title: [Morphometric evaluation of the effect of opioid peptides on cysteamine-induced ulcer in rats].
abstract: Morphometry was used to study the action of an enkephalin analog and beta-endorphine on the duodenal mucosa in rats with an experimental ulcer induced by cysteamine. Enkephalin produced a more powerful protective action than endorphine. The antiulcerous action was manifested in the diminution of dystrophic changes, redistribution of inflamed cells with an increase in the lymphocyte and monocyte counts, and in the reduction of the number of tissue macrophages and histocytes. Administration of opioids provoked a particularly marked increase in the eosinophil count in the duodenal mucosa. All these effects were abolished by naloxone. It is concluded that the tissue effects of opioids are mediated by specific opiate receptors.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003543:Cysteamine; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology; D004723:Endorphins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D001615:beta-Endorphin
chemical_list: D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents; D004723:Endorphins; D009842:Oligopeptides; D009270:Naloxone; D003543:Cysteamine; D001615:beta-Endorphin; C037379:tyrosyl alanyl-glycyl-phenylalaninamide
vernacular_title: Morfometricheskaia otsenka vliianiia opiopodobnykh peptidov na tsisteaminovuiu iazvy u krys.