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Role of the NO/cGMP/K(ATP) pathway in the protective effects of sildenafil against ethanol-induced gastric damage in rats.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Sildenafil is a selective inhibitor of cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase. Sildenafil, acting via NO-dependent mechanisms, prevents indomethacin-induced gastropathy. Activation of ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K(ATP)) is involved in gastric defence. Our objective was to evaluate the role of the NO/cGMP/K(ATP) pathway in the protective effects of sildenafil against ethanol-induced gastric damage. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Rats were treated with L-NAME (1 or 3 mg kg(-1), i.p.) or with L-arginine (200 mg kg(-1), i.p.) + L-NAME (3 mg kg(-1), i.p.), the guanylate cyclase inhibitor, ODQ (10 mg kg(-1), i.p.), glibenclamide (0.1, 0.3, 1 or 3 mg kg(-1), i.p.) or with glibenclamide (1 mg kg(-1), i.p.) + diazoxide (3 mg kg(-1), i.p.). After thirty minutes, the rats received sildenafil (1 mg kg(-1), by gavage), followed by intragastric instillation of absolute ethanol (4 ml kg(-1)) to induce gastric damage. One hour later, gastric damage (haemorrhagic or ulcerative lesions) was measured with a planimetry programme. Samples of stomach were also taken for histopathological assessment and for assays of tissue glutathione and haemoglobin. KEY RESULTS: Sildenafil significantly reduced ethanol-induced gastric damage in rats. L-NAME alone, without L-arginine, significantly reversed the protection afforded by sildenafil. Inhibition of guanylate cyclase by ODQ completely abolished the gastric protective effect of sildenafil against ethanol-induced gastric damage. Glibenclamide alone reversed sildenafil's gastric protective effect. However, glibenclamide plus diazoxide did not alter the effects of sildenafil. CONCLUSIONS: Sildenafil had a protective effect against ethanol-induced gastric damage through the activation of the NO/cGMP/K(ATP) pathway.

SUBMITTER: Medeiros JV

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2259210 | biostudies-other | 2008 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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