title: Effects of nimesulide and pentoxifylline on decreased contractile responses in rat ileum with peritonitis.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of nimesulide and pentoxifylline on the contractile effects of KCl, carbachol and substance P in the longitudinal muscle of rat ileum during peritonitis. Peritonitis was induced in rat ileum by cecal ligation and puncture. Thirty rats were operated on to induce peritonitis, 10 of which received nimesulide (5 mg/kg, subcutaneously) and 10 of which received pentoxifylline (25 mg/kg, subcutaneously) before the operation; 10 other rats underwent a sham operation and acted as controls. Twenty-four hours after the operation, ileum segments were transferred to isolated organ baths and responses to KCl, carbachol and substance P were recorded. Emax values of KCl, carbachol and substance P were markedly lower (P<0.05), with no change in the pD2 values, in the peritonitis group than in the controls. Peritonitis-induced changes in the KCl, carbachol and substance P responses of ileum were significantly restored by nimesulide (P<0.05), but not by pentoxifylline. The improved contractile responses following nimesulide treatment indicate that products of cyclooxygenase-II may be, at least in part, responsible for the decreased contractile responses to KCl, carbachol and substance P in peritonitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tijen Temiz
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koyluoglu
authors.forename: Ahmet Serdar
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Soydan
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arpacik
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karadas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D010431:Pentoxifylline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013373:Substance P / Q000494:pharmacology; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D013449:Sulfonamides; D013373:Substance P; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D002217:Carbachol; D010431:Pentoxifylline; C012655:nimesulide