Distribution of bile acids in rats |
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Authors: | K Uchida I Okuno H Takase Y Nomura M Kadowaki N Takeuchi |
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Affiliation: | (1) Shionogi Research Laboratory, Fukushima-ku, 553 Osaka, Japan;(2) The Clinical Laboratory, Ehime University Hospita, Shigenobu-cho, 791-02 Ehimke-ken, Japan |
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Abstract: | Distribution and biliary and fecal excretion of bile acids were examined in Wistar strain male rats of about 300 g body weight.
The pool size of the rats on ordinary diet was 40 mg/rat, biliary secretion was 14 mg/hr, and fecal excretion was 10 mg/day.
Bile acids were mainly located in the small and large intestinal contents, 87% and 10%, respectively; but a portion was found
in the intestinal wall and the liver. Rats fed 2% cholesterol-supplemented diet for a week showed similar values for pool
size and biliary secretion with the rats on ordinary diet, but higher values for fecal excretion and distribution ratio in
the large intestinal contents. Cholic acid was a major component in the bile, small intestinal wall, small intestinal content
and liver, while the bile acid composition ratios were roughly similar to each other, although a relatively large amount of
α-muricholic acid was found in the intentinal wall and liver. Both the wall and content compositions of the large intestine
were similar to that of the feces, in which lithocholic, deoxycholic, α- and β-muricholic acids were the main components,
although the ratios of α- and β-muricholic acids in the large intestinal wall were larger than those in the intestinal contents
or feces. The high concentrations of these bile acids may indicate a difference of transport velocity across the cell membrane,
but the mechanism is not known. |
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