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Infiltration of Mast Cells in Rat Colon Is a Consequence of Ischemia/Reperfusion

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Intestinal ischemia as well as mastocytosis occur in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome. Our aim was to clarify how ischemia with reperfusion (I/R) affects the structure, enteric neurons, and immune cells in the colon. Rats were subjected to colon ischemia for 1 h and reperfused for 1 day up to 20 weeks; sham-operated rats were used as controls. No structural remodeling of the intestinal segment was detected after I/R. The number and distribution of eosinophils were not affected by I/R. Local areas containing numerous mast cells were detected in the muscle layers, the serosa, and in and around the myenteric ganglia 4–20 weeks post ischemia. It was notable that myenteric ganglionic formations within mast-cell-rich areas virtually lacked neurons. Mast cells were rarely found in controls. In conclusion, I/R of the colon attracts mast cells, and death of myenteric neurons occurs in such locations.

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Abbreviations

I/R:

Ischemia/reperfusion

IBD:

Inflammatory bowel disease

IBS:

Irritable bowel syndrome

VIP:

Vasoactive intestinal peptide

NOS:

Nitric oxide synthase

ICC:

Interstitial cells of Cajal

DMP:

Deep muscular plexus

DAB:

3,3′-Diaminobenzidine tetrahydrochloride

FITC:

Fluorescein isothiocyanate

EPO:

Eosinophilic peroxidase

IR:

Immunoreactive

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This work was supported by the Swedish Medical Research Council (Project No. K2005-72X-13406-06A), the Ihre and Crafoord Foundations, and the Royal Physiographic Society.

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    Elin Sand, Anna Themner-Persson & Eva Ekblad

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Sand, E., Themner-Persson, A. & Ekblad, E. Infiltration of Mast Cells in Rat Colon Is a Consequence of Ischemia/Reperfusion. Dig Dis Sci 53, 3158–3169 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-008-0279-x

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