10.1371/journal.pone.0152914 Sara Nullens Sara Nullens Michael Staessens Michael Staessens Cédric Peleman Cédric Peleman Philip Plaeke Philip Plaeke Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar Sven Francque Sven Francque Joris G. De Man Joris G. De Man Benedicte Y. De Winter Benedicte Y. De Winter Beneficial Effects of Anti-Interleukin-6 Antibodies on Impaired Gastrointestinal Motility, Inflammation and Increased Colonic Permeability in a Murine Model of Sepsis Are Most Pronounced When Administered in a Preventive Setup Public Library of Science 2016 caecal ligation puncture animal model barrier function mucosal barrier dysfunction inflammation Preventive Setup Background ileu injection 24 h antibody sepsis IgG isotype control solution lymph nodes GI motility procedure Impaired Gastrointestinal Motility permeability Antibodie administration interleukin translocation cytokine mouse caecal ligation 2016-04-04 12:57:24 Dataset https://plos.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Beneficial_Effects_of_Anti_Interleukin_6_Antibodies_on_Impaired_Gastrointestinal_Motility_Inflammation_and_Increased_Colonic_Permeability_in_a_Murine_Model_of_Sepsis_Are_Most_Pronounced_When_Administered_in_a_Preventive_Setup/3155347 <div><p>Background and Objectives</p><p>During sepsis, gastrointestinal ileus, mucosal barrier dysfunction and bacterial translocation are accepted to be important triggers that can maintain or exacerbate the septic state. In the caecal ligation and puncture animal model of sepsis, we demonstrated that systemic and colonic interleukin-6 levels are significantly increased coinciding with an impaired colonic barrier function. We therefore aimed to study the effect of therapeutic or curative administration of anti-IL6 antibodies on overall GI motility, colonic permeability and translocation of intestinal bacteria in blood and mesenteric lymph nodes in the mouse caecal ligation and puncture model.</p><p>Methods</p><p>OF-1 mice were randomized to either the preventive or curative protocol, in which they received 1 mg/kg of antibodies to interleukin-6, or its IgG isotype control solution. They subsequently underwent either the caecal ligation and puncture procedure, or sham-surgery. GI motility was assessed 48h following the procedure, as well as colonic permeability, serum and colon cytokines, colonic tight junction proteins at the mRNA level; cultures of blood and mesenteric lymph nodes were performed.</p><p>Results</p><p>Preventive administration of anti-interleukin-6 antibodies successfully counteracted the gastrointestinal motility disturbances and impaired colonic barrier function that could be observed in vehicle-treated septic animals. Serum and colonic levels of proinflammatory cytokines were significantly lower when animals were preventively treated with anti-interleukin-6 antibodies. A repetitive injection 24h later resulted in the most pronounced effects. Curative treatment significantly lowered systemic and colonic inflammation markers while the effects on transit and permeability were unfortunately no longer significant.</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>Caecal ligation and puncture resulted in septic ileus with an increased colonic permeability. Antibodies to interleukin-6 were able to ameliorate gastro-intestinal motility, suppress inflammation and normalize the permeability of the colonic wall, with the preventive administration combined with a repeat injection being far more efficacious than the sole preventive or curative one.</p></div>