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The ENS promotes the maintenance of macrophages through macrophage growth factor colony-stimulating factor 1. Neurons can label specific phenotypes to macrophages in the niche, and neuronal signals can signal macrophages to preserve neuronal networks in response to inflammation or infection. The mechanism by which BMP2 affects the function of steady-state or differentiated Enteric neurons remains unclear; however, the role of BMP receptor signaling in regulating microtubule stability, rapid axonal transport, synaptic growth, and stability of axons has been established [ 71 ].

Antibiotic treatment reduces the expression of BMP2, the number of MMs in neurons, and signal transduction through the BMP receptor and colony-stimulating factor 1 expression.

These changes lead to alterations in gastrointestinal motility [ 72 ]. Macrophages have M1 and M2 phenotypes, which produce inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, respectively [ 73 ]. Abdominal surgery activates M1 macrophages increaseing the expression of proinflammatory cytokines [ 74 ].

Shifting from the anti-inflammatory M2 to the proinflammatory M1 inactivates enteric neurons and enteric neural stem cells and delays intestinal transit [ 75 ].

In antibiotic-treated mice, the expression of M1 macrophage markers increased, whereas that of anti-inflammatory M2 markers decreased. An increase in M1 macrophages is related to prolonged gastrointestinal transport time [ 76 ]. In sterile mice transplanted with symbiotic bacteria, M2 macrophages migrating into the muscularis of the gastrointestinal tract may accelerate gastrointestinal motility.

Therefore, a low M2 macrophage count was associated with inhibited intestinal motility in mice. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Intestinal transplantation or major abdominal surgery can lead to the translocation of gut microbiota and the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from M1-like macrophages.

This could result in circulating leukocyte recruitment, thus reducing smooth muscle function and impairing intestinal peristalsis by releasing nitric oxide [ 76 ].

T lymphocytes interacts with gut microbiota to regulate intestinal homeostasis, plays an important role in POI. CD4 knockout alleviates the damage to gut motility caused by abdominal surgery in mice [ 77 ]. Amphiregulin derived fromTh17 cell promotes intestinal fibrosis by activating mTOR and MEK in intestinal myofibroblasts,which may lead to POI [ 79 ].

In addition, CD8 T cells plays an important pathogenic role in gut motility disorders by disrupting intestinal neurons [ 80 ].

In a POI mouse model, gastrointestinal surgical injury resulted in the local production of the pro-inflammatory mediators IL by dendritic cells and interferon-γ by memory T helper type 1 cells, which activated macrophages to express iNOS.

The nitric oxide produced by iNOS paralyzed intestinal muscle cells, leading to POI [ 64 , 77 ]. In conclusion, gut microbiota imbalance, increases the intestinal inflammatory response, and neuron—macrophage interaction disorder may affect the homeostasis of the ENS, thereby leading to gastrointestinal dysfunction.

The 5-HT neurotransmitter plays a vital role in the functions of the ENS and gastrointestinal system, further regulating intestinal secretion and motility [ 82 ]. As an important paracrine signal molecule, 5-HT affects intestinal epithelial cell secretion and the intestinal barrier function through the G protein-coupled receptors on adjacent cells [ 83 ], directly and indirectly regulating intestinal motility.

As an intestinal neurotransmitter regulating the neurokinin receptor, substance P SP controls the intestinal motor and sensory functions and strongly promotes smooth muscle contraction [ 84 ]. Under mechanical or chemical stimulation, enterochromaffin cells ECs release 5-HT, which upregulates the release of SP in afferent nerve fibers by acting on the 5-HT3 receptor [ 83 ], and activates the neurokinin-1 receptor, increasing the SP-mediated motor response.

Using a POI model of guinea pigs, one study has shown that treatment with 5-HT4 agonists before surgery can significantly accelerate intestinal movement and improve POI [ 86 ].

At the same time, a meta-analysis found that treatment with 5-HT agonists can promote intestinal recovery post-surgery [ 87 ]. Mechanistically, activated 5-HT4 promotes intestinal movement by activating enteric cholinergic neurons and inhibiting the inflammatory reaction of the intestinal muscle layer [ 88 , 89 ].

Gut microbiota can regulate gastrointestinal peristalsis by affecting the synthesis of 5-HT [ 90 , 91 ]. In mice, spore-forming bacteria, such as Clostridium , promote the synthesis of 5-HT in colonic chromaffin cells and affect intramuscular neurons and gastrointestinal motility by upregulating 5-HT receptors on submucosal neurons and increasing 5-HT levels in the blood [ 85 ].

