PMID- 23219717 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140113 LR - 20181203 IS - 1532-1983 (Electronic) IS - 0261-5614 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 4 DP - 2013 Aug TI - Preservation of the gut by preoperative carbohydrate loading improves postoperative food intake. PG - 556-61 LID - S0261-5614(12)00236-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.11.004 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND & AIMS: A carbohydrate (CHO) drink given preoperatively changes the fasted state into a fed state. The ESPEN guidelines for perioperative care include preoperative CHO loading and re-establishment of oral feeding as early as possible after surgery. An intestinal ischaemia reperfusion (IR) animal model was used to investigate whether preoperative CHO loading increases spontaneous postoperative food intake, intestinal barrier function and the catabolic response. METHODS: Male Wistar rats (n = 65) were subjected to 16 h fasting with ad libitum water and: A) sham laparotomy (Sham fasted, n = 24); B) intestinal ischaemia (IR fasted, n = 27); and C) intestinal ischaemia with preoperatively access to a CHO drink (IR CHO, n = 14). Spontaneous food intake, intestinal barrier function, insulin sensitivity, intestinal motility and plasma amino acids were measured after surgery. RESULTS: The IR CHO animals started eating significantly earlier and also ate significantly more than the IR fasted animals. Furthermore, preoperative CHO loading improved the intestinal barrier function, functional enterocyte metabolic mass measured by citrulline and reduced muscle protein catabolism, as indicated by normalization of the biomarker 3-methylhistidine. CONCLUSIONS: Preoperative CHO loading improves food intake, preserves the GI function and reduces the catabolic response in an IR animal model. These findings suggest that preoperative CHO loading preserves the intestinal function in order to accelerate recovery and food intake. If this effect is caused by overcoming the fasted state or CHO loading remains unclear. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. All rights reserved. FAU - Luttikhold, Joanna AU - Luttikhold J AD - Department of Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.luttikhold@vumc.nl FAU - Oosting, Annemarie AU - Oosting A FAU - van den Braak, Claudia C M AU - van den Braak CC FAU - van Norren, Klaske AU - van Norren K FAU - Rijna, Herman AU - Rijna H FAU - van Leeuwen, Paul A M AU - van Leeuwen PA FAU - Bouritius, Hetty AU - Bouritius H LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20121117 PL - England TA - Clin Nutr JT - Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) JID - 8309603 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Methylhistidines) RN - 29VT07BGDA (Citrulline) RN - MEH8O8Y0H0 (3-methylhistidine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biomarkers/blood MH - Blood Glucose MH - Citrulline/blood MH - Dietary Carbohydrates/*administration & dosage MH - Eating/*physiology MH - Gastrointestinal Tract/*metabolism MH - Homeostasis MH - Insulin/blood MH - Insulin Resistance MH - Intestinal Mucosa/metabolism MH - Intestines/pathology MH - Male MH - Methylhistidines/blood MH - Models, Animal MH - Postoperative Period MH - Preoperative Care/methods MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Reperfusion Injury/pathology/prevention & control EDAT- 2012/12/12 06:00 MHDA- 2014/01/15 06:00 CRDT- 2012/12/11 06:00 PHST- 2012/07/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/10/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/11/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/12/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/12/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/15 06:00 [medline] AID - S0261-5614(12)00236-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.11.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Nutr. 2013 Aug;32(4):556-61. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.11.004. Epub 2012 Nov 17.