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Butyric Acid Is Synthesized by Piglets¹

^* Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University and ^** Children’s Research Institute, Columbus, OH 43205

²To whom correspondence should be addressed.

We hypothesized that there is no synthesis of butyric acid within organs or tissues not drained by the portal vein (PV). Two experiments were performed. In six piglets, the colonic vasculature was clamped (n = 4) or the entire colon resected while [1-¹³C]-butyric acid (99% enriched) was infused into a jejunal vein for 120 min; ¹³C enrichment of butyric acid was measured in the PV and carotid artery (ART) during the last 30 min of the infusion. In a second experiment, butyric acid tracer and unlabeled disaccharide were infused into the cecum for 120 min, and blood again was sampled from the PV and ART. For the four piglets studied during ligation of the colonic vasculature, the mean (±SD) ratio of the butyric acid enrichment in the ART to that in the PV (ART/PV) was 0.80 ± 0.05 (ART vs. PV, P = 0.002) and for all six piglets in expt. 1, the ART/PV ratio was 0.74 ± 0.1 (ART vs. PV, P = 0.001). The enrichment of butyric acid in the PV averaged 96.0% for the six studies, implying that splanchnic tissues other than the colon did not produce a substantial amount of butyric acid. For the second experiment, the ART/PV ratio was 0.80 ± 0.15 (ART vs. PV, P = 0.03). These studies provide the first evidence for endogenous synthesis of butyric acid by piglets.

KEY WORDS: • butyric acid • endogenous synthesis • fermentation • Sus scrofa • swine

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