Dear Editor,Body protection compound (BPC) 157 is a stable gastric pentadecapeptide. Predrag Sikiric’s team has carried out many investigations of its cytoprotective effects in different organs and tissues (1, 2)Thei...Dear Editor,Body protection compound (BPC) 157 is a stable gastric pentadecapeptide. Predrag Sikiric’s team has carried out many investigations of its cytoprotective effects in different organs and tissues (1, 2)Their evidence indicates that BPC157 has potent cytoprotection in neural injury and gastrointestinal (GI) ulcers. Nevertheless.展开更多
AIM: To investigate the protective effects of gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 on acute and chronic gastric ulcers in rats and to compare the results in therapy of human gastric ulcers by different administration meth...AIM: To investigate the protective effects of gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 on acute and chronic gastric ulcers in rats and to compare the results in therapy of human gastric ulcers by different administration methods. METHODS: Gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 was administered (initial single or continuous administration) into rats either intragastrically or intramuscularly before (induced acute gastric ulcer) or after (induced chronic gastric ulcer) the applications of inducing agents, and each animal was sacrificed to observe the protective effects of BPC 157 on gastric ulcers. RESULTS: Both intramuscular (im) and intragastric (ig) administration of BPC 157 could apparently reduce the ulcer area and accelerate the healing of induced ulcer in different models and the effect of im administered BPC 157 was better than that of ig. The rats treated with higher dosages (400 ng/kg, 800 ng/kg) of BPC 157 (im and ig) showed significantly less lesion (P<0.01 vs excipient or saline control), the inhibition ratio of ulcer formation varied between 45.7% and 65.6%, from all measurements except 400 ng/kg BPC 157 in pylorus ligation induced model (P<0.05), in which the inhibition rate was 54.2%. When im administered (800 ng/kg BPC 157) in three modeis, the inhibition ratio of ulcer formation was 65.5%, 65.6% and 59.9%, respectively, which was better than that of famotidine (its inhibition rate was 60.8%, 57.2% and 34.3%, respectively). Continuous application of BPC 157 (in chronic acetate induced gastric ulcer) could accelerate rebuilding of glandular epithelium and formation of granulation tissue (P<0.05 at 200 ng/kg and P<0.01 at 400 ng/kg and 800 ng/kg vs excipient or saline control). CONCLUSION: Both im and ig administered gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 can apparently ameliorate acute gastric ulcer in rats and antagonize the protracted effect of acetate challenge on chronic ulcer. The effect of im administration of BPC 157 is better than that of ig, and the effective dosage of the former is lower than that of the latter.展开更多
AIM To cure typically life-threatening esophagogastric anastomosis in rats, lacking anastomosis healing and sphincter function rescue, in particular. METHODS Because we assume esophagogastric fistulas represent a part...AIM To cure typically life-threatening esophagogastric anastomosis in rats, lacking anastomosis healing and sphincter function rescue, in particular. METHODS Because we assume esophagogastric fistulas represent a particular NO-system disability, we attempt to identify the benefits of anti-ulcer stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157, which was in trials for ulcerative colitis and currently for multiple sclerosis, in rats with esophagocutaneous fistulas. Previously, BPC 157 therapies have promoted the healing of intestinal anastomosis and fistulas, and esophagitis and gastric lesions, along with rescued sphincter function. Additionally, BPC 157 particularly interacts with the NOsystem. In the 4 d after esophagogastric anastomosis creation, rats received medication(/kg intraperitoneallyonce daily: BPC 157(10 μg, 10 ng), L-NAME(5 mg), or L-arginine(100 mg) alone and/or combined or BPC 157(10 μg, 10 ng) in drinking water). For rats underwent esophagogastric anastomosis, daily assessment included progressive stomach damage(sum of the longest diameters, mm), esophagitis(scored 0-5), weak anastomosis(m L H2 O before leak), low pressure in esophagus at anastomosis and in the pyloric sphincter(cm H2O), progressive weight loss(g) and mortality. Immediate effect assessed blood vessels disappearance(scored 0-5) at the stomach surface immediately after anastomosis creation. RESULTS BPC 157(all regimens) fully counteracted the perilous disease course from the very beginning(i.e., with the BPC 157 bath, blood vessels remained present at the gastric surface after anastomosis creation) and eliminated mortality. Additionally, BPC 157 treatment in combination with L-NAME nullified any effect of L-NAME that otherwise intensified the regular course. Consistently, with worsening(with L-NAME administration) and amelioration(with L-arginine), either L-arginine amelioration prevails(attenuated esophageal and gastric lesions) or they counteract each other(L-NAME + L-arginine); with the addition of BPC 157(L-NAME + L-arginine + BPC 157), there was a marked beneficial effect. BPC 157 treatment for esophagogastric anastomosis, along with NOS-blocker L-NAME and/or NOS substrate L-arginine, demonstrated an innate NO-system disability(as observed with L-arginine effectiveness). BPC 157 distinctively affected corresponding events: worsening(obtained with L-NAME administration that was counteracted); or amelioration(L-arginine + BPC 157-rats correspond to BPC 157-rats).CONCLUSION Innate NO-system disability for esophagogastric anastomoses, including L-NAME-worsening, suggests that these effects could be corrected by L-arginine and almost completely eliminated by BPC 157 therapy.展开更多
