PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - F Raul
AU  - R Noriega
AU  - E Nsi-Emvo
AU  - M Doffoel
AU  - J F Grenier
TI  - Lactase activity is under hormonal control in the intestine of adult rat.
AID  - 10.1136/gut.24.7.648
DP  - 1983 Jul 01
TA  - Gut
PG  - 648--652
VI  - 24
IP  - 7
4099  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/24/7/648.short
4100  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/24/7/648.full
SO  - Gut1983 Jul 01; 24
AB  - In the adult rat, starvation during 48 hours led to a three fold increase of lactase specific activity in the intestinal brush border membranes. Thyroxine injection during the three days before death (0.5 micrograms/g daily) inhibited the stimulation of lactase activity induced by starvation without modifying sucrase activity whereas hydrocortisone injections (25 micrograms/g daily) or thyroidectomy did not modify the stimulatory effect of starvation on lactase activity. These results suggests a specific hormonal control of intestinal lactase activity in the rat.