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BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 129, Issue 5, Pages 745-758Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114522001271
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Malnutrition; Northeastern Brazil regional basic diet; Intestinal barrier function; Body composition; Tight junction proteins
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This study evaluated the impact of a nutrient-deficient diet on physical development and intestinal barrier function in mice. The results showed that the nutrient-deficient diet reduced weight and weight gain, and led to changes in intestinal barrier function and increased intestinal permeability.
Few studies have focused on nutrient-deficient diets and associated pathobiological dynamics of body composition and intestinal barrier function. This study evaluated the impact of a nutrient-deficient diet on physical development and intestinal morphofunctional barrier in mice. C57BL/6 (21 days of age) mice were fed a Northeastern Brazil regional basic diet (RBD) or a control diet for 21 d. The animals were subjected to bioimpedance analysis, lactulose test, morphometric analysis and quantitative reverse transcription-PCR to evaluate tight junctions and intestinal transporters. RBD feeding significantly reduced weight (P < 0 center dot 05) from day 5, weight gain from day 3 and tail length from day 14. The intake of RBD reduced total body water, extracellular fluid, fat mass and fat-free mass from day 7 (P < 0 center dot 05). RBD induced changes in the jejunum, with an increase in the villus:crypt ratio on day 7, followed by reduction on days 14 and 21 (P < 0 center dot 05). Lactulose:mannitol ratio increased on day 14 (P < 0 center dot 05). Changes in intestinal barrier function on day 14 were associated with reductions in claudin-1 and occludin, and on day 21, there was a reduction in the levels of claudin-2 and occludin. SGLT-1 levels decreased on day 21. RBD compromises body composition and physical development with dynamic changes in intestinal barrier morphofunctional. RBD is associated with damage to intestinal permeability, reduced levels of claudin-1 and occludin transcripts and return of bowel function in a chronic period.
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