J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 86(12): 1590-1595, 1985

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Original article

APPLICATION OF A POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE TO EVALUATE THE ABSORPTIVE FACULTY IN THE SMALL INTESTINE
THE CHANGE OF POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES, UPTAKES OF SUGARS AND AMINO ACID AND ELECTRICAL TRANSMURAL RESISTANCE IN INJURED INTESTINE

Since there was no effective method for evaluating the absorptive capacity in the small intestine, we devised a test for evaluating the absorptive capacity with potential difference. Potential difference is provided by electrical resistence of intestine and flux of substances. Previously, we reported that the electrical resistence of the small intestine in the guinea pigs had changed very slightly throughout the entire life, and that sugars and neutral amino acids have been transported completely activity from the birth. In addition, potential difference of glycyl-glycine reflected the uptake of the intestine after the period of weanling.
We experimentally studied the electrical transmural resistence and absorptive capacity of the small intestine with various damages to the small intestine by 5-Fu, ischemia and long fasting. Histologically, sewlling of nucleus, intracellular edema, dilatation of capillary vein, dropping of epithelial cells, etc., were seen in these models. But the electrical resistence was slightly changed in 10%of the cases. Potential differences by sugars or neutral amino acid ingestion accurately reflected their real flux. These facts suggest that the potential differences deficientely reflect the uptake of sugars and amino acids in the small intestine under conditions with malabsorption.

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