PMID- 19214565 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090818 LR - 20211020 IS - 1432-2307 (Electronic) IS - 0945-6317 (Linking) VI - 454 IP - 4 DP - 2009 Apr TI - Apoptosis of interstitial cells of Cajal, smooth muscle cells, and enteric neurons induced by intestinal ischemia and reperfusion injury in adult guinea pigs. PG - 401-9 LID - 10.1007/s00428-009-0739-5 [doi] AB - This study aimed at evaluating whether apoptosis of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC), smooth muscle cells (SMC), and enteric neurons was involved in a guinea pig model of intestinal ischemia and reperfusion injury. The small intestinal segments were resected at either 6 (I60/R6h) and 12 h (I60/R12h) or 7 (I60/R7d) to 14 (I60/R14d) days after 60 min intestinal ischemia in the adult guinea pigs and studied by immunohistochemistry with anti-Kit, 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU), alpha-smooth muscle actin, vimentin, and beta-tublin III antibodies. Also, apoptosis was tested by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) method. In the I60/R12h injury, there was a approximately 50% decrease of Kit+ cells in cell numbers at the level of myenteric plexus and a number of Kit-/vimentin-positive cells were labeled by TUNEL. Also, a few SMC and enteric neurons were TUNEL positive. The Kit+ ICC recovered to normal and a number of Kit-/BrdU-double-positive cells were observed in the I60/R14d group. Our results indicated that the intestinal I/R injury could lead to apoptosis of ICC, SMC, and enteric neurons which may contribute to the gastrointestinal motility disorders, and proliferation was involved in the recovery of ICC. FAU - Mei, Feng AU - Mei F AD - Department of Histology and Embryology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China. thethirdmilitary@sohu.com FAU - Guo, Sheng AU - Guo S FAU - He, Yang-tao AU - He YT FAU - Zhu, Jiang AU - Zhu J FAU - Zhou, De-shan AU - Zhou DS FAU - Niu, Jian-qin AU - Niu JQ FAU - Wang, Han-zhi AU - Wang HZ FAU - Tian, Yan-ping AU - Tian YP LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090212 PL - Germany TA - Virchows Arch JT - Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology JID - 9423843 RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (Tubulin) RN - 0 (Vimentin) SB - IM MH - Actins/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/*physiology MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique MH - Guinea Pigs MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - In Situ Nick-End Labeling MH - Intestinal Diseases/metabolism/*pathology MH - Intestines/blood supply/innervation/pathology MH - Myenteric Plexus/metabolism/pathology MH - Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism/*pathology MH - Neurons/metabolism/*pathology MH - Reperfusion Injury/metabolism/*pathology MH - Tubulin/metabolism MH - Vimentin/metabolism EDAT- 2009/02/14 09:00 MHDA- 2009/08/19 09:00 CRDT- 2009/02/14 09:00 PHST- 2008/08/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/01/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/01/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/02/14 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/02/14 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/08/19 09:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s00428-009-0739-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Virchows Arch. 2009 Apr;454(4):401-9. doi: 10.1007/s00428-009-0739-5. Epub 2009 Feb 12.