Capsaicin and the stomach. A review of experimental and clinical data

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作者
Abdel-Salam, OME
Szolcsanyi, J
Mozsik, G
机构
[1] Med Univ Pecs, Dept Med 1, H-7643 Pecs, Hungary
[2] Med Univ Pecs, Dept Pharmacol, H-7643 Pecs, Hungary
关键词
capsaicin; stomach; gastric ulcer; mucosal defense; gastric acid secretion; GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; GASTRIC-ACID SECRETION; MUCOSAL BLOOD-FLOW; SENSITIVE AFFERENT NEURONS; P-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PERFUSED RAT STOMACH; H+ BACK-DIFFUSION; SENSORY NEURONS; INTRAGASTRIC CAPSAICIN; HYPEREMIC RESPONSE;
D O I
10.1016/S0928-4257(97)89479-X
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Capsaicin, the pungent principle of hot pepper, because of its ability to excite and later defunctionalize a subset of primary afferent neurons, has been extensively used as a probe to elucidate the function of these sensory neurons in a number of physiological processes. In the rat stomach, experimental data provided clear evidence that capsaicin-sensitive (CS) sensory nerves are involved in a local defense mechanism against gastric ulcer. Stimulation of CS sensory nerves with low intragastric concentrations of capsaicin protected the rat gastric mucosa against injury produced by different ulcerogenic agents. High local desensitizing concentrations of capsaicin or systemic neurotoxic doses of the agent markedly enhanced the susceptibility of the rat gastric mucosa to later noxious challenge. Resiniferatoxin, a potent analogue of capsaicin possesses an acute gastroprotective effect similar to that of capsaicin in the stomach. The gastroprotective effect of capsaicin-type agents involves an enhancement of the microcirculation effected through the release of mediator peptides from the sensory nerve terminals with calcitonin gene-related peptide being the most likely candidate implicated. They do not depend on vagal efferent or sympathetic neurons or involve prostanoids. The gastric mucosal protective effect of prostacyclin is retained after systemic or topical capsaicin desensitization. Capsaicin-sensitive fibers are involved in the repair mechanisms of the gastric mucosa. A protective role for CS sensory nerves has also been demonstrated in the colon. In most studies, capsaicin given into the stomach of rats or cats inhibited gastric acid secretion. In humans, although recent studies provide evidence in favor of a beneficial effect of capsaicin on the gastric mucosa, an exact concentration-related assessment of the effect of the agent is still lacking.
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