Missense Mutation of Abcg5 in Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Does Not Influence Lymphatic Sitosterol Absorption Regardless of the Dose: Comparison with Wistar Rats

Abstract

The lymphatic recovery of radiolabeled sitosterol administered in various amounts to the stomach was almost the same between stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSPs), a strain having a missense mutation in ATP binding cassette transporter g5 (Abcg5), and Wistar rats, a normal strain. The results suggest that the mutation of Abcg5 in SHRSPs, compared with Wistar rats, did not influence the ability for intestinal sitosterol absorption regardless of the dose.