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The effects of L-glutamic acid (L-Glu) on gastric acid secretion were incestigated in vivo. All SD rats were anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital (45 mg/kg, i.p.) after 24 hrs of fasting. The trachea、esophagus、femoral vein and duodenum were catheterized. The stomach was flushed throuth the esophagus cannula via a peristaltic pump with normal saline at room temperature. Acid output was determined by titration (autotitrator VIT90, Radiometer Corp., Corpenhagen, Denmark) of the perfusate with 0.01N NaOH to pH 7.0. after basal secretions were collected for 30 min, and various acid stimulator (histamine, oxotremorine or pentagastrin) were infused for 60 min. In addition, L-glutamic acid (L-Glu) and 6, 7-dinitroquinoxaline-2, 3-dione (DNQX) was infused for 30 min after the infusion of histamine for 30 min. The result was found that infusion with synthetic L-Glu alone had no effect on spontaneous acid secretion. The histamine-(2 mg/kg/hr) and oxotremorine-(1 ug/kg/hr) stimulated acid secretion and were markedly reduced by L-Glu (750 ug/kg/hr), whereas L-Glu had no effect on acid secretion stimulated by pentagestrin (5 ug/kg/hr). Furthermore, this inhibitory effect of L-Glu on hisstamine-stimulated acid secretion was blocked by DNQX (750 ug/kg/hr), a non-DMDA receptor antagonist. On the other hand, L-Glu and it's subtypes including N-meghy1-D-aspartate (NMDA), kainic acid (KA) and quisqualic acid (QA), which functions to protect mucosal damage and reduce cyclic AMP concentration were also investigated in stres-induced gastric lesions. L-Glu and it's eubtypes were administered before cold-restraint stress (4 + 1℃, 2 hrs). The cAMP concentration of cold restraint-induced mucosal lesion was significantly different from the normal stomach. The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of these drugs on the development of cold and restraint-induced gastric ulcers. Two hours of restraint at 4 + 1℃ resulted in the production of gastric lesions in all mice. The cAMP concentration of cold restraint-induced was inhibited by L-Glu and it's subtypes. L-Glu at 2, 4 and 8 mg/kg i.p. injection 30 min before strss significantly and dose dependently prevented gastric lesions. NMDA at 0.2, 1 and 2 mg/kg , QA at 2 and 5 mg/kg or KA at 1, 2 and 5 mg/kg administered 30 min before stress prevented gastric ulcer in dose dependently. All these results suggest that L-Glu is involved in the inhibition of oxotremorine-and histamine-induced gastric acid secretion via ionotropic non-NMDA receptors. L-Glu and it's subtypes also may participate in a physiological modulation of the gastric mucosal barrier, by increasing resistance to cold restraint-induced gastric lesions in mice.
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