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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bingana, Rudy Diavila
• Nicolau, Lucas Antonio Duarte
• Sales, Thiago Meneses Araújo Leite
• Paula, Suliana Mesquita
• do Carmo Neto, João Pedro
• Castro, Isabela Araújo Linhares
• Teixeira, Luiz Fernando Lopes Soares
• Franco, Alvaro Xavier
• Ribeiro, Fábio de Oliveira Silva
• de Paula, Regina Célia Monteiro
• Medeiros, Jand Venes Rolim
• da Silva, Durcilene Alves
• Sifrim, Daniel
• Souza, Marcellus Henrique Loiola Ponte

Titel

Exploring the clinical relevance of "Angico Gum": an effective biopolymer for topical protection of oesophageal mucosa in gastroesophageal reflux disease patients

Ist Teil von

• Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology, 2024-06, Vol.76 (6), p.732-742

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Angico gum (AG) (Anadenanthera colubrina var. Cebil [Griseb.] Altschul) is utilized by some Brazilian communities to alleviate symptoms from gastroesophageal reflux disease. Here, we aimed to investigate the "in vitro" topical protective capacity of AG on human esophageal mucosa. Biopsies of the distal esophageal mucosa were collected from 35 patients with heartburn (24 non-erosive and 11 with erosive oesophagitis (EE)) and mounted in Üssing chambers. AG was applied topically, followed by exposure with acid solution (pH 2.0 or pH 1.0), where transepithelial electrical resistance (TER) and The transepithelial permeability for fluorescein was assessed. The incubation of the AG labeled with FITC in the esophageal mucosa was localized by fluorescence microscopy. Pretreatment with AG prevented the drop in TER induced by acid solution, as well as significantly decreases the fluorescein permeability in non-erosive patients. The protective effect of AG was sustained for up to 120 min both in biopsies of non-erosive and erosive esophagitis. Confocal microscope images showed mucosal luminal adherence of FITC-labeled AG. AG had a prolonged topical protective effect against acid solution in mucosal biopsies of patients with non-erosive and erosive esophagitis.