Association of colonic metaplasia of goblet cells and endoscopic phenotypes of the J pouch in patients with ulcerative colitis : a retrospective pilot study

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Mucosal adaptation of the ileum toward colonic epithelium has been reported in pouchitis in ulcerative colitis (UC); however, the clinical characteristics, endoscopic findings, and outcomes in patients with pouchitis with ileal mucosal adaptation are poorly understood.

METHODS: This was a single-center retrospective study comprising UC patients treated by proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis who had undergone pouchoscopy at the University of Tsukuba Hospital between 2005 and 2022. Endoscopic phenotypes were evaluated according to the Chicago classification. High-iron diamine staining (HID) was performed to identify sulfomucin (colon-type mucin)-producing goblet cells (GCs) in pouch biopsies. We compared clinical data between patients with (high HID group) and without > 10% sulfomucin-producing GCs in at least one biopsy (low HID group).

RESULTS: We reviewed 390 endoscopic examination reports from 50 patients. Focal inflammation was the most common phenotype (78%). Five patients (10%) required diverting ileostomy. Diffuse inflammation and fistula were significant risk factors for diverting ileostomy. The median proportion of sulfomucin-producing GCs on histological analysis of 82 pouch biopsies from 23 patients was 9.9% (range, 0%-93%). The duration of disease was significantly greater in the high HID group compared to the low HID group. The median percentage of sulfomucin-producing GCs was significantly higher in patients with diffuse inflammation or fistula compared to other endoscopic phenotypes (14% vs. 6.0%, P= 0.011).

CONCLUSIONS: Greater proportions of sulfomucin-producing GCs were observed in endoscopic phenotypes associated with poor outcomes in UC, indicating patients with pouchitis showing colonic metaplasia of GCs may benefit from early interventions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

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Intestinal research - 22(2024), 1 vom: 07. Jan., Seite 92-103

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Akiyama, Shintaro [VerfasserIn]
Onoda, Tsubasa [VerfasserIn]
Moue, Shoko [VerfasserIn]
Sakamoto, Noriaki [VerfasserIn]
Sakamoto, Taku [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Hideo [VerfasserIn]
Enomoto, Tsuyoshi [VerfasserIn]
Matsubara, Daisuke [VerfasserIn]
Oda, Tatsuya [VerfasserIn]
Tsuchiya, Kiichiro [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Phenotype
Pouchitis
Sulfomucin: Goblet cells
Ulcerative colitis

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Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.5217/ir.2023.00105

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NLM368162346