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- Title
Intra-Amniotic Administration—An Emerging Method to Investigate Necrotizing Enterocolitis, In Vivo (Gallus gallus).
- Authors
Kolba, Nikolai; Cheng, Jacquelyn; Jackson, Cydney D.; Tako, Elad
- Abstract
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a severe gastrointestinal disease in premature infants and a leading cause of death in neonates (1–7% in the US). NEC is caused by opportunistic bacteria, which cause gut dysbiosis and inflammation and ultimately result in intestinal necrosis. Previous studies have utilized the rodent and pig models to mimic NEC, whereas the current study uses the in vivo (Gallus gallus) intra-amniotic administration approach to investigate NEC. On incubation day 17, broiler chicken (Gallus gallus) viable embryos were injected intra-amniotically with 1 mL dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) in H2O. Four treatment groups (0.1%, 0.25%, 0.5%, and 0.75% DSS) and two controls (H2O/non-injected controls) were administered. We observed a significant increase in intestinal permeability and negative intestinal morphological changes, specifically, decreased villus surface area and goblet cell diameter in the 0.50% and 0.75% DSS groups. Furthermore, there was a significant increase in pathogenic bacterial (E. coli spp. and Klebsiella spp.) abundances in the 0.75% DSS group compared to the control groups, demonstrating cecal microbiota dysbiosis. These results demonstrate significant physiopathology of NEC and negative bacterial–host interactions within a premature gastrointestinal system. Our present study demonstrates a novel model of NEC through intra-amniotic administration to study the effects of NEC on intestinal functionality, morphology, and gut microbiota in vivo.
- Subjects
NEONATAL necrotizing enterocolitis; STATISTICS; POULTRY; IN vivo studies; ANALYSIS of variance; ANIMAL experimentation; PERMEABILITY; GUT microbiome; TREATMENT effectiveness; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DATA analysis software; DATA analysis; DEXTRAN; INTESTINES; DISEASE complications; FETUS
- Publication
Nutrients, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 22, p4795
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu14224795