Ameliorative effects of sodium ferulate on experimental colitis and their mechanisms in rats

作者：Weiguo Dong, Shaoping Liu, Baoping Yu, Dong-Fang Wu, He-Sheng Luo, Jie‐Ping Yu · 发表于：World Journal of Gastroenterology · 年份：2003 · DOI：10.3748/wjg.v9.i11.2533 · 被引用次数：64 · 研究领域：Inflammatory Bowel Disease、Gastrointestinal motility and disorders、Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

AIM: To investigate the ameliorative effects of sodium ferulate (SF) on acetic acid-induced colitis and their mechanisms in rats. METHODS: The colitis model of Sprague-Dawley rats was induced by intracolon enema with 8% (V/V) of acetic acid. The experimental animals were randomly divided into model control, 5-aminosalicylic acid therapy group and three dose of SF therapy groups. The 5 groups were treated intracolonically with normal saline, 5-aminosalicylic acid (100 mg x kg(-1)), and SF at the doses of 200, 400 and 800 mg x kg(-1) respectively and daily (8:00 am) for 7 days 24 h following the induction of colitis. A normal control group of rats clystered with normal saline instead of acetic acid was also included in the study. Pathological changes of the colonic mucosa were evaluated by the colon mucosa damage index (CMDI) and the histopathological score (HS). The insulted colonic mucosa was sampled for a variety of determinations at the end of experiment when the animals were sacrificed by decapitation. Colonic activities of myeloperoxidase (MPO) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), and levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) and nitric oxide (NO) were assayed with ultraviolet spectrophotometry. Colonic contents of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and thromboxane B2 (TXB2) were determined by radioimmunoassay. The expressions of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) p65 proteins in the colonic tissue were detected with immunohisto...