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Mukherjee S, Chopra A, Karmakar S, Bhat SG. Periodontitis increases the risk of gastrointestinal dysfunction: an update on the plausible pathogenic molecular mechanisms. Crit Rev Microbiol 2024:1-31. [PMID: 38602474 DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2024.2339260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Periodontitis is an immuno-inflammatory disease of the soft tissues surrounding the teeth. Periodontitis is linked to many communicable and non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancers. The oral-systemic link between periodontal disease and systemic diseases is attributed to the spread of inflammation, microbial products and microbes to distant organ systems. Oral bacteria reach the gut via swallowed saliva, whereby they induce gut dysbiosis and gastrointestinal dysfunctions. Some periodontal pathogens like Porphyromonas. gingivalis, Klebsiella, Helicobacter. Pylori, Streptococcus, Veillonella, Parvimonas micra, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Peptostreptococcus, Haemophilus, Aggregatibacter actinomycetomcommitans and Streptococcus mutans can withstand the unfavorable acidic, survive in the gut and result in gut dysbiosis. Gut dysbiosis increases gut inflammation, and induce dysplastic changes that lead to gut dysfunction. Various studies have linked oral bacteria, and oral-gut axis to various GIT disorders like inflammatory bowel disease, liver diseases, hepatocellular and pancreatic ductal carcinoma, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn's disease. Although the correlation between periodontitis and GIT disorders is well established, the intricate molecular mechanisms by which oral microflora induce these changes have not been discussed extensively. This review comprehensively discusses the intricate and unique molecular and immunological mechanisms by which periodontal pathogens can induce gut dysbiosis and dysfunction.
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- Sayantan Mukherjee
- Department of Periodontology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Periodontology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Periodontology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Division of Periodontology, College of Dental Surgery, Iman Abdulrahman Bin Faizal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Wasowicz K, Winnicka A, Kaleczyc J, Zalecki M, Podlasz P, Pidsudko Z. Neuropeptides and lymphocyte populations in the porcine ileum and ileocecal lymph nodes during postnatal life. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0196458. [PMID: 29813072 PMCID: PMC5973590 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The maturation-related changes in the concentrations of galanin (Gal), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), substance P (SP) and somatostatin (Som), as well as in subpopulations of lymphocytes expressing antigens CD2 (lymphocytes T), CD4 (T helper), CD8 (T cytotoxic), CD21 (B lymphocytes), CD5-/CD8+ (NK cells) and TCRgamma/delta (gut mucosal/intraepitelial cells) were studied in the ileal Peyer's patches and ileo-cecal lymph nodes in female pigs aged 3 days, 2 weeks, 4 weeks and 4 months. As regards neuropeptide concentrations statistically significant changes in the ileum and lymph nodes were found only in case of Gal and VIP. The concentrations of neuropeptides were significantly higher only in new-born animals. As regards the changes in subpopulations of lymphocytes, statistically significant changes were noticed only in 4-months old animals and were dealing only with CD2+ and TCRgamma/delta cells in the ileum as well as CD4+, CD8+, CD21+ and TCRgamma/delta in lymph nodes. The highest number of CD8+, CD21+ and TCRgamma/delta lymphocytes occurred in 4-months old animals.
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- Krzysztof Wasowicz
- Department of Pathophysiology, Forensic Veterinary and Administration, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Department of Pathology and Veterinary Diagnostic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Animal Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Animal Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Forensic Veterinary and Administration, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Animal Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
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Meregnani J, Clarençon D, Vivier M, Peinnequin A, Mouret C, Sinniger V, Picq C, Job A, Canini F, Jacquier-Sarlin M, Bonaz B. Anti-inflammatory effect of vagus nerve stimulation in a rat model of inflammatory bowel disease. Auton Neurosci 2010; 160:82-9. [PMID: 21071287 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2010] [Revised: 10/07/2010] [Accepted: 10/15/2010] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Vagus nerve stimulation of afferents is used as an adjunctive treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy and depression. In addition, anti-inflammatory properties of vagus nerve stimulation have been reported in various experimental models of inflammation but not in colitis. These effects are thought to be mediated via peripheral release of acetylcholine from the vagus and subsequent activation of macrophages. Our aim was to evaluate in rats the anti-inflammatory effects of chronic vagus nerve stimulation on colonic inflammation. Colitis was induced by intracolonic instillation of trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid. Vagus nerve stimulation (left cervical) was performed in freely moving animals 3 h per day for five consecutive days. Assessment of colonic inflammation was obtained using physiological (e.g. body weight, temperature and locomotor activity) parameters, macroscopical (area of lesions), histological, and biological parameters (e.g. myeloperoxidase activity, cytokine and cytokine-related mRNAs), both at the level of the damaged colon and the colon immediately above. A global multivariate index of colitis was then generated for a better characterization of colonic inflammation. Vagus nerve stimulation reduced the degree of body weight loss and inflammatory markers as observed above the lesion by histological score and myeloperoxidase quantification. This anti-inflammatory effect was also demonstrated by the improvement of the multivariate index of colitis. These data argue for an anti-inflammatory role of vagus nerve stimulation chronically performed in freely moving rats with colitis and provide potential therapeutic applications for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.
