Prevalence of H. pylori-infection in family members of H. pylori positive and its influence on the reinfection rate after successful eradication therapy: a two-year follow-up. Influence of aging on gastric ulcer healing activities of cimetidine and omeprazole. Rx drugs

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Descriptions of two rare gastric neuroendocrine tumors (carcinoids) of enterochromaffin (ECL) cells in CD-1 mice (2/50) from a 104-week oncogenicity study of a serotonergic/dopaminergic compound are presented. These tumors were detected at necropsy and confirmed by histopathology in hematoxylin and eosin- and Chromogranin A-stained slides. ECL cell counts of the glandular stomachs were determined by quantitative image analysis and did not reveal any hyperplastic changes as possible predisposing lesions for carcinoid formation. To investigate the possibility of drug-induced hypergastrinemia as the cause of tumor formation of ECL cells, gastrin blood levels were measured after treating mice for 7 days with the test substance. In this study, Omeprazole, the positive control, raised gastrin levels, while the test material did not. It was concluded that these two tumors were an example of "late-life"-occurring, spontaneous neuroendocrine tumors in the stomachs of aged CD-1 mice.

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Z Gastroenterol. 2002 Jun;40(6):383-7.
Prevalence of H. pylori-infection in family members of H. pylori positive and its influence on the reinfection rate after successful eradication therapy: a two-year follow-up.

Knippig C, Arand F, Leodolter A, Nilius M, Bayerdorffer E, Klein U, Malfertheiner P.

Dept. Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Magdeburg, Germany.

INTRODUCTION: Living conditions (e. g. domestic crowding) may influence the infection rate. Some studies suggested that the reappearance of H. pylori in H. pylori positive patients after successful eradication therapy might be a result of transmission by H. pylori positive spouses. Therefore this study has been performed to evaluate the effect of the H. pylori status of family members on the reinfection rate of H. pylori positive patients after successful eradication therapy. METHODS: 108 H. pylori positive patients (64 male, 44 female, aged 48.7 years, range 18-76 years) who presented with dyspeptic symptoms for upper GI-endoscopy have been included into this study. H. pylori status has been defined by culture and/or histology, rapid urease test and serology. For eradication therapy patients received omeprazole 20 mg bd, clarithromycine 250 mg bd and metronidazole 400 mg bd. H. pylori status was controlled by (13)C-urea breath test 28 days (n = 96), 6 (n = 35), 12 (n = 28) and 24 months (n = 25) after eradication therapy. Additionally H. pylori status of 170 family members (82 spouses, 68 children, 20 siblings/parents, aged 3-83 years) was defined by (13)C-urea breath test (n = 167), upper GI-endoscopy (n = 2) or serology (n = 1). RESULTS: The eradication rate was 98 % (94/96). H. pylori prevalence in all family members was 40 % (56 % in spouses, 20 % in children). No reinfection has been found in successful eradicated patients within the two-years follow-up. DISCUSSION: These results suggest that reinfection is not dependent on the H. pylori prevalence in family members and that H. pylori reinfection after successful eradication therapy is an unlikely event.

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Eur J Pharmacol. 2002 May 31;444(3):209-15.
Influence of aging on gastric ulcer healing activities of cimetidine and omeprazole.

Ishihara M, Ito M.

Laboratory of Analytical Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, 150 Yagotoyama, Tenpaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8503, Japan.

In this study, we compared the effects of cimetidine and omeprazole on the healing of acetic acid-induced gastric ulcers in 8-, 48-, and 96-week-old rats. The repeated oral administration of cimetidine or omeprazole for 14 consecutive days markedly accelerated the ulcer healing in 8- and 48-week-old rats. However, both drugs were ineffective in 96-week-old rats. The basal gastric acid secretion of 8-, 48-, and 96-week-old rats decreased with aging. A single oral administration of cimetidine or omeprazole strongly decreased basal gastric acid secretion in the three different ages of rats. Cimetidine and omeprazole produced a potent and sustained serum gastrin-elevating action in 8- and 48-week-old rats. However, the gastrin-elevating actions of both drugs in 96-week-old rats were much weaker than in the 8- and 48-week-old rats. These results indicate that cimetidine and omeprazole have potent gastric ulcer healing actions in 8- and 48-week-old rats, as well as potent serum gastrin-elevating actions, but both drugs are ineffective in 96-week-old rats, which have lost their gastrin-elevating actions.

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