Abstract
Background Gastritis, an inflammation of gastric mucosa, may be due to many pathological factors and infection, such as with Helicobacter pylori. The use of experimental models of gastritis is important to evaluate the biochemical changes and study chemotherapeutic intervention. In a previous study we demonstrated an acute gastritis model induced by iodoacetamide. Aims Our objective in this study was to evaluate a new gastritis model induced by H. pylori infection in experimental rats in terms of certain biomarkers in serum and mucosal tissues in addition to histopathological examination. Methods Gastritis was induced in 20 albino Wistar rats by H. pylori isolated from antral biopsy taken from a 49-yearold male patient endoscopically diagnosed as having H. pylori infection. Another ten rats were used as controls. Serum gastrin, pepsinogen I activity, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and gastric mucosal myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) were measured. Immunostaining for inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), nitrotyrosine and DNA fragmentation were used to further evaluate H. pylori-induced gastritis. Results Serum gastrin, IL-6, mucosal MPO activity, and PGE2 demonstrated significant increases joined with a decreased serum pepsinogen I activity (P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2770-2777 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Digestive Diseases and Sciences |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2010 |
Keywords
- DNA fragmentation
- Experimental H. pylori gastritis
- Gastrin
- INOS
- Myeloperoxidase
- Pepsinogen
- Prostaglandin E2
- Rat model