Morphometric evaluation of the effect of opioid peptides on cysteamine-induced ulcers in rats
Autor: | I. V. Zverkov, V. G. Smagin, V. A. Vinogradov |
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Rok vydání: | 1983 |
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endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Enkephalin business.industry Lymphocyte Monocyte General Medicine Eosinophil General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology chemistry.chemical_compound medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology chemistry Internal medicine medicine Cysteamine business Opioid peptide hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists Histiocyte |
Zdroj: | Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine. 96:1169-1172 |
ISSN: | 1573-8221 0007-4888 |
DOI: | 10.1007/bf00839856 |
Popis: | Morphometry was used to study the action of an enkephalin analog and beta-endorphine on the duodenal mucosa in rats with an experimental ulcer induced by cysteamine. Enkephalin produced a more powerful protective action than endorphine. The antiulcerous action was manifested in the diminution of dystrophic changes, redistribution of inflamed cells with an increase in the lymphocyte and monocyte counts, and in the reduction of the number of tissue macrophages and histocytes. Administration of opioids provoked a particularly marked increase in the eosinophil count in the duodenal mucosa. All these effects were abolished by naloxone. It is concluded that the tissue effects of opioids are mediated by specific opiate receptors. |
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