D J Weiss1, O A Evanson, B T Green, D R Brown. 1. Department of Veterinary PathoBiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To study the in vitro effects of cecal contents incubated with corn starch on colonic permeability in horses. ANIMALS: 4 healthy adult ponies. PROCEDURE: Mucosal specimens were obtained from the right ventral colon and mounted in Ussing chambers. Changes in short circuit current, conductance, and large-molecule permeability in response to addition of cecal contents and cecal contents incubated with corn starch were evaluated for 120 minutes. RESULTS: Incubation of cecal contents with corn starch for 8 hours resulted in a decrease in cecal content pH and an increase in lactic acid concentration. These changes were similar to those reported in vivo for ponies given corn starch. Exposure of colonic mucosa to cecal contents incubated with corn starch resulted in an increase in tissue conductance and permeability of technetium Tc 99m pentetate, compared with mucosa exposed to cecal contents alone. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: In vitro exposure of colonic mucosa to cecal contents incubated with starch resulted in increased paracellular permeability. Fermentation of excessive amounts of carbohydrate in the intestinal lumen of horses may directly induce increased intestinal permeability associated with carbohydrate-induced laminitis.
OBJECTIVES: To study the in vitro effects of cecal contents incubated with cornstarch on colonic permeability in horses. ANIMALS: 4 healthy adult ponies. PROCEDURE: Mucosal specimens were obtained from the right ventral colon and mounted in Ussing chambers. Changes in short circuit current, conductance, and large-molecule permeability in response to addition of cecal contents and cecal contents incubated with cornstarch were evaluated for 120 minutes. RESULTS: Incubation of cecal contents with cornstarch for 8 hours resulted in a decrease in cecal content pH and an increase in lactic acid concentration. These changes were similar to those reported in vivo for ponies given cornstarch. Exposure of colonic mucosa to cecal contents incubated with cornstarch resulted in an increase in tissue conductance and permeability of technetium Tc 99m pentetate, compared with mucosa exposed to cecal contents alone. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: In vitro exposure of colonic mucosa to cecal contents incubated with starch resulted in increased paracellular permeability. Fermentation of excessive amounts of carbohydrate in the intestinal lumen of horses may directly induce increased intestinal permeability associated with carbohydrate-induced laminitis.
Authors: Michael Hewetson; Monica Venner; Jan Volquardsen; Ben William Sykes; Gayle Davina Hallowell; Ingrid Vervuert; Geoffrey Theodore Fosgate; Riitta-Mari Tulamo Journal: Acta Vet Scand Date: 2018-04-13 Impact factor: 1.695