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  • Title: Enteral erythropoietin and iron stimulate erythropoiesis in suckling rats.
    Author: Kling PJ, Willeitner A, Dvorak B, Blohowiak SE.
    Journal: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr; 2008 Feb; 46(2):202-7. PubMed ID: 18223381.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: A primary objective was to evaluate whether addition of enteral iron supplementation will facilitate a systemic erythropoietic effect when feeding erythropoietin (Epo) to suckling rats. A secondary objective was to confirm that iron does not alter the previous finding that enteral Epo exerts local trophic effects on the small intestine. METHODS: Four-day-old Sprague-Dawley rats underwent gastrostomy and were fed a cow's milk-based rat milk substitute for 8 days. We studied rats fed rat milk substitute alone (control), enteral Epo 425 U x kg(-1) x day(-1), and enteral Epo 1700 U x kg(-1) x day(-1), and the effects of oral iron sulfate (Fe) therapy (6 mg x kg(-1) x day(-1)). Blood was collected to measure hemoglobin (Hb), reticulocytes, red cell indices, and zinc protoporphyrin/heme. To confirm previous work describing trophic effects of enteral Epo on the intestine, duodenal villous height was measured. RESULTS: Hb levels in control (84 +/- 1 g/L) were similar to Epo 425 (87 +/- 1 g/L). Hb levels in control+Fe (97 +/- 1 g/L), Epo 425+Fe (97 +/- 1 g/L), and Epo 1700 (94 +/- 1 g/L) were higher than control, P < 0.001, but mean Hb level in Epo 1700+Fe was higher (105 +/- 1 g/L) than the other groups, P < 0.003. Mean cell volume was higher in rats receiving iron supplementation, compared with those without iron, P < 0.005. Duodenal villous height was taller in Epo 1700+Fe compared with control + Fe, P < 0.01. CONCLUSIONS: If combined with sufficient iron supplementation, high-dose Epo artificially fed to suckling rats exerted a systemic erythropoietic effect in addition to the previously reported local trophic effects.
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