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- J Meregnani
- Stress et Interactions Neuro-Digestives, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, INSERM U UJF-CEA-CHU, Université Joseph Fourier, France
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Menchén L. [Cellular and molecular bases of intestinal barrier dysfunction induced by experimental stress]. GASTROENTEROLOGIA Y HEPATOLOGIA 2010; 32 Suppl 2:55-61. [PMID: 19900630 DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5705(09)72607-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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There is a widespread impression that stressful life situations influence the clinical course of a wide variety of gastrointestinal disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease. However, demonstrating a causal relationship is complex and the results obtained in clinical studies are contradictory. In the last few years, the use of experimental stress models in laboratory animals have provided solid evidence of the physiopathological effects of stress on the digestive tract as well as of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the association between physical and/or psychological stress and gastrointestinal disorders. In inflammatory bowel disease, the marked intestinal barrier dysfunction, which is mainly related to the stress-induced increase in paracellular epithelial permeability, could be partially responsible for the reactivation and increase in the severity of inflammatory bowel disease observed in various experimental stress models.
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- Luis Menchén
- Sección de Gastroenterología, Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España.
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Tsianos EV, Katsanos K. Do we really understand what the immunological disturbances in inflammatory bowel disease mean? World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15:521-5. [PMID: 19195052 PMCID: PMC2653341 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The gastrointestinal tract uses a system of tolerance and controlled inflammation to limit the response to dietary or bacteria-derived antigens in the gut. When this complex system breaks down, either by a chemical or pathogenic insult in a genetically predisposed individual the resulting immune response may lead to inflammatory bowel disease. Although the aetiopathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease remains unsolved current evidence indicates that defective T-cell apoptosis and impairment of intestinal epithelial barrier function play important roles. In inflammatory bowel disease, it has been reported that activation of macrophages seems to be as important as increased production of the macrophage-derived cytokines such as TNF-α, IL-1 and IL-6. The triggering factor for this cascade is still to be elucidated as to whether it represents an auto-antigen or a hetero-antigen. It has been also demonstrated that a serologic anti-microbial response exists. This response includes antibodies against saccharomyces cerevisiae (ASCA), E. coli outer membrane porin C (Omp-C), flagelin (cBir1) and pseudomonas aeroginosa (I2). Host response to microbial pathogens includes self-defense mechanisms including defensins, pattern recognition receptors and Toll-like receptors. Neuroimmunomodulation in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is another interesting approach with implications on the influence of brain-gut axis on intestinal inflammation and its perpetuation. It is probable that inflammatory bowel disease represents a heterogenic group of diseases that share similar mechanisms of tissue damage but have different initiating events and immunoregulatory abnormalities. A better understanding of all these events will hopefully provide new insights into the mechanisms of epithelial responses to microorganisms and ideas for therapies.
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Hervik J, Mjåland O. Acupuncture for the treatment of hot flashes in breast cancer patients, a randomized, controlled trial. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2008; 116:311-6. [PMID: 18839306 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-0210-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2008] [Accepted: 09/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Acupuncture has been used to treat the problem of hot flashes in healthy postmenopausal women. The object of this study was to investigate the efficacy of acupuncture in women with breast cancer suffering from hot flashes as a result of anti-oestrogen medication. In a prospective, controlled trial, 59 women suffering from hot flashes following breast cancer surgery and adjuvant oestrogen-antagonist treatment (Tamoxifen) were randomized to either 10 weeks of traditional Chinese acupuncture or sham acupuncture (SA). Mean number of hot flashes at day and night were recorded prior to treatment, during the treatment period as well as during the 12 weeks following treatment. A validated health score (Kupperman index) was conducted at baseline, at the end of the treatment period and at 12 weeks following treatment. During the treatment period mean number of hot flashes at day and night was significantly reduced by 50 and almost 60%, respectively from baseline in the acupuncture group, and was further reduced by 30% both at day and night during the next 12 weeks. In the sham acupuncture group a significant reduction of 25% in hot flashes at day was seen during treatment, but was reversed during the following 12 weeks. No reduction was seen in hot flashes at night. Kupperman index was reduced by 44% from baseline to the end of the treatment period in the acupuncture group, and largely maintained 12 weeks after treatment ended. No corresponding changes were seen in the sham acupuncture group. Acupuncture seems to provide effective relief from hot flashes both day and night in women operated for breast cancer, treated with Tamoxifen. This treatment effect seems to coincide with a general health improvement measured with the validated Kupperman index.
