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The Effects of Total Parenteral Nutrition on the Hepatic Handling of Bilirubin in the Rat

Department of General Surgery and Research Unit, Complejo Hospitalario del Insalud, León

Jesus Garcia-Vielba, PHD

Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of León, Spain

Fructuoso Garcia-Diez, MD

Department of General Surgery and Research Unit, Complejo Hospitalario del Insalud, León

Maria L. De La Hoz, MD

Department of General Surgery and Research Unit, Complejo Hospitalario del Insalud, León

Pilar S. Collado, PHD

Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of León, Spain

Javier Gonzalez-Gallego, MD, PHD

Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of León, Spain

Disturbances of bilirubin metabolism such as jaundice or pigment gallstone formation occur during total parenteral nutrition (TPN). We have studied the effects of TPN on bile flow and bile acid secretion and on the hepatobiliary transport of bilirubin in rats. Animals on parenteral nutrition for 5 days received 4.8 g of amino acids and 6.9 g of glucose daily. Controls were orally fed animals. Bile flow and bile acid secretion were not significatly modified by TPN. Serum bile acid and alkaline phosphatase levels were significantly increased in TPN animals when compared with the controls (+98% and +38%, respectively), which points to a relative cholestasis in the TPN rats. The biliary excretion of bilirubin monoconjugates and bilirubin diconjugates was significantly increased (+72% and +78%, respectively). This provides evidence for enhanced production of the pigment. Serum concentration of total bilirubin was enhanced in the TPN rats (+240%). The esterified/total bilirubin ratio in serum increased, whereas the bilirubin diconjugates/bilirubin monoconjugates ratio decreased. These facts, together with the minor reduction of hepatic bilirubin UDPglucuronosyltransferase activity (—12%), suggest that hyperbilirubinemia would be a consequence of both cholestasis and increased bilirubin production. The alterations reported here could contribute to the explanation of hyperbilirubinemia and pigment gallstone formation in patients maintained on parenteral nutrition. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 17:125-129, 1993)

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 17, No. 2, 125-129 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/0148607193017002125


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