title: [Significance of regulatory peptide GRP for microcirculation of the small intestine after ischemia/reperfusion].
abstract: With the use of intravital fluorescence microscopy we demonstrate, that GRP in pharmacological doses reduces ischemia/reperfusion injury in the rat. As mechanism we discuss a precapillary vasodilation that has a protective effect on the capillary system downstream. A direct influence on leukocyte-endothelium interaction in post-capillary venules could not be shown. In addition, we show that even the GRP endogenously released plays an important role for the regulation of microvascular perfusion after ischemia/reperfusion injury.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D001839:Bombesin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D019886:Gastrin-Releasing Peptide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; C071363:bombesin (6-14), Tpi(6)-Leu(13)-psi(CH2NH)-Leu(14)-; D019886:Gastrin-Releasing Peptide; D001839:Bombesin