Unique dietary-related mouse model of colitis

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Background: A high-fat diet is a risk factor for the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in humans. Deoxycholate (DOC) is increased in the colonic contents in response to a high-fat diet. Thus, an elevated level of DOC in the colonic lumen may play a role in the natural course of development of IBD. Methods: Wild-type B6.129 mice were fed an AIN-93G diet, either supplemented with 0.2% DOC or unsupplemented and sacrificed at 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 4 months, and 8 months. Colon samples were assessed by histopathological, immunohistochemical, and cDNA microarray analyses. Results: Mice fed the DOC-supplemented diet developed focal areas of colonic inflammation associated with increases in angiogenesis, nitrosative stress, DNA/RNA damage, and proliferation. Genes that play a central role in inflammation and angiogenesis and other related processes such as epithelial barrier function, oxidative stress, apoptosis, cell proliferation/cell cycle/DNA repair, membrane transport, and the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway showed altered expression in the DOC-fed mice compared with the control mice. Changes in expression of individual genes (increases or reductions) correlated over time. These changes were greatest 1 month after the start of DOC feeding. Conclusions: The results suggest that exposure of the colonic mucosa to DOC may be a key etiologic factor in IBD. The DOC-fed mouse model may reflect the natural course of development of colitis/IBD in humans, and thus may be useful for determining new preventive strategies and lifestyle changes in affected individuals. Copyright © 2006 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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Bernstein, H., Holubec, H., Bernstein, C., Ignatenko, N., Gerner, E., Dvorak, K., … Payne, C. M. (2006). Unique dietary-related mouse model of colitis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 12(4), 278–293. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.MIB.0000209789.14114.63

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