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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
Epidermal growth factor (EGF) has been shown to exert gastric hyperemic and gastroprotective effects via capsaicin-sensitive afferent neurons, including the release of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). We examined the protective and vasodilatory effects of EGF on the gastric mucosa and its interaction with sensory nerves, CGRP, and nitric oxide (NO) in anesthetized rats. Intragastric EGF (10 or 30 microg) significantly reduced gastric mucosal lesions induced by intragastric 60% ethanol (50.6% by 10 microg EGF and 70.0% by 30 microg EGF). The protective effect of EGF was significantly inhibited by pretreatment with capsaicin desensitization, human CGRP1 antagonist hCGRP-(8-37), or N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME). Intravital microscopy showed that topically applied EGF (10-1,000 microg/ml) dilated the gastric mucosal arterioles dose dependently and that this vasodilatory effect was significantly inhibited by equivalent pretreatments. These findings suggest that EGF plays a protective role against ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury, possibly by dilating the gastric mucosal arterioles via capsaicin-sensitive afferent neurons involving CGRP and NO mechanisms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0193-1857
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
280
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
G897-903
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Afferent Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Arterioles, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Capsaicin, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Ethanol, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Gastric Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Microcirculation, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Neurons, Afferent, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide, pubmed-meshheading:11292598-Vasodilation
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Gastroprotective and vasodilatory effects of epidermal growth factor: the role of sensory afferent neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. yoji@intmed2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article