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MUCOSAL BIOLOGY

Rapid expansion of intestinal secretory lineages following a massive small bowel resection in mice

¹Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Departments of ²Pediatrics and ³Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Submitted 3 May 2006 ; accepted in final form 14 August 2006

Following massive small bowel resection (SBR) in mice, there are sustained increases in crypt depth and villus height, resulting in enhanced mucosal surface area. The early mechanisms responsible for resetting and sustaining this increase are presently not understood. We hypothesized that expansion of secretory lineages is an early and sustained component of the adaptive response. This was assessed in the ileum by quantitative morphometry at 12 h, 36 h, 7 days, and 28 days and by quantitative RT-PCR of marker mRNAs for proliferation and differentiated goblet, Paneth cell, and enterocyte genes at 12 h after 50% SBR or sham operation. As predicted, SBR elicited increases of both crypt and villus epithelial cells, which were sustained though the 28 days of the experiment. Significant increases in the overall number and percentage of both Paneth and goblet cells within intestinal epithelium occurred by 12 h and were sustained up to 28 days after SBR. The increases of goblet cells after SBR were initially observed within villi at 12 h, with marked increases occurring in crypts at 36 h and 7 days. Consistent with this finding, qRT-PCR demonstrated significant increases in the expression of mRNAs associated with proliferation (c-myc) and differentiated goblet cells (Tff3, Muc2) and Paneth cells (lysozyme), whereas mRNA associated with differentiated enterocytes (sucrase-isomaltase) remained unchanged. From these data, we speculate that early expansion of intestinal secretory lineages within the epithelium of the ileum occurs following SBR, possibly serving to amplify the signal responsible for initiating and sustaining intestinal adaptation.

intestinal adaptation; intestinal failure; Paneth cells; goblet cells

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