AJP - GI Track the topics, authors and articles important to you
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 279: G1323-G1332, 2000;
0193-1857/00 $5.00
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Web of Science (11)
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Yoo, D.
Right arrow Articles by Field, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Yoo, D.
Right arrow Articles by Field, M.
Vol. 279, Issue 6, G1323-G1332, December 2000

Interferon-gamma downregulates ion transport in murine small intestine cultured in vitro

Dongjin Yoo, Winson Lo, Stephen Goodman, Wasif Ali, Carol Semrad, and Michael Field

Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Departments of Medicine and Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032

Effects of IFN-gamma on mammalian small intestinal ion transport were studied in vitro using incubated sheets of murine small intestine in Ussing chambers. In oxygenated standard culture medium containing hydrocortisone and antibiotics, they maintained their short-circuit current (Isc) responses to glucose and theophylline for 48 h. Histological examination revealed a 50% diminution of villus height over 36 h but no change in crypts. Height was better maintained during a 36-h incubation of small intestine from SCID mice, suggesting a role for B or T lymphocytes in villus atrophy. Exposure of small intestine to 100 U/ml IFN-gamma for 36 h decreased basal Isc by 40% and Isc responses to glucose and theophylline by ~70%; at 1,000 U/ml for 36 h, IFN-gamma inhibited these Isc responses by 90%. An inhibitor of inducible NO synthase did not reverse these effects, suggesting that they are not mediated by NO. Tissue resistance, mucosal K+ content, and epithelial morphology were not affected. Ouabain-sensitive ATPase activity in homogenates was inhibited 60% by IFN-gamma (100 U/ml for 36 h). IFN-gamma inhibition of Isc responses to glucose and theophylline also occurred in SCID mouse small intestine. Thus murine small intestinal sheets can be maintained viable in vitro for at least 48 h, although villus blunting develops (but less so in SCID mouse small intestine). Also, prolonged exposure to IFN-gamma downregulates Na+-coupled glucose absorption, active Cl- secretion, and Na+-K+-ATPase activity, effects unlikely to be mediated by enhanced NO.

intestinal absorption; intestinal secretion; sodium transport; glucose transport; chloride transport; intestinal villus architecture; severe combined immunodeficiency disease mouse; organ culture


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol.Home page
D. L. Arvans, S. R. Vavricka, H. Ren, M. W. Musch, L. Kang, F. G. Rocha, A. Lucioni, J. R. Turner, J. Alverdy, and E. B. Chang
Luminal bacterial flora determines physiological expression of intestinal epithelial cytoprotective heat shock proteins 25 and 72
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, April 1, 2005; 288(4): G696 - G704.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Am. J. Physiol. Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol.Home page
T. Gray, R. Coakley, A. Hirsh, D. Thornton, S. Kirkham, J.-S. Koo, L. Burch, R. Boucher, and P. Nettesheim
Regulation of MUC5AC mucin secretion and airway surface liquid metabolism by IL-1{beta} in human bronchial epithelia
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, February 1, 2004; 286(2): L320 - L330.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol.Home page
L. S. Bertelsen, L. Eckmann, and K. E. Barrett
Prolonged interferon-{gamma} exposure decreases ion transport, NKCC1, and Na+-K+-ATPase expression in human intestinal xenografts in vivo
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, January 1, 2004; 286(1): G157 - G165.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Visit Other APS Journals Online