To counteract/reveal celecoxib-induced toxicity and NO system involvement. METHODSCelecoxib (1 g/kg b.w. ip) was combined with therapy with stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 (known to inhibit these lesions, 10 ...To counteract/reveal celecoxib-induced toxicity and NO system involvement. METHODSCelecoxib (1 g/kg b.w. ip) was combined with therapy with stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 (known to inhibit these lesions, 10 μg/kg, 10 ng/kg, or 1 ng/kg ip) and L-arginine (100 mg/kg ip), as well as NOS blockade [N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME)] (5 mg/kg ip) given alone and/or combined immediately after celecoxib. Gastrointestinal, liver, and brain lesions and liver enzyme serum values in rats were assessed at 24 h and 48 h thereafter. RESULTSThis high-dose celecoxib administration, as a result of NO system dysfunction, led to gastric, liver, and brain lesions and increased liver enzyme serum values. The L-NAME-induced aggravation of the lesions was notable for gastric lesions, while in liver and brain lesions the beneficial effect of L-arginine was blunted. L-arginine counteracted gastric, liver and brain lesions. These findings support the NO system mechanism(s), both NO system agonization (L-arginine) and NO system antagonization (L-NAME), that on the whole are behind all of these COX phenomena. An even more complete antagonization was identified with BPC 157 (at both 24 h and 48 h). A beneficial effect was evident on all the increasingly negative effects of celecoxib and L-NAME application and in all the BPC 157 groups (L-arginine + BPC 157; L-NAME + BPC 157; L-NAME + L-arginine + BPC 157). Thus, these findings demonstrated that BPC 157 may equally counteract both COX-2 inhibition (counteracting the noxious effects of celecoxib on all lesions) and additional NOS blockade (equally counteracting the noxious effects of celecoxib + L-NAME). CONCLUSIONBPC 157 and L-arginine alleviate gastrointestinal, liver and brain lesions, redressing NSAIDs’ post-surgery application and NO system involvement.展开更多
BACKGROUND Recently,as a possible therapy resolving solution,pentadecapeptide BPC 157 therapy,has been used in alleviating various vascular occlusion disturbances.BPC 157 was previously reviewed as novel mediator of R...BACKGROUND Recently,as a possible therapy resolving solution,pentadecapeptide BPC 157 therapy,has been used in alleviating various vascular occlusion disturbances.BPC 157 was previously reviewed as novel mediator of Robert cytoprotection and endothelium protection in the stomach,and gut-brain axis,beneficial therapy in gastrointestinal tract,with particular reference to vascular recruitment,ulcerative colitis and tumor cachexia,and other tissues healing.Here we raised new hypothesis about BPC 157 therapy in the Budd-Chiari syndrome in rats,rapid bypassing of the suprahepatic inferior caval vein occlusion,and rats recovery with the active and effective pharmacotherapy treatment.AIM To investigate Budd-Chiari syndrome model(inferior caval vein suprahepatic occlusion)resolution,since BPC 157 resolves various rat vascular occlusion.METHODS We assessed the activated bypassing pathways between the inferior and superior caval veins and portocaval shunt,counteracted caval/portal hypertension,aortal hypotension,venous/arterial thrombosis,electrocardiogram disturbances,liver and gastrointestinal lesions(i.e.,stomach and duodenum hemorrhages,in particular,congestion).Rats with suprahepatic occlusion of the inferior vena cava by ligation were medicated at 1 min,15 min,24 h,or 48 h post-ligation.Medication consisted of 10μg/kg BPC 157,10 ng BPC 157 or 5 m L/kg saline,administered once as an abdominal bath or intragastric application.Gross and microscopic observations were made,in addition to assessments of electrical activity of the heart(electrocardiogram),portal and caval hypertension,aortal hypotension,thrombosis,hepatomegaly,splenomegaly and venography.Furthermore,levels of nitric oxide,malondialdehyde in the liver and serum enzymes were determined.RESULTS BPC 157 counteracted increased P wave amplitude,tachycardia and ST-elevation,i.e.,right heart failure from acute thrombotic coronary occlusion.The bypassing pathway of the inferior vena cava-azygos(hemiazygos)vein-superior vena cava and portocaval shunt occurred rapidly.Even with severe caval portal hypertension,BPC 157 antagonized portal and caval hypertension and aortal hypotension,and also reduced refractory ascites.Thrombosis of portal vein tributaries,inferior vena cava,and hepatic and coronary arteries was attenuated.In addition,there was reduced pathology of the lungs(severe capillary congestion)and liver(dilated central veins and terminal portal venules),decreased intestine hemorrhagic lesions(substantial capillary congestion,submucosal edema and architecture loss),and increased liver and spleen weight.During the period of ligation,nitric oxide-and malondialdehyde-levels in the liver remained within normal healthy values,and increases in serum enzymes were markedly reduced.CONCLUSION BPC 157 counteracts Budd Chiari syndrome in rats.展开更多
BACKGROUND The Pringle maneuver[portal triad obstruction(PTO)]provides huge disturbances during ischemia and even more thereafter in reperfusion.Contrarily,a possible solution may be stable gastric pentadecapeptide BP...BACKGROUND The Pringle maneuver[portal triad obstruction(PTO)]provides huge disturbances during ischemia and even more thereafter in reperfusion.Contrarily,a possible solution may be stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157,with already documented beneficial effects in ischemia/reperfusion conditions.Recently,BPC 157,as a cytoprotective agent,successfully resolved vessel occlusions in rats(ischemic colitis;deep vein thrombosis,superior anterior pancreaticoduodenal vein;bile duct cirrhosis)through rapid collateral vessel recruitment to circumvent vessel occlusion.Thereby,medication BPC 157 regimens were administered as a single challenge before and during ischemia or,alternatively,at various time points during reperfusion.AIM To introduce BPC 157 therapy against pringle maneuver-damage.METHODS In deeply anesthetised rats,the portal triad was clamped up for 30 min.Rats then underwent reperfusion for either 15 min or 24 h.Medication[(10μg,10 ng/kg)regimens,administered