In vivo changes in the intestinal reflexes and the response to CCK in the inflamed small intestine of the rat

2000 ◽  
Vol 279 (3) ◽  
pp. G543-G551 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Torrents ◽  
P. Vergara
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Motor Activity ◽  
Intestinal Inflammation ◽  
Trichinella Spiralis ◽  
Motor Responses ◽  
Morphological Alterations ◽  
Functional Changes ◽  
Residual Response ◽  
Abnormal Motor

Functional motor changes and morphological alterations have been associated with intestinal inflammation. The aim of our study was to evaluate functional alterations of intestinal reflexes and of the responses to CCK in the Trichinella spiralis model of intestinal inflammation. Rats were prepared with strain gauges and electrodes in the small intestine to evaluate spontaneous motor activity, the ascending contraction of the peristaltic reflex, and the motor responses to CCK-8 infusion. Infected animals showed increased motor activity at the duodenum and jejunum but not at the ileum. Ascending contraction was increased in both duodenum and ileum. Ascending excitation after Nω-nitro-l-arginine was still increased as well as the residual response after atropine. Response to CCK-8 during intestinal inflammation was changed in the jejunum, in which it turned from the inhibition shown in healthy animals to excitation. NADPH-diaphorase staining did not show any changes between distribution and density of positive neurons in either healthy or infected animals. In conclusion, intestinal inflammation induces functional changes in the motor activity that could explain the abnormal motor responses observed in inflammatory disorders.

Blast cell activity in mice inflected with Hymenolepis nana, H. diminuta and Trichinella spiralis: in vivo uptake of 125IUdR in lymphoid tissues and gut

1986 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Gabriele ◽  
A. R. Ecca ◽  
D. Wakelin ◽  
C. Palmas
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Trichinella Spiralis ◽  
Cell Activity ◽  
Close Correlation ◽  
Blast Cell ◽  
Lymphoid Tissues ◽  
Hymenolepis Nana ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Dose Dependent

ABSTRACTThe kinetics of the lymphoblast response in mice during the course of a primary infection with Hymenolepis nana was measured by the in vivo uptake of 125IUdR. The response was most marked in tissues local to the site of infection, involving to nodes draining the small intestine but not other areas, e.g., inguinal lymph nodes. A close correlation between these responses and the course of inflection was observed. Uptake of 125IUdR was greatest in the mesenteric lymph node (MLN) but the peak reached in this organ was later than that in Peyer's patches (PP), small intestine (SI) and spleen (S). The increase in lymphoblast activity of the MLN was similar with Trichinella spiralis; no significant blast cell response to inflection with H. diminuta was found till day 9 after injection, the results being similar to those obtained when H. nana inflections were established using cysticercoids rather than eggs. It has been shown that the increase in lymphoblast activity was closely correlated with the presence of cells which are most effective in adoptive transfer immunity. A dose-dependent effect was detected in blast cell activity of MLN in different inflection levels with T. spiralis and H. nana.

Neural isolation of the entire canine stomach in vivo: effects on motility

1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (1) ◽  
pp. G30-G40 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Van Lier Ribbink ◽  
M. G. Sarr ◽  
M. Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Motor Activity ◽  
Motor Pattern ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Myoelectric Activity ◽  
Motor Patterns ◽  
Gastric Motor Activity ◽  
Plasma Motilin ◽  
In Vivo Effects

This study was designed to determine the effects of transection of all extrinsic and enteric neural continuity to the entire stomach on motility patterns of the stomach and small intestine. Five dogs were subjected to a model of orthotopic autotransplantation of the stomach to achieve an in vivo, "neurally isolated" stomach. Manometric catheters and serosal electrodes were implanted. A cyclic motor pattern occurred during fasting and was closely coordinated temporally with the migrating motor complex (MMC) in the small bowel. The period of the cyclic gastric motor activity did not differ from the period of the MMC in the small intestine [121 +/- 8 vs 124 +/- 10 (means +/- SE) min, P = 0.4], but the periods of both were greater than in control dogs (93 +/- 5 min, P less than 0.05). Tachygastria accounted for 36 +/- 13% of fasting myoelectric activity in the neurally isolated dogs and for less than 1% in control dogs. Plasma concentration of motilin was greatest during the phase III-like gastric motor activity; exogenous motilin induced premature phase III-like activity in the stomach and small intestine. Feeding abolished the cyclic motor activity in the stomach and decreased plasma motilin concentration. These data suggest that hormonal factors, and not extrinsic or intrinsic neural continuity to the stomach, may control both the initiation of a cyclic interdigestive gastric motor pattern and its temporal coordination with motor patterns in the small intestine.

