Two new peptides to improve post-operative gastric ileus in dog
Introduction
Peptides can influence gastrointestinal motility (for review, see [4]). Some peptides are already used as therapeutic agents; octreotide for example is useful to stimulate intestinal motility in some patients with intestinal pseudo obstruction [11] or as a palliation for intestinal obstruction in patients with malignant pre-terminal conditions [6].
Post-operative ileus is characterized by an impaired gastrointestinal motility in the early days following laparatomy. Post-operative ileus is a major factor delaying the recovery of patients following abdominal surgery. In some patients, this situation can be unfortunately prolonged and deleterious to the clinical recovery. The cause of post-operative ileus remains unclear [9], [10]; no specific treatment is recognized, but peptides could probably be useful [3].
From previous studies, we knew that two peptide products, MTL-RP/Ghrelin as well as CGRP receptor antagonist CGRP 8–37, were able to improve post-operative ileus in rat [8], [13]. The aim of this study was to verify if the stimulatory effect of the two peptide compounds on gastric motility during the early post-operative period can also be obtained in mammalian non-rodent animals. We therefore tested the effect of MTL-RP/Ghrelin or CGRP antagonist 8–37 on the gastric emptying function of the dog in the early days following laparatomy.
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Methods
These studies were approved by the Animal Ethical Board of our institution. Female mongrel dogs (18–25 kg) were used for these studies.
Saline control condition
Five dogs were tested in these conditions. As expected, the gastric emptying function decreased post-operatively. The total amount of acetaminophen emptied (AUC over 150 min) on post-operative days 1–4 reached respectively 31±5, 65±8, 60±8 and 62±8% of the normal emptying capacity.
CGRP 8–37
Three dogs completed these studies. CGRP antagonist increased the total emptying of acetaminophen from 31±5% in saline-treated animals to 52±5% on day 1, from 65±8% to 95±2% on day 2 and from 60±8% to 103±3% (P<0.05)
Discussion
Our data therefore confirm the observation we made earlier in rats [8], [13] that the two peptide products we tested, MTL-RP/Ghrelin or CGRP antagonist 8–37, can improve the delay in gastric emptying observed after abdominal surgery.
MTL-RP/Ghrelin and CGRP are both expressed in human and although their effects on the human GI tract are not yet fully characterized, both are known to be bioactive in this species [2], [7], [12]. Our results are important since the documentation of the gastric
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