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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hirata, Ichiro
• Yasumoto, Shingo
• Toshina, Ken
• Inoue, Takuya
• Nishikawa, Takashi
• Murano, Naoko
• Murano, Mitsuyuki
• Wang, Fang-Yu
• Katsu, Ken-ichi

Titel

Evaluation of the effect of pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate in suppressing inflammation in mice with dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis

Ist Teil von

• World journal of gastroenterology : WJG, 2007-03, Vol.13 (11), p.1666

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To evaluate the effect of pyrrolidine dithio-carbamate (PDTC; an NF-kappaB inhibitor) administered at low (50 mg/kg) and high (100 mg/kg) doses in suppressing colitis in mice with dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis. Mice were divided into a DSS-untreated group (normal group), DSS-treated control group, DSS+PDTC-treated group I (low-dose group), and DSS+PDTC-treated group II (high-dose group). In each group, the disease activity index score (DAI score), intestinal length, histological score, and the levels of activated NF-kappaB and inflammatory cytokines (IL-1beta and TNF-alpha) in tissue were measured. The DSS+PDTC-treated group II exhibited suppression of shortening of intestinal length and reduction of DAI score. Activated NF-kappaB level and IL-1beta and TNF-alpha levels were significantly lower in DSS+PDTC-treated group II. These findings suggest that PDTC is useful for the treatment of ulcerative colitis.