Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1772-1782.e4 , May 2010

Short-Chain Fatty Acids Regulate the Enteric Neurons and Control Gastrointestinal Motility in Rats

  • Rodolphe Soret

      Affiliations

    • Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), U913, Nantes, France
    • Université Nantes, Nantes, France
    • Institut des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif, CHU Nantes, Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    • Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, Nantes, France
    • ,
  • Julien Chevalier

      Affiliations

    • Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), U913, Nantes, France
    • Université Nantes, Nantes, France
    • Institut des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif, CHU Nantes, Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    • Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, Nantes, France
    • ,
  • Pierre De Coppet

      Affiliations

    • Université Nantes, Nantes, France
    • Institut des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif, CHU Nantes, Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    • Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, Nantes, France
    • Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    • ,
  • Guillaume Poupeau

      Affiliations

    • Université Nantes, Nantes, France
    • Institut des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif, CHU Nantes, Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    • Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, Nantes, France
    • Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    • ,
  • Pascal Derkinderen

      Affiliations

    • Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), U913, Nantes, France
    • Université Nantes, Nantes, France
    • Institut des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif, CHU Nantes, Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    • Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, Nantes, France
    • ,
  • Jean Pierre Segain

      Affiliations

    • Université Nantes, Nantes, France
    • Institut des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif, CHU Nantes, Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    • Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, Nantes, France
    • Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    • ,
  • Michel Neunlist

      Affiliations

    • Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), U913, Nantes, France
    • Université Nantes, Nantes, France
    • Institut des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif, CHU Nantes, Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    • Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, Nantes, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Michel Neunlist, Institut des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif, University Hospital Hotel Dieu, 1, Place Alexis Ricordeau, 44093 Nantes, France. fax: (33) 02 40 08 75 06

Received 2 July 2009 ,Accepted 28 January 2010.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding R.S. is a recipient of a doctoral fellowship from the CRNH of Nantes and the Region of Pays de la Loire. M.N. and P.D. are recipients of a Contrat d'Interface INSERM.

 J.P.S. and M.N. contributed equally to this work.

PII: S0016-5085(10)00165-4

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.01.053

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1772-1782.e4 , May 2010

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