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Published in: Obesity Surgery 4/2017

01-04-2017 | Original Contributions

Serum Leptin, Obestatin, and Ghrelin Levels and Gastric Emptying Rates of Liquid and Solid Meals in Non-obese Rats with Roux-en-Y Bypass Surgery or Prosthesis Placement: Implications for the Role of Vagal Afferents

Authors: Yunus Yavuz, Zarife Nigar Özdemir Kumral, Gülsün Memi, Özge Dağdeviren Çevik, Cumhur Yeğen, Berrak Ç. Yeğen

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 4/2017

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Abstract

Background

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and prosthesis placement on gastric emptying rate in conjunction with serum ghrelin-obestatin-leptin responses in non-obese rats with intact or denervated afferent innervation.

Methods

Under anesthesia, male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent either sham operation, RYGB, prosthesis, and/or Gregory cannula placement. Three weeks later, liquid or solid gastric emptying tests were performed and serum ghrelin, leptin and obestatin levels were measured.

Results

Both prosthesis placement and RYGB surgery delayed non-nutrient liquid emptying; while solid nutrient emptying was delayed only by RYGB. Nutrient-dependent (acid, hyperosmolal and peptone) delay in liquid emptying was abolished in rats with prosthesis. By vagal afferent denervation, delayed liquid emptying was abolished, while solid emptying was further delayed in rats with prosthesis. Ghrelin and obestatin levels were depressed in prosthesis-placed rats, but RYGB surgery had no impact on both levels. Leptin level was elevated in solid-food-given rats with prosthesis, but not changed in RYGB group, while it was reduced following liquid meal. All the changes observed in ghrelin, obestatin, or leptin levels in response to meal ingestion were reversed with vagal afferent denervation.

Conclusions

Both RYGB and prosthesis placement had delaying effects on gastric emptying rate of non-obese rats. Our results indicate that the short-term changes in gastric motility and hormone responses induced by volume reduction are reversed by afferent denervation, suggesting that sparing the vagal innervation could be essential for reaching optimum motility and hormone changes expected after bariatric surgery.
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Metadata
Title
Serum Leptin, Obestatin, and Ghrelin Levels and Gastric Emptying Rates of Liquid and Solid Meals in Non-obese Rats with Roux-en-Y Bypass Surgery or Prosthesis Placement: Implications for the Role of Vagal Afferents
Authors
Yunus Yavuz
Zarife Nigar Özdemir Kumral
Gülsün Memi
Özge Dağdeviren Çevik
Cumhur Yeğen
Berrak Ç. Yeğen
Publication date
01-04-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 4/2017
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-016-2420-9

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