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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 266: G856-G862, 1994;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 266, Issue 5 856-G862, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Structural and molecular changes in intestinal smooth muscle induced by Trichinella spiralis infection

N. W. Weisbrodt, M. Lai, R. L. Bowers, Y. Harari and G. A. Castro
Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77225.

Infection with Trichinella spiralis in the rat causes altered intestinal motility and jejunal smooth muscle contractility by day 6 postinoculation. The purpose of this study was to determine structural and molecular changes in the smooth muscle that could account for the functional changes that have been reported. By day 6 postinoculation, there was an increase in thickness of both muscle layers of the jejunum. This increase in mass was accompanied by an increase in total protein content of the seromuscular tissues. When specific proteins were analyzed, increases in actin and myosin heavy chain contents were found. On the other hand, there was no increase in collagen content. Alterations in gene expression at the pretranslational level were determined by monitoring total RNA and the proportion of mRNA that codes for alpha-smooth muscle actin. There was an increase in both parameters in longitudinal muscle from the jejunum of infected animals. The increase appeared to be site selective because there were no increases in either parameter in longitudinal muscle of the distal intestine. These results indicate that pretranslational upregulation of gene expression for actin isoforms occurs in smooth muscle of the proximal but not distal intestine during the early enteric phase of infection with T. spiralis. Thus the altered smooth muscle contractility that has been reported in experimental trichinosis may be related in part to an increased expression of smooth muscle protein.


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