title: Role of sulfhydryl-containing agents in the healing of erosive gastritis and chronic gastric ulceration in the rat.
abstract: One milliliter of 1, 2, or 5% DL-cysteine (cysteine) or DL-methionine methylsulfonium chloride (MMSC) was instilled into the rat stomach 1, 24, and 48 h after giving ethanol (1 mL of 40% solution) by gavage. One hour following the administration of ethanol, gastric mucosal injury was seen in all the animals (22.6 +/- 1.1 mm2, mean +/- SEM; n = 10). Twenty-four hours after giving the ethanol, all the rats treated with cysteine or MMSC still had the mucosal injury. Treatment with 2% cysteine or MMSC significantly (p less than 0.01) reduced the extent of this injury (10.2 +/- 0.6 and 10.1 +/- 0.5 mm2, respectively, versus 20.7 +/- 1.2 mm2, mean +/- SEM; n = 10), an action that was similarly achieved by the 5% solutions (10.1 +/- 0.5 and 9.9 +/- 0.3 mm2, respectively, versus 20.7 +/- 1.2 mm2, mean +/- SEM; n = 10). Forty-eight hours following the administration of ethanol, 30% of the animals given 1% cysteine or MMSC still had gastric mucosal injury, which was significantly (p less than 0.001) less extensive than that seen with ethanol alone (3.8 +/- 0.3 and 4.1 +/- 0.3 mm2, respectively, versus 13.1 +/- 0.8 mm2, mean +/- SEM; n = 10). At this time period, however, none of the animals treated with 2 or 5% solutions of cysteine or MMSC still had any injury. Healing of the ethanol-induced injury was confirmed microscopically and was achieved by regeneration.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, U.K.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Salim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003545:Cysteine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D000431:Ethanol / Q000633:toxicity; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012110:Reserpine; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014814:Vitamin U / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014814:Vitamin U; D000431:Ethanol; D012110:Reserpine; D003545:Cysteine