title: Gliadin challenge-induced jejunal prostaglandin E2 secretion in celiac disease.
abstract: Jejunal prostaglandin E2 secretion in patients with adult celiac disease was studied under basal conditions and after local gliadin challenge. A newly developed tube system with occluding balloons was used to perfuse a jejunal segment. After an initial basal perfusion period of 40 minutes, an average of 12 mg +/- 3 (SEM) of crude gliadin was administered into the perfused segment. Perfusion continued for an additional 100 minutes and prostaglandin E2 was determined in the effluent with a radiometric method. Patients with histologically active celiac disease (n = 7) had higher basal jejunal secretion of prostaglandin E2, 523 +/- 229 pg.cm-1.h-1 (mean +/- SEM), than both celiac patients with normalized small bowel mucosa (n = 6), 160 +/- 44 pg.cm-1.h-1, and healthy controls (n = 18), 184 +/- 38 pg.cm-1.h-1, (P less than 0.05). After gliadin challenge of the jejunal segment, a significant increase (P less than 0.05) in prostaglandin E2 secretion was noted in patients with celiac disease (n = 10). The individual maximum increase was on average fivefold and occurred 60-100 minutes after gliadin administration. In healthy controls (n = 5), no alteration in prostaglandin E2 secretion was detected after gliadin challenge. Enhanced jejunal prostaglandin 2 synthesis may be involved in the pathophysiological processes initiated by gliadin in patients with celiac disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lavö
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Knutson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lööf
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hällgren
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005903:Gliadin; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010940:Plant Proteins
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D005903:Gliadin; D015232:Dinoprostone