Alanyl-glutamine Heals Indomethacin-induced Gastric Ulceration in Rats Via Antisecretory and Anti-apoptotic Mechanisms

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Ahmed M El-LekawyHanan S El-Abhar

Abstract

Alanylglutamine (AG) is a dipeptide that fuels enterocytes and has a coadjuvant role during gut healing. The current study aimed to investigate the potential ulcer-healing effect of AG in indomethacin-induced gastropathy. Animals (n = 10 rats/group) were randomly allocated into 5 groups. Gastric ulcerated rats were administered AG, AG + dexamethasone, or pantoprazole after indomethacin exposure. Comparable to pantoprazole, AG inhibited H-KATPase pump, and elevated the pH of gastric juice. Moreover, the dipeptide increased the serum/mucosal contents of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), pS473-Akt, and cyclin-D1. On the contrary, AG abated serum tumor necrosis factor-α and gastric mucosal content of pS45-β catenin, pS9-GSK3β, pS133-CREB, pS536-NF-κB, H2O2, claudin-1, and caspase-3. The administration of dexamethasone before AG hampered its effect on almost all the measured parameters. AG confers its antiulcerogenic/antisecretory potentials by repressing the proton pump to increase the gastric juice pH via boosting p-CREB, p-Akt, p-GSK-3β, and GLP-1. Also, it inhibits apoptosis through suppressing nuclear factor-kappa B/tumor necrosis factor-α/H2O2/claudin-1 cue. This trajectory contributes to loosen the tight junction priming AG-me...Continue Reading

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