as a single challenge]picked(a)ischemia,PTO period[at 5 min before(ip)or at 5 or 30 min of ligation time(as a bath to PTO)]or(b)reperfusion,post-PTO period[at 1 or 15 min(bath during surgery)or 24 h(ip)reperfusion-time].We provided gross,microscopy,malondialdehyde,serum enzymes,electrocardiogram,portal,caval,and aortal pressure,thrombosis and venography assessments.RESULTS BPC 157 counteracts electrocardiogram disturbances(increased P wave amplitude,S1Q3T3 QRS pattern and tachycardia).Rapidly presented vascular pathway(portal vein-superior mesenteric vein-inferior mesenteric vein-rectal veins-left ileal vein-inferior caval vein)as the adequate shunting immediately affected disturbed haemodynamics.Portal hypertension and severe aortal hypotension during PTO,as well as portal and caval hypertension and mild aortal hypotension in reperfusion and refractory ascites formation were markedly attenuated(during PTO)or completely abrogated(reperfusion);thrombosis in portal vein tributaries and inferior caval vein or hepatic artery was counteracted during portal triad obstruction PTO.Also,counteraction included the whole vicious injurious circle[i.e.,lung pathology(severe capillary congestion),liver(dilated central veins and terminal portal venules),intestine(substantial capillary congestion,submucosal oedema,loss of villous architecture),splenomegaly,right heart(picked P wave values)]regularly perpetuated in ischemia and progressed by reperfusion in Pringle rats.CONCLUSION BPC 157 resolves pringle maneuver-damage in rats,both for ischemia and reperfusion.展开更多
We reviewed the pleiotropic beneficial effects of the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157,three very recent demonstrations that may be essential in the gut-brain and braingut axis operation,and therapy application...We reviewed the pleiotropic beneficial effects of the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157,three very recent demonstrations that may be essential in the gut-brain and braingut axis operation,and therapy application in the central nervous system disorders,in particular.Firstly,given in the reperfusion,BPC 157 counteracted bilateral clamping of the common carotid arteries-induced stroke,sustained brain neuronal damages were resolved in rats as well as disturbed memory,locomotion,and coordination.This therapy effect supports particular gene expression in hippocampal tissues that appeared in BPC 157-treated rats.Secondly,there are L-NG-nitro arginine methyl ester(L-NAME)-and haloperidol-induced catalepsy as well as the rat acute and chronic models of 'positivelike' schizophrenia symptoms,that BPC 157 counteracted,and resolved the complex relationship of the nitric oxide-system with amphetamine and apomorphine(dopamine agents application),MK-801(non-competitive antagonist of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor) and chronic methamphetamine administration(to induce sensitivity).Thirdly,after rat spinal cord compression,there were advanced healing and functional recovery(counteracted tail paralysis).Likewise,in BPC 157 therapy,there is specific support for each of these topics:counteracted encephalopathies;alleviated vascular occlusion disturbances(stroke);counteracted dopamine disturbances(dopamine receptors blockade,receptors super sensitivity development,or receptor activation,over-release,nigrostriatal damage,vesicles depletion),and nitric oxide-system disturbances("L-NAME non-responsive,L-arginine responsive," and "L-NAME responsive,L-arginine responsive")(schizophrenia therapy);inflammation reduction,nerve recovery in addition to alleviated hemostasis and vessels function after compression(spinal cord injury therapy).Thus,these disturbances may be all resolved within the same agent's beneficial activity,i.e.,the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157.展开更多
The stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 counteracts various venous occlusion-induced syndromes.Summarized are all these arguments,in the Robert’s cytoprotection concept terms,to substantiate the resolution of dif...The stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 counteracts various venous occlusion-induced syndromes.Summarized are all these arguments,in the Robert’s cytoprotection concept terms,to substantiate the resolution of different major vessel occlusion disturbances,in particular ischemia-reperfusion injury following the Pringle maneuver and Budd-Chiari syndrome,which was obtained by BPC 157 therapy.Conceptually,there is new point(bypassed occluded or ruptured vessel,the equation endothelium maintenance→epithelium maintenance=blood vessel recruitment and activation towards defect or bypassing vessel occlusion),the recruitment of collateral blood vessels to compensate for vessel occlusion and reestablish blood flow.In this paper,we summarize the evidence of the native cytoprotective gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157,which is stable in the human gastric juice,is a membrane stabilizer and counteracts gut-leaky syndrome.As a particular target,it is distinctive from the standard peptide growth factors,with particular molecular pathways involved,controlling VEGF and NO pathways.In the early 1990s,BPC 157 appeared as a late outbreak of the Robert’s and Szabo’s cytoprotection-organoprotection concept,epithelium,endothelium protection as previous theoretical/practical breakthrough in the 1980s,and brain-gut axis and gut-brain axis.As the time went on,with its reported effects,it is likely most useful theory practical implementation and justification.Meantime,several reviews suggest that BPC 157,which does not have a lethal dose(LD1),has profound cytoprotective activity,used to be demonstrated in ulcerative colitis and invented to multiple sclerosis trials.Likely,it may bring the theory to practical application,starting with the initial argument,no degradation in human gastric juice for more than 24 h,and thereby,the therapeutic effectiveness(including therapeutic per-oral regimen)and pleiotropic beneficial effects.展开更多
