Intestinal permeability assessment using lactulose and mannitol in celiac disease. 2023

Silvia Martínez Velasco, and Azucena González García, and Iñaki Xarles Irastorza Terradillos, and José Ramón Bilbao Catalá
Department of Pediatrics Donostia University Hospital, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Bizkaia, Spain. Electronic address: silviamartnez@gmail.com.

Alterations in intestinal permeability can lead to increased uptake of luminal antigens, which has been linked to several intestinal diseases, such as inflammatory bowel diseases, celiac disease, and irritable bowel syndrome, but also to extra-intestinal diseases. Promising therapies that target intestinal permeability could be developed, for instance tight junction modulators. Consequently, permeability assays are increasingly being used as treatment endpoints in clinical studies. Therefore, reliable, reproducible, and feasible methods for measuring intestinal permeability in the clinical setting are necessary. Currently, a variety of in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro tests are available, some of which are only applicable to basic research. Despite the various options available to measure gut permeability, their use in clinical setting is still limited because of their heterogeneity. Here, we describe a clinical method to measure intestinal permeability using two non-metabolizable sugars.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007792 Lactulose A synthetic disaccharide used in the treatment of constipation and hepatic encephalopathy. It has also been used in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal disorders. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p887) Amivalex,Duphalac,Normase
D008353 Mannitol A diuretic and renal diagnostic aid related to sorbitol. It has little significant energy value as it is largely eliminated from the body before any metabolism can take place. It can be used to treat oliguria associated with kidney failure or other manifestations of inadequate renal function and has been used for determination of glomerular filtration rate. Mannitol is also commonly used as a research tool in cell biological studies, usually to control osmolarity. (L)-Mannitol,Osmitrol,Osmofundin
D010539 Permeability Property of membranes and other structures to permit passage of light, heat, gases, liquids, metabolites, and mineral ions. Permeabilities
D002446 Celiac Disease A malabsorption syndrome that is precipitated by the ingestion of foods containing GLUTEN, such as wheat, rye, and barley. It is characterized by INFLAMMATION of the SMALL INTESTINE, loss of MICROVILLI structure, failed INTESTINAL ABSORPTION, and MALNUTRITION. Gluten Enteropathy,Sprue, Celiac,Sprue, Nontropical,Celiac Sprue,Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy,Sprue,Disease, Celiac,Enteropathies, Gluten,Enteropathies, Gluten-Sensitive,Enteropathy, Gluten,Enteropathy, Gluten-Sensitive,Gluten Enteropathies,Gluten Sensitive Enteropathy,Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathies,Nontropical Sprue
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001681 Biological Assay A method of measuring the effects of a biologically active substance using an intermediate in vivo or in vitro tissue or cell model under controlled conditions. It includes virulence studies in animal fetuses in utero, mouse convulsion bioassay of insulin, quantitation of tumor-initiator systems in mouse skin, calculation of potentiating effects of a hormonal factor in an isolated strip of contracting stomach muscle, etc. Bioassay,Assay, Biological,Assays, Biological,Biologic Assay,Biologic Assays,Assay, Biologic,Assays, Biologic,Bioassays,Biological Assays

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