[The effect of sofalcone on the kinetics of the generative cells and superficial epithelial cells in mouse gastric mucosa].
Effects of an anti-ulcer drug, 2'-carboxymethoxy-4,4'-bis(3-methyl-2-butenyloxy) chalcone (sofalcone), on the generative cells and kinetics of superficial epithelial cells in mouse gastric mucosa, including the effect of hydrocortisone on them, were investigated by the use of 3H-thymidine autoradiography. The labeling indices and the width of the generative cell zone in the fundic mucosa were significantly decreased by administration of hydrocortisone. The decrease in the labeling indices and the width of the generative cell zone induced by administration of hydrocortisone were not inhibited by sofalcone. Hydrocortisone had no significant influence on the labeling indices of the generative cell zone in the pyloric mucosa, but decreased the width of it. The decrease in the width of the generative cell zone induced by hydrocortisone was inhibited by sofalcone. Concerning the influence on the kinetics of superficial epithelial cells, hydrocortisone inhibited the increase in the labeling indices of the superficial epithelial cells after continuous administration of 3H-thymidine in both the fundic mucosa and pyloric mucosa. In the fundic mucosa, sofalcone showed no influence on the inhibition by hydrocortisone, but in the pyloric mucosa, the effect of hydrocortisone was abolished by sofalcone. These results suggest that sofalcone inhibits the reduction of the cell production and the prolongation of the life span of superficial epithelial cells caused by hydrocortisone in the pyloric mucosa.
Magami
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Department of Preventive Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Azuma
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Sasaki
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Inokuchi
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Kawai
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D000818:Animals; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002599:Chalcone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D047188:Chalcones; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice
D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents; D047188:Chalcones; C035032:sofalcone; D002599:Chalcone; D006854:Hydrocortisone