Reconstruction-dependent recovery from anorexia and time-related recovery of regulatory ghrelin system in gastrectomized rats

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Gastrectomy reduces food intake and body weight (BW) hampering recovery of physical conditions. It also reduces plasma levels of stomach-derived orexigenic ghrelin. This study explored changes in orexigenic ghrelin system in rats receiving total gastrectomy with Billroth II (B-II) or Roux-en-Y (R-Y) method. Feeding and BW were reduced by gastrectomy and subsequently recovered to a greater extent with R-Y than B-II while plasma ghrelin decreased similarly. At postoperative 12th week, ghrelin contents increased in the duodenum and pancreas, plasma ghrelin levels increased upon fasting, and ghrelin injection promoted feeding but not in earlier periods. In summary, gastrectomized rats partially recover feeding and BW, in a reconstruction-dependent manner. At 12th week, ghrelin is upregulated in extra-stomach tissues, plasma ghrelin levels are physiologically regulated, and orexigenic effect of exogenous ghrelin is restored. This time-related recovery of ghrelin system may provide a strategy for promoting feeding, BW, and thereby physical conditions in gastrectomized patients. © 2010 Masaru Koizumi et al.

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Koizumi, M., Dezaki, K., Hosoda, H., Damdindorj, B., Sone, H., Ming, L., … Yada, T. (2010). Reconstruction-dependent recovery from anorexia and time-related recovery of regulatory ghrelin system in gastrectomized rats. International Journal of Peptides, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/365416

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