title: Effects of 16,16-dimethyl prostaglandin E2 on surface epithelial cell damage in the rat stomach induced by vagal nerve stimulation.
abstract: The effect of 16,16-dimethyl prostaglandin E2 (dmPGE2) on gastric surface epithelial cell (SEC) damage induced by vagal nerve stimulation (VS) in urethane-anesthetized rats was studied using scanning electron microscopy. VS (1.25-10 Hz, 0.2 mA, 2 msec, 10 min) resulted in a graded increase in the SEC damage, increased gastric contractions, increased gastric acid secretion, and a decrease in heart rate. Pretreatment with dmPGE2 (0.3-30 micrograms/kg, s.c.) significantly protected the SEC from VS-induced damage, inhibited the increase in gastric contractions and acid secretion, but had no influence on the decrease in heart rate. Atropine (1 mg/kg, s.c.) also protected the SEC from VS-induced damage and inhibited the alterations in response to VS. Timoprazole (30 mg/kg, s.c.) had no protective effects on SEC from VS-induced damage, no effect on increased gastric contractions and heart rate, but did inhibit the increase in gastric acid secretion, in response to VS. These results suggest that: VS-induced SEC damage was caused by increased gastric contractions and not by increased gastric acid secretion, and dmPGE2 protects against SEC damage by inhibiting gastric contractions.
mesh_terms: D015064:16,16-Dimethylprostaglandin E2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D053799:2-Pyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazoles; D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004848:Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009853:Omeprazole / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D011459:Prostaglandins E, Synthetic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D053799:2-Pyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazoles; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D011459:Prostaglandins E, Synthetic; D001285:Atropine; C038402:timoprazole; D009853:Omeprazole; D015064:16,16-Dimethylprostaglandin E2