Melatonin reduces bacterial translocation and apoptosis in trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid-induced colitis of rats
Melatonin reduces bacterial translocation and apoptosis in trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid-induced colitis of rats作者机构:Department of Surgery Erciyes University School of Medicine Kayseri 38039 Turkey Department of Microbiology Erciyes University School of Medicine Kayseri 38039 Turkey Department of Pathology Erciyes University School of Medicine Kayseri 38039 Turkey Department of Biochemistry Erciyes University School of Medicine Kayseri 38039 Turkey
出 版 物:《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2008年第14卷第6期
页 面:918-924页
核心收录:
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含:心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学]
主 题:Melatonin Colitis Bacterial translocation Apoptosis
摘 要:AIM: To investigate the effects of exogenous melatonin on bacterial translocation and apoptosis in a rat ulcerati-ve colitis model. METHODS: Rats were randomly assigned to three groups: groupⅠ: control, group Ⅱ: experimental colitis, group Ⅲ: colitis plus melatonin treatment. On d 11 after colitis, plasma tumor necrosis factor-α, portal blood endotoxin levels, colon tissue myeloperoxidase and caspase-3 activity were measured. Bacterial translocation was quantified by blood, lymph node, liver and spleen culture. RESULTS: We observed a significantly reduced inciden-ce of bacterial translocation to the liver, spleen, mesen-teric lymph nodes, portal and systemic blood in animals treated with melatonin. Treatment with melatonin signifi-cantly decreased the caspase-3 activity in colonic tissues compared to that in trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid-trea-ted rats (16.11 ± 2.46 vs 32.97 ± 3.91, P 0.01). CONCLUSION: Melatonin has a protective effect on ba-cterial translocation and apoptosis.