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كلية العلوم - قسم علم الحيوان - أستاذ - التخصص الدقيق (وراثة جزيئية)

كلية العلوم
المبنى 5 الدور 3 المكتب 113
المنشورات
مقال فى مجلة
2019

Prodigiosins from a marine sponge- associated actinomycete attenuate HCl/ ethanol-induced gastric lesion via antioxidant and anti-inflammatory mechanisms. (2019). Mohamed S. Abdelfattah, Mohammed I. Y. Elmallah, Hassan Y. Ebrahim, Rafa S. Almeer

Gastric ulcer is sores that form in the stomach mucosal layer because of erosion caused by high acid secretion and excessive use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Prodigio- sins (PdGs) are red-pigmented secondary metabolites produced by bacteria, including acti- nomycetes. Butylcycloheptylprodigiosin (1) and undecylprodigiosin (2) were identified and isolated from a crude extract of the actinomycete RA2 isolated from the Red Sea Sponge Spheciospongia mastoidea. Chemical structure of 1 and 2 was determined by NMR and mass spectroscopy. Although their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties are known, their effect on gastric lesion is unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate gastro- protective effects of PdGs against HCl/ethanol-induced gastric lesion in rats. Oral pretreat- ment with PdGs (100, 200, and 300 mg/kg) attenuated severity of HCl/ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury, as evidenced by decreases in gastric lesion index scores, ulceration area, histopathologic abnormality, and neutrophil infiltration. These effects were comparable to those of omeprazole, a standard anti-gastric ulcer agent. HCl/ethanol-induced gastric ero- sions was associated with tremendous increases in lipid peroxidation, nitric oxide, and pro- inflammatory cytokines and mediators (myeloperoxidase, interleukin-1β, tumor necrosis factor-α, and cyclooxygenase-2), and with significant decreases in enzymatic and non-enzy- matic antioxidant activities. However, PdGs ameliorated gastric inflammation and oxidative stress by downregulating nuclear factor kappa B and inducible nitric oxide synthase expres- sion and upregulating heme oxygenase-1 expression. PdGs prevented gastric mucosal apoptosis by downregulating Bax and caspase-3 expression and upregulating Bcl-2 expres- sion, thereby increasing prostaglandin E2 production. Our results suggested that PdGs exerted gastroprotective effects by decreasing the levels of inflammatory mediators, apo- ptotic markers, and antioxidants.

رقم المجلد
14(6)
مجلة/صحيفة
PLOS ONE
الصفحات
1-20
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