BACKGROUND: Corticosteroids are used as anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. We wanted to know whether dexamethasone (DEX) treatment could prevent dextran sulphate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice. METHODS: Acute colitis was induced after oral administration of 10% DSS for 2 days. Controls received normal tap water. Five days before and during DSS or tap water exposure half the group was treated with 0.06 mg/day DEX, and the other half received saline. After the mice had been killed, macroscopic observation and histologic evaluation were used to determine the degree of colonic inflammation. RESULTS: The macroscopic score was significantly increased in untreated DSS mice (P < 0.001). The induction of colitis was not prevented by DEX pretreatment (5.9 +/- 0.9 versus 4.2 +/- 0.6; NS). In addition, the macroscopic scores of DEX-treated controls were significantly increased (1.8 +/- 0.2 versus 0.7 +/- 0.2; P = 0.007), which suggests that DEX has a stimulating effect on colitis induction. The histology score was significantly increased in untreated DSS mice compared with controls (P = 0.016). Analogous to the macroscopic scoring results, the histology score of DEX-treated controls was significantly increased compared with untreated controls (P = 0.046). CONCLUSIONS: Pretreatment with dexamethasone did not prevent the induction of acute DSS colitis, reflected by both aggravated macroscopic and histologic inflammation scores.
BACKGROUND: Corticosteroids are used as anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. We wanted to know whether dexamethasone (DEX) treatment could prevent dextran sulphate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice. METHODS: Acute colitis was induced after oral administration of 10% DSS for 2 days. Controls received normal tap water. Five days before and during DSS or tap water exposure half the group was treated with 0.06 mg/day DEX, and the other half received saline. After the mice had been killed, macroscopic observation and histologic evaluation were used to determine the degree of colonic inflammation. RESULTS: The macroscopic score was significantly increased in untreated DSSmice (P < 0.001). The induction of colitis was not prevented by DEX pretreatment (5.9 +/- 0.9 versus 4.2 +/- 0.6; NS). In addition, the macroscopic scores of DEX-treated controls were significantly increased (1.8 +/- 0.2 versus 0.7 +/- 0.2; P = 0.007), which suggests that DEX has a stimulating effect on colitis induction. The histology score was significantly increased in untreated DSSmice compared with controls (P = 0.016). Analogous to the macroscopic scoring results, the histology score of DEX-treated controls was significantly increased compared with untreated controls (P = 0.046). CONCLUSIONS: Pretreatment with dexamethasone did not prevent the induction of acute DSS colitis, reflected by both aggravated macroscopic and histologic inflammation scores.
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