13C-Labeled-Starch Breath Test in Congenital Sucrase-isomaltase Deficiency.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESES:Human starch digestion is a multienzyme process involving 6 different enzymes: salivary and pancreatic α-amylase; sucrase and isomaltase (from sucrose-isomaltase [SI]), and maltase and glucoamylase (from maltase-glucoamylase [MGAM]). Together these enzymes cleave starch to smaller molecules ultimately resulting in the absorbable monosaccharide glucose. Approximately 80% of all mucosal maltase activity is accounted for by SI and the reminder by MGAM. Clinical studies suggest that starch may be poorly digested in those with congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (CSID). Poor starch digestion occurs in individuals with CSID and can be documented using a noninvasive C-breath test (BT). METHODS:C-Labled starch was used as a test BT substrate in children with CSID. Su

SUBMITTER: Robayo-Torres CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5957291 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature