Evidence for a role of the ileum in the control of nitrogen homeostasis via the regulation of arginine metabolism

The British Journal of Nutrition
G VenturaJ P De Bandt

Abstract

As arginine plays a key role in the regulation of liver ureagenesis, we hypothesised that a modulation of enzymes involved in arginine metabolism within the intestine contributes to the regulation of N homeostasis according to protein supply. Our aim was to study the influence of variations in protein or amino acid (AA) supply on intestinal arginase, glutaminase, ornithine aminotransferase (OAT), argininosuccinate lyase and argininosuccinate synthetase. We evaluated in vivo in rats the responses of these enzymes to short-term (ST, 16 h) and long-term (LT, 15 d) variations in dietary protein (10, 17 or 25 % protein diet). In addition, in order to test whether these responses could involve a direct action of AA on the gene expression and activity of these enzymes, Caco-2/TC7 cells were cultured for 3 d with increasing AA concentrations. In vivo, in the ST, both high- and low-protein diets increased arginase activity in the intestinal mucosa (ST25 %: 46 (sem 2) μmol/g per min and ST10 %: 46 (sem 2) μmol/g per min v. ST17 %: 36 (sem 3) μmol/g per min, P < 0.05). In the LT, OAT expression was increased in the LT10 % group (+277 %, P < 0.05) compared with the LT17 % group. Caco-2/TC7 cells showed inverse relationships between AA supp...Continue Reading

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