title: Stimulation of healing by free radical scavengers of ischemia-induced acute gastric mucosal injury in the rat.
abstract: Allopurinol and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO; 1 mL of 1, 2, or 5% by gavage daily) were used to examine the influence of scavenging oxygen-derived free radicals on the healing of reserpine- (5 mg/kg, intraperitoneal) and 5-hydroxytryptamine- (50 mg/kg, intraperitoneal) induced acute ischemic injury of the rat gastric mucosa. Allopurinol and DMSO demonstrated a time- but not dose-dependent power to stimulate healing of this injury. The magnitude of injury produced by reserpine or 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) followed by gavage with allopurinol or DMSO was significantly (p < 0.01) less after day 4 than that after day 3 of this gavage, and the magnitude after day 3 was itself significantly (reserpine, p < 0.001; 5-hydroxytryptamine, p < 0.01) less than that after day 2 of the same gavage. The actions of allopurinol and DMSO were not associated with any significant influence on H+ output. These results suggest that oxygen-derived free radicals are detrimental to the integrity of the rat gastric mucosa and that scavenging them stimulates healing of the ischemia-induced injury of the mentioned mucosa.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, U.K.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Salim
mesh_terms: D000493:Allopurinol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D007511:Ischemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012110:Reserpine; D012701:Serotonin
chemical_list: D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D012701:Serotonin; D000493:Allopurinol; D012110:Reserpine; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide