The role of selenium in intestinal motility and morphology in a murine model of Typanosoma cruzi infection.
The role of selenium in intestinal motility and morphology in a murine model of Typanosoma cruzi infection.
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DOI:
10.1007/s00436-010-1794-1
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发表时间:
2010-05
影响因子:
2
通讯作者:
Jelicks LA
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作者:
de Souza AP;Sieberg R;Li H;Cahill HR;Zhao D;Araújo-Jorge TC;Tanowitz HB;Jelicks LA
Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi causes mega-syndromes of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract in humans and animals. In the present study, we employed magnetic resonance imaging to non-invasively monitor the effect of selenium supplementation on alterations in the GI tract of T. cruzi-infected mice. CD1 mice infected with T. cruzi (Brazil strain) exhibited dilatation of the intestines similar to that we recently reported in infected C57Bl/6 mice. The average intestine lumen diameter increased by 65% and the increase was reduced to 29% in mice supplemented with 2 ppm selenium in the drinking water. When supplemented with 3 ppm selenium in chow the lumen diameter was also significantly reduced although the difference between the infected and infected supplemented mice was smaller. Intestinal motility in infected mice fed with selenium-enriched chow was increased compared with infected mice fed with normal unsupplemented chow and was not significantly different from intestinal motility in uninfected mice. We suggest that Se may be used to modulate the inflammatory, immunological, and/or antioxidant responses involved in intestinal disturbances caused by T. cruzi infection.
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