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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 283, Issue 5, Pages G1082-G1089Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00189.2002
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gastric lesion; gastric microvascular permeability; gastric motility; mucus; acid and pepsin secretion
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We investigated the mechanisms underlying the protective action of glucocorticoids against indomethacin-induced gastric lesions. One-week adrenalectomized rats with or without corticosterone replacement (4 mg/kg sc) were administered indomethacin (25 mg/kg sc), and gastric secretion (acid, pepsin, and mucus), motility, microvascular permeability, and blood glucose levels were examined. Indomethacin caused gastric lesions in sham-operated rats, with an increase in gastric motility and microvascular permeability as well as a decrease in mucus secretion. Adrenalectomy significantly worsened the lesions and potentiated these functional disorders. Glucose levels were lowered by indomethacin in sham-operated rats, and this response was enhanced by adrenalectomy. The changes observed in adrenalectomized rats were prevented by supplementations of corticosterone at a dose mimicking the indomethacin-induced rise in corticosterone, whereas the protective effect of corticosterone was attenuated by RU-38486, a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist. We conclude that the gastroprotective action of endogenous glucocorticoids may be provided by their support of glucose homeostasis and inhibitory effects on enhanced gastric motility and microvascular permeability as well as maintaining the production of mucus.
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