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Jejunal microvilli atrophy and reduced nutrient transport in rats with advanced liver cirrhosis: improvement by insulin-like growth factor I

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dc.creator Castilla-Cortázar, Inma
dc.creator Díaz-Casares, Amelia
dc.creator Varela-Nieto, Isabel
dc.creator González-Barón, Salvador
dc.date 2007-05-08T13:58:42Z
dc.date 2007-05-08T13:58:42Z
dc.date 2004-06-14
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T00:57:10Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T00:57:10Z
dc.identifier BMC Gastroenterology 4: 12 (2004)
dc.identifier 1471-230X
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/1424
dc.identifier 10.1186/1471-230X-4-12
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/1424
dc.description This is an Open Access article.
dc.description [Background]: Previous results have shown that in rats with non-ascitic cirrhosis there is an altered transport of sugars and amino acids associated with elongated microvilli. These alterations returned to normal with the administration of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I). The aims of this study were to explore the evolution of these alterations and analyse the effect of IGF-I in rats with advanced cirrhosis and ascites. Thus, jejunal structure and nutrient transport (D-galactose, L-leucine, L-proline, L-glutamic acid and L-cystine) were studied in rats with ascitic cirrhosis.
dc.description [Methods]: Advanced cirrhosis was induced by CCl4 inhalation and Phenobarbital administration for 30 weeks. Cirrhotic animals were divided into two groups which received IGF-I or saline during two weeks. Control group was studied in parallel. Jejunal microvilli were studied by electron microscopy. Nutrient transport was assessed in brush border membrane vesicles using 14C or 35S-labelled subtracts in the three experimental groups.
dc.description [Results]: Intestinal active Na+-dependent transport was significantly reduced in untreated cirrhotic rats. Kinetic studies showed a decreased Vmax and a reduced affinity for sugar and four amino acids transporters (expressed as an increased Kt) in the brush border membrane vesicles from untreated cirrhotic rats as compared with controls. Both parameters were normalised in the IGF-I-treated cirrhotic group. Electron microscopy showed elongation and fusion of microvilli with degenerative membrane lesions and/or notable atrophy.
dc.description [Conclusions]: The initial microvilli elongation reported in non ascitic cirrhosis develops into atrophy in rats with advanced cirrhosis and nutrient transports (monosaccharides and amino acids) are progressively reduced. Both morphological and functional alterations improved significantly with low doses of IGF-I.
dc.description The authors wish to express their gratitude to Dr. Bruce Scharschmidt, Chiron Company (USA) for generously granting the IGF-I used in this study.
dc.description Peer reviewed
dc.language eng
dc.publisher BioMed Central
dc.relation Publisher’s version
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-4-12
dc.rights openAccess
dc.title Jejunal microvilli atrophy and reduced nutrient transport in rats with advanced liver cirrhosis: improvement by insulin-like growth factor I
dc.type Artículo


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