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. 1977 Jul;17(1):136–139. doi: 10.1128/iai.17.1.136-139.1977

Effect of indomethacin on intestinal water transport in salmonella-infected rhesus monkeys.

R A Giannella, W R Rout, S B Formal
PMCID: PMC421093  PMID: 407160

Abstract

Indomethacin, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent, will abolish salmonella-induced rabbit ileal secretion when given prior to the establishment of infection. In the present study, we assessed whether indomethacin can inhibit salmonella-induced intestinal secretion when administered after infection and net intestinal secretion are well established. A physiological model of salmonellosis, salmonella-infected rhesus monkeys, was used. This model also permitted an examination of the effects of indomethacin in both the small and large intestines. The effect of indomethacin in control monkeys was also studied. Indomethacin caused a striking enhancement of net intestinal water transport in the jejunum,, ileum, and colon of salmonella-infected monkeys. These effects occurred promptly and were of sufficient magnitude in the ileum and colon to cause a reversal in the direction of net transport from net secretion to net absorption. Indomethacin also enhanced net water transport in the jejunum ileum, and colon of normal animals. These data show that indomethacin markedly enhances net intestinal water transport in both the small and large intestines of salmonella-infected monkeys, even when administered after salmonella infection and intestinal secretion are well established. Similar enhancement also occurs in the normal intestine. The mechanism(s) by which indomethacin produces these effects is not known.

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