Enteral Administration Of Bacteria Fermented Formula In Newborn Piglets: A High Fidelity Model For Necrotizing Enterocolitis (Nec)

PLOS ONE(2018)

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ObjectiveTo develop an animal model which replicates neonatal NEC and characterizes the importance of bacterial fermentation of formula and short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in its pathogenesis.BackgroundNEC is a severe form of intestinal inflammation in preterm neonates and current models do not reproduce the human condition.MethodsThree groups of newborn piglets: Formula alone (FO), Bacteria alone (E.coli: BO) and E. coli-fermented formula (FF) were anesthetized, instrumented and underwent post-pyloric injection of formula, bacteria or fermented-formula. SCFA levels were measured by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. At 6 h bowel appearance was assessed, histologic and molecular analysis of intestine were performed. Gut inflammation (p65 NF-kappa B, TLR4, TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta), apoptosis (cleaved caspase-3, BAX, apoptosis) and tight junction proteins (claudin-2, occludin) were measured.ResultsSCFAs were increased in FF. Small bowel from FF piglet's demonstrated inflammation, coagulative necrosis and pneumatosis resembling human NEC. Histologic gut injury (injury score, mast cell activation) were increased by Bacteria, but more severe in FF piglets. Intestinal expression of p65 NF-kappa B, NF-kappa B activation, TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta were increased in BO and markedly increased in the FF group (P<0.05 vs. FO). Intestine from Bacteria piglets demonstrated increased apoptotic index, pro-apoptotic protein expression and decreased tight junction proteins. These changes were more severe in FF piglets.ConclusionsOur piglet model demonstrates the findings of NEC in human neonates: systemic acidosis, intestinal inflammation, pneumatosis and portal venous gas. Bacteria alone can initiate intestinal inflammation, injury and apoptosis, but bacterial fermentation of formula generates SCFAs which contribute to the pathogenesis of NEC.
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