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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 282: G559-G564, 2002. First published October 31, 2001; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00262.2001
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Vol. 282, Issue 3, G559-G564, March 2002

Ontogenetic expression and regulation of Na+-D-glucose cotransporter in jejunum of domestic chicken

Anna Barfull, Carles Garriga, Montserrat Mitjans, and Joana M. Planas

Departament de Fisiologia-Divisió IV, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain

To evaluate the effect of age on sugar transport, we determined the uptake of methyl alpha -D-glucopyranoside and the abundance of the Na+-D-glucose cotransporter (SGLT1) in jejunal brush-border membrane (BBM) vesicles of 2-day- and 5-wk-old chickens. Methyl alpha -D-glucopyranoside transport per BBM protein was 40% lower in adults than in newly hatched chickens. This finding was matched by parallel declines in site density of SGLT1, which were detected by Western blot. The immunohistochemical study showed that SGLT1 was exclusively located in the BBM of enterocytes along the entire villus and was absent in the crypt in both age groups, and there was an 11-fold increase in the total absorptive area during development. Northern blot studies of the abundance of SGLT1 mRNA showed similar levels for the groups studied. We conclude that the age-related decline in Na+-dependent hexose transport per unit of BBM protein in the chicken jejunum is due to a reduction in the density of SGLT1 cotransporter and is regulated by a posttranscriptional mechanism.

immunolocalization; Western blot; Northern blot; intestinal hexose transport


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