BACKGROUND Using rat stomach perforation as a prototypic direct lesion applied in cytoprotection research,we focused on the first demonstration of the severe occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome induced by stomach perfor...BACKGROUND Using rat stomach perforation as a prototypic direct lesion applied in cytoprotection research,we focused on the first demonstration of the severe occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome induced by stomach perforation.The revealed stomachinduced occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome corresponds to the previously described occlusion/occlusion-like syndromes in rats suffering multicausal pathology and shared severe vascular and multiorgan failure.This general point was particularly reviewed.As in all the described occlusion/occlusion-like syndromes with permanent occlusion of major vessels,peripheral and central,and other similar noxious procedures that severely affect endothelium function,the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 was resolving therapy.AIM To reveal the stomach perforation-induced general occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome and BPC 157 therapy effect.METHODS The procedure included deeply anesthetized rats,complete calvariectomy,laparotomy at 15 min thereafter,and stomach perforation to rapidly induce vascular and multiorgan failure occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome.At 5 min post-perforation time,rats received therapy[BPC 157(10μg or 10 ng/kg)or saline(5 mL/kg,1 mL/rat)(controls)]into the perforated defect in the stomach).Sacrifice was at 15 min or 60 min post-perforation time.Assessment(gross and microscopy;volume)included:Brain swelling,peripheral vessels(azygos vein,superior mesenteric vein,portal vein,inferior caval vein)and heart,other organs lesions(i.e.,stomach,defect closing or widening);superior sagittal sinus,and peripherally the portal vein,inferior caval vein,and abdominal aorta blood pressures and clots;electrocardiograms;and bleeding time from the perforation(s).RESULTS BPC 157 beneficial effects accord with those noted before in the healing of the perforated defect(raised vessel presentation;less bleeding,defect contraction)and occlusion/occlusion-like syndromes counteraction.BPC 157 therapy(into the perforated defect),induced immediate shrinking and contraction of the whole stomach(unlike considerable enlargement by saline application).Accordingly,BPC 157 therapy induced direct blood delivery via the azygos vein,and attenuated/eliminated the intracranial(superior sagittal sinus),portal and caval hypertension,and aortal hypotension.Thrombosis,peripherally(inferior caval vein,portal vein,abdominal aorta)and centrally(superior sagittal sinus)BPC 157 therapy markedly reduced/annihilated.Severe lesions in the brain(swelling,hemorrhage),heart(congestion and arrhythmias),lung(hemorrhage and congestion),and marked congestion in the liver,kidney,and gastrointestinal tract were markedly reduced.CONCLUSION We revealed stomach perforation as a severe occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome,peripherally and centrally,and rapid counteraction by BPC 157 therapy.Thereby,further BPC 157 therapy may be warranted.展开更多
BACKGROUND After parietal peritoneum excision with an underlying superficial layer of muscle tissue in rats,there is failed vasculature,and finally,increased adhesion formation.We hypothesized that unlike nitric oxide...BACKGROUND After parietal peritoneum excision with an underlying superficial layer of muscle tissue in rats,there is failed vasculature,and finally,increased adhesion formation.We hypothesized that unlike nitric oxide(NO)-agents,L-NAME and/or L-arginine,the application of the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 with its most recent vascular effects(“vascular recruitment”)means attenuated bowel adhesion formation and NO-and malondialdehyde(MDA)-tissue values.AIM To focused on the bowel adhesion and the therapy with the BPC 157,its most and application of NO-agents.METHODS Along with defect creation,medication was(1)during surgery,once,at 1 min after defect creation as an abdominal bath(1 mL/rat),BPC 157(10μg/kg,10 ng/kg,1 mL/rat),an equivolume of saline,L-NAME(5 mg/kg),L-arginine(200 mg/kg)alone and/or combined.Alternatively,medication was(2)intraperitoneally once daily,first application at 30 min after surgery,last application 24 h before assessment at d 7 or d 14.As a postponed therapy to preexisting adhesion(3),BPC 157(10μg/kg,10 ng/kg intraperitoneally,1 mL/rat)was given once daily since d 7.RESULTSThe recovery effect of the BPC 157 regimens goes with the presence of abundant vascular vessels in and near the defect,which occurs rapidly.Lastly,also applied as post-treatment,BPC 157 creates attenuated adhesions,minimal or no adhesion.Contrarily,NO-agents have diverse initial and final effects:The initial weakening of blood vessel disappearance and finally,severe worsening of adhesions(LNAME)vs the initial weakening of blood vessel disappearance and finally,attenuation of adhesions formation(L-arginine),which counteract each other response given together.Importantly,BPC 157 maintains its beneficial effect also when given with NO-agents(L-NAME+BC 157;L-arginine+BPC 157;L-NAME+L-arginine+BPC 157).Finally,with respect to the increased NO-and MDAvalues-adhesion tissue formation relation,unlike diverse effect of the NO-agents,the BPC 157 application effect regularly combines decrease on the increased NOand MDA-values and the beneficial outcome(less adhesion formation).CONCLUSION BPC 157 therapy can be suited for the realization of the peritoneal defect healing with minimal or no adhesion formation.展开更多
基金supported by a JMEY International collaboration Grant(020002015)
文摘Dear Editor,Body protection compound (BPC) 157 is a stable gastric pentadecapeptide. Predrag Sikiric’s team has carried out many investigations of its cytoprotective effects in different organs and tissues (1, 2)Their evidence indicates that BPC157 has potent cytoprotection in neural injury and gastrointestinal (GI) ulcers. Nevertheless.