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- Jill Hervik
- Pain Clinic, Vestfold Hospital, Tonsberg, Norway.
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Farhadi A, Keshavarzian A, Fields JZ, Jakate S, Shaikh M, Banan A. Reduced immunostaining for c-kit receptors in mucosal mast cells in inflammatory bowel disease. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2007; 22:2338-43. [PMID: 17645464 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.05011.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM The deleterious effects of stress in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have been attributed to activation of the brain-gut axis (BGA) and its end effectors, mast cells (MC). We previously showed that cold pressor stress test (CPT) results in increased activation and degranulation (but not increased proliferation) of mucosal MC, mitochondrial damage to epithelial cells and mucosal protein oxidation in both healthy controls and IBD patients. These changes are more marked in IBD patients. This increased activation of MC in IBD could be due to (i) greater activation of the BGA or (ii) inherited or acquired abnormalities in mucosal MC. In the current study we investigated the latter possibility. METHODS To assess the effects of stress on mucosal MC in patients with IBD, seven controls and 15 subjects with inactive IBD underwent 5 consecutive days of CPT to activate the BGA. Endoscopic mucosal biopsies of the distal sigmoid colon were taken during unprepared sigmoidoscopy before the first CPT and after the last CPT, and formalin-fixed samples were stained for both MC granules (MCg) and for the c-kit receptor, which is present on MC membranes (MCm). Mast cell degranulation was assessed using electron microscopy. RESULTS Mast cell granule staining suggested that IBD subjects do not have a significantly different number of MC compared with controls, either before or after stress. Mast cell membrane staining, in contrast, suggested that MC c-kit immunostaining was significantly reduced - at both baseline (P = 0.01) and post stress (P = 0.04) samples - in IBD patients compared to controls. MC c-kit immunostaining was independent of stress-induced MC degranulation. There was no significant change in MC number as a result of the stress intervention using either staining method in both groups. CONCLUSION These data support our previous report that the size of the mucosal MC population in patients with inactive IBD is not altered by disease or by stress, yet MC in IBD are different (fewer c-kit receptors) and respond differently (greater activation) than MC in control subjects. It remains to be seen whether this abnormality is an inherited or acquired one and to identify its role and mechanism in tissue injury in the pathogenesis of IBD.
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- Ashkan Farhadi
- Section of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, and Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, relapsing condition involving complex interactions between genes and the environment. The mechanisms triggering the initial attack and relapses, however, are not well understood. In the past several years the enteric nervous system (ENS) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of IBD. Both the ENS and the central nervous system (CNS) can amplify or modulate aspects of intestinal inflammation through secretion of neuropeptides that serve as a link between the ENS and CNS. Neuropeptides are defined as any peptide released from the nervous system that serves as an intercellular signaling molecule. Neuropeptides thought to play a potentially key role in IBD include substance P, corticotropin-releasing hormone, neurotensin, vasoactive intestinal peptide, mu-opioid receptor agonists, and galanin. This review focuses on the role of these neuropeptides in the pathophysiology of IBD and discusses the cell types and mechanisms involved in this process. The available evidence that neuropeptide blockade may be considered a therapeutic approach in both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis will also be discussed.
