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Elemental Diet-Induced Bacterial Translocation Associated With Systemic and Intestinal Immune Suppression

Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark

Qi Lu, MD

Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark

Edwin A. Deitch, MD

Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark

Background: Elemental diets can lead to a loss of intestinal barrier function, promote bacterial translocation, and impair host immune defenses. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of IV and orally administered total parenteral nutrition (TPN) solution on systemic and intestinal immunity and to establish whether supplemental cellulose fiber could improve the impaired immune response. Methods: The incidence of bacterial translocation and immune function was quantitated by measuring organ weights, immune cell population levels, and the mitogenic response of lymphocytes from the spleen, mesenteric lymph nodes and Peyer's patches of rats receiving parenteral or enteral TPN solution, with and without fiber supplementation. Results: Parenteral and enterally administered TPN solution promoted bacterial translocation to the mesenteric lymph nodes, reduced immune cell population levels, and decreased the lymphocyte mitogenic response to T- and B-cell mitogens. Supplemental cellulose fiber reduced the incidence of diet-induced bacterial translocation from 84% to 31% (p < .01) and improved immune cell function. To more closely examine the relationship between bacterial translocation and impaired lymphocyte mitogenic activity, rats receiving TPN orally or IV were separated into two groups based on whether or not bacterial translocation occurred. Rats in which fiber prevented bacterial translocation had normal mitogenic responses, whereas the subgroup of rats in which fiber failed to prevent bacterial translocation had profound decreases in their lymphocyte mitogenic responses. Conclusions: Both parenteral and enteral elemental diets induced bacterial translocation and impaired systemic and intestinal immune function. Fiber supplementation was effective in reducing elemental diet-induced bacterial translocation and significantly prevented diet-induced impairment of lymphocyte function. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 22:37-41, 1998)

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 22, No. 1, 37-41 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/014860719802200137


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