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Article Dans Une Revue Biochemical Journal Année : 1990

Specific expression of lactase in the jejunum and colon during postnatal development and hormone treatments in the rat

Jean-Noël Freund
Isabelle Duluc
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C Foltzer-Jourdainne
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F Gosse
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Francis Raul
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Résumé

The expression of lactase was compared in the jejunum and colon of the rat at the levels of enzyme activity and protein and RNA content. We found that the enzyme proteins and the corresponding mRNAs share common features and are encoded by a single gene in both intestinal segments. In the jejunum, large amounts of lactase mRNA and proteins were detected during postnatal development as well as in adult rats, despite the 10-fold decline in lactase specific activity which occurs at weaning. In contrast, in the colon the expression of lactase was restricted to early postnatal development. In the colon, the enzymic activity of lactase and the amounts of protein and mRNA followed parallel development profiles with a peak at day 4 after birth. Injections of thryoxine or epidermal growth factor into neonates led to small modifications in the expression of lactase in the jejunum. On the other hand, these treatments caused a large decline in lactase activity in the colon that paralleled a decrease in the amount of lactase protein and mRNA. These data indicate that the expression of lactase is mainly regulated at the post-transcriptional level in the jejunum, whereas it is controlled at the pretranslational level in the colon.

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Biologie animale

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hal-03796808 , version 1 (04-10-2022)

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Jean-Noël Freund, Isabelle Duluc, C Foltzer-Jourdainne, F Gosse, Francis Raul. Specific expression of lactase in the jejunum and colon during postnatal development and hormone treatments in the rat. Biochemical Journal, 1990, 268 (1), pp.99-103. ⟨10.1042/bj2680099⟩. ⟨hal-03796808⟩

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