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Effect of centrally administered oxytocin on gastric and duodenal ulcers in rats
M Asad1, D G Shewade, K Koumaravelou
1Department of Pharmacology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry 605 006, India.
Aim:
To investigate the effect of centrally administered oxytocin and its receptor antagonist, atosiban, on gastric acid secretion and on experimentally induced gastric and duodenal ulcers.
Methods:
The acute gastric ulcer models, such as pylorus ligation, indomethacin-induced and ethanol-induced gastric ulcers were used. Chronic gastric ulcers were induced by acetic acid and duodenal ulcers by cysteamine HCl.
Results:
In pylorus ligated rats, oxytocin (10 microg/kg, icv) showed significant antisecretory and antiulcer activity (P < 0.01). However, it aggravated the ethanol-induced gastric ulcers and did not show any effect on indomethacin-induced gastric ulcers. Oxytocin increased gastric ulcer healing in acetic acid-induced chronic gastric ulcers. The effect of oxytocin was reversed by atosiban (10 microg/kg, icv), a selective oxytocin receptor antagonist. Atosiban when given alone increased gastric acid secretion and ulcer index in pylorus-ligated rats and also aggravated acetic acid-induced chronic gastric ulcers. It seems the antiulcer activity of oxytocin was due to its anti-secretory effect.
Conclusion:
Centrally administered oxytocin possesses gastric anti-secretory and anti-ulcer activity and oxytocin antagonist, atosiban, is pro-ulcerogenic in rats.
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