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Dextran sulfate sodium-induced ulcerative colitis leads to increased hematopoiesis and induces both local as well as systemic genotoxicity in mice.

Abstract
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder eliciting the risk of colorectal cancer, the third most common malignancy in humans. The present study was aimed to characterize dextran sulfate sodium-induced ulcerative colitis and to elucidate its influence on the bone marrow cell proliferation and the subsequent stimulation of the systemic genotoxicity in mice. Experimental colitis was induced in Swiss mice using 3% (w/v) dextran sulfate sodium in drinking water. The severity of colitis was assessed on the basis of clinical signs, colon length, oxidative stress parameters, various pro-inflammatory markers, histopathological evaluation and immunohistochemical staining of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine in the colon of dextran sulfate sodium treated mice. Further, assessment of genotoxicity was carried out using alkaline and modified comet assays in the colon and lymphocytes and micronucleus assay in the peripheral blood of mice. For the evaluation of inflammation-induced cell proliferation in the bone marrow, proliferating cell nuclear antigen immunostaining was carried out in the bone marrow of mice. Dextran sulfate sodium induced severe colitis as evident from the elevated disease activity index, reduced colon length, increased oxidative stress, histological abnormalities and oxidative DNA damage in the colon of mice. Moreover, colitis-induced elevated prostaglandin-E2 level in the plasma of dextran sulfate sodium treated mice stimulated the cell proliferation in the bone marrow, which further triggered colitis-induced DNA damage in the peripheral blood of mice.
AuthorsP P Trivedi, G B Jena
JournalMutation research (Mutat Res) Vol. 744 Issue 2 Pg. 172-83 (May 15 2012) ISSN: 0027-5107 [Print] Netherlands
PMID22414559 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
CopyrightCopyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • Mutagens
  • Dextran Sulfate
Topics
  • Animals
  • Colitis, Ulcerative (chemically induced, genetics, physiopathology)
  • Comet Assay
  • DNA Damage
  • Dextran Sulfate (toxicity)
  • Hematopoiesis (drug effects)
  • Inflammation (genetics)
  • Mice
  • Micronucleus Tests
  • Mutagens (toxicity)

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