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- Kara J Gross
- Gastrointestinal Neuropeptide Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Zbánková S, Bryndová J, Leden P, Kment M, Svec A, Pácha J. 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 and 2 expression in colon from patients with ulcerative colitis. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2007; 22:1019-23. [PMID: 17608848 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04529.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11betaHSD) is an enzyme responsible for the interconversion of active 11beta-hydroxysteroids (cortisol) into biologically inactive 11-oxosteroids (cortisone). The isoform 11betaHSD1 operates predominantly as a reductase converting cortisone to cortisol, whereas 11betaHSD2 catalyzes oxidation of cortisol to cortisone. This mechanism of peripheral metabolism of glucocorticoids has been suggested to be involved in increasing the availability of anti- inflammatory glucocorticoids as a response to inflammatory stimuli. The aim of this study therefore was to investigate the impact of inflammatory bowel disease on the expression of colonic 11betaHSD1 and 11betaHSD2. METHODS Quantitative real-time RT-PCR was used to assess messenger RNA for 11betaHSD1 and 11betaHSD2 in bioptic samples taken from patients with ulcerative colitis and in healthy controls, and in colon of rats with colitis induced by dextran sulfate sodium (DSS). Rat colonic fragments were used for assessment of local metabolism of glucocorticoids. RESULTS In both human and rat specimens colitis up-regulated the expression of colonic 11betaHSD1 mRNA and down-regulated 11betaHSD2 mRNA. A similar pattern was observed at the level of local metabolism of corticosterone. Oxidation of corticosterone to 11-dehydrocorticosterone was decreased and reduction of 11-dehydrocorticosterone to corticosterone was increased in colonic tissue of rats with DSS-colitis. CONCLUSIONS Colonic inflammation induces local glucocorticoid activation via 11betaHSD1 and impairs glucocorticoid inactivation via 11betaHSD2. The observed changes indicate a role for local metabolism of glucocorticoids in the control of colonic inflammation.
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- Sárka Zbánková
- Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Hernandez J, Lackner A, Aye P, Mukherjee K, Tweardy DJ, Mastrangelo MA, Weinstock J, Griffiths J, D'Souza M, Dixit S, Robinson P. Substance P is responsible for physiological alterations such as increased chloride ion secretion and glucose malabsorption in cryptosporidiosis. Infect Immun 2006; 75:1137-43. [PMID: 17158891 PMCID: PMC1828596 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01738-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cryptosporidiosis, caused by the protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium, causes self-limited diarrhea in immunocompetent hosts and severe life-threatening diarrhea in AIDS patients. Highly active antiretroviral therapy has been used to effectively treat cryptosporiosis in some but not all AIDS patients. Therefore, there is an urgent need for innovative drugs to treat this disease. Cryptosporidium infection results in intestinal pathophysiological changes such as glucose malabsorption, increased chloride ion (Cl(-)) secretion, and epithelial barrier disruption, leading to disease pathogenesis. In order to develop tools to combat this opportunistic pathogen, it is vital to understand mediators involved in disease pathogenesis. Substance P (SP), a neuropeptide and pain transmitter, is located in the gastrointestinal tract. SP can cause Cl(-) secretion in human gastrointestinal explants. However, its role in cryptosporidiosis has not been fully studied. Jejunal samples from macaques before and after Cryptosporidium parvum infection were assayed for SP and SP receptor mRNA and protein levels by reverse transcription-PCR and by immunohistochemistry and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, respectively. The role of SP in pathophysiological alterations, such as Cl(-) secretion and glucose malabsorption, was studied using tissues derived from macaques infected with C. parvum by the Ussing chamber technique. SP and SP receptor mRNA and protein expression levels were increased in jejunal samples following C. parvum infection and were accompanied by increased basal ion secretion and glucose malabsorption. In vitro treatment of samples obtained from infected macaques with the SP receptor antagonist aprepitant (Emend; Merck, Whitehouse Station, NJ) completely reversed the increase in basal ion secretion and corrected the glucose malabsorption. Our findings raise the possibility of using SP receptor antagonists for the treatment of symptoms associated with cryptosporidiosis.
