The effect of chronic variable stress on bowel habit and adrenal function in rats

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1840-1846

  Kim, Yong S ^a   Lee, Moon Y ^a   Choi, Chang S ^a   Sohn, Young W ^a   Park, Byung R ^a   Choi, Myung Gyu ^b   Nah, Yong Ho ^a   Choi, Suck C ^a,c  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Wonkwang University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Chronic variable stress; Defecation; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

EID: 57049100235     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05524.x     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Drossman DA. The functional gastrointestinal disorders and the Rome III process. Gastroenterology 2006 130 : 1377 90.
2. Narducci F, Snape WJ Jr., Battle WM, London RL, Cohen S. Increased colonic motility during exposure to a stressful situation. Dig. Dis. Sci. 1985 30 : 40 4.
3. Kellow JE, Langeluddecke PM, Eckersley GM, Jones MP, Tennant CC. Effects of acute psychologic stress on small-intestinal motility in health and the irritable bowel syndrome. Scand. J. Gastroenterol. 1992 27 : 53 8.
4. Dickhaus B, Mayer EA, Firooz N et al. Irritable bowel syndrome patients show enhanced modulation of visceral perception by auditory stress. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 2003 98 : 135 43.
5. Posserud I, Agerforz P, Ekman R, Bjornsson ES, Abrahamsson H, Simren M. Altered visceral perceptual and neuroendocrine response in patients with irritable bowel syndrome during mental stress. Gut 2004 53 : 1102 8.
6. Barone FC, Deegan JF, Price WJ et al. Cold-restraint stress increases rat fecal pellet output and colonic transit. Am. J. Physiol. 1990 258 : G329 37.
7. Williams CL, Villar RG, Peterson JM, Burks TF. Stress-induced changes in intestinal transit in the rat: a model for irritable bowel syndrome. Gastroenterology 1988 94 : 611 21.
8. Gue M, Del Rio-Lacheze C, Eutamene H, Theodorou V, Fioramonti J, Bueno L. Stress-induced visceral hypersensitivity to rectal distension in rats: role of CRF and mast cells. Neurogastroenterol. Motil. 1997 9 : 271 9.
9. Monnikes H, Schmidt BG, Tache Y. Psychological stress-induced accelerated colonic transit in rats involves hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor. Gastroenterology 1993 104 : 716 23.
10. Gue M, Junien JL, Bueno L. Conditioned emotional response in rats enhances colonic motility through the central release of corticotropin-releasing factor. Gastroenterology 1991 100 : 964 70.
11. Tache Y, Martinez V, Million M, Wang L. Stress and the gastrointestinal tract III. Stress-related alterations of gut motor function: role of brain corticotropin-releasing factor receptors. Am. J. Physiol. 2001 280 : G173 7.
12. Mayer EA. The neurobiology of stress and gastrointestinal disease. Gut 2000 47 : 861 9.
13. Bennett EJ, Tennant CC, Piesse C, Badcock CA, Kellow JE. Level of chronic life stress predicts clinical outcome in irritable bowel syndrome. Gut 1998 43 : 256 61.
14. Whitehead WE, Crowell MD, Robinson JC, Heller BR, Schuster MM. Effects of stressful life events on bowel symptoms: subjects with irritable bowel syndrome compared with subjects without bowel dysfunction. Gut 1992 33 : 825 30.
15. Al-Chaer ED, Kawasaki M, Pasricha PJ. A new model of chronic visceral hypersensitivity in adult rats induced by colon irritation during postnatal development. Gastroenterology 2000 119 : 1276 85.
16. Morteau O, Hachet T, Caussette M, Bueno L. Experimental colitis alters visceromotor response to colorectal distension in awake rats. Dig. Dis. Sci. 1994 39 : 1239 48.
17. Burton MB, Gebhart GF. Effects of intracolonic acetic acid on responses to colorectal distension in the rat. Brain Res. 1995 672 : 77 82.
18. Louvel D, Delvaux M, Staumont G et al. Intracolonic injection of glycerol: a model for abdominal pain in irritable bowel syndrome? Gastroenterology 1996 110 : 351 61.
