction of this effect. The temporary reduction in lactase and other disaccharidases in Fe-deficient infants might predispose them to malabsorption and diarrhea, which contribute to the lowered serum protein and increased incidence of low weight percentiles observed in Fe-deficient infants.