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Compensatory phospholipid digestion is required for cholesterol absorption in pancreatic phospholipase A(2)-deficient mice.

AbstractBACKGROUND AND AIMS:
Numerous studies have suggested phospholipid inhibition of dietary cholesterol absorption through the gastrointestinal tract. This study addressed the importance of luminal phospholipid hydrolysis in this process.
METHODS:
The effect of phospholipase inhibition on cholesterol transport from intestinal lumen to the lymphatics was evaluated in lymph fistula rats. Cholesterol and phospholipid absorption efficiency in intact animals was evaluated in control and phospholipase A(2) (PLA2) gene-targeted mice.
RESULTS:
The PLA2 inhibitor FPL 67047XX retarded cholesterol absorption in a lymph fistula rat model. Under basal chow-fed dietary conditions, cholesterol absorption efficiency from a single bolus meal, and plasma lipid levels, were similar among PLA2+/+, PLA2+/-, and PLA2-/- mice. Interestingly, the nonhydrolyzable phospholipid dioleoyl ether phosphatidylcholine suppressed cholesterol absorption by 10% to 18% in mice without regard to their PLA2 genotype. When 1-palmitoyl-2-[(14)C]oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine was used as the substrate, the radiolabeled phospholipid was found to be hydrolyzed and absorbed with equal efficiency in PLA2+/+, PLA2+/-, and PLA2-/- mice.
CONCLUSIONS:
These results suggested that although phospholipid digestion in the intestinal lumen is a prerequisite for efficient cholesterol absorption, additional enzyme(s) can compensate for pancreatic PLA2 in catalyzing phospholipid digestion and facilitating cholesterol absorption in PLA2 knockout mice.
AuthorsB L Richmond, A C Boileau, S Zheng, K W Huggins, N A Granholm, P Tso, D Y Hui
JournalGastroenterology (Gastroenterology) Vol. 120 Issue 5 Pg. 1193-202 (Apr 2001) ISSN: 0016-5085 [Print] United States
PMID11266383 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Cholesterol, Dietary
  • Triglycerides
  • Phospholipases A
  • Phospholipases A2
Topics
  • Animals
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Cholesterol, Dietary (pharmacokinetics)
  • Digestive System Fistula (metabolism)
  • Female
  • Intestinal Absorption (physiology)
  • Lymph (metabolism)
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C3H
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Phospholipases A (genetics, metabolism)
  • Phospholipases A2
  • Pregnancy
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Triglycerides (pharmacokinetics)

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