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. 1977 Sep 15;166(3):331-8.
doi: 10.1042/bj1660331.

Characteristics and postnatal development of the acid lipase activity of the rat small intestine

P M Coates, S A Brown, J Jumawan, O Koldovský

Characteristics and postnatal development of the acid lipase activity of the rat small intestine

P M Coates et al. Biochem J. .

Abstract

Acid lipase was identified in the rat small intestine by using esters of 4-methylumbelliferone as substrates. Maximum activity towards the oleate ester was found at pH 4.0. In adult animals, the activity of acid lipase exhibited both latency and sedimentability, indicating a lyosomal localization. The activity of acid lipase was practically the same along the height of the villus, thus paralleling the distribution of acid beta-galactosidase. In adult rats, the activity of acid lipase in proximal (jejunum) and middle (mid-jejunum) sections of the small intestine was practically the same and exceeded the activity in the distal (ileum) section by a factor of 2. In suckling rats, the activity of the enzyme in the mid-jejunum exceeded that in the jejunum and ileum by 2.5- and 1.5-fold respectively. During postnatal development, the acid lipase activity of the mid-jejunum showed a peak between days 10 and 15, at which time it exceeded the adult mid-jejunum activity by 5--6-fold.

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