Abstract
Background: Environmental factors, e.g. diet, immune dysregulation and genetic predisposition are thought to trigger inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Westernized diets have a negative impact on immunometabolism resulting in obesity, diabetes. The impact of IBD and westernized diet on immunometabolism are not fully explored. Aims: To examine the immunometabolic responses in experimental Colitis and Colitis-Association Cancer (CAC) and upon westernized diet feeding. Methods: Male C57BL/6 mice were fed low fat (LF, 10%Kcal) or high fat (HF, 45%Kcal) diet for 5 weeks. Colitis was induced by Dextran Sodium Sulphate (acute: 2%DSS-5d & water-4d; chronic: 1.5%DSS-5d & water-14d). CAC was induced by injection of the carcinogen azoxymethane accompanied by 3xDSS cycles. Plasma, visceral adipose tissue (VAT), liver and colons were harvested and assayed for inflammatory and metabolic markers. VAT stromal vascular cells (SVCs) were isolated and characterized by flow cytometry. Gas-liquid chromatography was employed to profile liver and VAT fatty acids (FA). Results: Mice with colitis and CAC presented significantly higher signs of disease (colon pro-inflammatory cytokines and tumor incidence), which were significantly reduced by HF-feeding (p
| Original language | English (Ireland) |
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| Pages (from-to) | S-335 |
| Journal | Gastroenterology |
| Volume | 148 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - Apr 2015 |