Kim Dongwoo, Koun Soonil, Kim Seung Young, Ha Young Ran, Choe Jung Wan, Jung Sung Woo, Hyun Jong Jin, Jung Young Kul, Koo Ja Seol, Yim Hyung Joon, Lee Sang Woo
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Biochemical Research Center, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
Anim Cells Syst (Seoul). 2021 Oct 25;25(5):264-271. doi: 10.1080/19768354.2021.1991472. eCollection 2021.
Constipation is a common disease that reduces life quality. Drugs of various mechanisms are being developed to resolve this affliction. Intestinal motility can be easily monitored in zebrafish, and so we selected this organism to develop a constipation model to measure drug-induced prokinetic effects. In this study, intestinal motility was monitored in zebrafish by tracking intestinal transit using fluorescence, after which an opioid-induced constipation model was established using loperamide. We then evaluated the prokinetic effect of diatrizoate meglumine (Gastrografin®), which has been empirically used to treat post-operative ileus or adhesive small bowel obstructions. Diatrizoate meglumine was effective in promoting bowel movements in an opioid-induced zebrafish constipation model and its prokinetic effect was associated with an increased expression of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) markers. Therefore, the loperamide-induced zebrafish constipation model developed herein is a promising tool to evaluate novel constipation therapies.
便秘是一种降低生活质量的常见疾病。目前正在研发各种作用机制的药物来解决这一困扰。斑马鱼的肠道蠕动很容易监测,因此我们选择这种生物来建立便秘模型,以测量药物诱导的促动力效应。在本研究中,通过荧光追踪肠道转运来监测斑马鱼的肠道蠕动,之后使用洛哌丁胺建立阿片类药物诱导的便秘模型。然后,我们评估了泛影葡胺(Gastrografin®)的促动力作用,该药物已被经验性地用于治疗术后肠梗阻或粘连性小肠梗阻。泛影葡胺在阿片类药物诱导的斑马鱼便秘模型中能有效促进肠道蠕动,其促动力作用与 Cajal 间质细胞(ICC)标志物表达增加有关。因此,本文建立的洛哌丁胺诱导的斑马鱼便秘模型是评估新型便秘治疗方法的一个有前景的工具。