title: Stimulation by carbachol of mucus gel thickness in rat stomach involves nitric oxide.
abstract: Instillation of carbachol (150 micrograms/kg) into the gastric lumen in vivo increased the thickness of the mucus gel layer. Intravenous administration of the inhibitor of nitric oxide (NO) synthase, NG-nitro-L- arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 0.4-5 mg/kg) dose-dependently reduced the stimulation by carbachol, the half-maximal inhibitory dose being 0.57 mg/kg. This effect of L-NAME was abolished by administration of L-arginine but not by D-arginine (100 mg/kg i.v.). By contrast L-NAME (5 mg/kg) did not reduce the stimulatory effect of intraluminal 16,16-dimethyl prostaglandin E2 (50 micrograms/kg) on mucus gel thickness. These results implicate NO in the cholinergic activation of gastric mucus secretion.
authors: Pharmaceutical Sciences Institute, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, UK.
authors: K J
authors: KJ
authors: Price
authors: P J
authors: PJ
authors: Hanson
authors: B J
authors: BJ
authors: Whittle
mesh_terms: D015064:16,16-Dimethylprostaglandin E2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D002217:Carbachol / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide; D002217:Carbachol; D001120:Arginine; D015064:16,16-Dimethylprostaglandin E2; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester