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Transport of Particles in Intestinal Mucus under Simulated Infant and Adult Physiological Conditions: Impact of Mucus Structure and Extracellular DNA

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The final boundary between digested food and the cells that take up nutrients in the small intestine is a protective layer of mucus. In this work, the microstructural organization and permeability of the intestinal mucus have been determined under conditions simulating those of infant and adult human small intestines. As a model, we used the mucus from the proximal (jejunal) small intestines of piglets and adult pigs. Confocal microscopy of both unfixed and fixed mucosal tissue showed mucus lining the entire jejunal epithelium. The mucus contained DNA from shed epithelial cells at different stages of degradation, with higher amounts of DNA found in the adult pig. The pig mucus comprised a coherent network of mucin and DNA with higher viscosity than the more heterogeneous piglet mucus, which resulted in increased permeability of the latter to 500-nm and 1-µm latex beads. Multiple-particle tracking experiments revealed that diffusion of the probe particles was considerably enhanced after treating mucus with DNase. The fraction of diffusive 500-nm probe particles increased in the pig mucus from 0.6% to 64% and in the piglet mucus from ca. 30% to 77% after the treatment. This suggests that extracellular DNA can significantly contribute to the microrheology and barrier properties of the intestinal mucus layer. To our knowledge, this is the first time that the structure and permeability of the small intestinal mucus have been compared between different age groups and the contribution of extracellular DNA highlighted. The results help to define rules governing colloidal transport in the developing small intestine. These are required for engineering orally administered pharmaceutical preparations with improved delivery, as well as for fabricating novel foods with enhanced nutritional quality or for controlled calorie uptake.

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  • Zdjęcie użytkownika dr hab. inż. Adam Macierzanka

    Adam Macierzanka dr hab. inż.

    • Norwich Research Park
  • Zdjęcie użytkownika  Alan Mackie

    Alan Mackie

  • Zdjęcie użytkownika  Balazs Bajka

    Balazs Bajka

  • Zdjęcie użytkownika  Neil Rigby

    Neil Rigby

  • Zdjęcie użytkownika  Françoise Nau

    Françoise Nau

  • Zdjęcie użytkownika  Didier Dupont

    Didier Dupont

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Kategoria:
Publikacja w czasopiśmie
Typ:
artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Opublikowano w:
PLOS ONE nr 9, wydanie 4, strony 1 - 11,
ISSN: 1932-6203
Język:
angielski
Rok wydania:
2014
Opis bibliograficzny:
Macierzanka A., Mackie A., Bajka B., Rigby N., Nau F., Dupont D.: Transport of Particles in Intestinal Mucus under Simulated Infant and Adult Physiological Conditions: Impact of Mucus Structure and Extracellular DNA// PLOS ONE. -Vol. 9, iss. 4 (2014), s.1-11
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Cyfrowy identyfikator dokumentu elektronicznego (otwiera się w nowej karcie) 10.1371/journal.pone.0095274
Weryfikacja:
Politechnika Gdańska

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