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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-31
pubmed:abstractText
It is unclear whether the broad inflammatory response shown in neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the cause or the effect of tissue injury. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) on intestinal dendritic, mononuclear, and epithelial cells recognize bacterial ligands and damaged tissues, thus activating the inflammatory response. The present study aimed to determine whether active TLR signaling would precede histological injury in NEC. Newborn rat pups were divided into four groups: dam fed, dam fed-hypoxic, formula fed, and formula fed-hypoxic (NEC). The ileal tissues were evaluated for NEC scores at 24, 48, 72, and 120 h. Quantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry were used to measure and localize intestinal TLRs. Cytokines were assessed by a multispot cytokine array. Among the four groups, ileal injury was seen only after 72 h of formula feeding and hypoxia. We found selective induction of mRNA levels in NEC compared with dam-fed controls for TLR2 > TLR4 > TLR1 = TLR3, TLR7, and TLR9 > TLR6 (P < 0.01); TLR5 was downregulated (P < 0.01). All TLR changes started at 48 h, before any histological evidence of NEC. Both Th1-type cytokines (IFN-gamma, IL-1beta, TNF-alpha, and KC/GRO) and Th2-type cytokines (IL-4, IL-5 and IL-13) were significantly increased in NEC but also in nondamaged formula-fed rat ileum. In conclusion, the intestinal expression of TLRs and cytokines precedes histological injury in the experimental NEC.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1522-1547
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
297
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
G442-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Anoxia, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Enterocolitis, Necrotizing, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Ileum, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Infant Formula, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Th1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Th2 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Toll-Like Receptors, pubmed-meshheading:19608731-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Changes in intestinal Toll-like receptors and cytokines precede histological injury in a rat model of necrotizing enterocolitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural