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Department of Pathology, University of Cincinnati, OH 45267 and * Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, LA 71130
3To whom correspondence should be addressed.
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KEY WORDS: apolipoprotein A-IV chylomicron intestine satiety Sprague-Dawley rats
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| Intravenous Infusion of APO A-IV Inhibits Food Intake. |
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The fact that intestinal lymph collected from rats actively absorbing fat inhibits food intake indicates that a change occurs in one or more factors that actually inhibit the absorption of fat. The lipid content of lymph increases as much as 1015 times during fat absorption, making it possible that the extra lipid present in chylous lymph (in the form of chylomicrons) may actually be responsible for the inhibition of food intake. To test whether the change in the lipid content of lymph is responsible for reducing food intake in rats deprived of food for 24 h, a separate group of rats was infused intravenously with a diluted intralipid solution. When 2 mL of 20 g/L intralipid in saline containing 42 µmol of triglyceride and 3.1 µmol of phospholipid (composition comparable to the lymph collected during active lipid absorption) was infused intravenously, food intake was not suppressed. This result indicated that the effect of chylous lymph on food intake was not caused by its lipid content.
Fujimoto et al. (1992)
reasoned that if the lipid
component of the chylous lymph is not inhibiting food intake, it must
be apo A-IV because it is the only apolipoprotein secreted by the
small intestine that is markedly stimulated by lipid feeding
(Hayashi et al. 1990
). Because L-81 blocks the
stimulation of apo A-IV production by the small intestine during
lipid absorption, Fujimoto et al. (1992)
determined
whether the lymph from a rat fed lipid plus L-81 had any effect on food
intake. Lymph from L-81treated rats did not inhibit food intake, but
the lymph collected during the reversal of L-81 inhibition was very
potent in inhibiting food intake. This suggests that apo A-IV is
probably the factor in chylous lymph that is responsible.
Fujimoto et al. (1992)
further studied the effect of apo
A-IVdeficient chylous lymph on feeding. The chylous lymph treated
with normal goat serum suppressed food intake significantly in the
first 30 min. In contrast, chylous lymph that was treated with apo
A-IV antiserum had no effect on food intakethe rat consumed an
amount of food similar to that consumed by the saline controls. In
contrast, lymph treated with apo A-I antiserum was just as
effective as the untreated lymph in inhibiting food intake. Either apo
A-IV (200 µg) or apo A-I dissolved in 2 mL
physiological saline was infused intravenously in 24-h food deprived
rats; 200 µg apo A-IV, an amount comparable to that
present in 2 mL of lymph collected from a rat actively absorbing lipid,
suppressed food intake significantly and to the same extent as the
chylous lymph collected during 68 h of lipid infusion. The inhibition
of food intake by apo A-IV was dose dependent. In contrast, 200
µg apo A-I did not affect food intake. No
nonphysiologic reactions such as sedation, ataxia or hyperthermia were
observed after apo A-IV and chylous lymph infusion. These studies
led Fujimoto et al. (1992)
to first propose that apo
A-IV is a circulating signal released by the small intestine in
response to fat feeding and is likely the mediator for the anorectic
effect of a lipid meal. This function is unique to apo A-IV and is
not shared by apo A-I, even though all of the functions that are
ascribed to apo A-IV in the in vitro studies can also be performed
by apo A-I.
| Inhibition of Food Intake by APO A-IV is Centrally Mediated. |
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Evidence suggests that de novo synthesis of apo A-IV in the brain
is unlikely (Elsbourhagy et al. 1987
). Fujimoto et al. (1993a and 1993b)
proposed that apo A-IV (or perhaps
a fragment thereof) released by the small intestine may traverse the
blood-brain barrier and act in the central nervous system. They
demonstrated by electroimmunoassay that apo A-IV, or a fragment of
apo A-IV, is present in the third ventricular cerebrospinal fluid;
that apo A-IV concentration in third ventricular cerebrospinal
fluid increases as a result of lipid feeding; and by using
immunohistochemical technique, that specific staining for apo A-IV
in astrocytes and tanycytes appear throughout both white and gray
matter. The granular nature and perinuclear distribution of apo
A-IV immunoreactivity suggests that apo A-IV may be contained
in perinuclear organelles or vesicles. The demonstration of
immunoreactive apo A-IV in tanycytes does not necessarily indicate
a selective uptake mechanism for apo A-IV because tanycytes take up
a variety of neurotransmitters and nonmetabolizable amino acids. The
presence of apo A-IV immunostaining in astrocytes indicates uptake
of apo A-IV by astrocytes. Whether astrocytes are involved in
satiety mechanisms associated with lipid feeding is unknown.
| Is APO A-IV a Short-term Satiety Factor? |
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| Potential Role of APO A-IV in the Long-term Control of Food Intake. |
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The second finding indicating a potential role of apo A-IV in
the long-term regulation of food intake is linked to the circadian
rhythm of lymph and serum apo A-IV. Fukagawa et al. (1994)
reported that in rats given free access to food, both
serum and intestinal lymph apo A-IV exhibited a circadian rhythm,
with the level significantly higher during the dark period than the
light period. When Fukagawa et al. (1994)
examined the
serum apo A-IV level in food-deprived rats, they found that
serum apo A-IV exhibited the same circadian rhythm as in the fed
rats, but that the serum apo A-IV concentrations were significantly
higher at all time points in the rats given free access to food than in
the food-deprived rats. This result indicated that although free
access feeding greatly increased the levels of serum apo A-IV, it
did not change the pattern of the inherent circadian rhythm of serum
apo A-IV. The fact that serum apo A-IV increased during the
dark phase, corresponding to the most active feeding period of rats, is
potentially of physiologic importance and suggests a physiologic role
of apo A-IV in the regulation of food intake.
