Responses of peptide hydrolases of the small and large intestines in rats on the administration of antibiotics

Effects of antibiotics on the structure and functional state of the intestine are not clear. We investigated some structural parameters of the small and large intestine, and activities of two intestinal peptide hydrolases in rats after administration of ampicillin and metronidazole during 3 and 5 da...

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Published in:	Rossiiskii fiziologicheskii zhurnal imeni I.M. Sechenova Vol. 98; no. 6; p. 724
Main Authors:	Borshchëv, Iu Iu, Gromova, L V, Ermolenko, E I, Grefner, N M, Borshchëva, I Iu, Gruzdkov, A A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Russian
Published:	Russia (Federation) 01-06-2012
Subjects:	Ampicillin - administration & dosage Ampicillin - adverse effects Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage Anti-Bacterial Agents - adverse effects CD13 Antigens - metabolism Cell Count Dipeptidases - metabolism Drug Combinations Intestinal Mucosa - drug effects Intestinal Mucosa - enzymology Intestinal Mucosa - pathology Intestine, Large - drug effects Intestine, Large - enzymology Intestine, Large - pathology Intestine, Small - drug effects Intestine, Small - enzymology Intestine, Small - pathology Male Metronidazole - administration & dosage Metronidazole - adverse effects Rats Rats, Wistar
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Summary:	Effects of antibiotics on the structure and functional state of the intestine are not clear. We investigated some structural parameters of the small and large intestine, and activities of two intestinal peptide hydrolases in rats after administration of ampicillin and metronidazole during 3 and 5 days. After 3 days of antibiotic administration a decrease in the weight of mucosa in the small intestine, accompanied with a reduction in the villous height and width in this part of the intestine, and in the weight ofmucosa in the colon occured. At the same time the number of goblet cells in the small intestinal epithelium was increased. Specific activities of aminopeptidase M, and glycyl-L-leucine dipeptidase (micromol/min per g) in the mucosa of the small intestine were increased, and the total activities (micromol/min calculated per a part of the intestine) of the same enzymes did not change. The administration of antibiotics for 5 days resulted in increase of specific activity ofaminopeptidase M in the mucosa of the proximal part of the small intestine. In the chyme of the small intestine and colon, activities of the same enzymes (micromol/min calculated per a part of the intestine) were increased on the third and fifth days of the antibiotic administration. Thus, the application ofampicillin and metronidazole within 3-5 days causes a disturbance of the structural and functional parameters in the small and large intestines, which is most pronounced on the third day of the drug administration.
ISSN:	0869-8139