Dietary sugars regulate expression of the intestinal Na + / glucose cotransporter, SGLT1, inmany sheep intestine as a model, we showed that lumenal monosaccha-rides, both metabolisable and nonmetabolisable, regulate SGLT1 expression. This regulation occurs not only at the level of transcription, but also at the post-transcriptional level. Introduction of D-glucose andsome D-glucose ana-logues into ruminant sheep intestine resultedin 50-fold enhancement of SGLT1 aimedto determine if transport of sugar into the enterocytes is requiredfor SGLT1 induction, and delineate the signal-transduction pathways involved
