Glutamine protects the small intestinal mucosa in anticancer drug-induced rat enteritis model

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  • Takechi Hirokazu
    Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Mawatari Kazuaki
    Department of Preventive Environent and Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Harada Nagakatsu
    Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Nakaya Yutaka
    Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Asakura Megumi
    Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Aihara Mutsumi
    Department of Preventive Environent and Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Takizawa Hiromitsu
    Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Goto Masakazu
    Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Nishino Takeshi
    Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Minato Takuya
    Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Furukita Yoshihito
    Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Yamamoto Yota
    Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Yuasa Yasuhiro
    Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Yamai Hiromichi
    Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Yoshida Takahiro
    Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Seike Junichi
    Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Tangoku Akira
    Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School

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Supportive therapy during chemotherapy has become essential, but effective preventive therapies to gastrointestinal mucosal injury are few. We investigated the efficacy of glutamine in rat anticancer drug-induced enteritis model. In this study, we used twenty male SD rats. They were divided into control, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) (orally administered at 20 mg/kg day), 5-FU+glutamine (1000 mg/kg/day) and 5-FU+glutamine+fiber and oligosaccharide (GFO®) (1000 mg/kg/day) groups. All groups were sacrificed on day 6 and upper jejunums were excised. The jejunal villous height was measured in specimens. IgA level in jejunal washing solution, and serum diamine oxidase activity were also measured. The jejunal villous height was recognized as shorter in the specimen from 5-FU treated rats compared with 5-FU+glutamine treated rats (p<0.001). Serum diamine oxidase activity in 5-FU+glutamine group were significantly superior to that in 5-FU group (p=0.028). IgA level in jejunal washing solution tended to be higher in 5-FU+glutamine group than that in 5-FU group (p=0.076). On the other hand, serum diamine oxidase activity and IgA level in jejunal washing solution showed no significant difference between 5-FU+GFO and 5-FU treatment group. Our results suggest that glutamine showed protective effects on mucosal injury of small intestine in rat anticancer drug-induced enteritis model. J. Med. Invest. 61: 59-64, February, 2014

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