title: Involvement of nitric oxide and prostaglandins in gastric mucosal hyperemia of portal-hypertensive anesthetized rats.
abstract: This study investigates the effects of inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis by NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), the inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis with indomethacin and the combined effects on gastric mucosal hyperemia of ketamine-anesthetized rats with portal hypertension induced by partial portal vein ligation. The hydrogen gas-clearance technique was used for measurement of gastric mucosal blood flow. Blood pressure increased with L-NAME administration in a similar manner in portal-hypertensive and sham-operated rats. Low doses of L-NAME (1 and 3 mg/kg, intravenously) caused a significant and dose-dependent reduction in gastric mucosal blood flow in portal-hypertensive rats but had no effect on sham-operated animals. With a higher dose of L-NAME (13 mg/kg, intravenously), a significant decrease in gastric mucosal blood flow was observed in both portal-hypertensive and sham-operated rats. Indomethacin pretreatment (5 mg/kg, subcutaneously) caused a significant decrease in basal gastric mucosal blood flow of portal-hypertensive rats but did not modify this parameter in sham-operated animals. In sham-operated rats pretreated with indomethacin, the lower dose of L-NAME (3 mg/kg) did not significantly modify basal gastric mucosal blood flow. Likewise, pretreatment with indomethacin in sham-operated rats did not augment the significant reduction in gastric mucosal blood flow produced by the higher dose of L-NAME. In portal-hypertensive rats the significant dose-dependent reduction in gastric mucosal blood flow induced by L-NAME (3 and 13 mg/kg) was not significantly altered by pretreatment with indomethacin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona University, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casadevall
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Panés
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Piqué
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Marroni
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bosch
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Whittle
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply*; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012016:Reference Values; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D007213:Indomethacin