文摘AIM: To investigate the protective effects of gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 on acute and chronic gastric ulcers in rats and to compare the results in therapy of human gastric ulcers by different administration methods. METHODS: Gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 was administered (initial single or continuous administration) into rats either intragastrically or intramuscularly before (induced acute gastric ulcer) or after (induced chronic gastric ulcer) the applications of inducing agents, and each animal was sacrificed to observe the protective effects of BPC 157 on gastric ulcers. RESULTS: Both intramuscular (im) and intragastric (ig) administration of BPC 157 could apparently reduce the ulcer area and accelerate the healing of induced ulcer in different models and the effect of im administered BPC 157 was better than that of ig. The rats treated with higher dosages (400 ng/kg, 800 ng/kg) of BPC 157 (im and ig) showed significantly less lesion (P<0.01 vs excipient or saline control), the inhibition ratio of ulcer formation varied between 45.7% and 65.6%, from all measurements except 400 ng/kg BPC 157 in pylorus ligation induced model (P<0.05), in which the inhibition rate was 54.2%. When im administered (800 ng/kg BPC 157) in three modeis, the inhibition ratio of ulcer formation was 65.5%, 65.6% and 59.9%, respectively, which was better than that of famotidine (its inhibition rate was 60.8%, 57.2% and 34.3%, respectively). Continuous application of BPC 157 (in chronic acetate induced gastric ulcer) could accelerate rebuilding of glandular epithelium and formation of granulation tissue (P<0.05 at 200 ng/kg and P<0.01 at 400 ng/kg and 800 ng/kg vs excipient or saline control). CONCLUSION: Both im and ig administered gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 can apparently ameliorate acute gastric ulcer in rats and antagonize the protracted effect of acetate challenge on chronic ulcer. The effect of im administration of BPC 157 is better than that of ig, and the effective dosage of the former is lower than that of the latter.
基金Supported by Ministry of Science,Education and Sports,Republic of Croatia,No.108-1083570-3635
文摘AIM To cure typically life-threatening esophagogastric anastomosis in rats, lacking anastomosis healing and sphincter function rescue, in particular. METHODS Because we assume esophagogastric fistulas represent a particular NO-system disability, we attempt to identify the benefits of anti-ulcer stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157, which was in trials for ulcerative colitis and currently for multiple sclerosis, in rats with esophagocutaneous fistulas. Previously, BPC 157 therapies have promoted the healing of intestinal anastomosis and fistulas, and esophagitis and gastric lesions, along with rescued sphincter function. Additionally, BPC 157 particularly interacts with the NOsystem. In the 4 d after esophagogastric anastomosis creation, rats received medication(/kg intraperitoneallyonce daily: BPC 157(10 μg, 10 ng), L-NAME(5 mg), or L-arginine(100 mg) alone and/or combined or BPC 157(10 μg, 10 ng) in drinking water). For rats underwent esophagogastric anastomosis, daily assessment included progressive stomach damage(sum of the longest diameters, mm), esophagitis(scored 0-5), weak anastomosis(m L H2 O before leak), low pressure in esophagus at anastomosis and in the pyloric sphincter(cm H2O), progressive weight loss(g) and mortality. Immediate effect assessed blood vessels disappearance(scored 0-5) at the stomach surface immediately after anastomosis creation. RESULTS BPC 157(all regimens) fully counteracted the perilous disease course from the very beginning(i.e., with the BPC 157 bath, blood vessels remained present at the gastric surface after anastomosis creation) and eliminated mortality. Additionally, BPC 157 treatment in combination with L-NAME nullified any effect of L-NAME that otherwise intensified the regular course. Consistently, with worsening(with L-NAME administration) and amelioration(with L-arginine), either L-arginine amelioration prevails(attenuated esophageal and gastric lesions) or they counteract each other(L-NAME + L-arginine); with the addition of BPC 157(L-NAME + L-arginine + BPC 157), there was a marked beneficial effect. BPC 157 treatment for esophagogastric anastomosis, along with NOS-blocker L-NAME and/or NOS substrate L-arginine, demonstrated an innate NO-system disability(as observed with L-arginine effectiveness). BPC 157 distinctively affected corresponding events: worsening(obtained with L-NAME administration that was counteracted); or amelioration(L-arginine + BPC 157-rats correspond to BPC 157-rats).CONCLUSION Innate NO-system disability for esophagogastric anastomoses, including L-NAME-worsening, suggests that these effects could be corrected by L-arginine and almost completely eliminated by BPC 157 therapy.
