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Synbiotics administration leads to attenuated mucosal inflammatory neutrophil infiltration and increased hematocrit in experimental ulcerative colitis.

TitleSynbiotics administration leads to attenuated mucosal inflammatory neutrophil infiltration and increased hematocrit in experimental ulcerative colitis.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsVarnalidis, I., Ioannidis O., Papadopoulou A., Poutahidis T., Taitzoglou I., Ampas Z., Chatzakis C., Galanos-Demiris K., Mantzoros I., Pramateftakis M. George, Kotidis E., Angelopoulos S., Botsios D., & Tsalis K.
JournalCir Cir
Volume88
Issue4
Pagination410-419
Date Published2020
ISSN2444-054X
Abstract

Objective: The objective of the study was to estimate the effects of synbiotics on laboratory, macroscopic, and histopathologic features in dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) experimental colitis.
Materials and methods: A total of 40 Wistar rats received 5% of DSS in their drinking water for 8 days to induce ulcerative colitis (UC). Eight rats were sacrificed to confirm the presence of UC. The remaining rats were randomly assigned to two groups: the synbiotics group, which received synbiotics once per day and the control group, which received tap water for another 8 days.
Results: On the 8 day of DSS administration animals developed UC with bloody diarrhea. In the majority of the hematologic variables studied (hemoglobin [HB], red blood cells, platelets, mean corpuscular volume, and mean corpuscular HB), in bodyweight and histopathologic colitis score there was no significant difference between groups. However, the synbiotics group, compared to control, presented a significantly greater colon length on the 4 day, significantly increased hematocrit (HT) on the 8 day, and a significantly decreased number of myeloperoxidase positive cells on the 8 day. Furthermore, there was a trend toward histopathological and clinical improvement.
Conclusions: Administration of synbiotics in the experimental UC results in an attenuation of mucosal inflammatory neutrophil infiltration and an increase in HT.

DOI10.24875/CIRU.20000084
Alternate JournalCir Cir
PubMed ID32567583

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