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Mansour RB, Beji RS, Wasli H, Zekri S, Ksouri R, Megdiche-Ksouri W, Cardoso SM. Gastroprotective Effect of Microencapsulated Myrtus communis Essential Oil against Ethanol/HCl-Induced Acute Gastric Lesions. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27051566. [PMID: 35268666 PMCID: PMC8911731 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27051566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Myrtus communis L. essential oil (EO), mainly composed of myrtenyl acetate (30.6%), linalool (14.9%), α-pinene (11.10%) and 1,8-cineole or eucalyptol (9.9%), was microencapsulated with maltodextrin by emulsification and spray-drying, reaching a yield and efficiency of 43.7 and 48.7%, respectively. The microencapsulated myrtle EO (MMEO) was then evaluated regarding its gastroprotective activity in a model of ethanol/HCl-induced acute gastric ulcer in Wistar rats. Pretreatment with MMEO induced a remarkable inhibition of gastric lesions and acidity, correlated to high healing and protection percentages. Moreover, it exerted a potent anti-inflammatory effect on the gastric mucosa, counteracting EtOH-induced gastric lipoperoxidation and preventing the depletion of the antioxidant enzyme activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx). Taken together, the gastroprotective action of encapsulated MMEO may be multi-factorial, and ascribable, at least in parts, to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
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- Rim Ben Mansour
- Laboratory of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria, BP 901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia; (R.B.M.); (R.S.B.); (H.W.); (R.K.); (W.M.-K.)
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- Laboratory of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria, BP 901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia; (R.B.M.); (R.S.B.); (H.W.); (R.K.); (W.M.-K.)
- High School of Health Sciences and Technics, BP 176, Bab Saadoun, Tunis 1007, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria, BP 901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia; (R.B.M.); (R.S.B.); (H.W.); (R.K.); (W.M.-K.)
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- USCR, Unité de Services Communs pour la Recherche en Microscopie Electronique à Transmission, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunis 1029, Tunisia;
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- Laboratory of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria, BP 901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia; (R.B.M.); (R.S.B.); (H.W.); (R.K.); (W.M.-K.)
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- Laboratory of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria, BP 901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia; (R.B.M.); (R.S.B.); (H.W.); (R.K.); (W.M.-K.)
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- LAQV-REQUIMTE & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +351-234-370-360; Fax: +351-234-370-084
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Fernandes C, De Souza H, De Oliveria G, Costa J, Kerntopf M, Campos A. Investigation of the mechanisms underlying the gastroprotective effect of cymbopogon citratus essential oil. J Young Pharm 2012; 4:28-32. [PMID: 22523457 PMCID: PMC3326778 DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.93578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Cymbopogon citratus is a medicinal plant popularly used in Brazil for the treatment of various diseases, and the research interest in this plant is justifiable because of its potential medicinal value in stomachache and gastric ulcer. This study was aimed to test the validity of this practice by using experimental models of gastric ulcer and to clarify the mechanisms of gastroprotection by C. citratus leaves essential oil (EOCC). EOCC was evaluated for the ability to protect the gastric mucosa against injuries caused by necrotizing agents (absolute ethanol and aspirin) in rodents. The results of this study revealed that EOCC posses a dose-independent anti-ulcer effect against the different experimental models. EOCC pretreatment depicted a higher preventive index in ethanol-(88%) and aspirin-induced (76%) acute ulceration. On pretreatment of mice with indomethacin, the cyclooxygenase inhibitor slightly suppressed the gastroprotective effect of EOCC (48.5%). Furthermore, EOCC gastroprotection was not attenuated in mice pretreated with L-NAME (85.2%), glibenclamide (100%), or yohimbine (79.7%), the respective inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase, K(+) (ATP) channel activation, and α(2) receptors. These results confirmed the traditional use of C. citratus for the treatment of gastric ulcer. Thus, we provide the first evidence that EOCC reduces gastric damage induced by ethanol, at least in part, by mechanisms that involve endogenous prostaglandins.