文摘To counteract/reveal celecoxib-induced toxicity and NO system involvement. METHODSCelecoxib (1 g/kg b.w. ip) was combined with therapy with stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 (known to inhibit these lesions, 10 μg/kg, 10 ng/kg, or 1 ng/kg ip) and L-arginine (100 mg/kg ip), as well as NOS blockade [N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME)] (5 mg/kg ip) given alone and/or combined immediately after celecoxib. Gastrointestinal, liver, and brain lesions and liver enzyme serum values in rats were assessed at 24 h and 48 h thereafter. RESULTSThis high-dose celecoxib administration, as a result of NO system dysfunction, led to gastric, liver, and brain lesions and increased liver enzyme serum values. The L-NAME-induced aggravation of the lesions was notable for gastric lesions, while in liver and brain lesions the beneficial effect of L-arginine was blunted. L-arginine counteracted gastric, liver and brain lesions. These findings support the NO system mechanism(s), both NO system agonization (L-arginine) and NO system antagonization (L-NAME), that on the whole are behind all of these COX phenomena. An even more complete antagonization was identified with BPC 157 (at both 24 h and 48 h). A beneficial effect was evident on all the increasingly negative effects of celecoxib and L-NAME application and in all the BPC 157 groups (L-arginine + BPC 157; L-NAME + BPC 157; L-NAME + L-arginine + BPC 157). Thus, these findings demonstrated that BPC 157 may equally counteract both COX-2 inhibition (counteracting the noxious effects of celecoxib on all lesions) and additional NOS blockade (equally counteracting the noxious effects of celecoxib + L-NAME). CONCLUSIONBPC 157 and L-arginine alleviate gastrointestinal, liver and brain lesions, redressing NSAIDs’ post-surgery application and NO system involvement.
文摘BACKGROUND Recently,as a possible therapy resolving solution,pentadecapeptide BPC 157 therapy,has been used in alleviating various vascular occlusion disturbances.BPC 157 was previously reviewed as novel mediator of Robert cytoprotection and endothelium protection in the stomach,and gut-brain axis,beneficial therapy in gastrointestinal tract,with particular reference to vascular recruitment,ulcerative colitis and tumor cachexia,and other tissues healing.Here we raised new hypothesis about BPC 157 therapy in the Budd-Chiari syndrome in rats,rapid bypassing of the suprahepatic inferior caval vein occlusion,and rats recovery with the active and effective pharmacotherapy treatment.AIM To investigate Budd-Chiari syndrome model(inferior caval vein suprahepatic occlusion)resolution,since BPC 157 resolves various rat vascular occlusion.METHODS We assessed the activated bypassing pathways between the inferior and superior caval veins and portocaval shunt,counteracted caval/portal hypertension,aortal hypotension,venous/arterial thrombosis,electrocardiogram disturbances,liver and gastrointestinal lesions(i.e.,stomach and duodenum hemorrhages,in particular,congestion).Rats with suprahepatic occlusion of the inferior vena cava by ligation were medicated at 1 min,15 min,24 h,or 48 h post-ligation.Medication consisted of 10μg/kg BPC 157,10 ng BPC 157 or 5 m L/kg saline,administered once as an abdominal bath or intragastric application.Gross and microscopic observations were made,in addition to assessments of electrical activity of the heart(electrocardiogram),portal and caval hypertension,aortal hypotension,thrombosis,hepatomegaly,splenomegaly and venography.Furthermore,levels of nitric oxide,malondialdehyde in the liver and serum enzymes were determined.RESULTS BPC 157 counteracted increased P wave amplitude,tachycardia and ST-elevation,i.e.,right heart failure from acute thrombotic coronary occlusion.The bypassing pathway of the inferior vena cava-azygos(hemiazygos)vein-superior vena cava and portocaval shunt occurred rapidly.Even with severe caval portal hypertension,BPC 157 antagonized portal and caval hypertension and aortal hypotension,and also reduced refractory ascites.Thrombosis of portal vein tributaries,inferior vena cava,and hepatic and coronary arteries was attenuated.In addition,there was reduced pathology of the lungs(severe capillary congestion)and liver(dilated central veins and terminal portal venules),decreased intestine hemorrhagic lesions(substantial capillary congestion,submucosal edema and architecture loss),and increased liver and spleen weight.During the period of ligation,nitric oxide-and malondialdehyde-levels in the liver remained within normal healthy values,and increases in serum enzymes were markedly reduced.CONCLUSION BPC 157 counteracts Budd Chiari syndrome in rats.
