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Diquat-Induced Intestinal Secretion in the Anaesthetized Rat

ICI Central Toxicology Laboratory, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TJ, UK

John R. Foster

ICI Central Toxicology Laboratory, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TJ, UK

Jon R. Heylings

ICI Central Toxicology Laboratory, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TJ, UK

1 Diquat (1,1'-ethylene-2,2'-bipyridilium) is a non-selective desiccant herbicide which, when administered orally to mammalian species, causes significant secretion of fluid into the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract. In order to characterize this secretory response in more detail the effect of sublethal doses of diquat dibromide (DQBr2) on intestinal secretion was investigated in vivo in the jejunum of anaesthetized rats.

2 Ligated segments of jejunum (10 cm) which were prepared in groups of up to five animals were filled with 500 µl of isosmotic DQBr2 solutions with concentrations ranging from 1-100 mM and maintained in the anaesthetized rat for 1, 2 or 3 h; in control experiments a solution of 100 mM NaBr was used.

3 It was found that while all of the fluid instilled into the segments was absorbed in the control experiments, there was both a dose- and time-dependent secretory response to DQBr₂. Maximal fluid secretion occurred after treatment with 50 mM DQBr2 for 3 h.

4 Histological assessment of the jejunum revealed an increase in cell exfoliation and evidence of luminal distension after incubation with DQBr₂. However, no structural damage to the mucosa could be seen to account for the fluid secretion.

5 The model described provides a quantitative means of evaluating intestinal secretion and may be used for elucidating the mechanism by which diquat alters fluid transport processes.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 11, No. 6, 524-529 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/096032719201100614


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