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- Julio Hernandez
- Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, One Baylor Plaza, Rm. 535EB, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Joos S, Wildau N, Kohnen R, Szecsenyi J, Schuppan D, Willich SN, Hahn EG, Brinkhaus B. Acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment of ulcerative colitis: a randomized controlled study. Scand J Gastroenterol 2006; 41:1056-63. [PMID: 16938719 DOI: 10.1080/00365520600580688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Acupuncture has traditionally been used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease in China and is increasingly applied in Western countries. The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment of active ulcerative colitis (UC). MATERIAL AND METHODS In a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial 29 patients with mild to moderately active UC (mean age 37.8 +/- 12.0 years) were randomly assigned to receive either traditional acupuncture and moxa (TCM group, n = 15), or sham acupuncture consisting of superficial needling at non-acupuncture points (control group, CG, n = 14). All patients were treated in 10 sessions over a period of 5 weeks and followed-up for 16 weeks. The main outcome measure was the change in the Colitis Activity Index (CAI) after treatment; secondary outcome measures were changes in quality of life, general well-being and serum markers of inflammation. RESULTS In the TCM group, the CAI decreased from 8.0 (+/- 3.7) to 4.2 (+/- 2.4) points and in the control group from 6.5 (+/- 3.4) to 4.8 (+/- 3.9) points (TCM versus CG: p = 0.048). In both groups these changes were associated with significant improvements in general well-being (TCM group: from 3.0 (+/- 1.8) to 1.8 (+/- 1.0); CG: from 3.2 (+/- 1.9) to 2.2 (+/- 1.7)) and quality of life (TCM group: from 146 (+/- 23) to 182 (+/- 18); CG: from 157 (+/- 20) to 183 (+/- 23)). No significant differences between the TCM and CG were found regarding these secondary outcome measures. CONCLUSIONS Differences in efficacy between traditional acupuncture and sham acupuncture were small and significant only for CAI as the main outcome measure. Both traditional and sham acupuncture seem to offer an additional therapeutic benefit in patients with mild to moderately active UC.
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- Stefanie Joos
- Department of Medicine I, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
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Farhadi A, Keshavarzian A, Van de Kar LD, Jakate S, Domm A, Zhang L, Shaikh M, Banan A, Fields JZ. Heightened responses to stressors in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Gastroenterol 2005; 100:1796-804. [PMID: 16086717 DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50071.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Several studies suggest that stressful situations (stressors) worsen the course of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but the mechanism is not known. Based on several lines of evidence, we hypothesized that psychosocial stress activates the brain-gut axis (BGA) and mucosal mast cells (MC), and activated MC produce proinflammatory cytokines. To test this hypothesis, we determined whether stressor-induced activation of BGA is exaggerated in IBD patients. METHODS Stress was induced in 15 IBD patients who were in remission (inactive IBD) and in seven controls by a widely used stressor, the cold pressor test (CPT), daily for five consecutive days. Induction of stress was confirmed objectively by measurement of stress hormones (serum cortisol and ACTH), and hemodynamic parameters and subjectively by questionnaire. Activation of the BGA by this stressor was assessed by evaluating colonic mucosal MC histology and degranulation, using electron microscopy (EM). The effects of the stressor on the intestinal mucosa were assessed by changes in inflammatory cell histology, epithelial mitochondria (EM), and oxidative tissue injury (assays for protein oxidation). RESULTS In both study groups, the stressor resulted in (1) increased levels of stress hormones, (2) the expected changes in hemodynamic parameters, (3) activation and degranulation of MC, (4) mitochondrial damage to epithelial cells, and (5) mucosal protein oxidation. These changes were more marked in IBD patients. CONCLUSIONS The heightened response to the stressors and the greater epithelial damage in IBD patients suggests that stress-induced activation of the BGA and of mucosal MC is important in the initiation and/or flare up of IBD.
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- Ashkan Farhadi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
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Well-documented central nervous system changes during colitis suggest possible alterations of blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, yet the integrity of the BBB has not been fully evaluated in experimental colitis. Our aim was to investigate whether trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid (TNBS) colitis was associated with an increase in the permeability of the BBB. Sprague-Dawley rats were given an intracolonic injection of saline or TNBS and studied 1, 2, 3, 7 and 21 days after treatment. The extravasation of endogenous immunoglobulin G, a large molecule, was not altered at any time after TNBS treatment. In contrast, significant increases in the BBB leakage of sodium fluorescein, a much smaller molecule, were observed 1 and 2 days after the induction of colitis, in and around the circumventricular organs; the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis, subfornical organ and median eminence of the hypothalamus. TNBS-treated rats also exhibited sodium fluorescein leakage in focal areas in the brain parenchyma. The expression of endothelial barrier antigen, a protein associated with the BBB, was reduced about 60% 48 h after the induction of colitis. This returned to control values by 3 weeks, when colitis had largely subsided. In conclusion, experimental colitis transiently increased permeability of the brain to small molecules through a mild disruption of the BBB.
