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Critical Role for Mast Cells in the Pathogenesis of 2,4-Dinitrobenzene-Induced Murine Colonic Hypersensitivity Reaction

Department of Pharmacology and Pathophysiology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

The immunological mechanisms underlying the role of mast cells in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are poorly defined. In this study, non-IgE mediated colonic hypersensitivity responses in BALB/c mice induced by skin sensitization with dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB) followed by an intrarectal challenge with dinitrobenzene sulfonic acid featured as a model to study the role of mast cells in the development of IBD. Vehicle- or DNFB-sensitized mice were monitored for clinical symptoms and inflammation 72 h after dinitrobenzene sulfonic acid challenge. DNFB-sensitized mice developed diarrheic stool, increased colonic vascular permeability, hypertrophy of colonic lymphoid follicles (colonic patches), and showed cellular infiltration at the microscopic level. Increased numbers of mast cells were found in the colon of DNFB-sensitized mice located in and around colonic patches associated with elevated levels of mouse mast cell protease-1 in plasma indicating mast cell activation. Colonic patches of DNFB mice, stimulated in vitro with stem cell factor indicated that an increase in TNF- levels in the colon is mainly mast cell originated. Finally, neutrophil infiltration was observed in the colon of DNFB-sensitized mice. Induction of this model in mast cell-deficient WBB6F₁ W/W^v mice shows a profound reduction of characteristics of the colonic hypersensitivity reaction. Reconstitution with bone marrow-derived mast cells in WBB6F₁ W/W^v mice fully restored the inflammatory response. This study demonstrates the importance of mast cells in the development of clinical symptoms and inflammation in the presented murine model for IBD.

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