Abstract
Previous animal models of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) were not physiological and required a variety of surgical procedures. Therefore, the animal model developed by conditions that are similar to the pathogenesis of GERD is necessary. The aim is to establish a non-surgical animal model with GERD caused by overeating induced in mice. To induce mice to overeat, we designed dietary control protocols including repetitive fasting and feeding. The esophageal tissues were evaluated with GERD markers to prove the establishment of a GERD animal model. Mice fasted every other day (group 2) showed more pronounced overeating feature and demonstrated evident changes similar to the macroscopic and microscopic findings of GERD, the expressions of inducible nitric oxide synthase and substance P were stronger. The higher frequency of fasting and overeating could cause GERD effectively. The dietary control can make mice overeat, which elicits the change of lower esophageal mucosa similar to GERD. Thus, the overeating-induced mouse may be used as a GERD mouse model.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1208-1214 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Investigative Medicine |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 Aug 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by the Clinical Trial Center of Korea University Anam Hospital (I1502411), the Korea Health Technology R&D Project (H14C0748) through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) by the Ministry of Health & Welfare and the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF2018R1D1A1A09083263).
Publisher Copyright:
© American Federation for Medical Research 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. Published by BMJ.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology