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ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2012

Agmatine induces gastric protection against ischemic injury by reducing vascular permeability in rats.

Abeer A Al Masri, Eman El Eter

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Article in World journal of gastroenterology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Abeer A Al MasriDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Eman El Eter
King Khalid University Hospital · SA

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Abstract

aimTo investigate the effect of administration of agmatine (AGM) on gastric protection against ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury.

methodsThree groups of rats (6/group); sham, gastric I/R injury, and gastric I/R + AGM (100 mg/kg, i.p. given 15 min prior to gastric ischemia) were recruited. Gastric injury was conducted by ligating celiac artery for 30 min and reperfusion for another 30 min. Gastric tissues were histologically studied and immunostained with angiopoietin 1 (Ang-1) and Ang-2. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) were measured in gastric tissue homogenate. To assess whether AKt/phosphatidyl inositol-3-kinase (PI3K) mediated the effect of AGM, an additional group was pretreated with Wortmannin (WM) (inhibitor of Akt/PI3K, 15 μg/kg, i.p.), prior to ischemic injury and AGM treatment, and examined histologically and immunostained. Another set of experiments was run to study vascular permeability of the stomach using Evan's blue dye.

resultsAGM markedly reduced Evan's blue dye extravasation (3.58 ± 0.975 μg/stomach vs 1.175 ± 0.374 μg/stomach, P < 0.05), VEGF (36.87 ± 2.71 pg/100 mg protein vs 48.4 ± 6.53 pg/100 mg protein, P < 0.05) and MCP-1 tissue level (29.5 ± 7 pg/100 mg protein vs 41.17 ± 10.4 pg/100 mg protein, P < 0.01). It preserved gastric histology and reduced congestion. Ang-1 and Ang-2 immunostaining were reduced in stomach sections of AGM-treated animals. The administration of WM abolished the protective effects of AGM and extensive hemorrhage and ulcerations were seen.

conclusionAGM protects the stomach against I/R injury by reducing vascular permeability and inflammation. This protection is possibly mediated by Akt/PI3K.

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AgmatineAndrostadienesAngiopoietin-1Angiopoietin-2AnimalsCapillary PermeabilityChemokine CCL2CytoprotectionDisease Models, AnimalDown-RegulationGastric MucosaImmunohistochemistryMalePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasePhosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsProtective AgentsAgmatineAndrostadienesAngiopoietin-1Angiopoietin-2Ccl2 protein, ratChemokine CCL2Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasePhosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsProtective AgentsProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Avascular endothelial growth factor A, ratWortmanninAgmatineIschemia reperfusion injuryMonocyte chemoattractant protein-1StomachVascular endothelial growth factorVascular permeabilityWortmannin

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PMID22611311
PMCPMC3351768
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