title: Intragastric inulin as a measure of mucosal damage caused by aspirin.
abstract: In an attempt to find a method of gastric mucosal damage assessment that yields consistent results, the experiments presented here employed the measurement of the movement of inulin out of the gastric contents into the stomach wall and vascular compartment as an estimate of mucosal damage. Anesthetized male Sprague-Dawley rats were functionally nephrectomized and were administered a control or test solution containing 3H-inulin. The test solutions contained one of three doses of aspirin. Blood samples were taken at 15-min intervals over a 90-min exposure period. The stomach was removed from the animal and full-thickness tissue samples taken for measurement of 3H-inulin content. When the gastric mucosa was exposed to the test agents, there was a significantly greater accumulation of inulin in the body and antrum as well as in the plasma when compared to controls. We conclude that intragastric inulin can be employed to estimate gastric mucosal damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Minnesota-Duluth School of Medicine 55812.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Wittmers
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fall
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Alich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001241:Aspirin / Q000633:toxicity*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D007444:Inulin / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D014316:Tritium; D007444:Inulin; D001241:Aspirin