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- S S Natah
- Institute for Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Cakir B, Bozkurt A, Ercan F, Yeğen BC. The anti-inflammatory effect of leptin on experimental colitis: involvement of endogenous glucocorticoids. Peptides 2004; 25:95-104. [PMID: 15003361 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2003.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2003] [Revised: 11/14/2003] [Accepted: 11/14/2003] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The present study was designed to compare the effect of leptin on acute colonic inflammation with that of acute stress exposure, which acts via the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Sprague-Dawley rats of both sexes were administered intrarectally with acetic acid. Either leptin (10 microg/kg; i.p.) or saline was injected immediately before and 6 h after the induction of colitis. A group of rats was exposed to water avoidance stress (WAS) for 30 min at the 6th h of colitis induction. RU-486 (2 mg/kg; i.p.), a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, was injected intraperitoneally, at 12 and 1 h before the initial leptin injection, and at 1 h before the second leptin injection or exposure to WAS. Rats were decapitated at 24 h and the distal 8 cm of the colon were removed for macroscopic and microscopic scoring, determination of tissue wet weight index (WI) and tissue myeloperoxidase activity (MPO). Acetic acid-induced colitis significantly increased macroscopic and microscopic damage scores, WI and MPO, compared to control group. Exposure to acute WAS or treatment with leptin reduced the elevations in damage scores, WI and MPO induced by colitis, but no additive inhibitory effect was observed when WAS and leptin were applied together. RU-486 treatment reversed the inhibitory effects of leptin or WAS on colonic inflammation. Our results demonstrate that exogenous leptin mimics the effects of HPA axis activation on colitis-induced inflammatory process. The results also suggest that the anti-inflammatory effect of leptin involves a tissue neutrophil-dependent mechanism and is dependent on the release of glucocorticoids.
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- Bariş Cakir
- Department of Physiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Haydarpasa 34668, Istanbul, Turkey
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The treatment of children and families affected by pediatric IBD requires an awareness of the diverse psychobiologic effects of the disorder over the course of child, adolescent [53], and adult development [52]. Optimal treatment requires careful coordination of various medical, educational, and rehabilitative services and concerned, empathetic, continuity of care by knowledgeable clinicians [4]. In many cases, this care must also include individual psychotherapeutic work with affected youngsters at crucial junctures to help deal with the social and psychological stresses of IBD, as well supportive casework for parents and siblings.
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- Robert A King
- Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, 230 South Frontage Road, Post Office Box 207900, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
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Kojima K, Naruse Y, Iijima N, Wakabayashi N, Mitsufuji S, Ibata Y, Tanaka M. HPA-axis responses during experimental colitis in the rat. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2002; 282:R1348-55. [PMID: 11959675 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00260.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We investigated the responses of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis during experimental colitis induced by intracolonic administration of 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid in the rat. On days 3 and 7 after induction of colitis, the corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) mRNA level in the parvocellular paraventricular nucleus (pPVN) of the hypothalamus was reduced, the plasma ACTH level remained at the basal level, and the plasma corticosterone (Cort) level was high. Induction of colitis on day 3 after adrenalectomy with Cort pellet replacement (ADX + Cort) resulted in a marked increase in CRH mRNA on day 7 after induction of colitis compared with noncolitic ADX + Cort animals. Pair feeding to match the food intake of the colitic animals resulted in no significant change in CRH mRNA in the pPVN, plasma ACTH, and Cort compared with healthy control animals. These findings indicated that CRH mRNA expression in the pPVN was inhibited by glucocorticoid feedback during this experimental colitis, and the decrease in food intake during colitis was not simply responsible for the expression of CRH mRNA. It is inferred that the HPA axis including the CRH level in the pPVN is altered in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
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- Kensaku Kojima
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-0841, Japan
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Anton PM, Theodorou V, Fioramonti J, Bueno L. Chronic low-level administration of diquat increases the nociceptive response to gastric distension in rats: role of mast cells and tachykinin receptor activation. Pain 2001; 92:219-27. [PMID: 11323143 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3959(01)00257-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Dietary factors can modulate visceral sensitivity and are suggested to interact with neuroimmune pathways. To determine whether daily low-level exposure to a food contaminant (diquat) alters sensitivity to gastric distension (GD) and the role of mast cells and tachykinin receptors activation, two series of experiments were conducted in eight groups of eight male Wistar rats (200-250 g) receiving daily doses of either diquat (0.1 mg/kg per day orally) or water for 21 days. In the first series, rats were sacrificed at the end of treatments and the gastric mucosal mast cell (MMC) number was histologically quantified. In the second series, after 21 days of treatment the cardiovascular depressor (CVD) response and corresponding gastric volumes were recorded under GD (from 10 to 40 mmHg). Doxantrazole (5 mg/kg intraperitoneally (i.p.)), a mast cell stabilizer, and SR 140333 (1 mg/kg i.p.) and MEN 11420 (0.1 mg/kg intravenously), respectively NK1 and NK2 receptor antagonists, were administered before GD. Before and after GD, blood samples were taken to measure blood histamine and the gastric MMC number was determined after sacrifice. Diquat treatment increased the MMC number. In diquat-treated rats, GD increased the CVD response and blood histamine level and induced MMC degranulation. Doxantrazole did not modify the hypersensitivity to GD but prevented mast cell degranulation. Both NK1 and NK2 receptor antagonists blocked the enhanced CVD response induced by diquat and prevented mast cell degranulation. None of the drugs had any effect in control animals. Prolonged exposure to a food contaminant at doses possibly found in food increases gastric sensitivity to distension, activates tachykinin receptors and results in MMC degranulation after GD.
