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Functional development of fat absorption in term and preterm neonates strongly correlates with ability to absorb long-chain Fatty acids from intestinal lumen.

Abstract：

:Our goal for this study was to determine whether the maturation of fat absorption in neonatal life is functionally related to an increased ability to hydrolyze dietary fat, to absorb long-chain fatty acids, or to do both. In 16 preterm and in eight term neonates, the intestinal ability to hydrolyze triacylglycerols and the capacity to absorb long-chain fatty acids were determined at several times between birth and 5 mo after the term age. These processes were compared with the percentage of fat absorption (formula-fed infants) or with fecal fat excretion (breast-fed infants). The functional capacity to digest triacylglycerols and to absorb the lipolytic products was evaluated by measuring serum concentrations of the lipolytic product [1-(13)C]palmitate after the enteral administration of tri-1-(13)C palmitoyl-glycerol. Long-chain fatty acids absorption (i.e. independent of lipolysis) was determined by measuring serum concentrations of [1-(13)C]stearate after its enteral administration. The efficacy of fat absorption increased in preterm infants (formula-fed) from 91.2 +/- 1.1% (mean +/- SEM) at 32.3 wk postconceptional age (PCA) to 97.3 +/- 0.6% at 53.6 wk PCA (p < 0.001), and in term infants from 91.7 +/- 1.8% (40.0 wk PCA) to 97.4 +/- 1.3% (58.9 wk PCA, p = 0.07). Both the serum concentration of [1-(13)C]stearate and that of [1-(13)C]palmitate appeared highly correlated with the efficacy of fat absorption (r = 0.82, p = 0.02; and r = 0.91, p = 0.004; respectively) and with PCA (r = 0.99, p < 0.001; and r = 0.85, p < 0.02; respectively). These results indicate that the functional development of fat absorption in preterm and term infants is related to the capacity to absorb long-chain fatty acids from the intestine.

journal_name

Pediatr Res

journal_title

Pediatric research

authors

Rings EH,Minich DM,Vonk RJ,Stellaard F,Fetter WP,Verkade HJ

doi

10.1203/00006450-200201000-00011

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-01-01 00:00:00

pages

57-63

issue

eissn

0031-3998

issn

1530-0447

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Functional development of fat absorption in term and preterm neonates strongly correlates with ability to absorb long-chain Fatty acids from intestinal lumen.