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ArticleNeurogastroenterology and motility2011

Anti-inflammatory role of glycine in reducing rodent postoperative inflammatory ileus.

B Stoffels, A Türler, J Schmidt, A Nazir, T Tsukamoto, B A Moore, C Schnurr, J C Kalff, A J Bauer

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Article in Neurogastroenterology and motility, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Glycine: The Smallest Anti-Inflammatory Micronutrient.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  5. Intestinal resident macrophages: Multitaskers of the gut.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2020
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  13. The role of glycine in regulated cell death.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2016
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  18. New therapeutic strategies for postoperative ileus.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

B StoffelsDepartment of Medicine/Gastroenterology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
A Türler
J Schmidt
A Nazir
T Tsukamoto
B A Moore
C Schnurr
J C Kalff
A J Bauer
University of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Bonn · DE

Funding

Regulation of Intestinal Mucosal Injury & Repair After Trauma/Hemorrhagic ShockP50GM053789 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BILLIAR, TIMOTHY R · 1997 to 2013
$18.0M
Triggering Mechanisms of Post-Operative IleusR01GM058241 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BAUER, ANTHONY J · 1998 to 2008
$1.8M
Protective Mechanisms of CO in Intestinal InflammationR01DK068610 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BAUER, ANTHONY J · 2005 to 2009
$1.4M
NEUROIMMUNE MECHANISMS OF VISCERAL HYPERALGESIAK08DK002488 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI PEZZONE, MICHAEL A · 1999 to 2003
$491k
NIDDK NIH HHS DK02488NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK068610NIDDK NIH HHS R01-DK068610NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM053789NIGMS NIH HHS P50-GM-53789NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM058241NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM58241
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInflammatory events within the intestinal muscularis, including macrophage activation and leukocyte recruitment, have been demonstrated to participate in causing postoperative ileus. Recently, glycine has gained attention due to its beneficial immunomodulatory effects in transplantation, shock and sepsis.

methodsMuscularis glycine receptors were investigated by immunohistochemistry. Gastrointestinal motility was assessed by in vivo transit distribution histograms with calculated geometric center analysis and jejunal circular smooth muscle contractility in a standard organ bath. The impact of glycine on the muscularis inflammatory responses to surgical manipulation of the intestine were measured by real-time PCR, nitric oxide Griess reaction, prostaglandin ELISA, Luminex and histochemistry. KEY

resultsGlycine-gated chloride channels were immunohistochemically localized to muscularis macrophages and postoperative infiltrating leukocytes. Preoperative glycine treatment significantly improved postoperative gastrointestinal transit and jejunal circular muscle contractility. Preoperative glycine injection significantly reduced the induction of interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α, inducible nitric oxide synthase and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 mRNAs, which was associated with the attenuation in postoperative leukocyte recruitment. Nitric oxide and prostanoid release from the postsurgical inflamed muscularis was diminished by glycine. The secretion of the inflammatory proteins IL-6, monocyte chemotactic protein-1/chemokine ligand 2 and macrophage inflammatory protein-1α/chemokine ligand 3 were also significantly decreased by glycine pretreatment. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES: The data indicate that preoperative glycine reduces postoperative ileus via the early attenuation of primal inflammatory events within the surgically manipulated gut wall. Therapeutic modulation of resident macrophages by glycine is a potential novel pharmacological target for the prevention of postoperative ileus.

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Anti-Inflammatory AgentsGlycineIleusAnimalsInflammationMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPostoperative ComplicationsRatsReceptors, GlycineAnti-Inflammatory AgentsGlycineReceptors, Glycine

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PMCPMC2999652
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