Abstract
Our work analyzed the effects of a P2X7 receptor antagonist, Brilliant Blue G (BBG), on rat ileum myenteric plexus following ischemia and reperfusion (ISR) induced by 45min of ileal artery occlusion with an atraumatic vascular clamp with 24h (ISR 24-h group) or 14 d of reperfusion (ISR 14-d group). Either BBG (50mg/kg or 100mg/kg, BBG50 or BBG100 groups) or saline (vehicle) was administered subcutaneously 1h after ischemia in the ISR 24-h group or once daily for the 5 d after ischemia in the ISR 14-d group (n = 5 per group). We evaluated the neuronal density and profile area by examining the number of neutrophils in the intestinal layers, protein expression levels of the P2X7 receptor, intestinal motility and immunoreactivity for the P2X7 receptor, nitric oxide synthase, neurofilament-200, and choline acetyl transferase in myenteric neurons. The neuronal density and profile area were restored by BBG following ISR. The ischemic groups showed alterations in P2X7 receptor protein expression and the number of neutrophils in the intestine and decreased intestinal motility, all of which were recovered by BBG treatment. We concluded that ISR morphologically and functionally affected the intestine and that its effects were reversed by BBG treatment, suggesting the P2X7 receptor as a therapeutic target.
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