Antiulcerative effect of dexmedetomidine on indomethacin-induced gastric ulcer in rats

POLAT B., albayrak y., SÜLEYMAN B., DURSUN H., ODABAŞOĞLU F., YİĞİTER M., ...Daha Fazla

PHARMACOLOGICAL REPORTS, cilt.63, sa.2, ss.518-526, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 63 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s1734-1140(11)70518-7
  • Dergi Adı: PHARMACOLOGICAL REPORTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.518-526
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: dexmedetomidine, indomethacin, oxidant/antioxidant parameters, rat, LIPID-PEROXIDATION, ALPHA(2)-ADRENOCEPTOR SUBTYPES, ALPHA-2-ADRENOCEPTOR AGONIST, OXIDATIVE STRESS, MUCOSAL INJURY, PROTECTION, ETHANOL, ANTIOXIDANTS, INFLAMMATION, INHIBITION
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A gastroprotective effect occurs when alpha(2) receptors are innervated. The dextro isomer of medetomidine, dexmedetomidine, is a highly selective alpha(2)-adrenoreceptor agonist. The aim of this study was to investigate whether dexmedetomidine has an antiulcerative effect and to show whether the antiulcer mechanism of dexmedetomidine is linked with oxidant/antioxidant parameters. The antiulcerative effect of dexmedetomidine was studied in an indomethacin-induced ulcer model, and some oxidant/antioxidant parameters were measured in these gastric tissues. Whereas the average ulcerous areas for the groups that received 10, 25, 50, and 100 mu g/kg dexmedetomidine doses were 29 +/- 4.2, 8 +/- 2.1, 0 +/- 0 and 0 +/- 0 mm(2), respectively, the ulcerous area was 52.1 +/- 4.5 mm(2) in the indomethacin control group and 0.5 +/- 0.2 mm(2) in the famotidine group. In conclusion, the alpha(2)-adrenoreceptor agonist dexmedetomidine showed a significant antiulcerative effect in rat gastric fissile at all doses. This antiulcerative effect is stronger with increasing dosage; at the 50 and 100 mu g/kg doses, no ulcerous areas were observed. In light of these results, we conclude that there is a correlation between antiulcer mechanisms and alpha(2)-receptor activation. In rats given dexmedetomidine, all of the investigated antioxidant parameters increased, except for catalase (CAT). Conversely, aside from myeloperoxidase (MPO), all oxidant parameters decreased. Therefore, oxidant/antioxidant parameters play a role in the antiulcer mechanism of dexmedetomidine.