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Is Crohn's creeping fat an adipose tissue?
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PMID:  20684014     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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BACKGROUND: In human pathology, the "creeping fat" (CF) of the mesentery is unique to Crohn's disease (CD). CF is usually referred to as an ectopic extension of mesenteric adipose tissue (MAT). However, since no animal model developing CF has ever been established, very little is known about this type of fat-depot expansion and its role in the development of the disease.
METHODS: We developed and standardized an experimental protocol in mice that reproducibly induces CF development when a severe colonic inflammation is obtained by intracolonic instillation of DNBS.
RESULTS: Macro-microscopic observations revealed a fatty appearance of CF. Yet when compared to MAT from the same animals, CF contains very little triglycerides, few adipocytes, and we observed a very low expression and protein levels of both adipose markers (hormone-sensitive lipase, perilipin) and adipocytokines (leptin, adiponectin). The decreased expression of perilipin in CF was also observed by immunohistochemistry. Conversely, the expression of proinflammatory and fibrous markers (Pref-1) was much higher in CF than in MAT. These observations were fully consistent with those made on CF recovered from five CD patients and compared with subcutaneous and mesenteric fat from the same patients.
CONCLUSIONS: Altogether, this work reports an original experimental mice model of CF. In this model we establish for the first time that CF only occurs in severe colonic inflammation and shows an inflammatory, fibrous but not an adipose pattern. (Inflamm Bowel Dis 2011).
Authors:
Isabelle Olivier; Vassilia Théodorou; Philippe Valet; Isabelle Castan-Laurell; Hervé Guillou; Justine Bertrand-Michel; Christel Cartier; Valérie Bezirard; Robert Ducroc; Jean-Pierre Segain; Guillaume Portier; Sylvain Kirzin; Jacques Moreau; Jean-Pierre Duffas; Laurent Ferrier; Hélène Eutamène
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Inflammatory bowel diseases     Volume:  17     ISSN:  1536-4844     ISO Abbreviation:  Inflamm. Bowel Dis.     Publication Date:  2011 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-02-14     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9508162     Medline TA:  Inflamm Bowel Dis     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  747-57     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2010 Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc.
Affiliation:
INRA, UMR 1054, Neuro-Gastroenterology & Nutrition Unit, Toulouse, France.
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