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Department of Medicine, Christian-Albrechts University, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Absorption of conjugated bile acids from the
small intestine is very efficient. The mechanisms of jejunal absorption
are not very well understood. The aim of this study was to clarify the mechanism of absorption of conjugated bile acid at the apical membrane
of jejunal epithelial cells. Brush-border membrane vesicles from
intestinal epithelial cells of the rat were prepared. Absorption of two
taurine-conjugated bile acids that are representative of endogenous
bile acids in many variate vertebrate species were studied. In ileal,
but not jejunal brush-border membrane vesicles, transport of conjugated
bile acids was cis-stimulated by
sodium. Transport of conjugated bile acids was
trans-stimulated by bicarbonate in the
jejunum. Absorption of conjugated dihydroxy-bile acids was almost twice
as fast as of trihydroxy-bile acids. Coincubation with other conjugated
bile acids, bromosulfophthalein, and DIDS, as well as by incubation in
the cold inhibited the transport rate effectively. Absorption of
conjugated bile acids in the jejunum from the rat is driven by anion
exchange and is most likely an antiport transport.
jejunal absorption; brush-border membrane vesicles
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