文摘BACKGROUND The Pringle maneuver[portal triad obstruction(PTO)]provides huge disturbances during ischemia and even more thereafter in reperfusion.Contrarily,a possible solution may be stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157,with already documented beneficial effects in ischemia/reperfusion conditions.Recently,BPC 157,as a cytoprotective agent,successfully resolved vessel occlusions in rats(ischemic colitis;deep vein thrombosis,superior anterior pancreaticoduodenal vein;bile duct cirrhosis)through rapid collateral vessel recruitment to circumvent vessel occlusion.Thereby,medication BPC 157 regimens were administered as a single challenge before and during ischemia or,alternatively,at various time points during reperfusion.AIM To introduce BPC 157 therapy against pringle maneuver-damage.METHODS In deeply anesthetised rats,the portal triad was clamped up for 30 min.Rats then underwent reperfusion for either 15 min or 24 h.Medication[(10μg,10 ng/kg)regimens,administered as a single challenge]picked(a)ischemia,PTO period[at 5 min before(ip)or at 5 or 30 min of ligation time(as a bath to PTO)]or(b)reperfusion,post-PTO period[at 1 or 15 min(bath during surgery)or 24 h(ip)reperfusion-time].We provided gross,microscopy,malondialdehyde,serum enzymes,electrocardiogram,portal,caval,and aortal pressure,thrombosis and venography assessments.RESULTS BPC 157 counteracts electrocardiogram disturbances(increased P wave amplitude,S1Q3T3 QRS pattern and tachycardia).Rapidly presented vascular pathway(portal vein-superior mesenteric vein-inferior mesenteric vein-rectal veins-left ileal vein-inferior caval vein)as the adequate shunting immediately affected disturbed haemodynamics.Portal hypertension and severe aortal hypotension during PTO,as well as portal and caval hypertension and mild aortal hypotension in reperfusion and refractory ascites formation were markedly attenuated(during PTO)or completely abrogated(reperfusion);thrombosis in portal vein tributaries and inferior caval vein or hepatic artery was counteracted during portal triad obstruction PTO.Also,counteraction included the whole vicious injurious circle[i.e.,lung pathology(severe capillary congestion),liver(dilated central veins and terminal portal venules),intestine(substantial capillary congestion,submucosal oedema,loss of villous architecture),splenomegaly,right heart(picked P wave values)]regularly perpetuated in ischemia and progressed by reperfusion in Pringle rats.CONCLUSION BPC 157 resolves pringle maneuver-damage in rats,both for ischemia and reperfusion.
文摘We reviewed the pleiotropic beneficial effects of the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157,three very recent demonstrations that may be essential in the gut-brain and braingut axis operation,and therapy application in the central nervous system disorders,in particular.Firstly,given in the reperfusion,BPC 157 counteracted bilateral clamping of the common carotid arteries-induced stroke,sustained brain neuronal damages were resolved in rats as well as disturbed memory,locomotion,and coordination.This therapy effect supports particular gene expression in hippocampal tissues that appeared in BPC 157-treated rats.Secondly,there are L-NG-nitro arginine methyl ester(L-NAME)-and haloperidol-induced catalepsy as well as the rat acute and chronic models of 'positivelike' schizophrenia symptoms,that BPC 157 counteracted,and resolved the complex relationship of the nitric oxide-system with amphetamine and apomorphine(dopamine agents application),MK-801(non-competitive antagonist of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor) and chronic methamphetamine administration(to induce sensitivity).Thirdly,after rat spinal cord compression,there were advanced healing and functional recovery(counteracted tail paralysis).Likewise,in BPC 157 therapy,there is specific support for each of these topics:counteracted encephalopathies;alleviated vascular occlusion disturbances(stroke);counteracted dopamine disturbances(dopamine receptors blockade,receptors super sensitivity development,or receptor activation,over-release,nigrostriatal damage,vesicles depletion),and nitric oxide-system disturbances("L-NAME non-responsive,L-arginine responsive," and "L-NAME responsive,L-arginine responsive")(schizophrenia therapy);inflammation reduction,nerve recovery in addition to alleviated hemostasis and vessels function after compression(spinal cord injury therapy).Thus,these disturbances may be all resolved within the same agent's beneficial activity,i.e.,the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157.
文摘The stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 counteracts various venous occlusion-induced syndromes.Summarized are all these arguments,in the Robert’s cytoprotection concept terms,to substantiate the resolution of different major vessel occlusion disturbances,in particular ischemia-reperfusion injury following the Pringle maneuver and Budd-Chiari syndrome,which was obtained by BPC 157 therapy.Conceptually,there is new point(bypassed occluded or ruptured vessel,the equation endothelium maintenance→epithelium maintenance=blood vessel recruitment and activation towards defect or bypassing vessel occlusion),the recruitment of collateral blood vessels to compensate for vessel occlusion and reestablish blood flow.In this paper,we summarize the evidence of the native cytoprotective gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157,which is stable in the human gastric juice,is a membrane stabilizer and counteracts gut-leaky syndrome.As a particular target,it is distinctive from the standard peptide growth factors,with particular molecular pathways involved,controlling VEGF and NO pathways.In the early 1990s,BPC 157 appeared as a late outbreak of the Robert’s and Szabo’s cytoprotection-organoprotection concept,epithelium,endothelium protection as previous theoretical/practical breakthrough in the 1980s,and brain-gut axis and gut-brain axis.As the time went on,with its reported effects,it is likely most useful theory practical implementation and justification.Meantime,several reviews suggest that BPC 157,which does not have a lethal dose(LD1),has profound cytoprotective activity,used to be demonstrated in ulcerative colitis and invented to multiple sclerosis trials.Likely,it may bring the theory to practical application,starting with the initial argument,no degradation in human gastric juice for more than 24 h,and thereby,the therapeutic effectiveness(including therapeutic per-oral regimen)and pleiotropic beneficial effects.
