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    Demonstration of sucrase-isomaltase complex in chick intestine.
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    It was investigated whether sucrase and isomaltase form an enzyme-enzyme complex in chick intestine or not, and some properties of the disaccharidases were compared with those of other species. 1) Chick intestinal sucrase and isomaltase were shown to exist in the form of an enzyme-enzyme complex from the results of polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis, DEAE Sephadex A-25 ion exchange column chromatography and citraconylation, although the chick intestinal sucrase and isomaltase were not retained on a Sephadex G-200 column. 2) The molecular weights of sucrase-isomaltase complex, maltase I, maltase II, maltase III and isomaltase dissociated from sucrase-isomaltase complex were estimated to be 250,000, 250,000, 160,000, 225,000 and 80,000, respectively, by polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis. 3) The optimum pH for all the enzymes was 6.0. 4) Km values of sucrase, isomaltase, maltase I and maltase III were 10.0, 3.5, 1.0 and 4.6 mM, respectively. Vmax values for sucrase, isomaltase, maltase I and maltase III were 217.4, 281.4, 147.1 and 454.5 mumol substrate hydrolyzed/mg protein/hr, respectively.
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    The intestinal brush border disaccharidases separated by gel electrophoresis were studied after oral administration of a high sucrose or lactose diet to 11-day-old suckling rats during 3 days. Some modifications of the brush border protein and eyzyme patterns could be attributed to the effect of the basic diet: increase of glucoamylase, appearance of a weak sucrase activity and of a second molecular form of maltase. However, the specific action of a given disaccharide on the synthesis of the corresponding hydrolytic enzyme could be clearly demonstrated. Indeed, the electrophoretic pattern after sucrose or lactose feeding showed a marked increase of the protein bands corresponding to sucrase-isomaltase or lactase activities.
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    The disaccharides, consisting of sucrose, lactose and maltose, are hydrolysed into monosaccharides (D-glucose, D-galactose and D-fructose) by intestinal brush border enzymes: sucrase, lactase and maltase. The aim of this study to investigate changes in the brush-border membrane carbohydrate digestive enzymes. From intestinal mucosal scrapings of equine, brush border membrane vesicles were isolated. The results showed that sucrase, maltase and lactase are present in the equine small intestine. The activity of all three enzymes is highest proximally (in the duodenum and jejunum) and lower in the ileum. There was considerable variation between individual horses, however the majority showed highest disaccharidase activity in the jejunum, with some showing highest activity in the duodenum. Sucrase activity is highest in the jejunum and duodenum and lower in the ileum. Maltase activity is similar in all three regions, but slightly higher in the jejunum. Lactase activity is low in all three regions of the small intestine, slightly higher in the equine jejunum and duodenum than ileum. From this study, we can conclude that the equine small intestine digests disaccharides by the brush-border associated disaccharidases sucrase, maltase and lactase. Levels of sucrase and lactase are comparable to other species, but maltase is much higher.
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    Intestinal metaplasia
    Alpha-glucosidase
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