Zur Resorption von Calcium und Strontium im Dünndarm von Ratte,Maus und Meerschweinchen

The possible modes of permeation of Ca and Sr through the intestinal epithelium are discussed. The problems of the diffusion and the active transport were studied with prepared bags of duodenum, jejunum and ileum of normal but still immature animals (both sexes) in the Warburg apparatus, at body temperature and in some cases at 4° C. Active transport occurs under oxygen, whereas under nitrogen and blockade of the metabolism with cyanide, only diffusion takes place. Isotopes (⁴⁵Ca and⁹⁰Sr) of high specific activity were used. The diffusion of both elements shows the same ratio at low and at body temperature, with an higher intensity of course at 38° C. This ratio (Ca/Sr) is approximately 3 in the duodenum and in the proximal parts of the jejunum; in the distal parts of the intestine, it is approximately 2 or lower. During active transport there is no alteration in these ratios within the serosa in the tissue. Therefore the selection between the two elements takes place immediatly at the entrance in the mucosa. There are only small and negligible differences between rats and mice. In the intestine of guinea pigs, however, a remarkably higher permeation of Ca and lower retention in the tissue, and consequently higher quotients for Ca/Sr, can be observed. The application of Ca-salts (gluconate, lactate) enhances the permeation of Ca and diminishes the entrance of Sr in all animals. The fact that this alteration takes place during conditions of diffusion as well as of active transport supports the assumption that the selection is preferably dependent upon the differences of the physical state of the two ions (atom volume, hydratation of the ions) rather than on their chemical properties.