title: Role of nitric oxide in pathogenesis of serotonine-induced gastric lesions in rats.
abstract: We investigated the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the development of gastric mucosal lesions induced by serotonine (5-HT) in rats. Repeated subcutaneous administration of 5-HT (20 mg kg-1) produced damage in the stomach with severe edema in the submucosa. Gastric lesions induced by 5-HT were prevented by simultaneous administration of aminoguanidine, a selective inducible NO synthase (iNOS) inhibitor, as well as by methysergide, a 5-HT antagonist. In addition, the lesions were inhibited by pretreatment with the antioxidative drugs, such as allopurinol (a xanthine oxidase inhibitor) and hydroxyurea (a neutrophil reducing agent). Following 5-HT treatment, the Ca(2+)-independent NOS activity in the gastric mucosa was significantly increased within 6 h and remained elevated for 2 days thereafter. The serum NOx levels increased 12 h after the administration of 5-HT, reaching a peak 24 h later. Gastric mucosal thiobarbituric acid (TBA) reactants and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity were also significantly increased after 2 days treatment with 5-HT. Our results suggest that: (1) the repeated administration of 5-HT induced inflammatory gastric lesions in the rat stomach; (2) iNOS is upreguated during 5-HT treatment, and NO produced by iNOS contributes to development of gastric lesions in response to 5-HT, in addition to the oxyradical formation, and (3) the deleterious role of NO in this model may be accounted for by a cytotoxic action of peroxynitrite that is formed in the presence of NO and superoxide radicals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuhiro
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Korolkiewicz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005756:Gastritis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006146:Guanidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012701:Serotonin / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006146:Guanidines; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D012701:Serotonin; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C496318:Nos2 protein, rat; C004479:pimagedine