Journal of Nutrition

Home Help [Feedback] [For Subscribers] [Archive] [Search] [Contents]
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Purchase Article
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Lai, H.-C.
Right arrow Articles by Ney, D. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Lai, H.-C.
Right arrow Articles by Ney, D. M.

Gastric Digestion Modifies Absorption of Butterfat into Lymph Chylomicrons in Rats

Manuscript received 24 April 1998. Initial reviews completed 11 June 1998. Revision accepted 17 August 1998.

Hui-Chuan Lai and Denise M. Ney

Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706

Our objective was to characterize the time course of mesenteric lymph output, lipid composition and size of lymph chylomicrons in rats given gastric infusion of lipid emulsions containing defined fractions of butterfat, palm oil or corn oil. The concentrations of cholesterol, triacylglycerol (TAG) and phospholipid in lymph obtained before lipid infusion were 1.4-2.5-fold greater in rats chronically fed palm oil or solid butterfat compared with corn oil or liquid butterfat (P = 0.02). Total lymph chylomicron TAG output (mg/24 h) stimulated by gastric lipid infusion was 21% greater with corn oil compared with all saturated fats (P = 0.02). Total lymph chylomicron cholesterol output was 1.3-8.6-fold greater than the amount infused in all groups (P = 0.03) and was independent of the amount of cholesterol infused. The size distribution as well as the mean, median and modal diameters of lymph chylomicrons isolated during peak lymphatic TAG output were not significantly different among treatments. The fatty acid and TAG profiles of lymph chylomicrons obtained from rats infused with corn or palm oil did not differ significantly from that of the emulsion infused. In contrast, gastric lipolysis of butterfat significantly modified the lipid composition of lymph chylomicrons. We observed progressive disappearance of short- and medium-chain fatty acids in gastric contents and an absence of detectable short-chain fatty acids with concurrent proportionate increases in long-chain fatty acids and large TAG molecules in lymph chylomicrons compared with butterfat emulsions. These studies demonstrate that gastric digestion is an important modifier of lipid absorption.

Key words: chylomicron, lymph, saturated fat, butterfat, triacylglycerol, rats.

The Journal of Nutrition Vol. 128 No. 12 December 1998, pp. 2403-2410
Copyright ©1998 by the American Society for Nutritional Sciences




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J. Nutr.Home page
C. L. Kien, J. C. Chang, and J. R. Cooper
Butyric Acid Is Synthesized by Piglets
J. Nutr., January 1, 2000; 130(2): 234 - 237.
[Abstract] [Full Text]


Home Help [Feedback] [For Subscribers] [Archive] [Search] [Contents]