Active chloride secretion in the normal human jejunum.
Active chloride secretion in the normal human jejunum.
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正常人空肠中的活性氯分泌。
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发表时间:
1980
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
J. Fordtran
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作者:
G. Davis;C. S. Santa Ana;S. Morawski;J. Fordtran
To determine whether the small intestine normally secretes fluid, it would be necessary to reduce or inhibit the greater absorptive processes that would otherwise mask such secretion if present. To do this, we perfused bicarbonate-free solutions in the jejunum of normal subjects, because it has been shown that active absorption from this part of the human small intestine is dependent on luminal bicarbonate. We found that the jejunum did secrete sodium chloride and water when isotonic bicarbonate-free solutions were perfused. Further studies revealed that the sodium secretion was passive, but that chloride was secreted against an electrochemical gradient and that observed chloride flux ratios did not agree with the flux ratios calculated for passive chloride movement. We conclude, therefore, that the normal jejunum actively secretes chloride, but that this is masked by greater absorptive processes when balanced electrolyte solutions are perfused. The rate of this active chloride secretion may be one of the factors that regulate the rate of fluid absorption in the normal human intestine.