title: Cholecystokinin-8 protects gastric mucosa against ethanol-induced lesions in rats.
abstract: Subcutaneous administration of cholecystokinin-8 (CCK-8, 10-100 micrograms/kg) reduces in a dose-dependent manner gastric lesions induced by 96% ethanol in rats, and CCK-4, CCK-7, and the CCK-8 nonsulfated form (all up to 100 micrograms/kg sc) were inactive. The presence of the entire molecule and sulfation of the tyrosine in position 2 are necessary for the mucosal protective properties of CCK-8 against 96% ethanol-induced gastric lesions. These effects are probably at least in part, due to a sulfhydryl-sensitive process.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacology Department, A. Menarini Pharmaceuticals, Firenze, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Evangelista
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000431:Ethanol / Q000633:toxicity*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000032:analysis / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012844:Sincalide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D000431:Ethanol; D012844:Sincalide