| Lipoxins, the Novel Mediators of Gastroprotection and Gastric Adaptation to Ulcerogenic Action of Aspirin. | |
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PMID: 21548865 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Previous studies revealed that prostaglandins contribute to the mechanism of maintenance of gastrointestinal integrity and mediate various physiological aspects of mucosal defense. The suppression of prostaglandin synthesis in the stomach is a critical event in terms of the development of mucosal injury after administration of various NSAID including aspirin (ASA). A worldwide use of ASA is now accepted due to its remarkable analgesic, antipyretic and anti-thrombotic prophylactics against myocardial infarct and coronary disorders despite the fact that the use of NSAIDs is associated with the risk of gastrointestinal bleedings, haemorrhagic lesions and ulcerations. It has become clear that other mediators besides prostaglandins can similarly act to protect the gastrointestinal mucosa of experimental animals and humans from injury induced by ASA. For instance, nitric oxide (NO) released from vascular epithelium, epithelial cells of gastrointestinal tract and sensory nerves can influence many of the same components of mucosal defense as do prostaglandins. This review was designed to provide an updated overview based on the experimental and clinical evidence on the involvement COX-2 derived products, lipoxins in the mechanism of gastric defense, gastroprotection and gastric adaptation to ASA. Lipoxins were recently considered as another group of lipid mediators that can protect the stomach similarly as NO-donors known to exert protective influence on the stomach from the injury under condition where the mucosal prostaglandin levels are suppressed. The new class of NO-releasing NSAIDs, including NO-aspirin or NO-naproxen, represent a very promising approach to reducing the toxicity of their parent NSAIDs. Aspirin-triggered lipoxin (ATL) synthesis, via COX-2, acts to reduce the severity of damage induced by this NSAID. Lipoxin analogues may prove to be useful for preventing mucosal injury and for modulating mucosal inflammation. Evidence presented in this review documents that ATL also play in important role in gastric adaptation during chronic ASA administration. Suppression of COX-2 activity by selective COX-2 inhibitors such as rofecoxib or celecoxib was shown to abolish the production of ATL and to diminish the gastric tolerability of ASA and gastric adaptation developed in response to repetitive administration of this NSAID. Synthetic analogues of lipoxins as well as newer class of NSAIDs releasing NO may be used in the future as the therapeutic approach to counteract adverse effects in the stomach associated with NSAIDs ingestion. |
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Tomasz Brzozowski; Robert Pajdo; Aleksandra Szlachcic; Peter C Konturek; Agata Ptak-Belowska; Danuta Drozdowicz; Aneta Targosz; Stanislaw J Konturek; Wieslaw W Pawlik |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-5-6 |
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Title: Current pharmaceutical design Volume: - ISSN: 1873-4286 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-5-9 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9602487 Medline TA: Curr Pharm Des Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Chairman, Department of Physiology Jagiellonian University Medical College, 16 Grzegorzecka Street, 31-531 Cracow, Poland. mpbrzozo@cyf-kr.edu.pl. |
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