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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 262: G278-G284, 1992;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 262, Issue 2 278-G284, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Yersinia enterocolitica enteritis affects rabbit intestinal longitudinal smooth muscle function

R. B. Scott and D. T. Tan
Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

To determine whether Yersinia enterocolitica (YE) enteritis has an effect on the biomechanical properties of intestinal smooth muscle, New Zealand White rabbits (600-900 g) were divided into an infected group (n = 9) and sham-infected animals fed ad libitum (n = 9), or pair fed with the infected group (n = 9). Animals were inoculated with 10(10) organisms of YE in 10 ml NaHCO3 (infected group) or 10 ml NaHCO3 (sham-infected control and pair-fed groups) at time 0. Daily food intake, weight gain, and YE excretion were noted. Six days later animals were killed and longitudinal smooth muscle strips prepared from proximal (P), medial (M), and distal (D) segments of intestine in each treatment group. Isometric tension was recorded in tissue baths perfused with oxygenated Krebs solution and 10(-6) M tetrodotoxin. Basal and active (the response to 10(-5) M carbachol) length-tension curves were generated. Then, with the muscle strips stretched to their optimum length for tension development, the dose response to carbachol and to graded depolarization with KCl was determined. Infected animals had a significantly reduced food intake and weight gain compared with controls. The development of basal tension with stretch was not significantly different in infected compared with control or pair-fed tissues from the same site.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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