Absorption Characteristics of Chitobiose and Chitopentaose in the Human Intestinal Cell Line Caco-2 and Everted Gut Sacs.

The everted gut sacs and Caco-2 cell models were used to investigate the intestinal absorptive characteristics and subcellular localization of chitobiose and chitopentaose in this study. In everted gut sacs, the absorptive pattern showed no concentration-dependent manner when the concentration was lower than 10 mM. In the presence of phlorizin (100 μM) and phloretin (100 μM), the chitobiose absorption rates decreased by (4.97 ± 0.89)% and (19.2 ± 2.77)%, and they were (10.4 ± 2.43)% and (27.5 ± 1.68)% for chitopentaose. In Caco-2 cells, the concentration showed influences similar to those with the everted gut sacs results. After adding phlorizin and phloretin in the apical side, the P of chitobiose and chitopentaose significantly decreased. Considering the translocation, they were enriched in endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrion. This study indicated that concentration and active transporter were capable of mediating the absorption of chitobiose and chitopentaose, and the subcellular localization of them could help to study the mechanisms of their effects.