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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 242: G337-G341, 1982;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 242, Issue 4 337-G341, Copyright © 1982 by American Physiological Society

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Endogenous gastric mucosal prostaglandins: their role in mucosal integrity

M. Ligumsky, M. I. Grossman and G. L. Kauffman Jr

These studies were designed to determine the role of endogenous gastric mucosal prostaglandins (PG) in maintaining mucosal integrity. Vagally denervated, separated pouches of gastric fundic mucosa in unanesthetized dogs were irrigated with either acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) or salicylic acid (SA) (0, 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, 20.0, and 40.0 mM) in 150 mM HCl. Transmucosal potential difference (PD) and net H+, Na+, and K+ flux were measured. Mucosal ex vivo generation of 6-oxo-PGF1 alpha, PGE2, and PGF2 alpha was measured by radioimmunoassay in mucosal biopsies taken after exposure to each agent. No difference in PD or net H+, Na+, or K+ flux was observed between pouch irrigation with ASA or SA at 2.5-20.0 mM concentrations. Net H+ and Na+ flux was significantly greater (P less than 0.01) after irrigation with 40 mM SA than with 40 mM ASA. No significant reduction in gastric mucosal ex vivo generation of 6-oxo-PGF1 alpha (range, 65-98 ng.g-.min-1), PGE2 (range, 250-326 ng.g-1.min-1), or PGF2 alpha (range, 115-156 ng.g-1.min-1) was observed after pouch irrigation with all concentrations of SA. In comparison, gastric mucosal ex vivo generation of 6-oxo-PGF1 alpha (range, 75-2 ng.g-1.min-1), PGE2 (range, 22-3 ng.g-1.min-1), and PGF2 alpha (range, 40-2 ng.g-1.min-1) was significantly reduced after irrigation with all concentrations of ASA. From these data, we conclude that the activity of endogenous gastric prostacyclin, PGE2 alpha, and PGF2 alpha is not a prerequisite for mucosal integrity as measured by PD and net cationic flux.


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