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    Protective and therapeutic effects of resveratrol on acetic acid-induced gastric ulcer
    (TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2009) YEGEN, BERRAK; Solmaz, Ali; Sener, Goeksel; Cetinel, Sule; Yueksel, Meral; Yegen, Cumhur; Yegen, Berrak C.
    Sprague Dawley rats of both sexes were injected with either saline or RVT (10 mg/kg) either before or after acetic acid ulcer induction and decapitated 3, 5 or 10 days after ulcer. In the saline-treated ulcer groups, macroscopically evident ulcers were observed, while RVT-pretreated or RVT-treated groups had lower macroscopic ulcer scores. Likewise, the microscopic damage scores were lower for the RVT-administered groups. Gastric myeloperoxidase activity, malondialdehyde, collagen and tumour necrosis factor-alpha levels, as well as luminol- and lucigenin-enhanced chemiluminescence levels that were elevated in the saline-administered ulcer groups, were depressed with both RVT-pretreatment and RVT-treatment. Moreover, depleted glutathione levels in the ulcer groups were increased back to control levels by both pre- and post-treatments of RVT. Results demonstrate that resveratrol has both protective and therapeutic effects on oxidative gastric damage by suppressing pro-inflammatory cascades, including the activation of pro-inflammatory cytokines, accumulation of neutrophils and release of oxygen-derived free radicals.
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    Oxytocin alleviates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats
    (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2008) YEGEN, BERRAK; Dusunceli, Fikret; Iseri, Sevgin Oe.; Ercan, Feriha; Gedik, Nursal; Yegen, Cumhur; Yegen, Berrak C.
    Various mechanisms have been proposed for the pathogenesis of postischemic hepatic injury, including the generation of reactive oxygen metabolites. Oxytocin (OT) possesses antisecretory, antiulcer effects, facilitates wound healing and has anti-inflammatory properties. Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion (I/R)-injury was induced by inflow occlusion to median and left liver lobes (similar to 70%) for 30 min of ischemia followed by 1 h reperfusion in female Sprague-Dawley rats under anesthesia. I/R group (n = 8) was administered intraperitoneally either OT (500 mu g/kg) or saline at 24 and 12 h before I/R and immediately before reperfusion. Sham-operated group that underwent laparotomy without hepatic ischemia served as the control. Rats were decapitated at the end of reperfusion period. Hepatic samples were obtained for the measurement of myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione (GSH) and collagen levels and histopathological analysis. Tumor necrosis factoralfa (TNF-alpha) and transaminases (SGOT, SGPT) were assayed in serum samples. I/R injury caused significant increases in hepatic microscopic damage scores, MPO activity, collagen levels, transaminase, serum TNF-alpha levels. Oxytocin treatment significantly reversed the I/R-induced elevations in serum transaminase and TNF-alpha levels and in hepatic MPO and collagen levels, and reduced the hepatic damage scores. OT treatment had tendency to abolish I/R-induced increase in MDA levels, while GSH levels were not altered. These results suggest that OT has a protective role in hepatic I/R injury and its protective effect in the liver appears to be dependent on its inhibitory effect on neutrophil infiltration. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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    The gastroprotective effect of obestatin on indomethacin-induced acute ulcer is mediated by a vagovagal mechanism
    (AKADEMIAI KIADO ZRT, 2020-06) YEGEN, BERRAK; Sen, Leyla Semiha; Kumral, Zarife Nigar Ozdemir; Memi, Gulsun; Ercan, Feriha; Yegen, Berrak C.; Yegen, Cumhur
    In order to investigate the role of the vagus nerve in the possible gastroprotective effect of obestatin on the indomethacin-induced acute oxidative gastric injury, Sprague-Dawley rats of both sexes were injected subcutaneously with indomethacin (25 mg/kg, 5% NaHCO3) followed by obestatin (10, 30 or 100 mu g/kg). In other sets of rats, surgical vagotomy (Vx) or selective degeneration of vagal afferent fibers by perivagal capsaicin was performed before the injections of indomethacin or indomethacin + obestatin (30 mu g/kg). Gastric serosal blood flow was measured, and 4 h after ulcer induction gastric tissue samples were taken for histological and biochemical assays. Obestatin reduced the severity of indomethacin-induced acute ulcer via the reversal of reactive hyperemia, by inhibiting ulcer-induced neutrophil infiltration and lipid peroxidation along with the replenishment of glutathione (GSH) stores, whereas Vx abolished the inhibitory effect of obestatin on blood flow and lipid peroxidation, and worsened the severity of ulcer. On the other hand, serosal blood flow was even amplified by the selective denervation of the capsaicin-sensitive vagal afferent fibers, but obestatin-induced reduction in ulcer severity was not altered. In conclusion, the gastroprotective effect of obestatin on indomethacin-induced ulcer appears to involve the activation of the vagovagal pathway.