In germ-free mice, the levels of 5-HT in the colon and feces and the expression of tryptophan hydroxylase 1 TPH1 in the colon were reduced, and gut microbiota promoted 5-HT biosynthesis by increasing the expression of TPH1 in ECs [ 92 ].

Concurrently, data on clearance of the gut microbiota of specific pathogen-free mice using antibiotics showed that intestinal microorganisms had a sustained effect on 5-HT synthesis by regulating the function of ECs [ 93 ].

In specific probiotics EcNHT colonization experiments, colonization shortened gastrointestinal transit time, increased fecal excretion, and improved gastrointestinal motility by increasing the level of 5-HT [ 91 ]. In brief, various studies have shown that gut microbiota affects gastrointestinal motility by regulating 5-HT levels [ 91 , 94 ].

The mechanism by which gut microbiota affect postoperative intestinal motility by regulating 5-HT has attracted increasing research attention. Recent studies have shown that gut microbiota affect gastrointestinal motility by increasing the biosynthesis of 5-HT in ECs through fermentation end-products, such as SCFAs and Bas [ 94 ].

When the barrier function of the gut is impaired, the ENS may be exposed to the metabolites produced by gut microbiota affecting intestinal motility. The metabolites of gut microbiota can promote the synthesis of various neurotransmitters and regulate the secretion of signal molecules. Intestinal remodeling after abdominal surgery alters the metabolism of gut microbiota [ 65 ].

BAs exert bacteriostatic effects, and microorganisms transform primary BAs to produce secondary BAs. Liver injury caused by surgery reduces the level of BAs [ 95 ]. BAs can prevent intestinal bacterial overgrowth, maintain barrier function, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis by activating the G protein-coupled receptor TGR5 , and affect intestinal movement by affecting the mechanism of Ret signal transduction in the ENS [ 95 ].

However, BAs release nitric oxide and inhibit movement by activating TGR5 in inhibitory motor neurons. Increased BA levels upregulate the expression of NOS and TGR5 in the gastroenteric nerve plexus delaying gastric emptying [ 96 , 97 ].

This finding contradicts the conclusion that BAs promote intestinal peristalsis; thus, this issue requires further research. SCFAs can inhibit the growth of pathogens, and their metabolic activity is related to various gastrointestinal functions, such as intestinal motility and mucus secretion, through nerve and muscle stimulation [ 98 ].

A clinical study reported that probiotics could promote the production of SCFAs, especially by increasing acetate, butyrate, and propionate, thereby reducing postoperative intestinal complications and the occurrence of POI [ 99 ].

A recent study showed that butyrate plays a regulatory role in microbiota TLR-dependent sensing [ ]. Microorganisms are involved in intestinal motility by affecting the release of peptide YY andglucagon-like peptide-1 from enteroendocrine L-cells via stimulating TLRs [ ].

These secretions could enhance the propulsion of the colon, increase the contraction of colonic circular muscles, and improve gastrointestinal motility by promoting the development of cholinergic and nitrate neurons [ , ].

Butyric acid induces changes in the neural plasticity of the ENS, leading to neuro proliferative changes in intestinal myenteric and submucosal neurons and enhancement of colonic motility [ ].

Dysbiosis after surgery led to a significant decrease in butyric acid and SCFAs and an increase in the venous pressure in the intestine [ ]. All these changes may decrease intestinal motility, impair the removal of harmful bacteria, and reduce theanti-inflammatory response. Moreover, changes in gut microbiota after surgery might lead to insufficient decomposition of dietary components, such as lipids and complex polysaccharides [ ], leading to a reduction in SCFA levels and an imbalance in the ENS system, resulting in intestinal dyskinesia.

A recent study showed that the AHR signal in the intestinal nerve circuit connects gut microbiota and intestinal nerve function and plays an important role in regulating the intestinal motor function [ ]. Specific deletion of AHR neurons or overexpression of its negative feedback regulator Cytochrome P Family 1 Subfamily A Member 1 can inhibit colonic peristalsis.

In contrast, gut microbiota and their metabolites can combine with AHR to activate the immune system, enhance the intestinal epithelial barrier, and stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis [ ].

