American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 33, 2106-2118, Copyright © 1980 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Comparative study of nutritional adaptation to defined formula diets in rats

EA Young, LA Cioletti, WB Winborn, JB Traylor and E Weser

Little is known about the specific effects of defined formula diets (DFD) on mucosal growth of the small intestine, pancreas, or liver. In the present study male Sprague Dawley rats weighing 220 to 250 g were fed isocaloric amounts of DFD (61 kcal/day) by continuous intragastric infusion. The diets fed were Vivonex, Vivonex-HN, Flexical, and Ensure. Oral chow-fed rats with intragastric water infusions served as reference. All groups gained weight: chow 50.50 g, Vivonex 21.17 g (P < 0.005), Vivonex-HN 25.40 g (P < 0.005), Flexical 30.5 g (P < 0.01), Ensure 39.29 g (NS). After 2 weeks rats were killed, the small bowel excised, rinsed, and divided into eight equal segments. Mucosal weight, DNA, and protein concentration per centimeter segment were measured. The pancreas was also removed, homogenized, and amylase activity assayed (units/g). Livers were excised, weighed, lipid content measured, and liver histology was examined by light microscopy. Mucosal weight, DNA, and protein concentrations per segment were decreased significantly in most bowel segments of DFD fed rats. Amylase activity per gram pancreas was significantly reduced in rats fed Vivonex, Flexical, and Ensure, Serum amylase activity was also lowered in animals on DFD. There was significant accumulation of lipid in the liver of Vivonex and Flexical animals (P < 0.01). Liver histology confirmed the striking increase in fat in the Vivonex and Flexical groups. These effects may result from differences in DFD absorption, mucosal metabolism, stimulation of enteric hormone release, and/or bile and pancreatic secretions.

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