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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2020

Burn-Induced Impairment of Ileal Muscle Contractility Is Associated with Increased Extracellular Matrix Components.

Claire B Cummins, Yanping Gu, Xiaofu Wang, You-Min Lin, Xuan-Zheng Shi, Ravi S Radhakrishnan

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. TMAO Correlates with Transcriptomic Signatures of Leukocyte Activation and Systemic Inflammation Following Burn Injury.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2026
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Claire B CumminsDepartment of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Yanping GuDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Xiaofu WangDepartment of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
You-Min LinDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Xuan-Zheng ShiDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Ravi S RadhakrishnanDepartment of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. rsradhak@utmb.edu.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING IN TRAUMA &BURNST32GM008256 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI Celeste Campbell Finnerty, Oscar E. Suman-Vejas · 1990 to 2026
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NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008256
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSevere burns lead to marked impairment of gastrointestinal motility, such as delayed gastric emptying and small and large intestinal ileus. However, the cellular mechanism of these pathologic changes remains largely unknown.

methodsMale Sprague Dawley rats approximately 3 months old and weighing 300-350 g were randomized to either a 60% total body surface area full-thickness scald burn or sham procedure and were sacrificed 24 h after the procedure. Gastric emptying, gastric antrum contractility ileal smooth muscle contractility, and colonic contractility were measured. Muscularis externa was isolated from the ileal segment to prepare smooth muscle protein extracts for Western blot analysis.

resultsCompared with sham controls, the baseline rhythmic contractile activities of the antral, ileal, and colonic smooth muscle strips were impaired in the burned rats. Simultaneously, our data showed that ileal muscularis ECM proteins fibronectin and laminin were significantly up-regulated in burned rats compared with sham rats. TGF-β signaling is an important stimulating factor for ECM protein expression. Our results revealed that TGF-β signaling was activated in the ileal muscle of burned rats evidenced by the activation of Smad2/3 expression and phosphorylation. In addition, the total and phosphorylated AKT, which is an important downstream factor of ECM signaling in smooth muscle cells, was also up-regulated in burned rats' ileal muscle. Notably, these changes were not seen in the colonic or gastric tissues.

conclusionDeposition of fibrosis-related proteins after severe burn is contributors to decreased small intestinal motility.

Indexed as

AnimalsBurnsColonDisease Models, AnimalExtracellular Matrix ProteinsFibronectinsFibrosisGastric EmptyingGastrointestinal MotilityIleumIleusInflammationIntestinal Pseudo-ObstructionLamininMaleMuscle ContractionExtracellular Matrix ProteinsFibronectinsLamininBurnsGastrointestinal motilityIleusMyoctes, smooth muscle

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PMID31637625
PMCPMC8634548
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