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Enteral ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate enhances intestinal adaptation to massive resection in rats.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9826214     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate (OKG) has been advocated in the treatment of critically ill patients for its anabolic effect on protein metabolism. Since OKG is a precursor of glutamine, arginine, and polyamines, key substrates of intestinal metabolism and function, we investigated the influence of OKG on intestinal adaptation and trophicity and on glutamine status after small bowel resection. After massive (80%) small bowel resection, rats were enterally fed for 7 days with a standard diet supplemented with either OKG (2 g/kg/d) or an isonitrogenous amount of glycine. OKG induced an adaptative hyperplasia of the villi, demonstrated in the jejunum by an increase in the villus height to crypt depth ratio (OKG v control, 4.3+/-0.4 v 3.3+/-0.5, P < .01) along with an increase (P < .05) in ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity (+80%) and ornithine content (+102%). Plasma glutamine (+25%) and muscle glutamine (anterior tibialis [AT], +43%; extensor digitorum longus [EDL], +54%) and protein (AT, +32%) were significantly higher (P < .05) after OKG administration, supporting its role in the restoration of glutamine pools. In summary, enterally administered OKG, which enhances intestinal adaptation after massive resection and improves muscle glutamine and protein content, could contribute significantly to nutritional management after small bowel resection.
Authors:
F Dumas; J P De Bandt; V Colomb; J Le Boucher; C Coudray-Lucas; S Lavie; N Brousse; C Ricour; L Cynober; O Goulet
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Metabolism: clinical and experimental     Volume:  47     ISSN:  0026-0495     ISO Abbreviation:  Metab. Clin. Exp.     Publication Date:  1998 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1998-12-02     Completed Date:  1998-12-02     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0375267     Medline TA:  Metabolism     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1366-71     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biochimie A, Hôpital Necker AP-HP, Paris, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adaptation, Physiological / drug effects*
Amino Acids / blood,  metabolism
Animals
Enteral Nutrition
Intestinal Mucosa / drug effects
Intestine, Small / drug effects*,  physiology,  surgery
Male
Muscles / metabolism
Ornithine / administration & dosage,  analogs & derivatives*,  pharmacology
Proteins / metabolism
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Amino Acids; 0/Proteins; 37339-58-5/ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate; 7006-33-9/Ornithine

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