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The distribution of (+)-(1R,4aS,10aR)-1,2,3,4,4a,9,10,10a-octahydro-1,4a- dimethyl-7-(1-methylethyl)-6-sulfo-1-phenanthrenecarboxylic acid 6-sodium salt pentahydrate (TA-2711) in stomach was studied after oral administration of 14C-TA-2711 (100 mg/kg) to rats. At 6 h after dosing, most of the radioactivity was found in the lower intestine, caecum and large intestine. However, the radioactivity in the stomach was higher than that in the upper and middle small intestine. The concentration of the radioactivity in the glandular stomach was about 1.5 mg eq. TA-2711/g at 30 min after administration. Thereafter, it decreased gradually to about 60 micrograms eq. TA-2711/g at 6 h after dosing. In the radioluminograms of 6 and 24 h after dosing, most of the radioactivity was observed on the surface of gastric mucosa. After administration to rats with gastric ulcer induced by acetic acid, higher radioactivity was observed in the ulcerated tissues of the stomach than in the nonulcerated control tissues. In the stomach damaged by ethanol, the concentrations of radioactivity in lesion parts were also higher than those in non-lesion parts. In the microautoradiograms of gastric mucosa damaged by ethanol, the developed silver grains were densely distributed in necrotic tissues.
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PMID:Metabolic fate of a new anti-ulcer drug (+)-(1R,4aS,10aR)-1,2,3,4,4a,9,10,10a- octahydro-1,4a-dimethyl-7-(1-methylethyl)-6-sulfo-1- phenanthrenecarboxylic acid 6-sodium salt pentahydrate (TA-2711). II. Distribution in the rat stomach. 177 9

Gastrin- and somatostatin-immunoreactive cells in biopsies taken from the prepyloric portion of the antrum from 15 patients with duodenal ulcer, 16 patients with gastric ulcer, and a control group of 19 patients without histopathological alterations of the antral mucosa were studied using peroxidase anti-peroxidase and immunogold-silver staining methods in combination with morphometry. Numerical densities and sizes (immunoreactive areas) of the cells demonstrated were measured and compared between all three groups. Gastrin- and somatostatin-immunoreactive cells were located most frequently in the lower midzone of the gastric crypts. None of the parameters measured showed a correlation with age or sex. The group with duodenal ulcer tended to exhibit gastrin- and somatostatin-cell-hyperplasia whereas the size of both cell types remained unchanged. In comparison with the control group, the numerical density of gastrin-immunoreactive cells was significantly increased in gastric ulcer patients, whereas the numerical density of somatostatin-immunoreactive cells was decreased in this group. Immunoreactive areas of both cell types were significantly increased in patients with gastric ulcer.
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PMID:Gastrin- and somatostatin-immunoreactive cells of the antral mucosa in patients with duodenal or gastric ulcers. An immunocytochemical study. 198 75

We studied two aspects of the human gastric mucosa: the surface morphology of mucous cells, as viewed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM); the glycosidic components of intracellular mucins, characterized by means of lectins. The latter were conjugated with fluorescein isothiocyanate and with colloidal gold-silver for the visualization of the reaction products in light microscopy (LM) and in SEM (backscattered mode) respectively. The surface morphology of mucous cells appears to be correlated to the secretory state. In gastric ulcers we found a prevalence of non-secreting cells. A decrease in glycosidic receptors for fucose-binding lectin and galactose-(1-3)-N-acetyl-galactosamine-binding lectin was also observed. This suggests the presence of an impaired mucus secretion which may play a role in the pathogenesis of gastric ulcer. Spiral bacteria, supposed to be aetiologically related to peptic ulcer and gastritis, were easily detected by SEM. Intestinal metaplasia defined "complete" in LM showed surface morphology and glycosidic components different from those of true intestinal mucosa. This implies the necessity of taking into account also these parameters when classifying this lesion. The same applies to polyps. Our data indicate that correlative SEM may contribute further information on the pathogenesis and pathology of gastric diseases.
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PMID:Correlative scanning electron microscopy in the study of human gastric mucosa. 309 75

