Abstract
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterised by oxidative and nitrosative stress, leukocyte infiltration, and up-regulation of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) expression in the colon. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of green tea extract in rats subjected to experimental colitis induced by intracolonic instillation of dinitrobenzene sulphonic acid (DNBS). At 4 days after DNBS administration the rats were sacrificed. Treatment with green tea extract significantly attenuated diarrhoea and loss of body weight. This was associated with a remarkable amelioration of the disruption of the colonic architecture, significant reduction of colonic myeloperoxidase (MPO) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) production. Green tea extract also reduced the appearance of nitrotyrosine immunoreactivity in the colon and reduced the up-regulation of ICAM-1.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1017-1025 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Free Radical Research |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sep 2005 |
Keywords
- Colitis
- Free radical
- Green tea extract
- Inflammatory infiltration and ICAM-1
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry