Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug with corticosteroid induced acute gut injury and bacterial translocation in rat.
- Author:
Jeong Wook KIM
1
;
Woo Kyu JEON
;
Jae Hyuk DO
;
Sae Kyung CHANG
;
Eon Sub PARK
;
Joon Sup YEOM
;
Hyo Soon PARK
;
Eun Jeong KIM
;
Myong Suk SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug;
Bacterial translocation;
Small intestine;
Adverse effects
- MeSH:
Animals;
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal;
Atrophy;
Bacterial Load;
Bacterial Translocation*;
Body Weight;
Dexamethasone;
Diclofenac;
Hypoproteinemia;
Ileum;
Intestine, Large;
Intestine, Small;
Liver;
Lymph Nodes;
Permeability;
Rats*;
Spleen
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2005;68(4):369-377
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Use of corticosteroid appears to increase the risk of upper gastrosintestinal side effects associated with NSAIDs. But, there is no study for the effects of these drugs to NSAID induced small intestinal damage. Therefore, we examed the effects of corticosteroid to NSAID induced enteropathy and bacterial translocation. METHODS: Rat received no drug, NSAID alone (diclofenac 80 mg/kg per os), corticosteroid alone (dexamethasone 5 mg/kg intraperitoneal, 2 times) or NSAID with corticosteroid. Amounts of food intakes, body weight, intestinal permeability, enteric aerobic bacterial counts in small and large intestine, serum biochemical profiles, and pathologic findings of ileum were measured. Cultures of the mesenteric lymph nodes, as well as liver, spleen and systemic blood were taken. RESULTS: Diclofenac or dexamethasone alone administration caused gut barrier damage, enteric bacterial overgrowth and increased bacterial translocation. The supplements with dexamethasone increased NSAID induced gut barrier damage, villous atrophy, enteric bacterial overgrowth and bacterial translocation to mesenteric lymph nodes, liver, spleen and systemic blood. Also, these increased diclofenac induced body weight loss, but not hypoproteinemia. CONCLUSION: Corticosteroid increase NSAID induced body weight loss, gut barrier dysfunction, villous atrophy, enteric bacterial overgrowth and bacterial translocation in experimental animals.
