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Food allergy alters jejunal circular muscle contractility and induces local inflammatory cytokine expression in a mouse model
BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that food allergy causes a state of non-specific jejunal dysmotility. This was tested in a mouse model. METHODS: Balb/c mice were epicutaneously sensitized with ovalbumin and challenged with 10 intragastric ovalbumin administrations every second day. Smooth muscle contrac...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2689247/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19450258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-9-33 |
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author | Valeur, Jørgen Lappalainen, Jani Rita, Hannu Lin, Aung Htun Kovanen, Petri T Berstad, Arnold Eklund, Kari K Vaali, Kirsi |
author_facet | Valeur, Jørgen Lappalainen, Jani Rita, Hannu Lin, Aung Htun Kovanen, Petri T Berstad, Arnold Eklund, Kari K Vaali, Kirsi |
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description | BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that food allergy causes a state of non-specific jejunal dysmotility. This was tested in a mouse model. METHODS: Balb/c mice were epicutaneously sensitized with ovalbumin and challenged with 10 intragastric ovalbumin administrations every second day. Smooth muscle contractility of isolated circular jejunal sections was studied in organ bath with increasing concentrations of carbamylcholine chloride (carbachol). Smooth muscle layer thickness and mast cell protease-1 (MMCP-1) positive cell density were assayed histologically. Serum MMCP-1 and immunoglobulins were quantified by ELISA, and mRNA expressions of IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-6 and TGFβ-1 from jejunal and ileal tissue segments were analyzed with quantitative real-time PCR. RESULTS: Ovalbumin-specific serum IgE correlated with jejunal MMCP-1(+ )cell density. In the allergic mice, higher concentrations of carbachol were required to reach submaximal muscular stimulation, particularly in preparations derived from mice with diarrhoea. Decreased sensitivity to carbachol was associated with increased expression of IL-4 and IL-6 mRNA in jejunum. Smooth muscle layer thickness, as well as mRNA of IFN-γ and TGF-β1 remained unchanged. CONCLUSION: In this mouse model of food allergy, we demonstrated a decreased response to a muscarinic agonist, and increased levels of proinflammatory IL-6 and Th2-related IL-4, but not Th1-related IFN-γ mRNAs in jejunum. IgE levels in serum correlated with the number of jejunal MMCP-1(+ )cells, and predicted diarrhoea. Overall, these changes may reflect a protective mechanism of the gut in food allergy. |
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spelling | pubmed-26892472009-06-02 Food allergy alters jejunal circular muscle contractility and induces local inflammatory cytokine expression in a mouse model Valeur, Jørgen Lappalainen, Jani Rita, Hannu Lin, Aung Htun Kovanen, Petri T Berstad, Arnold Eklund, Kari K Vaali, Kirsi BMC Gastroenterol Research Article BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that food allergy causes a state of non-specific jejunal dysmotility. This was tested in a mouse model. METHODS: Balb/c mice were epicutaneously sensitized with ovalbumin and challenged with 10 intragastric ovalbumin administrations every second day. Smooth muscle contractility of isolated circular jejunal sections was studied in organ bath with increasing concentrations of carbamylcholine chloride (carbachol). Smooth muscle layer thickness and mast cell protease-1 (MMCP-1) positive cell density were assayed histologically. Serum MMCP-1 and immunoglobulins were quantified by ELISA, and mRNA expressions of IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-6 and TGFβ-1 from jejunal and ileal tissue segments were analyzed with quantitative real-time PCR. RESULTS: Ovalbumin-specific serum IgE correlated with jejunal MMCP-1(+ )cell density. In the allergic mice, higher concentrations of carbachol were required to reach submaximal muscular stimulation, particularly in preparations derived from mice with diarrhoea. Decreased sensitivity to carbachol was associated with increased expression of IL-4 and IL-6 mRNA in jejunum. Smooth muscle layer thickness, as well as mRNA of IFN-γ and TGF-β1 remained unchanged. CONCLUSION: In this mouse model of food allergy, we demonstrated a decreased response to a muscarinic agonist, and increased levels of proinflammatory IL-6 and Th2-related IL-4, but not Th1-related IFN-γ mRNAs in jejunum. IgE levels in serum correlated with the number of jejunal MMCP-1(+ )cells, and predicted diarrhoea. Overall, these changes may reflect a protective mechanism of the gut in food allergy. BioMed Central 2009-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC2689247/ /pubmed/19450258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-9-33 Text en Copyright ©2009 Valeur et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Valeur, Jørgen Lappalainen, Jani Rita, Hannu Lin, Aung Htun Kovanen, Petri T Berstad, Arnold Eklund, Kari K Vaali, Kirsi Food allergy alters jejunal circular muscle contractility and induces local inflammatory cytokine expression in a mouse model |
title | Food allergy alters jejunal circular muscle contractility and induces local inflammatory cytokine expression in a mouse model |
title_full | Food allergy alters jejunal circular muscle contractility and induces local inflammatory cytokine expression in a mouse model |
title_fullStr | Food allergy alters jejunal circular muscle contractility and induces local inflammatory cytokine expression in a mouse model |
title_full_unstemmed | Food allergy alters jejunal circular muscle contractility and induces local inflammatory cytokine expression in a mouse model |
title_short | Food allergy alters jejunal circular muscle contractility and induces local inflammatory cytokine expression in a mouse model |
title_sort | food allergy alters jejunal circular muscle contractility and induces local inflammatory cytokine expression in a mouse model |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2689247/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19450258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-9-33 |
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