title: Gastric mucosal apoptosis induced by ethanol: effect of antiulcer agents.
abstract: In this study, we investigated gastric epithelial cells' apoptosis and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) expression with ethanol-induced mucosal injury, and the effect of antiulcer agents on this process. Rats received intragastric pretreatment with the agent or vehicle followed 1h later by ethanol, and after 30 min the gastric mucosa was assessed for TNF-alpha and apoptosis. In the absence of antiulcer agents, ethanol caused extensive mucosal lesions accompanied by a 9.5-fold enhancement in apoptosis and a 2.5-fold increase in TNF-alpha. Pretreatment with omeprazole evoked a 54% reduction in TNF-alpha, but had no effect on ethanol-induced mucosal damage or apoptosis, the sucralfate reduced the extent of mucosal damage by 95%, apoptosis by 39% and TNF-alpha by 52%, while ebrotidine not only prevented mucosal injury and rise in TNF-alpha, but also caused a 70% reduction in epithelial cells' apoptosis. The results demonstrate that ethanol-induced gastric epithelial cells apoptosis triggered by the enhancement in mucosal TNF-alpha is efficiently counteracted by ebrotidine.
authors.affiliation: Research Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark 07103-2400, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piotrowski
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piotrowski
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Skrodzka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slomiany
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Slomiany
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D001557:Benzenesulfonates / Q000494:pharmacology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000633:toxicity*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D009853:Omeprazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013392:Sucralfate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents; D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors; D013844:Thiazoles; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000431:Ethanol; D013392:Sucralfate; D009853:Omeprazole; C075156:ebrotidine