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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 271: G605-G612, 1996;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 271, Issue 4 605-G612, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Superior mesenteric artery blood flow and indomethacin-induced intestinal injury and inflammation

H. D. Battarbee, M. B. Grisham, G. G. Johnson and J. H. Zavecz
Department of Physiology, Louisiana State, University Medical Center 71130-3932, USA.

Intestinal injury caused by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with increased mucosal permeability, microvascular injury, focal intravascular thrombus formation, fibrin deposition, and neutrophil infiltration. Ulcerations and adhesions are also prominent feature of this injury. Although NSAID-induced inhibition of prostaglandin formation has been suggested to produce ischemic injury and inflammation, no studies have directly assessed intestinal blood flow in experimental NSAID-induced enteropathy. This study tested the hypothesis that indomethacin-induced small bowel injury and inflammation result from intestinal ischemia. With the use of pulsed Doppler flowmetry, superior mesenteric artery blood flow was continuously monitored in conscious rats after doses of indomethacin known to promote acute and then chronic small bowel inflammation (7.5 mg/kg, 2 sc doses spaced 24 h apart). After 72 h, rats were anesthetized and a section of small bowel was removed for histology and intestinal myeloperoxidase activity measurements. Mean arterial blood pressure was not affected until 32 h after indomethacin, when it decreased 20% (P < 0.05) to P < 0.01). Sustained blood flow changes first occurred at 20 h, when an increase of 15% (P < 0.01) was observed, whereas flow resistance decreased. Flow resistance continued to decrease for the remainder of the 72-h period, and there was an accompanying blood flow increase to +40% (P < 0.05 to P < 0.01). Intestinal ulcers developed in 86% of indomethacin-treated rats. Adhesions, dilation, and thickening of the distal jejunum and proximal ileum were observed in most indomethacin-treated rats. Histological grading of intestinal injury yielded scores of 7.1 +/- 1.2 and zero for indomethacin-treated and vehicle-injected rats, respectively (P < 0.01). Myeloperoxidase activity was greater in indomethacin-treated rats (6.7 +/- 1.9 vs. 1.8 +/- 0.3 U/cm, P < 0.05). These results suggest that indomethacin-induced enteropathy is associated with an increase, not a decrease, in superior mesenteric artery blood flow. Therefore, ischemia dose not appear to be a mechanism by which subcutaneous indomethacin administration produces small intestinal injury and inflammation.


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