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UNITED EUROPEAN GASTROENTEROLOGY JOURNAL
Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 14-21Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/2050640613505279
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FODMAP; fructose intolerance; fructose transporters; GLUT5; GLUT2; irritable bowel syndrome; malabsorption; visceral pain
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- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1121049] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Background: Gastrointestinal symptoms and malabsorption following fructose ingestion (fructose intolerance) are common in functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID). The underlying mechanism is unclear, but is hypothesized to be related an abnormality of intestinal fructose transporter proteins. Objective: To assess the expression of the main intestinal fructose transporter proteins, glucose transport protein 5 (GLUT5) and 2 (GLUT2), in FGID. Methods: The expression of GLUT5 and GLUT2 protein and mRNA in small intestinal biopsy tissue was investigated using real-time reverse-transcription PCR and Western immunoblotting in 11 adults with FGID and fructose intolerance ascertained by breath testing and in 15 controls. Results: Median expression levels of GLUT5 mRNA normalized to beta-actin were 0.18 (interquartile range, IQR, 0.13-0.21) in patients and 0.17 (IQR 0.12-0.19) in controls (p > 0.05). Respective levels of GLUT2 mRNA were 0.26 (IQR 0.20-0.31) and 0.26 (IQR 0.19-0.31) (p > 0.05). Median expression levels of GLUT5 protein normalized to alpha-tubulin were 0.95 (IQR 0.52-1.68) in patients and 0.95 (IQR 0.59-1.15) in controls (p > 0.05). Respective protein expression levels for GLUT2 were 1.56 (IQR 1.06-2.14) and 1.35 (IQR 0.96-1.79) (p > 0.05). Conclusions: Human fructose intolerance may not be associated with marked changes in GLUT5 and GLUT2 expression. Replication of these results in a larger subject group, including measures of transporter activation and membrane and subcellular localization, is warranted.
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