文摘BACKGROUND Using rat stomach perforation as a prototypic direct lesion applied in cytoprotection research,we focused on the first demonstration of the severe occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome induced by stomach perforation.The revealed stomachinduced occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome corresponds to the previously described occlusion/occlusion-like syndromes in rats suffering multicausal pathology and shared severe vascular and multiorgan failure.This general point was particularly reviewed.As in all the described occlusion/occlusion-like syndromes with permanent occlusion of major vessels,peripheral and central,and other similar noxious procedures that severely affect endothelium function,the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 was resolving therapy.AIM To reveal the stomach perforation-induced general occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome and BPC 157 therapy effect.METHODS The procedure included deeply anesthetized rats,complete calvariectomy,laparotomy at 15 min thereafter,and stomach perforation to rapidly induce vascular and multiorgan failure occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome.At 5 min post-perforation time,rats received therapy[BPC 157(10μg or 10 ng/kg)or saline(5 mL/kg,1 mL/rat)(controls)]into the perforated defect in the stomach).Sacrifice was at 15 min or 60 min post-perforation time.Assessment(gross and microscopy;volume)included:Brain swelling,peripheral vessels(azygos vein,superior mesenteric vein,portal vein,inferior caval vein)and heart,other organs lesions(i.e.,stomach,defect closing or widening);superior sagittal sinus,and peripherally the portal vein,inferior caval vein,and abdominal aorta blood pressures and clots;electrocardiograms;and bleeding time from the perforation(s).RESULTS BPC 157 beneficial effects accord with those noted before in the healing of the perforated defect(raised vessel presentation;less bleeding,defect contraction)and occlusion/occlusion-like syndromes counteraction.BPC 157 therapy(into the perforated defect),induced immediate shrinking and contraction of the whole stomach(unlike considerable enlargement by saline application).Accordingly,BPC 157 therapy induced direct blood delivery via the azygos vein,and attenuated/eliminated the intracranial(superior sagittal sinus),portal and caval hypertension,and aortal hypotension.Thrombosis,peripherally(inferior caval vein,portal vein,abdominal aorta)and centrally(superior sagittal sinus)BPC 157 therapy markedly reduced/annihilated.Severe lesions in the brain(swelling,hemorrhage),heart(congestion and arrhythmias),lung(hemorrhage and congestion),and marked congestion in the liver,kidney,and gastrointestinal tract were markedly reduced.CONCLUSION We revealed stomach perforation as a severe occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome,peripherally and centrally,and rapid counteraction by BPC 157 therapy.Thereby,further BPC 157 therapy may be warranted.
文摘BACKGROUND After parietal peritoneum excision with an underlying superficial layer of muscle tissue in rats,there is failed vasculature,and finally,increased adhesion formation.We hypothesized that unlike nitric oxide(NO)-agents,L-NAME and/or L-arginine,the application of the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 with its most recent vascular effects(“vascular recruitment”)means attenuated bowel adhesion formation and NO-and malondialdehyde(MDA)-tissue values.AIM To focused on the bowel adhesion and the therapy with the BPC 157,its most and application of NO-agents.METHODS Along with defect creation,medication was(1)during surgery,once,at 1 min after defect creation as an abdominal bath(1 mL/rat),BPC 157(10μg/kg,10 ng/kg,1 mL/rat),an equivolume of saline,L-NAME(5 mg/kg),L-arginine(200 mg/kg)alone and/or combined.Alternatively,medication was(2)intraperitoneally once daily,first application at 30 min after surgery,last application 24 h before assessment at d 7 or d 14.As a postponed therapy to preexisting adhesion(3),BPC 157(10μg/kg,10 ng/kg intraperitoneally,1 mL/rat)was given once daily since d 7.RESULTSThe recovery effect of the BPC 157 regimens goes with the presence of abundant vascular vessels in and near the defect,which occurs rapidly.Lastly,also applied as post-treatment,BPC 157 creates attenuated adhesions,minimal or no adhesion.Contrarily,NO-agents have diverse initial and final effects:The initial weakening of blood vessel disappearance and finally,severe worsening of adhesions(LNAME)vs the initial weakening of blood vessel disappearance and finally,attenuation of adhesions formation(L-arginine),which counteract each other response given together.Importantly,BPC 157 maintains its beneficial effect also when given with NO-agents(L-NAME+BC 157;L-arginine+BPC 157;L-NAME+L-arginine+BPC 157).Finally,with respect to the increased NO-and MDAvalues-adhesion tissue formation relation,unlike diverse effect of the NO-agents,the BPC 157 application effect regularly combines decrease on the increased NOand MDA-values and the beneficial outcome(less adhesion formation).CONCLUSION BPC 157 therapy can be suited for the realization of the peritoneal defect healing with minimal or no adhesion formation.
