Effect of the H, K-ATPase inhibitor, esomeprazole magnesium, on gut total antioxidant capacity in mice.
Antioxidant depletion is believed to be a mechanism involved in the pathophysiology of several upper gastrointestinal disorders, and H, K-ATPase inhibitors can alter free radical production by neutrophils. We hypothesized that the H, K-ATPase inhibitor esomeprazole magnesium would decrease gut free radical production with a concomitant increase in gut total antioxidant capacity. A/J mice (n = 10/group) received either vehicle (control) or one of three concentrations of esomeprazole magnesium in vehicle by once-daily gavage for 10 days. Using tissue extracts from stomach and colon, total antioxidant capacity, lipid peroxide levels, and constitutive Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase were measured using validated assays. There was a dose-related increase in total antioxidant capacity (analysis of variance, P < 0.001) in stomach, but there was no change in the colon. In the assessment of free radical production, there was a trend toward decreased lipid peroxide levels in stomach from mice receiving esomeprazole. In stomach, Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase activity was increased (ANOVA: p=.03) in mice receiving esomeprazole. In conclusion, gastric total antioxidant capacity and Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase activity are increased by esomeprazole, and these changes may result in part from decreased free radical production. The present results support the notion that the pharmacological effects of this agent on upper intestinal tissue are more complex than previously thought, and appear to involve both enzymatic and nonenzymatic tissue antioxidants.
Koch
Timothy R
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Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53295, USA. TimKoch@worldnet.att.net
Petro
Ann
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Darrabie
Marcus
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Opara
Emmanuel C
EC
D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D064098:Esomeprazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
D000975:Antioxidants; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D064098:Esomeprazole