Protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2) in the rat gastric mucosa: immunolocalization and facilitation of pepsin/pepsinogen secretion
Protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2) in the rat gastric mucosa: immunolocalization and facilitation of pepsin/pepsinogen secretion
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.bjp.0704562
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发表时间:
2002-03-01
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
Kawabata, A
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作者:
Kawao, N;Sakaguchi, Y;Kawabata, A
1 Agonists of protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2) trigger neurally mediated mucus secretion accompanied by mucosal cytoprotection in the stomach. The present study immunolocalized PAR-2 in the rat gastric mucosa and examined if PAR-2 could modulate pepsin/pepsinogen secretion in rats.2 PAR-2-like immunoreactivity was abundant in the deep regions of gastric mucosa, especially in chief cells.3 The PAR-2 agonist SLIGRL-NH2, but not the control peptide LSIGRL-NH2 adininistered i.v. repeatedly at 0.3-1 mumol kg(-1), four times in total, significantly facilitated gastric pepsin secretion, although a single dose produced no significant effect.4 The PAR-2-mediated gastric pepsin secretion was resistant to omeprazole, N-G-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) or atropine, and also to ablation of sensory neurons by capsaicin.5 Our study thus provides novel evidence that PAR-2 is localized in mucosal chief cells and facilitates gastric pepsin secretion in the rats. most probably by a direct mechanism.British Journal of Pharmacology (2002).