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Intestinal absorption and liver uptake of medium-chain fatty acids in non-anaesthetized pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

E. Guillot ,
P. Vaugelade ,
P. Lemarchali  and
A. Re Rat
E. Guillot
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biochimie, INRA-ENSA, 65 rue de St Brieuc, 35000 Rennes, France
P. Vaugelade
Affiliation:
Unith sur l'absorption intestinale et le métabolisme hépatique, NASA, INRA, 78350 Juuy en Josas., France
P. Lemarchali
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biochimie, INRA-ENSA, 65 rue de St Brieuc, 35000 Rennes, France
A. Re Rat
Affiliation:
Unith sur l'absorption intestinale et le métabolisme hépatique, NASA, INRA, 78350 Juuy en Josas., France
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In order to study the rate of intestinal absorption and hepatic uptake of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA), six growing pigs, mean body weight 65 kg, were fitted with a permanent fistula in the duodenum and with three catheters in the portal vein, carotid artery and hepatic vein respectively. Two electromagnetic flow probes were also set up, one around the portal vein and one around the hepatic artery. A mixture of octanoic and decanoic acids, esterified as medium-chain triacylglycerols, together with maltose dextrine and a nitrogenous fraction was continuously infused for 1 h into the duodenum. Samples of blood were withdrawn from the three vessels at regular intervals for 12 h and further analysed for their non-esterified octanoic and decanoic acid contents. The concentration of non-esterified octanoic and decanoic acids in the portal blood rose sharply after the beginning of each infusion and showed a biphasic time-course with two maximum values, one after 15 min and a later one between 75 and 90 min. Only 65 % of octanoic acid infused into the duodenum and 54 % of decanoic acid were recovered in the portal flow throughout each experiment. The amounts of non-esterified MCFA taken up per h by the liver were close to those absorbed from the gut via the portal vein within the same periods of time, showing that the liver is the main site of utilization of MCFA in pigs. These results have been discussed with a special emphasis laid on the possible mechanisms of the biphasic time-course of MCFA absorption and the incomplete recovery in the portal blood of the infused fatty acids.

Keywords

Medium-chain triacylglycerolsPigIntestinal absorptionLiver
Type
Absorption of Medium-Chain Fatty Acids
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 69 , Issue 2 , March 1993 , pp. 431 - 442
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1993

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