Long-term ingestion of insoluble dietary fiber increases luminal mucin content, but has no effect on nutrient absorption in rats
2008
Morita, T.(Shizuoka Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture) | Tanabe, H. | Ito, H. | Sugiyama, K. | Kiriyama, S.
We reexamined the hypothesis that increased mucin secretion by the ingestion of insoluble dietary fiber (IDF) could affect small intestinal nutrient absorption. Polystyrene foam (PSF) was used as IDF. Rats were fed a diet with or without 90 g of PSF/kg for 1, 2 and 4 wk. At the end of each period, a glucose and ovalbumin (OVA) solution was intubated after 12h of food depletion, and the changes in serum concentrations of these components were monitored. Luminal mucin was measured as O-linked oligosaccharide chains and also determined by ELISA. In all periods, the luminal mucin content was greater in the PSF-fed group than in the fiber-free control. However, the changes in serum glucose and OVA concentrations were comparable between the groups at any time during any period. These results show that the enhancement of luminal mucin secretion lasted even after chronic ingestion of IDF, but that the increased luminal mucin content had no effect on the rate of luminal nutrient absorption.
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