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Effect of ischemia/reperfusion on intestinal brush border membrane lipid composition, fluidity and enzyme activities. 1996

S Ahamed Ibrahim, and L Basker, and K A Balasubramanian

Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, India.

Oxygen-derived free radicals are known to be generated during ischemia/reperfusion injury and biomembranes are the prime target of these active species. In order to study the effect of in vivo generated free radicals on intestinal mucosal membrane, brush border membranes (BBM) were isolated from rat small intestine after subjecting to ischemia (I) and ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and their lipid composition and marker enzyme activity were compared with BBM prepared from control animals. No significant alteration in the lipid composition of BBM was observed after I or I/R as compared to control. Membrane fluidity measurements showed that I/R increased the fluidity of BBM. Activity of alkaline phosphatase, one of the marker enzymes for BBM was reduced by I or I/R whereas activity of another BBM enzyme, sucrase was not altered. The decrease in alkaline phosphatase activity was more after reperfusion. In vitro fluidization of BBM using benzyl alcohol indicated that the inactivation of alkaline phosphatase was not due to change in fluidity. These results suggest that free radicals generated during I/R inactivate BBM alkaline phosphatase partially without altering the membrane lipid composition.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007413	Intestinal Mucosa	Lining of the INTESTINES, consisting of an inner EPITHELIUM, a middle LAMINA PROPRIA, and an outer MUSCULARIS MUCOSAE. In the SMALL INTESTINE, the mucosa is characterized by a series of folds and abundance of absorptive cells (ENTEROCYTES) with MICROVILLI.	Intestinal Epithelium,Intestinal Glands,Epithelium, Intestinal,Gland, Intestinal,Glands, Intestinal,Intestinal Gland,Mucosa, Intestinal
D007422	Intestines	The section of the alimentary canal from the STOMACH to the ANAL CANAL. It includes the LARGE INTESTINE and SMALL INTESTINE.	Intestine
D007511	Ischemia	A hypoperfusion of the BLOOD through an organ or tissue caused by a PATHOLOGIC CONSTRICTION or obstruction of its BLOOD VESSELS, or an absence of BLOOD CIRCULATION.	Ischemias
D008560	Membrane Fluidity	The motion of phospholipid molecules within the lipid bilayer, dependent on the classes of phospholipids present, their fatty acid composition and degree of unsaturation of the acyl chains, the cholesterol concentration, and temperature.	Bilayer Fluidity,Bilayer Fluidities,Fluidities, Bilayer,Fluidities, Membrane,Fluidity, Bilayer,Fluidity, Membrane,Membrane Fluidities
D008563	Membrane Lipids	Lipids, predominantly phospholipids, cholesterol and small amounts of glycolipids found in membranes including cellular and intracellular membranes. These lipids may be arranged in bilayers in the membranes with integral proteins between the layers and peripheral proteins attached to the outside. Membrane lipids are required for active transport, several enzymatic activities and membrane formation.	Cell Membrane Lipid,Cell Membrane Lipids,Membrane Lipid,Lipid, Cell Membrane,Lipid, Membrane,Lipids, Cell Membrane,Lipids, Membrane,Membrane Lipid, Cell,Membrane Lipids, Cell
D008871	Microvilli	Minute projections of cell membranes which greatly increase the surface area of the cell.	Brush Border,Striated Border,Border, Brush,Border, Striated,Borders, Brush,Borders, Striated,Brush Borders,Microvillus,Striated Borders
D012016	Reference Values	The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality.	Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D000469	Alkaline Phosphatase	An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of an orthophosphoric monoester and water to an alcohol and orthophosphate. EC 3.1.3.1.
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013393	Sucrase	Digestive enzyme secreted in the INTESTINES. It catalyzes hydrolysis of SUCROSE to FRUCTOSE and GLUCOSE.	Mutansucrase,Sucrose alpha-D-Glucohydrolase,Sucrose alpha D Glucohydrolase,alpha-D-Glucohydrolase, Sucrose