Protective effect of probiotics on intestinal barrier function in malnourished rats after liver transplantation

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• 作者：Zhi-Gang Ren^a ; Hui Liu^b ; Jian-Wen Jiang^a ; Li Jiang^a ; Hui Chen^a ; Hai-Yang Xie^a ; Lin Zhou^a ; Shu-Sen Zheng^a ; ^{shusenzheng@zju.edu.cn}
• 关键词：liver transplantation ; probiotics ; intestinal microflora ; intestinal barrier function
• 刊名：Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：October 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：10
• 期：5
• 页码：489-496
• 全文大小：623 K

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Background

Most patients waiting for liver transplantation have end-stage liver diseases with malnutrition, which is prone to induce intestinal barrier dysfunction after liver transplantation. We aimed to study the effect of probiotics on intestinal barrier function in malnourished rats following liver transplantation with long-term antibiotics.

Methods

Twelve Lewis rats were selected as donors. Twelve BN rats, which served as recipients, were subjected to malnutrition by semi-starvation for 4? weeks. They were randomly divided into two groups: a control group which received phosphate-buffered saline and a probiotics group which received Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus. All recipients were injected with intramuscular imipenem and subcutaneous cyclosporine A. Furthermore, six normal BN rats without any drugs or operations served as a normal group. Eight days after operation, all rats were sacrificed for examination of the following parameters: serum levels of endotoxin and TNF-¦Á, bacterial translocation, intestinal microflora, ileocecal slgA, lymphocyte numbers, and phenotypes (CD4, CD8, ¦Á¦ÂTCR, ¦Ã¦ÄTCR) of Peyer's patches.

Results

In recipients subjected to malnutrition, weight decreased by 20 % and they survived until 8 days after operation. Compared with the normal group, all recipients on postoperative day 8 showed increased levels of serum endotoxin and TNF-¦Á as well as increased counts of translocated bacteria. Meanwhile, there were decreases in counts of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus in the ileocecum, slgA concentration, and lymphocytes of Peyer's patches. Moreover, partial alteration in lymphocyte phenotypes was evidenced by elevated ratios of CD8⁺ and ¦Ã¦ÄTCR⁺ lymphocytes. In contrast, compared to the control group, supplementation with probiotics reduced the levels of serum endotoxin, TNF-¦Á and bacterial translocation, increased the counts of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus, the concentration of slgA and lymphocytes of Peyer's patches, and also slightly restored the alteration of lymphocyte phenotypes.

Conclusion

Supplementation with probiotics including Bifidobac-terium and Lactobacillus promoted partial restoration of intestinal microflora and improved intestinal barrier function in malnourished rats after liver transplantation with long-term use of antibiotics.