Functional Bowel Disorders Are Associated with a Central Immune Activation

Background. Subjects with depression and unexplained neurological symptoms have a high prevalence of gastrointestinal comorbidity probably related to the brain-gut communication. This study explored associations between functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) and inflammatory markers in subject...

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Published in:Gastroenterology research and practice 2017-01, Vol.2017 (2017), p.1-9
Main Authors: Lydersen, Stian, Rudi, Knut, Ueland, Thor, Farup, Per G., Hestad, Knut
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Biomarkers
Brain research
Communication
Complications and side effects
Cytokines
Depression, Mental
Development and progression
Family medical history
Fatty acids
Gastroenterology
Health aspects
Health sciences
Hospitals
Immune response
Immunology
Irritable bowel syndrome
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine, Experimental
Mental depression
Metabolism
Motility
Nervous system
Neurophysiology
Neurosciences
Pain
Tryptophan metabolism
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Summary:Background. Subjects with depression and unexplained neurological symptoms have a high prevalence of gastrointestinal comorbidity probably related to the brain-gut communication. This study explored associations between functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) and inflammatory markers in subjects with these disorders. Methods. The FGID, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), were classified according to the Rome III criteria, and degree of symptoms was assessed with IBS symptom severity score (IBS-SSS). A range of interleukins (IL), chemokines and growth factors, tryptophan, and kynurenine were analysed in serum and the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) were analysed in the faeces. The results are reported as partial correlation (pc) and p values. Results. Sixty-six subjects were included. IBS was associated with high levels of tryptophan (p=0.048) and kynurenine (p=0.019) and low level of IL-10 (p=0.047) in the CSF. IBS-SSS was associated with high tumor necrosis factor and low IL-10 in the CSF; pc=0.341 and p=0.009 and pc=−0.299 and p=0.023, respectively. Propionic minus butyric acid in faeces was negatively associated with IL-10 in the CSF (pc=−0.416, p=0.005). Conclusions. FGID were associated with a proinflammatory immune activation in the central nervous system and a disturbed tryptophan metabolism that could have been mediated by the faecal microbiota.
ISSN:1687-6121
1687-630X
DOI:10.1155/2017/1642912