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Absorption of short-chain fatty acids by the colon

H Ruppin et al. Gastroenterology. 1980 Jun.

Abstract

Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) constitute the major solute fraction of normal stool water and are responsible for the diarrhea associated with carbohydrate (CHO) malabsorption. Although SCFA absorption from the human small bowel has been reported previously, the fate of SCFAs in the colon--their major site of production--was investigated in the present study. The colon of normal volunteers was perfused with neutral, isotonic solutions containing SCFA, 0-90 mM. Propionate was studied in detail with limited observations on acetate and n-butyrate. SCFA absorption was concentration-dependent; back diffusion of metabolic products, ketone bodies, was quantitatively insignificant. The transport process was accompanied by increased Na, K, and water absorption, by luminal alkalinization due to bicarbonate accumulation, and by a fall in lumen PCO2. The results are consistent with the existence of two mechanisms for colonic SCFA absorption: first, nonionic diffusion of protonated SCFA involving consumption of luminal CO2; this process accounts for about 60% of total SCFA absorption; and second, cellular uptake by ionic diffusion of the Na or K salt of the SCFA.

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Absorption of short-chain fatty acids by the colon - PubMed