ROLE OF ANAEROBIC-BACTERIA IN THE METABOLIC WELFARE OF THE COLONIC MUCOSA IN MAN
ROLE OF ANAEROBIC-BACTERIA IN THE METABOLIC WELFARE OF THE COLONIC MUCOSA IN MAN
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DOI:
10.1136/gut.21.9.793
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
24.5
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ROEDIGER, WEW
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ROEDIGER, WEW
Suspensions of isolated epithelial cells (colonocytes) from the human colon were used to assess utilization of respiratory fuels which are normally available to the colonic mucosa in vivo. Cells were prepared from operative specimens of the ascending colon (7) and descending colon (7). The fuels used were the short chain fatty acid n-butyrate, produced only by anerobic bacteria in the colonic lumen, together with glucose and glutamine, normally present in the circulation. The percentage O2 consumption attributable to n-butyrate, when this was the only substrate, was 73% in the ascending colon and 75% in the descending colon. In the presnce of 10 mM glucose these proportions changed to 59% and 72%. Aerobic glycolysis was observed in both the ascending and descending colon. Glucose oxidation accounted for 85% of the O2 consumption in the ascending colon and 30% in the descending colon. In the presence of 10 mM n-butyrate these proportions decreased to 41% in the ascending colon and 16% in the descending colon. Based on the assumption that events in the isolated colonocytes reflect utilization of fuels in vivo, the hypothesis that fatty acids of anaerobic bacteria are a major source of energy for the colonic mucosa, particularly of the distal colon.