Verapamil inhibits in-vitro leucotriene B4 release by rectal mucosa in active ulcerative colitis.
Aliment Pharmacol Ther
; 6(2): 163-8, 1992 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-1318088
ABSTRACT
Increased mucosal eicosanoid synthesis occurs in active ulcerative colitis; suppression of the synthesis of pro-inflammatory leucotrienes could be therapeutically useful. Neutrophil 5-lipoxygenase is calcium-dependent. In this study, the effect of the calcium channel antagonist, verapamil, on the release of eicosanoids by colitic rectal mucosal biopsies has been examined. Verapamil in therapeutic concentration (5 micrograms/ml, 10(-5) M) reduced leucotriene B4 release from actively inflamed rectal mucosa by 30% (from 60 (5.0 S.E.M.) ng/g wet weight/20 min without, to 42 (5.7 S.E.M.) with verapamil, P less than 0.05), but had no effect on leucotriene B4 release by rectal biopsies taken from patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis (39 (2.8 S.E.M.) ng/g wet weight/20 min without, and 43 (5.0 S.E.M.) with verapamil). Verapamil did not affect mucosal prostaglandin E2 release. The results suggest that, in active ulcerative colitis, verapamil inhibits mucosal 5-lipoxygenase activity and warrants therapeutic evaluation.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Reto
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Verapamil
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Colite Ulcerativa
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Leucotrieno B4
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Mucosa Intestinal
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1992
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Article