After the initial report of Marshall and Warren, several publications have also demonstrated the presence of pyloric campylobacter in an elevated percentage of cases of chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer. We present our experience studying 672 patients examined by esophagogastroduodenoscopy after referral to clinical because of upper gastrointestinal symptoms. We used an Olympus GIF-K2 panendoscope taking two biopsies from the gastric antrum. Specimens were stained with hematoxilin-eosin and silver. In our experience these methods have given us the best results in detecting this bacteria. Diagnosis of gastric and duodenal ulcer was made by endoscopic criteria and chronic gastritis diagnosed by histology. Chronic gastritis was categorized into active and inactive based in the invasion of polymorphonuclear into mucosa. We have also quantitated damage of the mucin producing cells as well as the degree of bacterial colonization. We have found pyloric campylobacter in 91.8% of patients suffering from chronic active gastritis, 72.7% of patients with diagnosis of gastric ulcer and 84.2% of cases of duodenal ulcer. Our results agree with the ones reported by other authors. We conclude that pyloric campylobacter is not an opportunist microorganism within the stomach because it produces inflammatory changes as well as damage of the mucin producing cells. Its presence may play some role in the etiology of gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.
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PMID:[Campylobacter pyloric, chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer]. 332 2

Lymphoid follicles are a common feature of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis. Recently, by using gastric mapping, we demonstrated lymphoid follicles in all of 62 patients with H pylori infection. This study was designed to address (1) the prevalence of lymphoid follicles in routine gastric biopsy specimens, (2) their correlation with chronic active gastritis, and (3) their predictive value with respect to H pylori infection. Slides from 174 patients whose gastric biopsy findings carried a nonneoplastic diagnosis were evaluated for the presence of (1) chronic active gastritis, (2) lymphoid follicles, and (3) H pylori. When either follicles or active gastritis was found, but H pylori could not be identified by the hematoxylin-eosin stain, additional slides were prepared with a newly developed silver-hematoxylin-eosin-alcian blue stain. Active gastritis was present in 153 patients (88%). Helicobacter pylori was identified on hematoxylin-eosin-stained slides in 123 patients and by the modified Steiner stain in 11 additional patients. Thus, 87% of the patients with chronic active gastritis had histologically detectable H pylori infection. One or more lymphoid aggregates were present in 110 patients (82% of patients with H pylori and 72% of those with chronic active gastritis). Of these, 101 (92%) had H pylori infection. In six of the nine H pylori-negative patients with lymphoid aggregates, biopsy specimens were taken from the edges of an ulcer. In summary, except when biopsy specimens are obtained from the immediate vicinity of a gastric ulcer, lymphoid aggregates in a gastric biopsy specimen are virtually always associated with chronic active gastritis and provide a useful marker for H pylori infection.
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PMID:The significance of lymphoid follicles in the interpretation of gastric biopsy specimens. 751 59

A 12-year-old captive female cougar (Felis concolor) died following perforation of a gastric ulcer. Histologically, erosions and ulcers were present in the antral area of the stomach. Fibroplasia and infiltrates of neutrophils bordered the ulcers. Modified Steiner silver stain revealed numerous tightly coiled helical bacteria. The bacteria stained positively with a rabbit polyclonal anti-Helicobacter pylori antibody. Morphology, location, and positive immunohistochemical staining suggests that the organism is a Helicobacter.
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PMID:Gastric ulcer associated with a Helicobacter-like organism in a cougar (Felis concolor). 915 May 47

To elucidate the role of interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8 in the pathogenesis of gastric ulcer in Helicobacter pylori-positive gastritis, in situ hybridization using digoxigenin-labeled cDNA probes for both cytokines was performed. Immunogold silver staining was added to further improve the sensitivity of this non-radioactive hybridization. The biopsy specimens were taken from eight patients with active gastric ulcer before treatment, in all of whom H. pylori was positive. Macrophages (the putative producers of these cytokines) were determined by immunohistochemistry using anti-CD68 monoclonal antibodies (KP-1). IL-6 mRNA was most abundantly expressed in the epithelium and in the infiltrating cells in tissue adjacent to gastric ulcer. Quantitative analysis disclosed a significant increase in cells positive for IL-6 mRNA near the ulcer margin compared to cells in the surrounding tissue. In contrast, cells positive for IL-8 mRNA were observed in equal proportions and evenly in the epithelium and over the entire layer of the gastric mucosa regardless of the presence of gastric ulcer. The majority of infiltrating cells positive for both IL-6 and IL-8 mRNA were thought to be macrophages because of their morphologic features and their immunohistochemical reactivity to CD68. These findings strongly suggest that IL-6 is overexpressed at the margin of gastric ulcer in H. pylori-positive gastritis.
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PMID:Enhanced mucosal expression of interleukin-6 mRNA but not of interleukin-8 mRNA at the margin of gastric ulcer in Helicobacter pylori-positive gastritis. 977 25