PepT1-mediated fMLP transport induces intestinal inflammation in vivo

2002 ◽  
Vol 283 (6) ◽  
pp. C1795-C1800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Buyse ◽  
Annick Tsocas ◽  
Francine Walker ◽  
Didier Merlin ◽  
Andre Bado
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Histological Analysis ◽  
Intestinal Inflammation ◽  
In Vitro Study ◽  
Peptide Transporter ◽  
Rat Colon ◽  
Membrane Transporter ◽  
Rat Small Intestine

In the present study, the effect of H+/peptide transporter (PepT1)-mediated N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) transport on inflammation in vivo in the rat small intestine, which expresses high PepT1 levels, and in the rat colon, which does not express PepT1, were investigated using myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity and histological analysis. We found that 10 μM fMLP perfusion in the jejunum for 4 h significantly increased MPO activity and altered the architecture of jejunal villi. In contrast, 10 μM fMLP perfusion in the colon for 4 h did not induce any inflammation. In addition, we have shown that 50 mM Gly-Gly alone did not affect basal MPO activity but completely inhibited the MPO activity induced by 10 μM fMLP in the jejunum. Together, these experiments demonstrate that 1) the differential expression of PepT1 between the small intestine and the colon plays an important role in epithelial-neutrophil interactions and 2) the inhibition of fMLP uptake by jejunal epithelial cells (expressing PepT1) reduces the neutrophil ability to move across the epithelium, in agreement with our previously published in vitro study. This report constitutes the first in vivo study showing the implication of a membrane transporter (PepT1) in intestinal inflammation.

scholarly journals Models of intestinal infection by Salmonella enterica: introduction of a new neonate mouse model

F1000Research ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 1498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Schulte ◽  
Michael Hensel
Keyword(s):  
Animal Model ◽  
Small Intestine ◽  
Salmonella Enterica ◽  
Intestinal Inflammation ◽  
Foodborne Pathogen ◽  
Small Animal ◽  
Host Pathogen Interaction ◽  
Host Pathogen

Salmonella entericaserovar Typhimurium is a foodborne pathogen causing inflammatory disease in the intestine following diarrhea and is responsible for thousands of deaths worldwide. Manyin vitroinvestigations using cell culture models are available, but these do not represent the real natural environment present in the intestine of infected hosts. Severalin vivoanimal models have been used to study the host-pathogen interaction and to unravel the immune responses and cellular processes occurring during infection. An animal model forSalmonella-induced intestinal inflammation relies on the pretreatment of mice with streptomycin. This model is of great importance but still shows limitations to investigate the host-pathogen interaction in the small intestinein vivo. Here, we review the use of mouse models forSalmonellainfections and focus on a new small animal model using 1-day-old neonate mice. The neonate model enables researchers to observe infection of both the small and large intestine, thereby offering perspectives for new experimental approaches, as well as to analyze theSalmonella-enterocyte interaction in the small intestinein vivo.

scholarly journals Differential activating effects of thyrotropin-releasing hormone and its analog taltirelin on motor output to the tongue musculature in vivo

SLEEP ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Ying Liu ◽  
Hattie Liu ◽  
Jasmin Aggarwal ◽  
Zhi-Li Huang ◽  
Richard L Horner
Keyword(s):  
Motor Activity ◽  
Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone ◽  
In Vivo Studies ◽  
Respiratory Disorder ◽  
Motor Responses ◽  
Releasing Hormone ◽  
Motoneuron Pool ◽  
Obstructive Sleep ◽  
Hypoglossal Motoneuron

Abstract Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) is produced by the hypothalamus but most brain TRH is located elsewhere where it acts as a neuromodulator. TRH-positive neurons project to the hypoglossal motoneuron pool where TRH receptor RNA shows a high degree of differential expression compared with the rest of the brain. Strategies to modulate hypoglossal motor activity are of physiological and clinical interest given the potential for pharmacotherapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a common and serious respiratory disorder. Here, we identified the effects on tongue motor activity of TRH and a specific analog (taltirelin) applied locally to the hypoglossal motoneuron pool and systemically in vivo. Studies were performed under isoflurane anesthesia and across sleep–wake states in rats. In anesthetized rats, microperfusion of TRH (n = 8) or taltirelin (n = 9) into the hypoglossal motoneuron pool caused dose-dependent increases in tonic and phasic tongue motor activity (both p < 0.001). However, the motor responses to TRH were biphasic, being significantly larger “early” in the response versus at the end of the intervention (p ≤ 0.022). In contrast, responses to taltirelin were similar “early” versus “late” (p ≥ 0.107); i.e. once elicited, the motor responses to taltirelin were sustained and maintained. In freely behaving conscious rats (n = 10), microperfusion of 10 μM taltirelin into the hypoglossal motoneuron pool increased tonic and phasic tongue motor activity in non-rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep (p ≤ 0.038). Intraperitoneal injection of taltirelin (1 mg/kg, n = 16 rats) also increased tonic tongue motor activity across sleep–wake states (p = 0.010). These findings inform the studies in humans to identify the potential beneficial effects of taltirelin for breathing during sleep and OSA.

