Effects of caspases in indomethacin-induced gastric mucosal cell apoptosis / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To determine the changes of caspase 3 and 8 genes and protein expressions during indomethacin (IND) induced gastric mucosal cell apoptosis in vivo . Methods Healthy male SD rats were treated intragastrically with four different doses of IND. The rats were killed 3 hours after IND administration and the TUNEL technique was applied to detect mucosal cell apoptosis. The change of caspase 3 mRNA expression was detected by in situ hybridization and RT PCR techniques and the changes of caspase 3, 8 protein expression were monitored immunohistochemically. Results In the rats of control group, TUNEL assay revealed that only a few apoptotic cells. Oral administration of IND resulted in the appearance of massive TUNEL positive cells. Computer aided image analysis showed that the mean pixels in 30~120mg/kg groups were 6 3 , 8 0 , 12 6 and 17 1 fold that in control group ( P