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ArticleInflammopharmacology2019

Preventive effects of guanosine on intestinal inflammation in 2, 4-dinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (DNBS)-induced colitis in rats.

Maria Grazia Zizzo, Gaetano Caldara, Annalisa Bellanca, Domenico Nuzzo, Marta Di Carlo, Rosa Serio

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Article in Inflammopharmacology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Grazia ZizzoDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Laboratorio di Fisiologia generale, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128, Palermo, Italy. mariagrazia.zizzo@unipa.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1996-6529
Gaetano CaldaraDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Laboratorio di Fisiologia generale, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128, Palermo, Italy.
Annalisa BellancaATeN (Advanced Technologies Network) Center, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128, Palermo, Italy.
Domenico NuzzoIstituto di Biomedicina ed Immunologia Molecolare (IBIM) "Alberto Monroy", CNR, 90146, Palermo, Italy.
Marta Di CarloIstituto di Biomedicina ed Immunologia Molecolare (IBIM) "Alberto Monroy", CNR, 90146, Palermo, Italy.
Rosa SerioDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Laboratorio di Fisiologia generale, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128, Palermo, Italy.
University of Palermo · ITIstituto di Biomedicina e di Immunologia Molecolare Alberto Monroy · IT

Funding

Università degli Studi di Palermo FFR 2012/13
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGuanosine, a guanine-based purine, is an extracellular signaling molecule exerting anti-inflammatory and antioxidative effects in several in vivo and in vitro injury models. We aimed to investigate its protective effects on 2, 4-dinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (DNBS)-induced colitis in rat.

methodsRats were divided into five groups and colitis was induced by intracolonic instillation of DNBS (15 mg/rat). Guanosine (4 or 8 mg/kg) was administered for 6 days i.p. starting the day of the colitis induction. Body weight loss, stool consistency, colon weight/length, histological analysis, myeloperoxidase activity (MPO) and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels were assessed. Immunoblotting of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) p65 protein levels and detection of oxidative and nitrosative stress markers were also performed.

resultsGuanosine, in a dose-dependent manner, significantly ameliorated the severity of DNBS-induced colitis, reducing body weight loss and diarrhea incidence, preventing the DNBS-induced macroscopic and microscopic damage to the colonic mucosa, and the MPO increase. Guanosine treatment also lowered interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α mRNA levels. Importantly, guanosine in DNBS rats down-regulated the expression of NF-κB p65 and the levels of reactive oxygen species and nitrite.

conclusionsIn conclusion, guanosine exerts beneficial effects in DNBS-induced colitis in rats, through modulation of colonic inflammation, downregulating of NFκB-mediated signaling.

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AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsColitisColonCytokinesDinitrofluorobenzeneGuanosineInflammationInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-6Intestinal MucosaNF-kappa BRatsRats, WistarReactive Oxygen Species2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene sulfonic acidAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsCytokinesDinitrofluorobenzeneGuanosineInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-6NF-kappa BReactive Oxygen SpeciesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaDNBS ratGuanosineInflammatory bowel diseasePurines

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