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Effect of a glutamine-enriched diet on small bowel allograft during immunosuppressive therapy.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9290090     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The effect of an orally administered glutamine-enriched elemental diet was examined following orthotopic small bowel allotransplantation using Brown Norway rats as donors and Lewis rats as recipients. The recipients was treated with FK 506 and randomized to receive glutamine-free elemental enteral diet solution (glutamine-free group), glutamine-enriched elemental diet solution containing 7500 mg of glutamine per 100 g diet (glutamine-enriched group) or standard chow (chow group) ad libitum for 7 d. There were no histological changes due to resection. Weight loss in the glutamine-enriched group was significantly less than that of the chow group. Both plasma glutamine levels and the ratio of glutamine to total amino acids in the homogenate of the graft mucosa of the glutamine-enriched group were significantly higher than those of the glutamine-fee group. Villous height and crypt depth were significantly decreased in the glutamine-free group. The BrdU labeling index in the graft epithelium and alkaline phosphatase activity in the homogenate of the graft mucosa of the glutamine-enriched group were significantly higher than those of the glutamine-free group. Therefore, orally administered glutamine-enriched elemental diet appears to promote the regeneration and differentiation of the graft mucosa following small bowel allotransplantation.
Authors:
M Yagi; K Sakamoto; K Hasebe; H Ito; I Onishi; T Tani; T Hashimoto; K Shimizu; K Miwa
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)     Volume:  13     ISSN:  0899-9007     ISO Abbreviation:  Nutrition     Publication Date:  1997 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1997-12-17     Completed Date:  1997-12-17     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8802712     Medline TA:  Nutrition     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  778-82     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery II, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aging / metabolism
Alanine / analysis,  blood,  metabolism
Alkaline Phosphatase / analysis,  metabolism
Ammonia / analysis,  blood,  metabolism
Animals
Body Weight / drug effects,  physiology
Bromodeoxyuridine / analysis
Cell Division / physiology
Diet
Epithelial Cells / cytology,  drug effects
Glutamic Acid / blood,  metabolism
Glutamine / administration & dosage,  blood,  pharmacology*
Immunosuppression / methods*
Immunosuppressive Agents / pharmacology
Intestinal Mucosa / chemistry,  cytology,  drug effects
Intestine, Small / chemistry,  drug effects*,  transplantation*
Male
Microvilli / ultrastructure
Random Allocation
Rats
Rats, Inbred BN
Rats, Inbred Lew
Tacrolimus / pharmacology
Time Factors
Transplantation, Homologous
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Immunosuppressive Agents; 109581-93-3/Tacrolimus; 56-41-7/Alanine; 56-85-9/Glutamine; 56-86-0/Glutamic Acid; 59-14-3/Bromodeoxyuridine; 7664-41-7/Ammonia; EC 3.1.3.1/Alkaline Phosphatase

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