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Shaking of the intact rat and intestinal angulation diminish the jejunal unstirred layer.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1426864     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A sizeable pre-epithelial diffusion barrier (unstirred layer) is present during perfusion of the rat jejunum. In the present study, three rapidly transported compounds, CO, [14C]warfarin, and glucose (5.5 mmol/L), were used as probes to assess the ability of manipulations to reduce the unstirred layer. This layer was 700-800 microns thick in a 30-cm jejunal segment perfused in conventional fashion on the abdominal wall. Placement of four sharp angulations in the segment or replacement in the abdominal cavity reduced the maximal unstirred layer to 200-400 microns. Increasingly rapid shaking of the anesthetized, intact rat on a platform shaker produced progressively thinner unstirred layers. At 250 revolutions per minute, the maximal layer ranged from 32 to 68 microns for the three probes and may have been appreciably less if the epithelium offered appreciable resistance. Shaking yields a > 15-fold reduction in unstirred layer resistance and provides a means for measuring this resistance and for obtaining more accurate assessment of the true in vivo transport Michaelis constant (Km) of any compound.
Authors:
M D Levitt; J K Furne; D G Levitt
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Gastroenterology     Volume:  103     ISSN:  0016-5085     ISO Abbreviation:  Gastroenterology     Publication Date:  1992 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-12-14     Completed Date:  1992-12-14     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0374630     Medline TA:  Gastroenterology     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1460-6     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Biological Transport, Active
Carbon Monoxide / pharmacokinetics
Glucose / pharmacokinetics
Intestinal Absorption / physiology*
Jejunum / anatomy & histology,  metabolism*
Motion*
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Warfarin / pharmacokinetics
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
5R01-DK13309/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
50-99-7/Glucose; 630-08-0/Carbon Monoxide; 81-81-2/Warfarin

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