Beneficial effects of Saccharomyces cerevisiae RC016 in weaned piglets: in vivo and ex vivo analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.R. Garcia ◽  
C.A. Dogi ◽  
V.L. Poloni ◽  
A.S. Fochesato ◽  
A. De Moreno de Leblanc ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Small Intestine ◽  
Yeast Strain ◽  
Intestinal Inflammation ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Goblet Cells ◽  
Feed Additives ◽  
Weaned Piglets ◽  
Ex Vivo Model

Probiotics represents an alternative to replace antibiotics as growth promoters in animal feed and are able to control enteric bacterial diseases and to improve gut immunity. Saccharomyces cerevisiae RC016 showed previously inhibition/coagregation of pathogens) and mycotoxins adsorbent ability (aflatoxin B1, ochratoxin A and zearalenone). The aim of this work was to evaluate beneficial properties of S. cerevisiae RC016 in a non-inflammatory in vivo model in weaned piglets and in an intestinal inflammation ex vivo model induced by the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON). Secretory immunoglobulin A (s-IgA) levels, intestinal cytokines, goblet cells and production parameters were evaluated in a pig model. For the in vivo assays, twelve pigs were weaned at 21 days and assigned to two groups: Control (n=6) and Yeast (n=6). Animals received yeast strain for three weeks. After 22 days the small intestine was recovered for determination of goblet cells and s-IgA. For the ex vivo assay, jejunal explants were obtained from 5 weeks old crossbred piglets and treated as follow: (1) control; (2) treated for 3 h with 10 μM DON used as an inflammatory stressor; (3) incubated with 107 cfu/ml yeast strain; (4) pre-incubated 1 h with 107 cfu/ml yeast strain and then treated for 3 h with 10 μM DON. CCL20, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-8 and IL-22 gene expression was determined by qPCR. Oral administration of S. cerevisiae RC016 increased s-IgA, the number of goblet cells in small intestine and all the growth parameters measured. In the ex vivo model, the cytokine profile studied showed a potential anti-inflammatory effect of the administration of the yeast. In conclusion, S. cerevisiae RC016 is a promising candidate for feed additives formulation to improve animal growth and gut immune system. This yeast strain could be able to improve the gut health through counteracting the weaning-associated intestinal inflammation in piglets.

Neural control of jejunal and ileal motility and transmural potential difference in the ferret

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverley Greenwood ◽  
N. W. Read
Keyword(s):  
Motor Activity ◽  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Neural Control ◽  
Contractile Activity ◽  
Potential Difference ◽  
Motor Responses ◽  
Sympathetic Control ◽  
Long Latency ◽  
Ileal Motility

The aim of the present study was to examine the vagal control of motor activity and transmural potential difference in the anaesthetized ferret jejunum and ileum in vivo. The data suggest that in the jejunum fluctuations in transmural potential difference occur secondary to spontaneous bursts of contractions and both are controlled by activity in the vagus nerve. However, in the ileum, spontaneous contractile activity and transmural potential difference are not under the tonic influence of the vagus nerve, although transmural potential difference may be under tonic sympathetic control. Furthermore, it appears that vagally induced motor activity and transmural potential difference responses are independent phenomena. Finally the changes in transmural potential difference and the long latency motor responses to vagal nerve stimulation in the small intestine of the ferret are mediated at least in part by noncholinergic transmitters.

The protease phenotype and crystalline nature of the granules of intraepithelial mast cells in Trichinella spiralis-infected mice

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 818-819
Author(s):  
D.S. Friend ◽  
N. Ghildyal ◽  
M.F. Gurish ◽  
K.F. Austen ◽  
R.L. Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Lamina Propria ◽  
Trichinella Spiralis ◽  
Intestinal Epithelial ◽  
Carboxypeptidase A ◽  
C3h Mice ◽  
Granule Morphology ◽  
Crystalline Nature

Trichinella spiralis induces a profound mastocytosis and eosinophilia in the small intestine of the infected mouse. Mouse mast cells (MC) store in their granules various combinations of at least five chymotryptic chymases [designated mouse MC protease (mMCP) 1 to 5], two tryptic proteases designated mMCP-6 and mMCP-7 and an exopeptidase, carboxypeptidase A (mMC-CPA). Using antipeptide, protease -specific antibodies to these MC granule proteases, immunohistochemistry was done to determine the distribution, number and protease phenotype of the MCs in the small intestine and spleen 10 to >60 days after Trichinella infection of BALB/c and C3H mice. TEM was performed to evaluate the granule morphology of the MCs between intestinal epithelial cells and in the lamina propria (mucosal MCs) and in the submucosa, muscle and serosa of the intestine (submucosal MCs).As noted in the table below, the number of submucosal MCs remained constant throughout the study. In contrast, on day 14, the number of MCs in the mucosa increased ~25 fold. Increased numbers of MCs were observed between epithelial cells in the mucosal crypts, in the lamina propria and to a lesser extent, between epithelial cells of the intestinal villi.

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