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- Title
Interleukin-10 is Differentially Expressed in the Small Intestine and the Colon Experiencing Chronic Inflammation and Ulcerative Colitis Induced by Dextran Sodium Sulfate in Young Pigs.
- Authors
LACKEYRAM, D.; YOUNG, D.; KIM, C. J.; YANG, C.; ARCHBOLD, T. L.; MINE, Y.; FAN, M. Z.
- Abstract
Intestinal inflammation induced with dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) is used to study acute or chronic ulcerative colitis in animal models. Decreased gut tissue anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 concentration and mRNA abundance are associated with the development of chronic bowel inflammation. Twelve piglets of 3 days old were fitted with an intragastric catheter and randomly allocated into control and DSS groups by administrating either sterile saline or 1.25 g of DSS/kg body weight (BW) in saline per day, respectively, for 10 days. Growth rate and food conversion efficiency were reduced (p<0.05) in the DSS piglets compared with the control group. Quantitative histopathological grading of inflammation in the jejunum and colon collectively showed that the DSS treatment resulted in 12 fold greater (p<0.05) inflammation severity scoring in the colon than in the jejunum, indicative of chronic ulcerative colitis in the colon. Upper gut permeability endpoint was 27.4 fold higher (p<0.05) in the DSS group compared with the control group. The DSS group had higher concentrations and mRNA abundances (p<0.05) of TNF-α and IL-6 in the jejunal and colonic tissues compared with the control group. Colonic concentration and mRNA abundance of IL-10 were reduced (p<0.05), however, jejunal IL-10 mRNA abundance was increased (p<0.05) in the DSS group compared with the control group. In conclusion, administration of DSS at 1.25 g/kg BW for 10 days respectively induced acute inflammation in the jejunum and chronic inflammation and ulcerative colitis in the colon with substantially decreased colonic concentration and mRNA abundance of IL-10 in the young pigs, mimicking the IL-10 expression pattern in humans associated with chronic bowel inflammation.
- Subjects
ULCERATIVE colitis; DEXTRAN sulfate; INTERLEUKIN-10; MESSENGER RNA; GENE expression
- Publication
Physiological Research, 2017, Vol 66, Issue 1, p147
- ISSN
0862-8408
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33549/physiolres.933259