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Pretreatment with arginine preserves intestinal barrier integrity and reduces bacterial translocation in mice.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19660909     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of arginine on intestinal barrier integrity and bacterial translocation (BT) in mice undergoing intestinal obstruction. METHODS: Mice were divided into 3 groups, treated for 7 d before surgical intervention with isocaloric and isoprotein diets. The ARG group received a diet containing 2% arginine, the IO (intestinal obstruction) and Sham groups, standard chow diet. On the eighth day of treatment, all animals received diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) solution labeled with 99mTechnetium (99mTc-DTPA) by gavage for intestinal permeability analysis. After 90 min, the animals were anesthetized and the terminal ileum ligated. The Sham group only underwent laparotomy. After 4, 8, and 18 h, blood was collected for radioactivity determination. Samples of ileum were collected 18 h after surgery for histological analysis. In another set of animals, BT was evaluated. After 7 d of treatment, all animals received 10(8) CFU/mL of 99mTc-E.coli by gavage; 90 min later they were submitted to the surgical procedure described above. BT was determined by the uptake of 99mTc-E.coli in blood, mesenteric lymph nodes, liver, spleen, and lungs, assessed 18 h after the surgery. RESULTS: The intestinal permeability and BT were higher in the IO group when compared with the Sham group (P < 0.05). Arginine supplementation reduced intestinal permeability and BT to physiologic levels. Histological analysis showed mucosal ileum preservation in animals treated with arginine. CONCLUSION: Arginine was able to preserve barrier integrity, thus reducing BT.
Authors:
Mirelle L Viana; Rosana G C Santos; Simone V Generoso; Rosa M E Arantes; Maria Isabel T D Correia; Valbert N Cardoso
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-08-05
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)     Volume:  26     ISSN:  1873-1244     ISO Abbreviation:  Nutrition     Publication Date:  2010 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-03     Completed Date:  2010-05-27     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8802712     Medline TA:  Nutrition     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  218-23     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Programa de P?s Gradua??o em Ci?ncia de Alimentos, Faculdade de Farm?cia; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. mirellenut@yahoo.com.br
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Arginine / administration & dosage,  pharmacology*
Bacterial Translocation / drug effects*
Blood / drug effects,  microbiology
Diet
Escherichia coli / physiology*
Escherichia coli Infections / prevention & control
Ileum / drug effects,  microbiology,  pathology
Intestinal Mucosa / drug effects*,  microbiology,  pathology
Intestinal Obstruction*
Isotopes
Liver / drug effects,  microbiology
Lung / drug effects,  microbiology
Lymph Nodes / drug effects,  microbiology
Mice
Pentetic Acid
Permeability
Spleen / drug effects,  microbiology
Technetium / diagnostic use
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Isotopes; 67-43-6/Pentetic Acid; 74-79-3/Arginine; 7440-26-8/Technetium

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