title: Protective and preventive effects of teprenone on gastric mucosal lesions in rats.
abstract: We have reported that neutrophil infiltration into gastric mucosa is closely related to gastric mucosal lesion development in rats with water immersion restraint stress. In this study, we examined the effect of teprenone, which is known to prevent gastric mucosal injury through stimulation of gastric mucus synthesis and secretion, on neutrophil infiltration into the gastric mucosa of rats with water immersion restraint stress. Pre- and post-administration of teprenone (200 mg/kg, p.o.) significantly attenuated the neutrophil infiltration into the gastric mucosa and the lesion development found at 6 h of water immersion restraint stress with preservation of gastric mucosal hexosamine and adherent mucus levels. These results indicate that teprenone exerts protective and preventive actions against water immersion restraint stress-induced gastric mucosal lesions in rats and suggest that these actions could be related to the preservation of gastric mucus synthesis and secretion and inhibition of neutrophil infiltration into the gastric mucosal tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan. knishida@fujita-hu.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D006595:Hexosamines / Q000378:metabolism; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009093:Mucus / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000378:metabolism; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents; D004224:Diterpenes; D006595:Hexosamines; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D009195:Peroxidase; C031049:geranylgeranylacetone