Abstract
SummaryThe ability to absorb ingested nutrients is an essential function of all metazoans and utilizes a wide array of nutrient transporters found on the absorptive enterocytes of the small intestine. A unique population of patients has previously been identified with severe congenital malabsorptive diarrhea upon ingestion of any enteral nutrition. The intestines of these patients are macroscopically normal, but lack enteroendocrine cells (EECs), suggesting an essential role for this rare population of nutrient-sensing cells in regulating macronutrient absorption. We used human and mouse models of EEC deficiency to identify a new role for the EEC hormone peptide YY in regulating ion-coupled absorption of glucose and dipeptides the small intestine. We found that peptide YY is required in to maintain normal electrophysiology in the presence of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, a potent stimulator of ion secretion produced by enteric neurons. Administration of peptide YY to EEC-deficient mice restored normal electrophysiology, improved glucose and peptide absorption, diminished diarrhea and rescued postnatal survival. These data suggest that peptide YY is a key regulator of macronutrient absorption in the small intestine and may be a viable therapeutic option to treat patients with malabsorption.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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