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Supplementation of total parenteral nutrition with butyrate acutely increases structural aspects of intestinal adaptation after an 80% jejunoileal resection in neonatal piglets.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15291402     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Supplementation of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) with a mixture of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) enhances intestinal adaptation in the adult rodent model. However, the ability and timing of SCFA to augment adaptation in the neonatal intestine is unknown. Furthermore, the specific SCFA inducing the intestinotrophic effects and underlying regulatory mechanism(s) are unclear. Therefore, we examined the effect of SCFA supplemented TPN on structural aspects of intestinal adaptation and hypothesized that butyrate is the SCFA responsible for these effects. METHODS: Piglets (n = 120) were randomized to (1) control TPN or TPN supplemented with (2) 60 mmol/L SCFA (36 mmol/L acetate, 15 mmol/L propionate and 9 mmol/L butyrate), (3) 9 mmol/L butyrate, or (4) 60 mmol/L butyrate. Within each group, piglets were further randomized to examine acute (4, 12, or 24 hours) and chronic (3 or 7 days) adaptations. Indices of intestinal adaptation, including crypt-villus architecture, proliferation and apoptosis, and concentration of the intestinotrophic peptide, glucagon-like pepide-2 (GLP-2), were measured. RESULTS: Villus height was increased (p < .029) within 4 hours by supplemented TPN treatments. Supplemented TPN treatments increased (p < .037) proliferating cell nuclear antigen expression along the entire intestine. Indicative of an antiapoptotic profile, jejunal Bax:Bcl-w abundance was decreased (p = .033) by both butyrate-supplemented TPN treatments, and ileal abundance was decreased (p = .0002) by all supplemented TPN treatments, regardless of time. Supplemented TPN treatments increased (p = .016) plasma GLP-2 concentration at all time points. CONCLUSIONS: Butyrate is the SCFA responsible for augmenting structural aspects of intestinal adaptations by increasing proliferation and decreasing apoptosis within 4 hours postresection. The intestinotrophic mechanism(s) underlying butyrate's effects may involve GLP-2. Ultimately, butyrate administration may enable an infant with short-bowel syndrome to successfully transition to enteral feedings by maximizing their absorptive area.
Authors:
Anne L Bartholome; David M Albin; David H Baker; Jens J Holst; Kelly A Tappenden
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition     Volume:  28     ISSN:  0148-6071     ISO Abbreviation:  JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr     Publication Date:    2004 Jul-Aug
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-08-04     Completed Date:  2005-03-24     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7804134     Medline TA:  JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  210-22; discussion 222-3     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adaptation, Physiological / drug effects*
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Apoptosis / drug effects
Butyrates / administration & dosage,  pharmacology*
Cell Division / drug effects
Disease Models, Animal
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Fatty Acids, Volatile / administration & dosage,  pharmacology
Glucagon-Like Peptide 2
Glucagon-Like Peptides
Humans
Ileum / metabolism,  pathology,  physiology,  surgery
Intestinal Absorption / drug effects
Intestines / drug effects,  physiology*,  surgery
Jejunum / metabolism,  pathology,  physiology,  surgery
Parenteral Nutrition, Total*
Peptides / blood,  metabolism*
Random Allocation
Short Bowel Syndrome / therapy*
Swine
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 DK 57682/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Butyrates; 0/Fatty Acids, Volatile; 0/Glucagon-Like Peptide 2; 0/Peptides; 62340-29-8/Glucagon-Like Peptides

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