Chen M, Yang Y, Braunstein E, Georgeson KE, Harmon CM. Gut expression and regulation of FAT/CD36: possible role in fatty acid transport in rat enterocytes.
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2001;
281:E916-23. [PMID:
11595646 DOI:
10.1152/ajpendo.2001.281.5.e916]
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Abstract
Fatty acid translocase (FAT)/CD36 is one of several putative plasma membrane long-chain fatty acid (LCFA) transport proteins; however, its role in intestinal absorption of LCFA is unknown. We hypothesized that FAT/CD36 would be differentially expressed along the longitudinal axis of the gut and during intestinal development, suggesting specificity of function. We found that intestinal mucosal FAT/CD36 mRNA levels varied by anatomic location along the longitudinal gut axis: stomach 45 +/- 7, duodenum 173 +/- 29, jejunum 238 +/- 17, ileum 117 +/- 14, and colon 9 +/- 1% (means +/- SE with 18S mRNA as control). FAT/CD36 protein levels were also higher in proximal compared with distal intestinal mucosa. Mucosal FAT/CD36 mRNA was also regulated during intestinal maturation, with a fourfold increase from neonatal to adult animals. In addition, FAT/CD36 mRNA levels and enterocyte LCFA uptake were rapidly downregulated by intraduodenal oleate infusion. These findings suggest that FAT/CD36 plays a role in the uptake of LCFA by small intestinal enterocytes. This may have important implications in understanding fatty acid absorption in human physiological and pathophysiological conditions.
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