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Glucocorticoids upregulate intestinal nutrient transport in a time-dependent and substrate-specific fashion

P. Iannoli,Jen-nie H. Miller,C. Ryan,H. Sax

Published 1998 in Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Ghicocoracoids mediate skeletal muscle proteolysis during critical illness to provide substrates for hepatic acute-phase protein synthesis and gluconeogenesis The effects of hypercorasolemia on splanchnic substrate uptake are not well defined This study characterizes intestinal nutrient transport in response to acute elevations of plasma glucocorucoid levels New Zealand White rabbits were randomized to receive either dexamethasone (2 mg/kg intramuscularly) or vehicle and were killed 8, 16, or 24 hours after steroid treatment Brush-border membrane vesicles were prepared from pooled small intestinal mucosa and the uptake of tritiated substrates was quantified. Serum insuhn-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) levels, mucosal DNA content, and mucosal morphology were determined Glucocorticoids increased glucose and leucme uptake at 8 hours (80% and 24%, respectively) and 24 hours (147% and 50%, respectively) Glutamine, alanine, and arginine transport increased by 42%, 96%, and 236%, respectively, at 24 hours Sodium-m-dependent transport (diffusion) of all substrates was increased by 240% by dexamethasone treatment at 24 hours Mucosal DNA content increased by 32%, whereas microvillus heights decreased by 27% at 24 hours No effects were noted on IGF-1 levels or gross villus heights Glucocorticoids acutely accelerate intestinal nutrient transport m a time-related and substrate-specific fashion Although the mechanism of glucocorticoid action remains unclear, both genomic and plasma membrane effects are implicated

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