Abstract / Description of output
Background: Studies in rodents and humans have demonstrated that intestinal manipulation or surgical trauma initiates an inflammatory response in the intestine which results in leukocyte recruitment to the muscularis externa causing smooth muscle dysfunction.
Objectives: To examine the intestinal inflammatory response in horses undergoing colic surgery by measuring relative differential gene expression in intestinal tissues harvested from surgical colic cases and control horses.
Study design: Prospective case-control study
Methods: Mucosa and muscularis externa was harvested from healthy margins of horses undergoing small intestinal resection during colic surgery (n=12) and from intestine derived from control horses euthanised for reasons unrelated to the gastrointestinal tract (n=6). Tissue was analysed for genes encoding proteins involved in the inflammatory response: interleukin (IL) 6 and IL1β, C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2), tumour necrosis factor (TNF), prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2) and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO1). Relative expression of these genes was compared between the two groups. Further analysis was applied to the colic cases to determine whether the magnitude of relative gene expression was associated with the subsequent development of postoperative reflux (POR)
Results: Samples obtained from the colic cases had increased relative expression of IL1β, IL6, CCL2 and TNF in the mucosa and muscularis externa when compared to the control group. There was no difference in relative gene expression between proximal and distal resection margins. Duration of colic, age, resection length, short term survival and the presence of preoperative reflux had no effect on relative gene expression. Horses that developed POR had significantly greater relative gene expression of TNF in the mucosa compared to horses that did not develop POR.
Main limitations: Small sample size per group and variation within the colic cases
Conclusions: These preliminary data support an upregulation of inflammatory genes in the intestine of horses undergoing colic surgery.
Objectives: To examine the intestinal inflammatory response in horses undergoing colic surgery by measuring relative differential gene expression in intestinal tissues harvested from surgical colic cases and control horses.
Study design: Prospective case-control study
Methods: Mucosa and muscularis externa was harvested from healthy margins of horses undergoing small intestinal resection during colic surgery (n=12) and from intestine derived from control horses euthanised for reasons unrelated to the gastrointestinal tract (n=6). Tissue was analysed for genes encoding proteins involved in the inflammatory response: interleukin (IL) 6 and IL1β, C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2), tumour necrosis factor (TNF), prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2) and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO1). Relative expression of these genes was compared between the two groups. Further analysis was applied to the colic cases to determine whether the magnitude of relative gene expression was associated with the subsequent development of postoperative reflux (POR)
Results: Samples obtained from the colic cases had increased relative expression of IL1β, IL6, CCL2 and TNF in the mucosa and muscularis externa when compared to the control group. There was no difference in relative gene expression between proximal and distal resection margins. Duration of colic, age, resection length, short term survival and the presence of preoperative reflux had no effect on relative gene expression. Horses that developed POR had significantly greater relative gene expression of TNF in the mucosa compared to horses that did not develop POR.
Main limitations: Small sample size per group and variation within the colic cases
Conclusions: These preliminary data support an upregulation of inflammatory genes in the intestine of horses undergoing colic surgery.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Equine Veterinary Journal |
| Early online date | 1 Feb 2021 |
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| Publication status | Published - 10 Mar 2021 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- horse
- colic
- inflammation
- macrophage
- gastrointestinal
- surgery