Lloyd-Still JD, Beno DW, Uhing MR, Jiyamapa-Serna VA, Kimura RE. Ursodeoxycholic acid ameliorates ibuprofen-induced enteropathy in the rat.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2001;
32:270-3. [PMID:
11345174 DOI:
10.1097/00005176-200103000-00007]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
The objective of the study was to determine whether ursodeoxycholic acid (Ursodiol) is protective against ibuprofen (IBU)-induced enteropathy.
METHODS
Using the chronically catheterized rat model, IBU (60 mg/kg body weight per day) was infused via the gastric catheter twice daily. Pancreatic enzyme (PE; 10,000 U lipase/kg body weight per day) and Ursodiol (10 mg/kg body weight per day) in two doses were infused via the duodenal catheter. Rats were assigned to one of six treatment groups and were administered treatment for 20 days: control, IBU, PE, IBU + PE, IBU + Ursodiol, and IBU + PE + Ursodiol. The entire jejunum, ileum, cecum, and colon were available for histologic analysis using previously described techniques.
RESULTS
Addition of Ursodiol to high-dose IBU and normal doses of PE showed a significant reduction in the percentage of rats with ulcers (P < 0.05), total number of serositis events (P < 0.01), total number of severe ulcers (P < 0.001), and an absence of ulcers in the large intestine.
CONCLUSIONS
Ursodiol, the drug of choice for the treatment of cystic fibrosis liver disease, may offer a safe method of using high-dose IBU in these patients by ameliorating the enteropathy.
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