Lactose intolerance pathophysiology
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mahda Alihashemi M.D. [2]
Overview
It is thought that lactose intolerance is the result of lactose malabsorption caused by low levels of small intestinal lactase. Lactose is metabolized by the intestinal lactase to galactose and glucose in villous enterocytes. In the colon, unabsorbed lactose is converted to hydrogen and short chain fatty acids such as acetate, butyrate and propionate by intestinal bacteria and creates symtoms of lactose intolerance. Lactose intolerance is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. Acquired primary lactase deficiency is associated with a CC genotype at -13.9 kb upstream of the lactase gene. On gross and microscopic pathology, there are no characteristic findings of lactose intolerance.
Pathophysiology
Pathogenesis
- Lactose is a disaccharide of glucose and galactose in ruminant and human milk.
- It is thought that lactose intolerance is the result of lactose malabsorption caused by low levels of small intestinal lactase ( lactase-phlorizin hydrolase, or LPH)[1]
- The most important causes of low level of small intestinal lactase are:
- Lactose is metabolized by intestinal lactase to galactose and glucose in the villous enterocytes and then uptaken by Na+/glucose cotransporter (SGLT1). [2][3]
- In the colon, unabsorbed lactose is converted to hydrogen and short chain fatty acids such as acetate, butyrate and propionate by intestinal bacteria and creates symptoms of lactose intolerance.
- Milk drinkers have greater lactase activity compared to non-drinkers. [4]
Genetics
- Lactose intolerance is transmitted in an autosomal recessive pattern.[5]
- Persistence of intestinal lactase until adulthood is inherited as an autosomal dominant manner.[6]
- Genes involved in the pathogenesis of lactose intolerance include polymorphism of the MCM6 ( minichromosome maintenance complex component 6), gene located upstream from the gene lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (LPH) on the long arm (q) of chromosome 2 in region 21 (2q21). Lactase persistence is strongly related with the presence of the T allele of the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP ) located at -13.9 kb upstream of the lactase gene. This allele regulates lactase mRNA.[7][8]
- Acquired primary lactase deficiency is associated with a CC genotype at -13.9 kb and lactase persistence is related to TT genotype.[9]
Gross Pathology
- On gross pathology, there are no characteristic findings for lactose intolerance.
Microscopic Pathology
- On microscopic histopathological analysis, there are no characteristic findings for lactose intolerance.
References
- ↑ Silanikove N, Leitner G, Merin U (2015). "The Interrelationships between Lactose Intolerance and the Modern Dairy Industry: Global Perspectives in Evolutional and Historical Backgrounds". Nutrients. 7 (9): 7312–31. doi:10.3390/nu7095340. PMC 4586535. PMID 26404364.
- ↑ Maiuri L, Raia V, Potter J, Swallow D, Ho MW, Fiocca R, Finzi G, Cornaggia M, Capella C, Quaroni A (1991). "Mosaic pattern of lactase expression by villous enterocytes in human adult-type hypolactasia". Gastroenterology. 100 (2): 359–69. PMID 1702075.
- ↑ Martín MG, Turk E, Lostao MP, Kerner C, Wright EM (1996). "Defects in Na+/glucose cotransporter (SGLT1) trafficking and function cause glucose-galactose malabsorption". Nat. Genet. 12 (2): 216–20. doi:10.1038/ng0296-216. PMID 8563765.
- ↑ Yoshida Y, Sasaki G, Goto S, Yanagiya S, Takashina K (1975). "Studies on the etiology of milk intolerance in Japanese adults". Gastroenterol. Jpn. 10 (1): 29–34. PMID 1234085.
- ↑ Enattah NS, Sahi T, Savilahti E, Terwilliger JD, Peltonen L, Järvelä I (2002). "Identification of a variant associated with adult-type hypolactasia". Nat. Genet. 30 (2): 233–7. doi:10.1038/ng826. PMID 11788828.
- ↑ Scrimshaw NS, Murray EB (1988). "The acceptability of milk and milk products in populations with a high prevalence of lactose intolerance". Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 48 (4 Suppl): 1079–159. PMID 3140651.
- ↑ Kuokkanen M, Enattah NS, Oksanen A, Savilahti E, Orpana A, Järvelä I (2003). "Transcriptional regulation of the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase gene by polymorphisms associated with adult-type hypolactasia". Gut. 52 (5): 647–52. PMC 1773659. PMID 12692047.
- ↑ Buzás GM (2015). "[Lactose intolerance: past and present. Part 1]". Orv Hetil (in Hungarian). 156 (38): 1532–9. doi:10.1556/650.2015.30261. PMID 26550699.
- ↑ Rasinperä H, Savilahti E, Enattah NS, Kuokkanen M, Tötterman N, Lindahl H, Järvelä I, Kolho KL (2004). "A genetic test which can be used to diagnose adult-type hypolactasia in children". Gut. 53 (11): 1571–6. doi:10.1136/gut.2004.040048. PMC 1774274. PMID 15479673.