GUT PHYSIOLOGY Absorption 2 Dr. Jack Grider Rm 12-004 Sanger Hall 828-1853 jgrider@vcu.edu 2009
Digestion &Absorption: Lipids Problem: lipids are hydrophobic and enzymes are hydrophillic Solution: Bile (bile salts)
Digestion &Absorption: composition of bile Water & solutes Solutes (4% in hepatic and 10% in gallbladder) 60% bile acids 15% phospholipid 15% electrolyte (Na+, K+, Cl-, HCO3-) 7% cholesterol 2% bilirubin 1% protein
Digestion &Absorption: Lipids
Digestion &Absorption: Lipids
Digestion &Absorption: Lipids ? Potential role as a signaling molecule?
Digestion &Absorption: Lipids Bile Acid = Cholic Acid Conjugated Bile Acid=Taurocholic acid Conjugated Bile Salt=Sodium Taurocholic acid
Digestion &Absorption: Lipids Hydrophillic side Hydrophobic side
Digestion &Absorption: Lipids Micelle increases solubility of FA by >1000 fold
Digestion &Absorption: Lipids Oral cavity: lingual lipase Stomach: gastric lipase; emulsification Intestine: lipase, colipase, bile salts
Digestion &Absorption: Lipids
Digestion &Absorption: Lipids
Digestion &Absorption: Water & Electrolyte
Digestion &Absorption: Water & Electrolyte
Digestion &Absorption: Water & Electrolyte Potassium passive absorption in small intestine secretion in colon if <25mM in lumen absorption in colon if >25 mM in lumen
Digestion &Absorption: Water & Electrolyte Chloride & bicarbonate Bicarbonate secretion in duodenum Absorption of both in jejunum Chloride absorption and bicarbonate secretion in ileum and colon.
Digestion &Absorption: Water & Electrolyte Calcium brush border protein carrier cytosolic calcium binding protein (calbindin) basolateral active transport into capillaries Regulation by PTH and Vitamin D
Digestion &Absorption: Water & Electrolyte Iron dietary is Fe3+ (ferric) but absorbed as soluble Fe2+ (ferrous) form pH-dependent conversion (acidic optimum) Protein complexed absorbed by endocytosis. epithelial cell storage as complex with apoferritin to form ferritin binds to blood protein transferrin mucosal block & desquamation
Digestion &Absorption: Vitamins multiple pathways for water -soluble ones: both passive and specialized mechanisms. fat soluble absorbed with micell.
Digestion &Absorption: Vitamins