Gastric protective effect of peripheral PYY through PYY preferring receptors in anesthetized rats
The influence of intravenous peptide YY (PYY) on the gastric injury induced by 45% ethanol was investigated in urethane-anesthetized rats. PYY (25, 75, 125, and 250 pmol · kg−1 · h−1) significantly reduced gastric lesions by 36, 59, 40, and 38%, respectively. Antibody against ratPYY (2 mg/rat) injected intravenously completely prevented the gastroprotective effect of intravenous PYY (75 pmol · kg−1 · h−1), whereas injected intracisternally (460 μg/20 μl), it significantly prevented intracisternal PYY (24 pmol/rat)-induced 58% reduction of ethanol lesions but not that induced by intravenous PYY. Vagotomy did not influence the gastroprotective effect of intravenous PYY. The Y1/“PYY-preferring” receptor agonist [Pro34]PYY (75 pmol · kg−1 ·h−1iv) significantly decreased ethanol-induced gastric lesions by 82%, whereas [Leu31, Pro34]NPY, a Y1/Y3 agonist, and PYY-(3–36), a Y2 agonist, had no effect. These data indicate that PYY-infused intravenously at doses reported to mimic postprandial peak blood levels prevents ethanol-induced gastric injury through vagal independent pathways and PYY-preferring receptors.