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Type: | Artigo de periódico |
Title: | Modulation Of Gastrin And Epidermal Growth Factor By Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids Obtained From Senecio Brasiliensis In Acute And Chronic Induced Gastric Ulcers. |
Author: | Toma, Walber Trigo, José Roberto Bensuaski de Paula, Ana Cláudia Monteiro Souza Brito, Alba Regina |
Abstract: | We investigated the antiulcerogenic activity of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) integerrimine, retrorsine, senecionine, usaramine and seneciplhylline, an alkaloidal extract obtained from Senecio brasiliensis. The PA extract demonstrated significantly activity in both, acute and chronic gastric ulcers on rats. The effects of PA extract were dose dependent. The mechanisms implicated on this activity were evaluated by determination of gastrin plasma levels in rats subjected to the acute treatment with PA extract and by expression of mRNA of Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) after chronic treatment with this extract. The results showed that the PA extract increased both the levels of gastrin and the expression of EGF on these animals. Moreover, the histological examinations showed a reduction of exfoliation of superficial cells, hemorrhages and blood cell infiltration. We concluded that the PAs showed an important and qualitative antiulcerogenic activity mediated by increase in gastrin secretion and mRNA expression of EGF. |
Subject: | Animals Dose-response Relationship, Drug Epidermal Growth Factor Gastrins Male Mice Plant Extracts Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids Rats Senecio Stomach Ulcer |
Citation: | Canadian Journal Of Physiology And Pharmacology. v. 82, n. 5, p. 319-25, 2004-May. |
Rights: | fechado |
Identifier DOI: | 10.1139/y04-023 |
Address: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15213731 |
Date Issue: | 2004 |
Appears in Collections: | Unicamp - Artigos e Outros Documentos |
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