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- Cn Fernandes
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioprospecção Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brazil
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Shati AA, Elsaid FG. Effects of water extracts of thyme (Thymus vulgaris) and ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) on alcohol abuse. Food Chem Toxicol 2009; 47:1945-9. [PMID: 19457445 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2009] [Revised: 04/16/2009] [Accepted: 05/11/2009] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Alcohol abuse has many harmful effects on human body. This study aimed to investigate the role of water extracts of thyme (Thymus vulgaris) and ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) as natural product extracts to detoxify the injuries of alcohol abuse on liver and brain of mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS Alcohol at a dose of 1.25 ml/50 ml water was orally administered at the first day of treatment with continuously increase of 1.25 ml per day to the end of experiment (14 days, 0.1 ml/45 g /d). Mice also were orally administered with alcohol and water extracts of thyme and ginger in concentration of 500 mg /kg body weight for 2 weeks. RESULTS The results showed very highly significant increase in nitric oxide and malondialdehyde level in liver and brain and a very highly significant decrease in the total antioxidant capacity and glutathione peroxidase activity in alcoholic group. In addition, the liver function enzymes such as L-gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase and butyryl cholinesterase activities showed very highly significant increase in alcoholic group. In contrast, the water extracts of thyme and ginger showed significant amelioration on these changes both in liver and brain tissues. CONCLUSION The water extracts of thyme and ginger has detoxifying and antioxidant effects. Therefore, it is recommended to use them to avoid alcohol toxicity.
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- Ali A Shati
- Biological Science Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
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Sonoda Y, Kawamoto M, Woods CN, Schloithe AC, Carati CJ, Toouli J, Saccone GTP. Sphincter of Oddi function in the Australian brush-tailed possum is inhibited by intragastric ethanol. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2007; 19:401-10. [PMID: 17509022 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2007.00907.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The role of sphincter of Oddi (SO) function in alcoholic acute pancreatitis (AP) is unclear. We aimed to compare the effect of i.v. and intragastric (IG) ethanol on SO function (i.e. trans-sphincteric flow; TSF) and investigate possible neural mechanisms. The involvement of gastric mucosal damage was also investigated by pretreatment with pantoprazole. In anaesthetized Australian possums, blood pressure (BP), TSF and blood ethanol concentrations were measured after i.v. or IG ethanol. Possums were subjected to acute vagotomy, atropine, L-nitro arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) or pantoprazole pretreatment prior to IG ethanol. BP was not significantly altered by ethanol. Ethanol decreased TSF in a dose and route-dependent manner. The lowest dose of IG ethanol reduced TSF but this response was not duplicated by i.v. ethanol producing the same blood ethanol concentrations. Acute vagotomy, atropine or L-NAME pretreatment blocked the ethanol-induced decrease in TSF and simultaneously suppressed the blood ethanol concentration. Pantoprazole pretreatment reduced the TSF response and blood ethanol concentrations implicating mechanisms induced by gastric mucosal damage. We conclude that ethanol (and/or its metabolites) reduces TSF via humoral and neural mechanisms involving vagal pathways, muscarinic receptors and nitric oxide. Reduced TSF could contribute to the onset of AP.
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- Y Sonoda
- Pancreatobiliary Research Group, Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, Australia
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Rodríguez ZBZ, Álvarez RG, Guanche D, Merino N, Rosales FH, Cepero SM, González YA, Schulz S. Antioxidant mechanism is involved in the gastroprotective effects of ozonized sunflower oil in ethanol-induced ulcers in rats. Mediators Inflamm 2007; 2007:65873. [PMID: 17497036 PMCID: PMC1804299 DOI: 10.1155/2007/65873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2006] [Revised: 12/04/2006] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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This research was performed in order to determine the potential protective effects of ozonized sunflower oil (OSO) in the injury of rat gastric mucosa induced by absolute ethanol and as well as to elucidate the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS), lipid peroxidation, and some important constituents of antioxidant defense such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), and catalase (CAT) in these effects. OSO was administered to rats intragastrically by a cannula and it was applied during four days to animals. The doses of OSO administered daily to each group of rats were 4, 12, and 24 mg/kg, respectively, and one hour after the last treatment, absolute ethanol (1 mL/200 mg body weight) was administered. Our results showed that gastric ulcer index was significantly reduced in rats pretreated with OSO as compared with ethanol-treated controls. However, in rats pretreated with OSO, no significant reduction of TBARS content in gastric mucosa was found as compared to those rats treated with ethanol alone. In contrast, SOD and GSH-Px activities were significantly increased in gastric mucosa of OSO-pretreated rats with respect to those treated with ethanol alone.
