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Quantitative aspects of the intestinal absorption and metabolism of cholesterol and beta-sitosterol in the rat.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  5725879     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The quantitative aspects of intestinal absorption and metabolism of cholesterol and -sitosterol have been studied in the rat after a single feeding of radioactive sterols. When increasing amounts of cholesterol were fed in a constant amount of triolein, the percentage absorbed decreased only gradually and the total amounts absorbed increased to a maximum. Solubility in the fat component fed is one limiting factor in the absorption of cholesterol. At the lowest dose fed, only about 50% of dietary cholesterol was absorbed even though increasing the amount fed led to a 10- to 15-fold increase in total absorption. Sitosterol, when fed in triolein, was absorbed in amounts only one-tenth of the corresponding dose of cholesterol. Intestinal transit studies indicate that the distinction between sitosterol and cholesterol, when fed together, took place during the process of uptake into the intestinal mucosa. Once taken up by the intestinal mucosal cells, cholesterol and sitosterol did not differ in their subsequent rate of transit out of the mucosal cell. Feeding sitosterol with cholesterol seems to have the same effect on cholesterol absorption as feeding the same additional dose of cholesterol, the difference being that sitosterol is taken up by the intestinal wall in amounts only one-tenth to one-fifth of that of cholesterol. The rapid and complete absorption of the triglyceride fat and the subsequent transit of the intestinal content to the large intestine are most probably important factors in the determination of the extent of absorption of nonglyceride fat. The mechanism behind the difference in extent of absorption of the closely related sterols is not explained.
Authors:
B Borgström
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of lipid research     Volume:  9     ISSN:  0022-2275     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Lipid Res.     Publication Date:  1968 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1969-02-04     Completed Date:  1969-02-04     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0376606     Medline TA:  J Lipid Res     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  473-81     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Biological Transport
Carbon Isotopes
Cholesterol / metabolism*
Feces / analysis
Intestinal Absorption*
Intestinal Mucosa / metabolism
Intestine, Large / metabolism
Intestine, Small / metabolism
Liver / metabolism
Male
Oleic Acids
Rats
Sterols / metabolism*
Time Factors
Triolein
Tritium
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Carbon Isotopes; 0/Oleic Acids; 0/Sterols; 10028-17-8/Tritium; 122-32-7/Triolein; 57-88-5/Cholesterol

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