Artículo de revista
Re-print of "intestinal luminal nitrogen metabolism: Role of the gut microbiota and consequences for the host"
Fecha
2013Registro en:
Pharmacological Research, Volumen 69, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 114-126
10436618
10961186
10.1016/j.phrs.2013.01.003
Autor
Davila, Anne Marie
Blachier, François
Gotteland, Martin
Andriamihaja, Mireille
Benetti, Pierre Henri
Sanz, Yolanda
Tomé, Daniel
Institución
Resumen
Alimentary and endogenous proteins are mixed in the small intestinal lumen with the microbiota. Although experimental evidences suggest that the intestinal microbiota is able to incorporate and degrade some of the available amino acids, it appears that the microbiota is also able to synthesize amino acids raising the view that amino acid exchange between the microbiota and host can proceed in both directions. Although the net result of such exchanges remains to be determined, it is likely that a significant part of the amino acids recovered from the alimentary proteins are used by the microbiota. In the large intestine, where the density of bacteria is much higher than in the small intestine and the transit time much longer, the residual undigested luminal proteins and peptides can be degraded in amino acids by the microbiota. These amino acids cannot be absorbed to a significant extent by the colonic epithelium, but are precursors for the synthesis of numerous metabolic end products i