Heydorn S, Jeppesen P B, Mortensen P B
Dept. of Medicine CA-2121, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Scand J Gastroenterol. 1999 Aug;34(8):818-23. doi: 10.1080/003655299750025769.
Fat malabsorption in the short-bowel syndrome (SBS) may in part be caused by decreased bile secretion. Cholylsarcosine is a synthetic conjugated bile acid resistant to bacterial degradation with no cathartic activity.
Metabolic balance studies were performed in four patients with SBS, two with a colon and two with a jejunostomy.
Treatment with cholylsarcosine, 6 and 12 g/day, increased fat absorption by 17 +/- 3 g/day (0.7 MJ/day; P <0.05) and 20+/-1 g/day (0.8 MJ/day; P <0.001; mean +/- standard error), respectively, to a total absorption of energy from fat of 2.0-2.2 MJ/day. Total absorption of energy increased from 11.0 MJ/day to 11.7 MJ/day (bomb calorimetry). Energy absorbed from carbohydrates (6.5 MJ/day) did not change. Faecal output increased in one of the patients with a colon and was unchanged in the other three patients. A higher percentage of the medium-chain and the unsaturated fatty acids were absorbed in comparison with the long-chain and the saturated fatty acids (100% of C8:0, 92% of C10:0, 74% of C12:0, 52% of C14:0, 30% of C16:0, 16% of C18:0, and 47% of unsaturated C18 fatty acids). Treatment with cholylsarcosine increased absorption of C14:0 by 23%-29%, of C16:0 by 59%-74%, of C18:0 by 125%-138%, and of unsaturated C18-fatty acids by 36%-45%. A fifth patient (without a colon) was enrolled in the study but had to be excluded because cholylsarcosine, 6 g/day, resulted in nausea and anorexia.
Cholylsarcosine increased fat absorption in SBS. The effect was relatively more pronounced on absorption of the low-absorbable, longer-chained, and saturated fatty acids. The overall gain in absorption of energy was small (6%) because energy absorption from carbohydrates was threefold higher than that from fat. Cholylsarcosine may have cathartic effects on some SBS patients with a colon. The maximal efficacy of cholylsarcosine was reached at a dose of 6 g/day, compared with 12 g/day in three of four patients.
短肠综合征(SBS)中的脂肪吸收不良部分可能是由于胆汁分泌减少所致。胆酰肌氨酸是一种合成的结合胆汁酸,对细菌降解具有抗性且无导泻活性。
对4例短肠综合征患者进行了代谢平衡研究,其中2例有结肠,2例为空肠造口术患者。
分别给予胆酰肌氨酸6克/天和12克/天治疗,脂肪吸收量分别增加了17±3克/天(0.7兆焦/天;P<0.05)和20±1克/天(0.8兆焦/天;P<0.001;平均值±标准误),脂肪的总能量吸收达到2.0 - 2.2兆焦/天。总能量吸收从11.0兆焦/天增加到11.7兆焦/天(弹式量热法)。碳水化合物吸收的能量(6.5兆焦/天)未发生变化。1例有结肠的患者粪便量增加,其他3例患者粪便量未变。与长链和饱和脂肪酸相比,中链和不饱和脂肪酸的吸收百分比更高(C8:0为100%,C10:0为92%,C12:0为74%,C14:0为52%,C16:0为30%,C18:0为16%,不饱和C18脂肪酸为47%)。胆酰肌氨酸治疗使C14:0的吸收增加了23% - 29%,C16:0的吸收增加了59% - 74%,C18:0的吸收增加了125% - 138%,不饱和C18脂肪酸的吸收增加了36% - 45%。第5例患者(无结肠)纳入研究,但因给予6克/天胆酰肌氨酸导致恶心和厌食而不得不排除。
胆酰肌氨酸增加了短肠综合征患者的脂肪吸收。对低吸收性、长链和饱和脂肪酸的吸收影响相对更明显。由于碳水化合物吸收的能量比脂肪高3倍,能量吸收的总体增加量较小(6%)。胆酰肌氨酸可能对一些有结肠的短肠综合征患者有导泻作用。与4例患者中的3例给予12克/天相比,胆酰肌氨酸在6克/天的剂量时达到最大疗效。