title: Release of cytokines associated with gastric mucosal injury.
abstract: This study was performed to examine if the cytokines interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6) or tumor necrosis factor (TNF) are released from the gastric mucosa during acute mucosal damage, and if the generation of these cytokines is affected by indomethacin. Cat stomachs were exposed to 2 M NaCl for 10 min followed by luminal perfusion at pH 1. Gastric mucosal blood flow was determined by radioactive microspheres, portal vein blood flow by transit-time flowmetry, and H+ back diffusion/secretion by pH-stat titration. Concentrations of active cytokines and of histamine in aortic and portal vein blood were measured by bioassay and RIA, respectively. Active IL-6, but not IL-1 and TNF, is released from the gastric mucosa during acute mucosal damage by 2 M NaCl and acid back diffusion. Indomethacin increased mucosal injury and enhanced the TNF generation but reduced the release of IL-6 from the gastric mucosa. We conclude that IL-1 and TNF probably do not play an important modulating role during acute gastric mucosal damage. The generation of IL-6 may, however, contribute to mucosal protection.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Research Laboratory, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gislason
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Røkke
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Svanes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D006636:Histamine Release; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha