The effect of malotilate, a derivative of malotilate and a flavenoid on eicosanoid production in inflammatory bowel disease in rats

Acetic acid induced colitis in rats was used to investigate the effects of malotilate, a drug which has been shown to inhibit 5-1ipoxygenase in human macrophages, the malotilate derivate ZY16268 and the flavenoid ZY16369 on the eicosanoid production and the colonic morphology in inflammatory bowel d...

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Main Authors: A. P. M. van Dijk, J. H. P. Wilson, F. J. Zijlstra
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 1993-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0962935193000092
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description Acetic acid induced colitis in rats was used to investigate the effects of malotilate, a drug which has been shown to inhibit 5-1ipoxygenase in human macrophages, the malotilate derivate ZY16268 and the flavenoid ZY16369 on the eicosanoid production and the colonic morphology in inflammatory bowel disease. Acetic acid produced an acute inflammatory response in the colon, associated with a markedly raised inflammation score (15.8 vs. < 0.5), based on a seven-scaled scoring system which includes observation of haemorrhage, submucosal oedema, cellular infiltration, goblet cell depletion, loss of architecture, crypt abscesses and serosal involvement, of which every item was subdivided as mild, moderate and severe. Incubation of colonic mucosa from rats treated with arachidonic acid and stimulated with A23187 showed an increase of the cyclooxygenase product 12-hydroxy-heptadecatrienoic acid (HHT) and the 12-1ipoxygenase product (12-HETE) and a decrease in the formation of 6-keto-prostaglandin F1α(6kPGF1α) in comparison with normal rat mucosa. Malotilate, ZY16268 and ZY16369 all resulted in a decrease in HHT, leukotriene B4 (LTB4)-like compounds and 12-hydroxyeicosaenoic acid (12-HETE) production. None of the tested compounds significantly reduced the colonic damage by acetic acid although the formation of 12-HETE was proportional to the histologically obtained inflammation score. There were marked differences in eicosanoid formation patterns between rat and human mucosa, both normal and inflamed. In view of the hyperacute nature of the mucosal damage and the marked differences in eicosanoid production, acetic acid induced colitis in rats is probably not a suitable model of ulcerative colitis in humans.
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spelling doaj-art-bafe6d2ec4ea4eeba32bcaef27b324e82025-02-03T05:50:55ZengWileyMediators of Inflammation0962-93511466-18611993-01-0121677210.1155/S0962935193000092The effect of malotilate, a derivative of malotilate and a flavenoid on eicosanoid production in inflammatory bowel disease in ratsA. P. M. van Dijk0J. H. P. Wilson1F. J. Zijlstra2Department of Pharmacology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O.Box 1738, Rotterdam 3000 DR, The NetherlandsDepartment of Internal Medicine II, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O.Box 1738, Rotterdam 3000 DR, The NetherlandsDepartment of Pharmacology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O.Box 1738, Rotterdam 3000 DR, The NetherlandsAcetic acid induced colitis in rats was used to investigate the effects of malotilate, a drug which has been shown to inhibit 5-1ipoxygenase in human macrophages, the malotilate derivate ZY16268 and the flavenoid ZY16369 on the eicosanoid production and the colonic morphology in inflammatory bowel disease. Acetic acid produced an acute inflammatory response in the colon, associated with a markedly raised inflammation score (15.8 vs. < 0.5), based on a seven-scaled scoring system which includes observation of haemorrhage, submucosal oedema, cellular infiltration, goblet cell depletion, loss of architecture, crypt abscesses and serosal involvement, of which every item was subdivided as mild, moderate and severe. Incubation of colonic mucosa from rats treated with arachidonic acid and stimulated with A23187 showed an increase of the cyclooxygenase product 12-hydroxy-heptadecatrienoic acid (HHT) and the 12-1ipoxygenase product (12-HETE) and a decrease in the formation of 6-keto-prostaglandin F1α(6kPGF1α) in comparison with normal rat mucosa. Malotilate, ZY16268 and ZY16369 all resulted in a decrease in HHT, leukotriene B4 (LTB4)-like compounds and 12-hydroxyeicosaenoic acid (12-HETE) production. None of the tested compounds significantly reduced the colonic damage by acetic acid although the formation of 12-HETE was proportional to the histologically obtained inflammation score. There were marked differences in eicosanoid formation patterns between rat and human mucosa, both normal and inflamed. In view of the hyperacute nature of the mucosal damage and the marked differences in eicosanoid production, acetic acid induced colitis in rats is probably not a suitable model of ulcerative colitis in humans.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0962935193000092
spellingShingle A. P. M. van Dijk
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The effect of malotilate, a derivative of malotilate and a flavenoid on eicosanoid production in inflammatory bowel disease in rats
Mediators of Inflammation
title The effect of malotilate, a derivative of malotilate and a flavenoid on eicosanoid production in inflammatory bowel disease in rats
title_full The effect of malotilate, a derivative of malotilate and a flavenoid on eicosanoid production in inflammatory bowel disease in rats
title_fullStr The effect of malotilate, a derivative of malotilate and a flavenoid on eicosanoid production in inflammatory bowel disease in rats
title_full_unstemmed The effect of malotilate, a derivative of malotilate and a flavenoid on eicosanoid production in inflammatory bowel disease in rats
title_short The effect of malotilate, a derivative of malotilate and a flavenoid on eicosanoid production in inflammatory bowel disease in rats
title_sort effect of malotilate a derivative of malotilate and a flavenoid on eicosanoid production in inflammatory bowel disease in rats
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