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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI106919

Effect of carbohydrate and corticosteroids on activity of α-glucosidases in intestine of the infant rat

Emanuel Lebenthal, Philip Sunshine, and Norman Kretchmer

Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

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Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

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Published May 1, 1972 - More info

Published in Volume 51, Issue 5 on May 1, 1972
J Clin Invest. 1972;51(5):1244–1250. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI106919.
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The activities of intestinal sucrase and isomaltase are not detectable in rats before 15-16 days of age, but administration of corticosteroids precociously induces the activities of these two α-glucosidases. 9-day old rats were removed from their mothers, warmed in an incubator, and fed by constant infusion through gastrostomies. The basic diet was a soya preparation to which various sugars were added. When the diet contained 2% sucrose, diarrhea ensued for 48 hr, but subsided when intestinal sucrase and isomaltase appeared precociously. In animals fed sucrose, the activities of sucrase and isomaltase were markedly increased as compared to animals on carbohydrate-free diets (sucrase 2.41±0.23 vs. 0.63±0.13 U, isomaltase 3.43±0.42 vs. 0.78±0.18 U). Maltase activity was doubled, while lactase was not altered significantly. The mitotic index of crypt cells, the depth of crypts, and incorporation of thymidine-3H into DNA were increased. In adrenalectomized rats, activities of sucrase and isomaltase were not detected nor induced by sucrose. Steroids given to adrenalectomized rats caused appearance of the enzymes; but if cortisone and sucrose were given together, there was synergism evidenced by a marked increase in activities (sucrase 7.2±1.1 vs. 0.68±0.12 U). In contrast to observations in adult animals, the effect of sucrose on α-glucosidases in developing animals demands the participation of the adrenal gland.

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