Influence of Capsaicin-Sensitive Afferent Fibers on Acetic Acid-Induced Chronic Gastric Ulcers in Rats
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
- Vol. 29 (5), 406-413
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365529409096830
Abstract
Accumulating evidence indicates that capsaicin-sensitive afferent fibers play a pivotal role in acute gastroprotection. However, whether they also influence healing of chronic gastric ulcers is still unknown. The effects of ablation of sensory neurons on acetic acid-induced chronic gastric ulcers in rats were investigated at morphologic and biochemical levels by computerized imaging analysis of the ulcerated area, histologic examination, and neuropeptide determination. Afferent nerve ablation, as a result of treating rats with a neurotoxic dose of capsaicin (50 + 50 mg/kg subcutaneously over 2 days), produced a significant increase in the ulcer area at 1 and 2 weeks after acetic acid injection. The delay in ulcer healing was associated with a marked and persistent decrease in tissue calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity, whereas gastric vasoactive intestinal polypeptide was unaffected by capsaicin pretreatment. Histologically, as compared with control rats, capsaicin-desensitized animals only differed in a slight increase in the inflammatory infiltrate during the early phase of ulcer formation. These findings suggest that capsaicin-sensitive afferent fibers may play a role in the healing of chronic experimental gastric ulcers in rats, but the underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated and deserve further investigation.Keywords
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