title: Increased prostaglandin PGE2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha immunoactivity in incubates of gastric mucosa and forestomach of nephrectomized rats.
abstract: Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2)- and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha-like immunoactivity was measured in incubates of forestomach and gastric corpus mucosa in (a) unoperated rats, (b) rats with sham-operation of the kidneys and (c) rats with bilateral nephrectomy. In addition the mean ulcer area in the forestomach and gastric mucosa was assayed in all three groups of rats. The PGE2- and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha-like immunoactivity in gastric mucosa incubates and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha in the forestomach incubates was almost the same in unoperated and sham-operated rats. Increased 6-keto-PGF1 alpha in the forestomach and of PGE2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha in the gastric mucosa was found in rats with bilateral nephrectomy before gastric lesions were seen. A higher mean ulcer area occurred in the forestomach and gastric mucosa 24-48 h after bilateral nephrectomy. We conclude, that the increased PGE2- and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha production by the gastric mucosa and forestomach was associated with the loss of normal renal tissue function. Despite the protection of PGE2 and PGI2 by gastric tissue, gastric lesions nevertheless occur in acute uraemic rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, University of Freiburg, FRG.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weiler
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Esser
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weiler
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gerok
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D007118:Immunoassay; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology*; D009392:Nephrectomy; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D015232:Dinoprostone