Study on the intestinal absorption of small and oligopeptides in rats

... Effect of aging on PepT1 expression in spontaneously hypertensive rats 72 3.3 Effect of aging on absorption of oligopeptides Gly-Sar-Sar-Sar and GlySar-Sar-Sar-Sar in spontaneously hypertensive rats. .. expressed in the brush border membrane of small intestine, which plays a role in the intestinal absorption of di-/tripeptides PepT1 is composed of 708 amino acids with 12 membranespanning domains Although... absorption of oligopeptides has remained unclear Figure 1-3 Schematic diagram for peptide absorption in intestinal tract 14 According to all of the above-mentioned points, the aim of the present