In summary, our results demonstrate that OSO pretreatment exerts protective effects in ethanol-induced gastric ulcers in rats. Furthermore, these results provide evidence that these protective effects of OSO are mediated at least partially by stimulation of some important antioxidant enzymes such as SOD and GSH-Px, which are scavengers of ROS and therefore prevent gastric injury induced by them.
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- Zullyt B. Zamora Rodríguez
- Laboratory of Biological Assays, Department of Biomedical Research, Ozone Research Center, P.O. Box 6414, Havana, Cuba
- *Zullyt B. Zamora Rodríguez:
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- Laboratory of Biological Assays, Department of Biomedical Research, Ozone Research Center, P.O. Box 6414, Havana, Cuba
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- Laboratory of Biological Assays, Department of Biomedical Research, Ozone Research Center, P.O. Box 6414, Havana, Cuba
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- Laboratory of Pathological Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Research, Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry,
P.O. Box 16042, Havana, Cuba
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- Laboratory of Biological Assays, Department of Biomedical Research, Ozone Research Center, P.O. Box 6414, Havana, Cuba
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- Laboratory of Biological Assays, Department of Biomedical Research, Ozone Research Center, P.O. Box 6414, Havana, Cuba
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- Laboratory of Biological Assays, Department of Biomedical Research, Ozone Research Center, P.O. Box 6414, Havana, Cuba
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- Veterinary Services and Laboratory Animal Medicine, Philipps University of Marburg, 35033 Marburg, Germany
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Kanter M, Demir H, Karakaya C, Ozbek H. Gastroprotective activity of Nigella sativa L oil and its constituent, thymoquinone against acute alcohol-induced gastric mucosal injury in rats. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11:6662-6. [PMID: 16425361 PMCID: PMC4355761 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i42.6662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2004] [Revised: 05/15/2005] [Accepted: 05/17/2005] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM To evaluate the role of reactive oxygen species in the pathogenesis of acute ethanol-induced gastric mucosal lesions and the effect of Nigella sativa L oil (NS) and its constituent thymoquinone (TQ) in an experimental model. METHODS Male Wistar albino rats were assigned into 4 groups. Control group was given physiologic saline orally (10 mL/kg body weight) as the vehicle (gavage); ethanol group was administrated 1 mL (per rat) absolute alcohol by gavage; the third and fourth groups were given NS (10 mL/kg body weight) and TQ (10 mg/kg body weight p.o) respectively 1 h prior to alcohol intake. One hour after ethanol administration, stomach tissues were excised for macroscopic examination and biochemical analysis. RESULTS NS and TQ could protect gastric mucosa against the injurious effect of absolute alcohol and promote ulcer healing as evidenced from the ulcer index (UI) values. NS prevented alcohol-induced increase in thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS), an index of lipid peroxidation. NS also increased gastric glutathione content (GSH), enzymatic activities of gastric superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione-S-transferase (GST). Likewise, TQ protected against the ulcerating effect of alcohol and mitigated most of the biochemical adverse effects induced by alcohol in gastric mucosa, but to a lesser extent than NS. Neither NS nor TQ affected catalase activity in gastric tissue. CONCLUSION Both NS and TQ, particularly NS can partly protect gastric mucosa from acute alcohol-induced mucosal injury, and these gastroprotective effects might be induced, at least partly by their radical scavenging activity.
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- Mehmet Kanter
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.
