In vivo absorption of water and electrolytes in mouse intestine. Application to villin -/- mice

This study was done to establish and validate a single-pass perfusion method for measuring the absorption of water and electrolytes by the mouse small intestine. The method was then used to study intestinal absorption in mice whose villin gene had been invalidated (v-/-). The single-pass perfusion o...

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Published in:American journal of physiology: Gastrointestinal and liver physiology 2002-04, Vol.282 (4), p.G634-G639
Main Authors: Athman, Rafika, Tsocas, Annick, Presset, Olivier, Robine, Sylvie, Rozé, Claude, Ferrary, Evelyne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Calcium-Binding Proteins - physiology
Carbachol - pharmacology
Carbon Dioxide - metabolism
Carrier Proteins - genetics
Carrier Proteins - physiology
Chlorides - metabolism
Dinoprostone - pharmacology
Electrolytes - metabolism
Glucose - metabolism
Intestinal Absorption - drug effects
Intestine, Small - metabolism
Kinetics
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Microfilament Proteins - deficiency
Microfilament Proteins - genetics
Microfilament Proteins - physiology
Potassium - metabolism
Sodium - metabolism
Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide - pharmacology
Water - metabolism
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Summary:This study was done to establish and validate a single-pass perfusion method for measuring the absorption of water and electrolytes by the mouse small intestine. The method was then used to study intestinal absorption in mice whose villin gene had been invalidated (v-/-). The single-pass perfusion of the jejunum measures the absorption of water, Cl(-), Na(+), K(+), HCO, and glucose in anesthetized wild-type and v-/- mice in vivo. We measured absorption under basal and stimulated conditions (carbachol, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, intralumen PGE(2)). Basal absorption and stimulated secretions were similar to those previously obtained in rats. There was no difference between wild-type and v-/- mice in animals with mixed genetic background or in pure C57BL6 mice. We conclude that this in vivo perfusion method is suitable for studying the absorption/secretion of electrolytes in the mouse intestine and that a lack of villin does not significantly alter basal and secretagogue-stimulated electrolyte movements across the epithelium of the mouse jejunum in vivo.
ISSN:0193-1857
1522-1547
DOI:10.1152/ajpgi.00327.2001