[Effect of endothelin on gastric mucosal lesion in rats]

Gastric mucosal blood flow and gastric mucosal prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and prostacyclin (PGI2) were investigated in male Wistar rats intraarterially injected with endothelin (ET), an endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor peptide. Immediately following ET (4 nmol/kg) administration, gastric mucosal blood flow decreased. Then 30 min later, the blood flow reached the minimum, but PGE2 and PGI2 showed the highest value. PGE2 showed a tendency to decrease 90 min later, while PGI2 continued to show high value. There were redness and hemorrhagic damage in the gastric mucosa. Endogenous PGs were presumed to be relate to the regulation of the development of the mucosal damage owing to decrease in the blood flow after ET administration.