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Rozen D, Grass GW. Perioperative and Intraoperative Pain and Anesthetic Care of the Chronic Pain and Cancer Pain Patient Receiving Chronic Opioid Therapy. Pain Pract 2005; 5:18-32. [PMID: 17156114 DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2005.05104.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The expanding role of the anesthesiologist as a "perioperative physician" places ever-increasing demands upon his or her clinical skills and knowledge. One area of growing concern for the anesthesiologist involves the perioperative assessment and management of the opioid-tolerant chronic pain patient. Opioids occupy a position of unsurpassed clinical utility for the treatment of many types of painful conditions. Coupled with noticeable shifts in physician attitudes that have occurred in recent years regarding the use of opioids for the treatment of benign and malignancy-related pain, many more patients are presenting for surgical procedures who are opioid tolerant. It is important therefore that the practicing anesthesiologist become familiar with the currently available opioid formulations, including drug interactions and side effects, in order to better plan the patient's perioperative anesthetic needs and management. Unfortunately, there is a lack of scientifically rigorous studies in this important area, and most of the information must be derived from anecdotal reports and personal experience of anesthesiologists working in this field. In this review, we shall discuss some aspects of current chronic pain management, the newer forms of opioid administration which may be unfamiliar to the anesthesiologist, as well as clinical aspects of opioid use and tolerance including the impact it may have on perioperative anesthetic management.
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- Dima Rozen
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York 10029-6574, USA.
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Rahgozar M, Pazokitoroudi H, Bakhtiarian A, Djahanguiri B. Diazoxide, a K(ATP) opener, accelerates restitution of ethanol or indomethacin-induced gastric ulceration in rats independent of polyamines. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2001; 16:290-6. [PMID: 11339420 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2001.02433.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Experimental acute gastric ulcerations (EAGU) are healed very rapidly. This healing process has two steps; mucosal restitution and delayed repair. Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP)-dependent potassium channels (K(ATP)) have a regulatory role in the gastrointestinal physiology. In the present study, the effects of K(ATP) channel modulators; diazoxide (channel opener) and glibenclamide (channel antagonist) on the healing of EAGU were investigated. The effect of polyamine (mediators presumably responsible for restitution) biosynthesis by difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) on diazoxide-induced alterations, and the effects of acid secretion inhibitors (cimetidine, omeprazole and atropine) on the mucosal restitution of EAGU were also studied. METHODS Groups of 10 male rats were starved for 24 h and EAGU was induced by oral administration of 1 mL 60% ethanol or a subcutaneous injection of 30 mg/kg indomethacin. Different groups were subjected to various doses of diazoxide (5, 15, 45 mg/kg) and/or glibenclamide (2, 6, 18 mg/kg) administered intraperitoneally (i.p.) after EAGU induction. Polyamine biosynthesis was inhibited by a single i.p. injection of DFMO (500 mg/kg), administered 10 min before EAGU induction. Cimetidine, omeprazole or atropine were administered intraperitoneally at doses of 200, 5 and 1 mg/kg, respectively, after EAGU induction. Animals were killed and their gastric mucosa was examined for ulcerations. RESULTS Diazoxide accelerated the healing of EAGU, whereas glibenclamide aggravated EAGU. The concomitant administration of glibenclamide antagonized the diaoxide effect. Diazoxide-induced acceleration of mucosal restitution was not abolished by DFMO. Cimetidine, omeprazole and atropine had no effect on the healing of EAGU. CONCLUSION The K(ATP) channels may play an important role in the gastric mucosal restitution independent of polyamines. Acid inhibition cannot reverse EAGU.
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- M Rahgozar
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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Mazelin L, Theodorou V, Fioramonti J, Bueno L. Vagally dependent protective action of calcitonin gene-related peptide on colitis. Peptides 1999; 20:1367-74. [PMID: 10612453 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(99)00144-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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This work evaluates the mechanism of action of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on colitis. Firstly, Wistar rats were intracolonically instilled with trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS) and i.v. treated by either alphaCGRP, or hCGRP(8-37), or by vehicle. The inflammatory level was evaluated 8 h and 4 days after TNBS. Secondly, intracerebroventricular alphaCGRP was assessed on the 4-day group with colitis. Finally, i.v. alphaCGRP was administered in vagotomized animals, and tested on the 4-day group with colitis. Colitis was aggravated by hCGRP(8-37), and decreased by peripheral but not central alphaCGRP. AlphaCGRP was inactive on inflammatory parameters in vagotomized colitic rats. This suggests that endogenous peripheral CGRP has an anti-inflammatory role in TNBS-induced colitis, depending upon the integrity of the vagus.
