AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 272, Issue 1 84-G91, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Stress-induced enhancement of colitis in rats: CRF and arginine vasopressin are not involved

M. Gue, C. Bonbonne, J. Fioramonti, J. More, C. Del Rio-Lacheze, C. Comera and L. Bueno
Institut de Recherches Jouveinal, Fresnes, France.

Because exacerbation of colitis seems to be associated with stress, we proposed evaluating the influence of stress and the involvement of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) on experimental colitis in rats. Partial restraint stress was applied during 4 consecutive days, before or after intracolonic 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNB) instillation (15 mg) in rats. Finally, two groups of rats were centrally injected with alpha-helical CRF-(9-41) (5 micrograms) or AVP antagonist (5 micrograms) before each session of stress. Stress was applied before or right after TNB enhanced colitis, with an increase in macroscopic and histological scores and myeloperoxidase activity, alpha-Helical CRF-(9-41) or AVP antagonist had no effect on TNB-induced colitis but enhanced the effects of stress on colitis. These results show that stress may exacerbate experimental colitis in rats and that CRF and AVP are not responsible for this effect.

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