In a control experiment involving specific pathogen-free mice and germ-free mice [ ], the expression of AHR in the colon tissues of germ-free mice and antibiotic-treated mice decreased, while the frequency of colonic transitional motor complexes decreased, and intestinal peristalsis slowed.

Depletion of microorganisms reduces the number of available AHR ligands, decreases the excitability of enteric neurons, and significantly prolongs intestinal transport time. These findings suggest that gut microbiota can induce AHR expression in colon tissues, thereby regulating movement of the intestinal nerve circuit.

In addition, metabolites produced due to tryptophan decomposition by gut microbiota are important signal molecules among microbiota and in host—microbiota crosstalk and may maintain homeostasis in the gastrointestinal system. Tryptophan metabolites can enhance the intestinal epithelial barrier function, reduce inflammation, regulate glucagon-like peptide-1 secretion, and affect gastrointestinal peristalsis.

The metabolites resulting from the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan were identified as AHR ligands, which may activate AHR and affect cytokines [ ]. Moreover, indoleacetic acid and tryptamine, produced in the metabolism of tryptophan, attenuated the response of proinflammatory cytokines in mouse macrophage cultures in an AHR-dependent manner [ ].

The effects of tryptophan metabolites on cytokines depend on the activation of AHR, and AHR signal transduction can modify the TLR-regulated response in dendritic cells [ ].

However, SCFAs might also enhance the gene induction of AHR, in which acetate, propionate, and butyrate improve the response induced by the AHR ligand. Gut microbiota and their metabolites can activate the AHR pathway in a ligand-dependent manner, subsequently regulating the differentiation of AHR to promote or control the release of anti-inflammatory factors.

However, preoperative intestinal cleaning and intraoperative gastrointestinal reconstruction of patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery may result in changes in gut microbiota; however, whether gut microbiota could participate in postoperative intestinal motility recovery through the AHR pathway has not been determined and should be further investigated.

Surgery may increase the number of pathogenic bacteria in the intestine and decrease the proportion of beneficial bacteria, such as Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium; administration of antibiotics before surgery reduces the abundance of gut microbiota, leading to dysbiosis [ , ].

Some probiotic strains may affect intestinal motility and secretion by altering the intraluminal environment; therefore, these strains might be beneficial to patients with postoperative intestinal motility injuries.

For instance, a study has shown that specific probiotics may help decrease the gut transit time and improve constipation-related symptoms in patients [ ]. The microbiota—gut—brain interaction and regulation of probiotics are considered new therapeutic tools for the treatment of POI [ ].

Pretreatment with probiotics before surgery increases the abundance of beneficial bacteria, promotes butyrate production, and stimulates excretion [ 23 ].

A meta-analysis study analyzed the time of the initial postoperative flatulence, the initial defecation, days of the first solid diet, incidence of abdominal distension, and incidence of postoperative intestinal obstruction and found that probiotics supplements reduced the incidence of abdominal distension RR, 0.

In another randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study of adults with slow transit constipation [ ], supplementation of synbiotics increased stool frequency, improved stool consistency, reduced intestinal transit time, improved intestinal motility, and relieved constipation.

In a prospective, randomized controlled trial targeting patients undergoing craniotomy, oral supplementation with probiotics shortes the time of first stool and flatus [ ]. Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG promotes passing gas and the first postoperative stock of patients suffering pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy [ ].

These results indicate that probiotics can improve intestinal motility, and the nervous system may mediate the beneficial effects. Postoperative application of some probiotics may affect intestinal motility and secretion; however, the complex interactions of the different probiotics and strains with the ENS and intestinal motility, along with the specific mechanisms of action, need to be further studied.

In conclusion, preoperative administration of antibiotics, opioid anesthetics, and injury as a result of gastrointestinal surgery leads to disorders in gut microbiota and their metabolites, which can affect the neuromuscular regulation of gastrointestinal motility through the release of inflammatory cytokines or neurotransmitters or direct activation of signaling pathways in intestinal myometric neurons.

Reducing intestinal tissue damage during surgery, shortening anesthesia time, avoiding excessive mechanical bowel preparation, and subsequently reducing gastrointestinal microbiota disorders are effective ways to improve the management of POI.

The clinical application of some probiotics may provide a way to treat postoperative intestinal motility. In addition, based on neuroanatomy, neuroprotective mesenteric and intestinal tissue cutting may help improve and alleviate POI.

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