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- L Mazelin
- Neuro-gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Toulouse, France
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Taché Y, Kaneko H, Kawakubo K, Kato K, Király Á, Yang H. Central and peripheral vagal mechanisms involved in gastric protection against ethanol injury. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1998; 13:S214-S220. [PMID: 28976666 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1998.tb01880.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Activation of medullary thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), at a dose subthreshold to increase gastric acid secretion, protects the gastric mucosa against ethanol injury through vagal cholinergic pathways in urethane-anaesthetized rats. Peripheral mediators involve the efferent function of capsaicin-sensitive splanchnic afferents leading to calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)- and nitric oxide (NO)-dependent gastric vasodilatory mechanisms. In addition, gastric prostaglandins participate in gastric protection through mechanisms independent of the stimulation of gastric mucosal blood flow and mucus secretion. Medullary TRH has physiological relevance in the vagal-dependent adaptive gastric protection induced by mild (acid or ethanol), followed by strong, irritants. Additional neuropeptides, namely peptide YY (PYY), somatostatin analogues, CGRP and adrenomedullin, also act in the brainstem to induce a vagal-dependent gastric protection against ethanol through interactions with their specific receptors in the medulla. Central PYY and adrenomedullin act through vagal cholinergic prostaglandins and NO pathways, while somatostatin analogue acts through vagal non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic vasoactive intestinal peptide and NO mechanisms. Although their biological relevance is still to be established, these peptides provide additional tools to investigate the multiple vagal-dependent mechanisms which increase the resistance of the gastric mucosa to injury.
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- Y Taché
- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division and Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division and Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division and Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division and Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division and Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division and Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Mazelin L, Theodorou V, More J, Fioramonti J, Bueno L. Protective role of vagal afferents in experimentally-induced colitis in rats. JOURNAL OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 1998; 73:38-45. [PMID: 9808369 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1838(98)00113-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the regulatory role of vagal afferents in the development of colonic inflammation induced by trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS) in rats. Groups of Wistar rats were treated with capsaicin or its vehicle applied perivagally (sham treatment). Colonic transit time was evaluated, and, two days later, one half of the animals received an intracolonic instillation of TNBS/ethanol (40 mg/kg), and the other received saline. Inflammation was evaluated functionally (gut permeability), biochemically (myeloperoxydase activity) and histologically. Vagal capsaicin deafferentation did not modify colonic transit time. In TNBS treated groups, inflammation was enhanced by capsaicin pretreatment, as determined by an increased gut permeability, MPO activity, and histological damage score. These results suggest that vagal afferents have a protective role in TNBS-induced colitis in rats, unrelated to changes in colonic transit time.
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- L Mazelin
- Department of Pharmacology, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Toulouse, France
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Ko JK, Cho CH. The mechanistic pathway of gastric adaptive cytoprotection: a study on different components of the autonomic nervous system. JOURNAL OF AUTONOMIC PHARMACOLOGY 1995; 15:205-14. [PMID: 7673275 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-8673.1995.tb00305.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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1. The involvement of different components of the autonomic nervous system in the pathogenesis of ethanol-induced damage and the adaptive cytoprotection of mild irritants were studied in the gastric mucosa of male rats. 2. Capsaicin, yohimbine, and domperidone aggravated the 100% ethanol-induced gastric mucosal damage and attenuated the cytoprotective action of 20% ethanol, but not of 5% NaCl and 0.3 M HCl. Butoxamine and prazosin blocked the adverse actions of yohimbine and domperidone respectively. 3. Atropine, pirenzepine, and lidocaine lessened the severity of 100% ethanol-induced mucosal injury and further increased the cytoprotective action of 5% NaCl and 0.3 M HCl, but not of 20% ethanol. 4. Our results demonstrated that sensory afferent neurones, alpha 2-adrenoceptors and D2-dopaminergic receptors all play a significant role in the defensive mechanism of the gastric mucosa and the adaptive cytoprotection of 20% ethanol, while the M1- and M2-muscarinic receptors and sensory chemoreceptors on the gastric mucosa contribute only to the former action. The adverse effect of yohimbine and domperidone on lesion formation is probably mediated through the release of catecholamines, which subsequently act on the beta 2- and alpha 1-adrenoceptors respectively.
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- J K Ko
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
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