PMID- 15877963 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091211 LR - 20161124 IS - 1003-0603 (Print) IS - 1003-0603 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 5 DP - 2005 May TI - [Role of trefoil peptides in modulation of gastric adaptation to stress]. PG - 302-6 AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of trefoil peptides in modulation of gastric adaptation to water restraint stress (WRS) in rats. METHODS: Wistar rats were exposed to single or repeated WRS for 4 hours every other day for up to 6 days, gastric mucosal blood flow (GMBF) was measured by LDF-3 flowmeter, the extent of gastric mucosal lesions was evaluated grossly and histologically, and expression of PS2 intestinal trefoil peptide (ITF), cyclooxygenase (COX-2), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and transferase growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) were determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blot. RESULTS: One application of WRS produced extensive gastric mucosal erosion. With repeated WRS, the gastric mucosa became adapted to the stress of WRS, and the ulcerative index (UI) was reduced by 22.0% that of one WRS challenge after four consecutive WRS. Expression of PS2 was markedly decreased and expression of ITF, COX-2, iNOS and TGF-alpha were markedly increased after single stress. But this adaptation to WRS was accompanied by increased GMBF and active cell proliferation in the neck region of gastric glands, and by increased expression of PS2, ITF, TGF-alpha, but reduced expression of COX-2 and iNOS. CONCLUSION: Gastric adaptation to WRS injury involves enhanced cell proliferation, increased expression of PS2, ITF, TGF-alpha and reduced expression of COX-2 and iNOS, suggesting trefoil peptides might play an important modulating role in this phenomenon. FAU - Nie, Shi-nan AU - Nie SN AD - Emergency Department, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Command, Clinical School of Medical College of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Sun, Hai-chen AU - Sun HC FAU - Wu, Xue-hao AU - Wu XH FAU - Qian, Xiao-ming AU - Qian XM LA - chi PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - China TA - Zhongguo Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue JT - Zhongguo wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue = Chinese critical care medicine = Zhongguo weizhongbing jijiuyixue JID - 9887521 RN - 0 (Neuropeptides) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (TFF3 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor alpha) RN - 0 (Trefoil Factor-3) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nos2 protein, rat) RN - EC 1.14.99.1 (Cyclooxygenase 2) RN - EC 1.14.99.1 (Ptgs2 protein, rat) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cyclooxygenase 2/genetics/metabolism MH - Gastric Mucosa/blood supply/*metabolism/pathology MH - Neuropeptides/genetics/metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/genetics/metabolism MH - Peptides/metabolism/*physiology MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Regional Blood Flow MH - Stress, Physiological/*physiology MH - Transforming Growth Factor alpha/genetics/metabolism MH - Trefoil Factor-3 EDAT- 2005/05/10 09:00 MHDA- 2009/12/16 06:00 CRDT- 2005/05/10 09:00 PHST- 2005/05/10 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/12/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/05/10 09:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Zhongguo Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue. 2005 May;17(5):302-6.