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MUCOSAL BIOLOGY

Dietary lipids modify the age-associated changes in intestinal uptake of fructose in rats

¹Nutrition and Metabolism Group, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; and ²Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Submitted 21 July 2003 ; accepted in final form 16 September 2004

Because reduced nutrient absorption may contribute to malnourishment in the elderly, age and diet modulate fructose uptake in mice, and alterations in fructose uptake may be paralleled by changes in the abundance of fructose transporters, the objectives of this study were to determine 1) the effects of aging on fructose absorption in rats, 2) the effect of feeding diets enriched with saturated fatty acids (SFA) vs. polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), and 3) the mechanisms of these age-and diet-associated changes. Male Fischer 344 rats aged 1, 9, and 24 mo received isocaloric diets enriched with SFA or PUFA. The uptake of ¹⁴C-labeled D-fructose was determined in vitro using the intestinal sheet method. Northern and Western blot analyses and immunohistochemistry were used to determine the abundance of sodium-independent glucose and fructose transporters (GLUT)2 and GLUT5. When expressed on the basis of mucosal surface area, jejunal fructose uptake was increased in 9 and 24 mo compared with 1-mo-old animals fed SFA. PUFA-fed animals demonstrated increased fructose uptake at 24 mo compared with younger animals. Ileal fructose uptake was increased with SFA vs. PUFA in 9-mo-old rats but was reduced with SFA in 1- and 24-mo-old rats. Variations in GLUT2 and GLUT5 abundance did not parallel changes in uptake. These results indicate that 1) age increases fructose uptake when expressed on the basis of mucosal surface area, 2) age influences the adaptive response to dietary lipid modifications, and 3) alterations in fructose uptake are not explained by variations in GLUT2 or GLUT5.

fatty acids; sugar; absorption; small intestine; aging

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