The third finding supporting the potential long-term regulation of
food intake and body weight by apo A-IV is derived from a recent
paper reporting the down-regulation of intestinal apo A-IV mRNA
levels by leptin (Morton et al. 1998
). Preliminary data
suggest that leptin decreases apo A-IV synthesis and secretion by
the small intestinal epithelial cells. In addition to the effect of
leptin on the transcriptional control of apo A-IV mRNA level, it
has also been demonstrated that intestinal apo A-IV synthesis and
secretion is up-regulated by insulin in both rodents and humans
(Attia et al. 1997
, Black and Ellinas 1992
). Energy homeostasis in the body is accomplished by a
highly integrated and redundant neurohumoral system that
prevents the effect of short-term fluctuations in energy balance on
fat mass (review by Woods et al. 1998
). Insulin and
leptin are both hormones secreted in proportion to the body adiposity,
and they play a critical role in this energy homeostasis. Because both
leptin and insulin seem to regulate intestinal apo A-IV synthesis,
apo A-IV may be involved in the long-term regulation of food
intake and body weight.
| APO A-IV Inhibits Gastric Motility as Well as Gastric Secretion. |
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| Regulation of Intestinal APO A-IV Synthesis and Secretion. |
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In contrast, delivery of lipid to the ileum stimulated both ileal and
jejunal apo A-IV synthesis. Subsequent experiments in rats equipped
with jejunal or ileal Thiry-Vella fistulas (segment of intestine
isolated luminally from the rest of the gastrointestinal tract)
demonstrated that ileally infused lipid elicited an increase in
proximal jejunal apo A-IV synthesis independent of the presence of
jejunal lipid, and that both ileum and more distal sites may be
involved in the stimulation. These results strongly support the
existence of a signal arising from the distal gut that is capable of
stimulating synthesis of apo A-IV in the proximal gut. These
findings have important physiologic implications. The distal intestine
plays an important role in the control of gastrointestinal function.
Nutrients (especially lipid) delivered to the ileum inhibit gastric
emptying (Lin et al. 1990
, MacFarlane et al. 1983
), decrease intestinal motility and transit
(MacFarlane et al. 1983
, Spiller et al. 1984
) and decrease pancreatic secretion (Harper et al. 1979
). Nutrients in the ileum also inhibit food intake
(Meyer et al. 1994
, Welch et al. 1985
).
The mechanisms for these effects have been collectively termed the
"ileal brake" (Spiller et al. 1984
) and appear to be
related to the release of one or more peptide hormones from the distal
intestine (Aponte et al. 1985
, Jin et al. 1993
, Pappas et al. 1985
, Savage et al. 1987
). These effects have traditionally been considered
operative only in the event of abnormal delivery of undigested
nutrients to the distal gut, such as the malabsorptive state
(Spiller et al. 1984
). However, growing evidence
supports the notion that because of the rapid gastric emptying during
the early phases of a meal, nutrients reach the distal gut even under
normal conditions (Lin et al. 1990
, Meyer et al. 1994
, Rodriguez et al. 1997
). We recently
studied the intraluminal and mucosal distribution of a bolus of
3H-trioleinlabeled intralipid (0.5 mL of a 20% emulsion)
fed by gavage. By 1530 min, radiolabeled lipid was distributed evenly
throughout the entire gut with 1015% of the load recovered in the
ileum and cecum combined. The presence of substantial amounts of lipids
in these distal sites persisted for at least 4 h after the meal.
When we examined apo A-IV synthesis by the small intestine, we
found rapid stimulation (between 15 and 30 min) of apo A-IV
synthesis throughout the intestine, including the ileum. This was
associated with significant stimulation of lymphatic output and plasma
levels of apo A-IV by 30 min after the gastric lipid load
(Rodriguez et al. 1997
). Consequently, even under normal
conditions, a far greater length of the intestine could be involved in
the absorption of a lipid meal and in the control of gastric and upper
gut function than previously thought. Thus, the "ileal brake" may
play an important role in the normal control of gut function.
The most likely peptide to mediate the phenomenon of "ileal brake"
is peptide tyrosine-tyrosine (PYY). Kalogeris et al. (1998)
recently reported that PYY stimulates jejunal apo
A-IV synthesis and secretion. Continuous intravenous infusion of
physiologic doses of PYY elicits significant increases in both
synthesis and lymphatic transport of apo A-IV in rats. We believe
that this is the first demonstration of the involvement of a
gastrointestinal hormone in the control of expression and secretion of
an intestinal apolipoprotein, thus bringing together two separate areas
of research in gastrointestinal physiology.
| Effect of Chronic High Fat Feeding on Intestinal Apo A-IV Synthesis. |
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In humans, chronic consumption of a high fat diet significantly
elevates plasma apo A-IV levels. This elevation was observed during
wk 1 of high fat diet consumption (Weinberg et al. 1990
)
but disappeared during wk 2 thus leading the investigators to conclude
that there is autoregulation of intestinal apo A-IV production in
response to diets high in fat. Consequently, both rodent and human data
seem to suggest that intestinal apo A-IV synthesis and secretion
become less responsive to fat after chronic high fat diet consumption.
This warrants further investigation because a good understanding of how
intestinal apo A-IV synthesis is modified by chronic high fat
feeding may provide clues as to why a high fat diet predisposes both
animals and humans to obesity.
| Perspectives. |
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| FOOTNOTES |
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2 Manuscript received 13 May 1999. Initial review
completed 9 June 1999. ![]()
4 Abbreviations used: apo, apolipoprotein; L-81,
Pluronic L-81; PYY, peptide tyrosine-tyrosine. ![]()
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