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Quantitative analysis of sacral parasympathetic nucleus innervating the rectum in rats with anorectal malformation
Authors:Jia Huimin  Zhang Keren  Zhang Shucheng  Yuan Zhengwei  Bai Yuzuo  Wang Weilin
Institution:Department of Paediatric Surgery, The 2nd Clinical College of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, PR China
Abstract:

Background/Purpose

The purpose of this experiment was to identify the neurons in the lumbosacral spinal cord involved in colon-rectal function and to compare normal and anorectal malformation of fetalrats.

Methods

The authors quantified the sacral parasympathetic nucleus (SPN) innervation of the rectum by Fluorogold (FG) (Fluorochrome, Englewood, CO) retrograde tracing experiment in fetal rats with normal and anorectal malformation. Anorectal malformation was induced in rat fetuses by ethylenethiourea (ETU). The number of FG-labeled SPNs was scored and compared between male fetuses with or without malformation in the ETU-fed group and control groups.

Results

The number of FG-labeled SPNs in the fetuses without a defect, with ETU injected but without any defects of the anorectum or neural tube, with low-type deformity, and with high-type deformity were (mean ± SEM) 47.3 ± 2.9, 45.6 ± 3.2, 24.2 ± 3.8, and 8.5 ± 2.5, respectively. Fluorogold-labeled SPNs inthe fetuses with high-type deformity were significantly fewer than those in fetuses without defects (P<.05) and in controls (P < .05).

Conclusions

These findings suggest that defective SPN innervation to the rectum is a primary anomaly that coexists with the alimentary tract anomaly in anorectal malformation during fetal development. The intrinsic neural deficiency is an important factor likely to contribute to poor postoperative anorectal function despite surgical correction of the malformation.
Keywords:Anorectal malformation  Rectum  Sacral parasympathetic neurons
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