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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
Acidified feeding formulas have been proposed as a method of controlling gastrointestinal colonization and nosocomial infection in critically ill patients. We examined possible mechanisms by which chronic acid water feeding might protect the host against lethal gut derived sepsis by assessing its effect on both local intestinal epithelial barrier function to bacteria as well as on local and systemic heat shock protein expression. Heat shock protein expression measured by immunoblot demonstrated that HSP25 was increased in the stomach, aorta and kidney of mice chronically fed acid water (8 weeks) compared to tap water fed controls. HSP72 expression was also increased in the aorta of mice drinking acid water. The protein content of cecum and its barrier function were enhanced in mice ingesting acidified water. The direct effect of an acid environment on intestinal epithelial barrier function was tested in cultured human intestinal epithelial cells. An acidified environment protected against bacterial mediated disruption of the intestinal epithelial barrier. Finally, the protective effect of chronic acid water feeding on gut-derived sepsis due to P. aeruginosa was tested in mice. Chronic acid water feeding protected mice from the lethal gut derived sepsis due to P. aeruginosa.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1466-531X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Aorta, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Caco-2 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Cecum, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Intestinal Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Pseudomonas Infections, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Pseudomonas aeruginosa, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Sepsis, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Stomach, pubmed-meshheading:16570696-Water
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic acid water feeding protects mice against lethal gut-derived sepsis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article