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- P M Anton
- Neuro-Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, INRA, 180 chemin de Tournefeuille, BP3, 31931 Cedex 09, Toulouse, France
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Shrikhande SV, Friess H, di Mola FF, Tempia-Caliera A, Conejo Garcia JR, Zhu Z, Zimmermann A, Büchler MW. NK-1 receptor gene expression is related to pain in chronic pancreatitis. Pain 2001; 91:209-217. [PMID: 11275376 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3959(00)00436-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Recent theories of pathogenesis of pain in chronic pancreatitis (CP) are neuroimmune interactions of intrapancreatic nerves and inflammatory cells and increase in levels of pain neurotransmitters such as substance P (SP). This study analyzed the expression and localization of neurokinin 1 receptor (NK-1R), which binds SP, and its association with pain and inflammation in CP. Pancreatic tissues from 31 patients (22 males, nine females; mean age 45.9+/-9.4 years) with CP were evaluated. Nine normal pancreases (five males, four females; mean age 42.9+/-9.5 years) served as controls. Quantitative PCR was used to determine the NK-1R mRNA expression levels and in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry were used to localize expression sites of NK-1R mRNA and protein, respectively. We also analyzed whether an association exists between NK-1R mRNA expression and pain and inflammation. In CP samples, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry localized NK-1R mRNA expression and protein mainly in the nerves, ganglia, blood vessels, inflammatory cells and occasionally in fibroblasts. In patients with mild to moderate and strong intensity of pain, NK-1R mRNA levels were increased 14- and 30-fold over controls, respectively. There was a significant relationship between NK-1R mRNA levels and intensity of pain (r=0.46, P=0.03), NK-1R mRNA and the frequency of pain (r=0.51, P=0.04), and NK-1 mRNA and duration of pain (r=0.46, P=0.01) in CP patients, but not with the degree of tissue inflammation. NK-1R signaling may be involved in the pain syndrome of CP. The expression of NK-1R in inflammatory cells and blood vessels also points to an interaction of immunoreactive substance P nerves, inflammatory cells and blood vessels, and further supports the existence of a neuroimmune interaction that probably influences the pain syndrome and chronic inflammatory changes so characteristic of CP.
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- Shailesh V Shrikhande
- Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
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Rothrock NE, Lutgendorf SK, Kreder KJ, Ratliff T, Zimmerman B. Stress and symptoms in patients with interstitial cystitis: a life stress model. Urology 2001; 57:422-7. [PMID: 11248609 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(00)00988-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Objectives. Stress-related exacerbation of interstitial cystitis (IC) symptoms has frequently been reported. Previous research has found stress-related IC symptom exacerbation in an experimental model. However, this relationship has not been objectively examined with daily life stressors. We used a prospective daily symptom diary method to investigate the relationships among stress and bladder symptoms in patients with IC and age-matched healthy controls.Methods. Forty-five previously diagnosed female patients with IC completed a bladder symptom and stress diary nightly for 1 month; 31 female age-matched healthy controls completed a similar diary for 7 days. The symptom questions were modified from the Interstitial Cystitis Data Base study.Results. Patients reported greater mean daily stress, bladder pain, urgency, and daytime and nocturnal frequency than controls (all P values less than 0.001). Among all patients, a significant relationship between stress and urgency was observed. In addition, a significant relationship between stress and pain was observed among patients with moderate and severe disease. As the disease severity increased, more pronounced relationships between stress and the symptoms of urgency and pain were evidenced. Greater stress was associated with greater nocturnal frequency among patients with more severe disease. These stress-symptom relationships were not observed among the controls.Conclusions. Higher levels of stress were related to greater pain and urgency in patients with IC but not in the controls. In addition, the relationship of stress and these IC symptoms was stronger among patients with more severe disease. The results indicate that life stress is associated with greater IC symptoms, particularly among patients whose disease is not well controlled.
