Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 33, 1607-1617, Copyright © 1992 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Intestinal lipids and lipoproteins in the human fetus: modulation by epidermal growth factor

E Levy, L Thibault and D Menard
Department of Nutrition, Hopital Ste-Justine, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The aim of the present investigation was first, to examine the ability of human fetal intestine (17-20 wk) to incorporate fatty acid into esterified lipids; and second, to study in vitro lipoprotein synthesis and secretion by fetal explants, as well as the effect of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on these processes. Cultured fetal jejunal explants were incubated in Leibovitz medium for 42 h with [14C]oleate. Both triglycerides (TG) and phospholipids (PL) were the major labeled products. Whereas TG were predominant (80%) in the culture medium, PL accounted for more than 50% of total tissue lipids. More than 60% of the radioactivity in PL was associated with phosphatidylcholine. Some labeling (< 5%) was also recovered in the cholesteryl ester fraction. Active exocytosis was demonstrated by the accumulation of newly synthesized esterified lipids in the medium and the presence of lipoproteins in the basolateral membrane region and intercellular spaces. Most of the newly synthesized lipids were found in lipoproteins of d < 0.97 g/ml (51.2%) and d < 1.21 g/ml (39.3%), whereas the rest were recovered in d < 1.006 g/ml (9.8%) and 1.063 g/ml (5.6%). A similar trend characterized the lipoprotein secretion. The synthesis of the d < 0.97 g/ml fraction (30,653 +/- 4,122 dpm/mg protein) was significantly greater than the 1.006 g/ml fraction (5,897 +/- 1,734), P < 0.005. The secretion of d < 0.97 g/ml particles into the medium was also five fold higher than that of the d < 1.006 g/ml fraction (P < 0.01). The addition of EGF to the culture medium (25, 50, and 100 ng/ml) significantly enhanced the d < 0.97 g/ml lipoprotein secretion (25-40%) and decreased the d 1.006 g/ml and 1.063 g/ml fraction output. The lipid composition of these lipoprotein fractions was never altered by the presence of EGF, suggesting that the number of lipoprotein particles, rather than size, was modified by the growth factor. The present findings provide the first evidence that the human fetal intestine has the capacity to elaborate lipoprotein fractions for the transport of newly synthesized lipids. Furthermore, our data suggest that EGF, present in significant quantity in saliva, amniotic fluid, and bile, can modulate the release of TG-rich lipoproteins by fetal intestinal explants.
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