HEPATIC-UPTAKE OF BILE-ACIDS IN MAN - FASTING AND POSTPRANDIAL CONCENTRATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL BILE-ACIDS IN PORTAL VENOUS AND SYSTEMIC BLOOD-SERUM
HEPATIC-UPTAKE OF BILE-ACIDS IN MAN - FASTING AND POSTPRANDIAL CONCENTRATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL BILE-ACIDS IN PORTAL VENOUS AND SYSTEMIC BLOOD-SERUM
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DOI:
10.1172/jci110668
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
EWERTH, S
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作者:
ANGELIN, B;BJORKHEM, I;EWERTH, S
An investigation was undertaken to characterize the postprandial inflow of individual bile acids to the liver and determine if peripheral venous bile acid levels always adequately reflect the portal venous concentration, or if saturation of hepatic bile acid uptake can occur under physiological conditions. In 5 patients with uncomplicated cholesterol gallstone disease, the umbilical cord was cannulated during cholecystectomy, and a catheter was left in the left portal branch for 5-7 days. The serum concentrations of cholic acid, chenodeoxycholic acid, and deoxycholic acid in portal venous and systemic circulation were then determined at intervals of 15-30 min before and after a standardized meal. A highly accurate and specific gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric technique was used. The sum of the fasting concentrations of the 3 bile acids averaged 14.04 .+-. 4.13 .mu.mol/l in portal venous serum, and 2.44 .+-. 0.31 .mu.mol/l in peripheral venous serum. The estimated hepatic fractional uptake of cholic acid was .apprx. 90%, and those of chenodeoxycholic acid and deoxycholic acid were 70-80%. This resulted in an enrichment of systemic bile acids in the dihydroxy bile acid species. In response to a standardized meal, portal venous bile acid concentrations increased 2- to 6-fold, with a peak seen 15-60 min after the meal. The maximum postprandial portal venous bile acid concentration averaged 43.04 .+-. 6.12 .mu.mol/l, and the corresponding concentration in peripheral serum was 5.22 .+-. 0.74 .mu.mol/l. The estimated fractional uptakes of the individual bile acids were not affected by the increased inflow to the liver. The peripheral venous concentrations of individual as well as total bile acids were well correlated with those in portal venous serum. The results give a quantitation of postprandial bile acid inflow to the liver and indicate that the hepatic uptake system for bile acids in health man cannot be saturated during maximal inflow of endogenous bile acids. Measurement of peripheral serum bile acids can thus give important information on the status of the enterohepatic circulation.