A case of collagenous colitis is reported. A 48 year old female who had been complaining of mild diarrhea had been under medication for a gastric ulcer. Colonoscopy revealed almost normal appearance of the colonic mucosa except for one hyperplastic polyp of the cecum. Specimens of the ascending, transverse and descending colon showed a distinctively thickened collagen band beneath the surface epithelium, 10-20 microns thick, which was irregularly distributed, even within the same specimen. In some areas, the thickened collagen band was found around the upper part of the pits. Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS), Azan staining and silver impregnation were positive for this thickened collagen band. Immunohistochemically, the thickened collagen band was weakly positive for collagen type III, but negative for collagen types I and IV. Plasma cells, lymphocytes and eosinophils were observed in the lamina propria in addition to intraepithelial lymphocytic infiltration. Capillaries were increased in the thickened collagen band. The arrangement of surface epithelial cells was irregular. Crypts were not distorted. Edema, diffuse or extensive fibrosis and congestion were not found. Through these findings the patient was diagnosed as having collagenous colitis. Many cases of this had been reported in western countries, but very few in Japan. The Japanese literature was reviewed for cases of collagenous colitis and it was found that only two cases had been presented.
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PMID:Collagenous colitis in a Japanese patient. 1084 72

Gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. The purpose of this study was to find out potential markers for gastric cancer. Tumor and normal tissues from 152 gastric cancer cases were analyzed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE). The images of silver stained gels were analyzed and statistical analysis of spot intensities revealed that spot 4262 showed higher expression (5.7-fold increase) in cancer tissues than in normal tissues (P < 0.001). It was identified by peptide mass fingerprinting as nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT). A monoclonal antibody with a detection limit down to 10 ng was produced against NNMT in mouse. Using the prepared monoclonal antibody, western blot analysis of NNMT was performed for gastric tissues from 15 gastric cancer patients and two gastric ulcer patients. The results corroborated those of 2-DE experiments. A single spot was detected in gastric ulcer tissues while four to five spots were detected in gastric cancer tissues. In cancer tissues, two additional spots of acidic and basic form were mainly detected on 2-DE gels. This suggests that NNMT receives a post-translational modification in cancer- specific manner.
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PMID:Overexpression of nicotinamide N-methyltransferase in gastric cancer tissues and its potential post-translational modification. 1707 61

Carica candamarcensis is a species from the Caricaceae family whose immature fruit contains latex with large amounts of cysteine proteinases. In prior studies, we isolated two of these enzymes displaying mitogenic activity when incubated with L929 fibroblastic cells. One of the fractions containing these enzymes (P1G10) was shown to enhance wound healing of skin and to accelerate healing of chemically induced gastric ulcer. In this study we evaluate the effect of P1G10 on heat-induced, third-degree burn using a rodent model. The results show that 0.1% P1G10 accelerates epithelisation while the effect of 1% or 0.01% P1G10 is not significantly different to 1% silver sulphadiazine, 2% papain or the hydrosoluble vehicle used as control. In a double-blind randomised experiment comparing the healing response of 0.1%, 1% and the vehicle alone, we confirmed the enhanced healing property of P1G10. Histological analysis of burn-tissue sections following treatment with P1G10 support these observations. These results extend the healing properties of these groups of enzymes to a different type of trauma and open the way to future clinical applications.
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PMID:Wound-healing activity of a proteolytic fraction from Carica candamarcensis on experimentally induced burn. 1957 73


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