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- N E Rothrock
- Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Substance P is considered to be an important neuropeptide in nociceptive processes. Although substance P was described more than 60 years ago, there is still controversy about its exact role in nociception. This article reviews the current knowledge about the function of substance P in pain. Special emphasis is put on how to use this knowledge in the development of new ways to treat pain.
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- D G Snijdelaar
- Department of Anesthesiology/Pain Center, University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Hypnotherapy for crohn's disease. A promising complementary/alternative therapy. INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE : INTEGRATING CONVENTIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2000; 2:127-131. [PMID: 10882886 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-2190(00)00005-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Crohn's disease is a nonspecific chronic syndrome of unknown origin for which, to date, no conventional (i.e., medical or surgical) cure exists. However, recent clinical case studies and anecdotal reports have shown that the use of different forms of hypnotherapy for the treatment of Crohn's have actually resulted in cures. This report reviews and compares the effectiveness of hypnotherapy in the treatment of Crohn's disease vis-a-vis current medical and surgical therapies, in addition to reviewing evidence of the modulation of immune function parameters by hypnosis, while providing support for current etiological hypotheses of Crohn's disease as an autoimmune disorder.
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Toulouse M, Coelho AM, Fioramonti J, Lecci A, Maggi C, Buéno L. Role of tachykinin NK2 receptors in normal and altered rectal sensitivity in rats. Br J Pharmacol 2000; 129:193-9. [PMID: 10694220 PMCID: PMC1621135 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Irritable bowel syndrome is characterized by visceral hyperalgesia commonly associated with stress and inflammatory processes. We investigated the role of tachykinin NK2 receptors in the ability of trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid (TNBS) and stress to enhance the sensitivity of the rat rectum to distension using a selective tachykinin NK2 receptor antagonist (MEN 11420). Rats were fitted with electrodes implanted in the striated muscles of the abdomen. Rectal distension (RD) was performed with a balloon inflated by steps of 0.4 ml from 0 to 1.6 ml. Five groups were submitted to RD performed 3 days before and after intrarectal instillation of TNBS. Fifteen minutes before RD, rats were treated with saline or MEN 11420 (5 - 100 microg kg(-1) i.v.). Two other groups, submitted to 2 h restraint or sham stress sessions were randomly treated i.v. with saline or MEN 11420 (10 - 200 microg kg(-1)) prior to RD applied 20 min later. The basal response to RD was characterized by a significant increase in the number of abdominal contractions. This response occurred with a threshold volume of 0.8 ml and was dose-dependently reduced by MEN 11420 (5 - 100 microg kg(-1) i.v.). Rectal inflammation lowered the volume of distension producing abdominal contractions to 0.4 ml (allodynia). This effect was either reduced or suppressed by MEN 11420. A similar allodynia was observed after a stress session and this effect was reduced (49%) or suppressed by MEN 11420 at 200 and 100 microg kg(-1), respectively. Tachykinin NK2 receptors are involved in rectal hypersensitivity associated with inflammation and stress. British Journal of Pharmacology (2000) 129, 193 - 199
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- M Toulouse
- Department of Pharmacology, INRA, France. Menarini Ricerche SpA., Florence, Italy
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Million M, Taché Y, Anton P. Susceptibility of Lewis and Fischer rats to stress-induced worsening of TNB-colitis: protective role of brain CRF. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 276:G1027-36. [PMID: 10198347 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1999.276.4.g1027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We assessed the role of central corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in stress-induced worsening of colitis in inbred rat strains with hypo (Lewis/N) and hyper (Fischer344/N) CRF responses to stress. Intracolonic administration of 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNB) induced colitis of similar severity in both strains as assessed on day 7 by macroscopic scoring, histological evaluation, tissue myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, and decrease in food intake and body weight. Colitis was inhibited by daily intracerebroventricular injections of CRF in both strains. Chronic stress (3 h/day, water avoidance or wrap restraint on alternate days for 6 days) aggravated colitis more in Lewis than Fischer rats (71 and 22% further increase in MPO activity, respectively). The CRF antagonist astressin injected intracerebroventricularly enhanced the colitis response to stress and caused mortality in both strains. Fischer rats had higher plasma corticosterone levels 20 min after stress alone on day 1 and after TNB plus stress on days 1 and 3 compared with Lewis. These data show that central CRF restrains the proinflammatory action of stress in experimental colitis.
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- M Million
- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA.
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