19. Coutinho SV, Meller ST, Gebhart GF. Intracolonic zymosan produces visceral hyperalgesia in the rat that is mediated by spinal NMDA and non-NMDA receptors. Brain Res. 1996 736 : 7 15.
20. Dinan TG, Quigley EM, Ahmed SM et al. Hypothalamic-pituitary-gut axis dysregulation in irritable bowel syndrome: plasma cytokines as a potential biomarker? Gastroenterology 2006 130 : 304 11.
21. Bohmelt AH, Nater UM, Franke S, Hellhammer DH, Ehlert U. Basal and stimulated hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders and healthy controls. Psychosom. Med. 2005 67 : 288 94.
22. Patacchioli FR, Angelucci L, Dellerba G, Monnazzi P, Leri O. Actual stress, psychopathology and salivary cortisol levels in the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). J. Endocrinol. Invest. 2001 24 : 173 7.
23. Willner P, Towell A, Sampson D, Sophokleous S, Muscat R. Reduction of sucrose preference by chronic unpredictable mild stress, and its restoration by a tricyclic antidepressant. Psychopharmacology 1987 93 : 358 64.
24. Bradesi S, Eutamene H, Garcia-Villar R, Fioramonti J, Bueno L. Acute and chronic stress differently affect visceral sensitivity to rectal distension in female rats. Neurogastroenterol. Motil. 2002 14 : 75 82.
25. Soderholm JD, Yang PC, Ceponis P et al. Chronic stress induces mast cell-dependent bacterial adherence and initiates mucosal inflammation in rat intestine. Gastroenterology 2002 123 : 1099 108.
26. Willner P. Validity, reliability and utility of the chronic mild stress model of depression: a 10-year review and evaluation. Psychopharmacology 1997 134 : 319 29.
27. Drossman DA. Do psychosocial factors define symptom severity and patient status in irritable bowel syndrome? Am. J. Med. 1999 107 : 41S 50S.
28. Nielsen CK, Arnt J, Sanchez C. Intracranial self-stimulation and sucrose intake differ as hedonic measures following chronic mild stress: interstrain and interindividual differences. Behav. Brain Res. 2000 107 : 21 33.
29. Bradesi S, Schwetz I, Ennes HS et al. Repeated exposure to water avoidance stress in rats: a new model for sustained visceral hyperalgesia. Am. J. Physiol. 2005 289 : G42 G53.
30. Heitkemper M, Jarrett M, Cain K et al. Increased urine catecholamines and cortisol in women with irritable bowel syndrome. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 1996 91 : 906 13.
31. Mishra KK, Pandey HP. A study on physiological changes in certain psychosomatic disorders with reference to cortisol, blood glucose and lipid profile. Indian J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 1996 40 : 151 4.
32. Miller GE, Chen E, Zhou ES. If it goes up, must it come down? Chronic stress and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis in humans. Psychol. Bull. 2007 133 : 25 45.
33. Ehlert U, Nater UM, Bohmelt A. High and low unstimulated salivary cortisol levels correspond to different symptoms of functional gastrointestinal disorders. J. Psychosom. Res. 2005 59 : 7 10.
34. Karling P, Norrback KF, Adolfsson R, Danielsson A. Gastrointestinal symptoms are associated with hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression in healthy individuals. Scand. J. Gastroenterol. 2007 42 : 1294 301.
35. Alario P, Gamallo A, Beato MJ, Trancho G. Body weight gain, food intake and adrenal development in chronic noise stressed rats. Physiol. Behav. 1987 40 : 29 32.
36. Gamallo A, Alario P, Villanua MA, Nava MP. Effect of chronic stress in the blood pressure in the rat: ACTH administration. Horm. Metab. Res. 1988 20 : 336 8.
37. Harro J, Tonissaar M, Eller M, Kask A, Oreland L. Chronic variable stress and partial 5-HT denervation by parachloroamphetamine treatment in the rat: effects on behavior and monoamine neurochemistry. Brain Res. 2001 899 : 227 39.
38. Morita TM, Imai T, Murata Y et al. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) increases the expression of its own receptor gene. Endocr. J. 1995 42 : 475 80.