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The effect of lysolecithin on prostanoid and platelet-activating factor formation by human gall-bladder mucosal cells. Mediators Inflamm 2012; 4:90-4. [PMID: 18475621 PMCID: PMC2365627 DOI: 10.1155/s0962935195000147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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It has been demonstrated that lysolecithin (lysophosphatidyl choline, LPC) produces experimental cholecystitis in cats mediated by arachidonic acid metabolites. LPC is a cytolytic agent that has been postulated as a contributing factor in the development of cholecystitis in humans. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effect of LPC on human gall-bladder mucosal cell phospholipase A2 and cyclooxygenase activity. Gall-bladder mucosal cells were isolated from the gall-bladders of patients undergoing routine cholecystectomy. Fresh, isolated cells were maintained in tissue culture and stimulated with varying doses of LPC. Platelet-activating factor concentration was quantitated as an index of phospholipase A2 activity and prostanoids were measured as an index of cyclooxygenase activity. Also, the effect of LPC on cyclooxygenase 1 and 2 expression in microsomal protein was evaluated. LPC caused dose related increases in 6-keto-PGF1α and PAF produced by human gall-bladder mucosal cells. Exposure of human gall-bladder mucosal cells to LPC failed to elicit expression of constitutive cyclooxygenase-1, while the expression of inducible cyclooxygenase-2 was increased. The results of this study indicate that LPC induces the formation of prostanoids and PAF by human gall-bladder mucosal cells, suggesting that this substance may promote the development of gall-bladder inflammation.
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Zhao A, Lew JL, Huang L, Yu J, Zhang T, Hrywna Y, Thompson JR, de Pedro N, Blevins RA, Peláez F, Wright SD, Cui J. Human kininogen gene is transactivated by the farnesoid X receptor. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:28765-70. [PMID: 12761213 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m304568200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Human kininogen belongs to the plasma kallikreinkinin system. High molecular weight kininogen is the precursor for two-chain kinin-free kininogen and bradykinin. It has been shown that the two-chain kinin-free kininogen has the properties of anti-adhesion, anti-platelet aggregation, and anti-thrombosis, whereas bradykinin is a potent vasodilator and mediator of inflammation. In this study we show that the human kininogen gene is strongly up-regulated by agonists of the farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a nuclear receptor for bile acids. In primary human hepatocytes, both the endogenous FXR agonist chenodeoxycholate and synthetic FXR agonist GW4064 increased kininogen mRNA with a maximum induction of 8-10-fold. A more robust induction of kininogen expression was observed in HepG2 cells, where kininogen mRNA was increased by chenodeoxycholate or GW4064 up to 130-140-fold as shown by real time PCR. Northern blot analysis confirmed the up-regulation of kininogen expression by FXR agonists. To determine whether kininogen is a direct target of FXR, we examined the sequence of the kininogen promoter and identified a highly conserved FXR response element (inverted repeat, IR-1) in the proximity of the kininogen promoter (-66/-54). FXR/RXRalpha heterodimers specifically bind to this IR-1. A construct of a minimal promoter with the luciferase reporter containing this IR-1 was transactivated by FXR. Deletion or mutation of this IR-1 abolished FXR-mediated promoter activation, indicating that this IR-1 element is responsible for the promoter transactivation by FXR. We conclude that kininogen is a novel and direct target of FXR, and bile acids may play a role in the vasodilation and anti-coagulation processes.
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- Annie Zhao
- Department of Atherosclerosis and Endocrinology, Bioinformatics, and Molecular Profiling, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065, USA
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O'Riordan AM, Quinn T, Baird AW. Role of prostaglandin E(2) and Ca(2+) in bradykinin induced contractions of guinea-pig gallbladder in vitro. Eur J Pharmacol 2001; 431:245-52. [PMID: 11728432 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(01)01426-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In this study, we investigated the contribution of prostaglandin E(2) to bradykinin induced contractions of guinea-pig gallbladder in vitro and characterized the sources of activator Ca(2+) for the bradykinin mediated contractions. Contractions induced by bradykinin in guinea-pig gallbladder smooth muscle strips were significantly attenuated by the cyclooxygenase inhibitor piroxicam (10 microM). In the presence of piroxicam, a threshold concentration of prostaglandin E(2) (1 nM) significantly enhanced the contractile response to subsequent challenge with bradykinin. Contractile responses to bradykinin were abolished in a Ca(2+)-free medium plus EDTA. The inhibitor of receptor mediated Ca(2+) entry, SK&F 96365 (1-[beta-[3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-propoxy]-4-methoxyphenethyl]-1H-imidazole hydrochloride, 10-50 microM) dose dependently abolished the response to bradykinin, while this response was only partially attenuated by nifedipine (10-50 microM; a voltage-operated Ca(2+) channel antagonist). Thapsigargin (an inhibitor of the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATP-ase pump, 1 microM) produced sustained contractions of guinea-pig gallbladder strips that were dependent on extracellular Ca(2+). After incubation of strips in a Ca(2+)-free medium with thapsigargin, replacement of Ca(2+) caused a large sustained contraction. We conclude that the contractile response of guinea-pig gallbladder to bradykinin is modulated by prostaglandin E(2). Bradykinin induced contractions of guinea-pig gallbladder are highly dependent on extracellular Ca(2+) which enters through store-operated Ca(2+) channels and partially through voltage-operated Ca(2+) channels.
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- A M O'Riordan
- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Nag MK, Deshpande YG, Li A, Beck D, Kaminski DL. Lysophosphatidylcholine-stimulated protein and glycoprotein production by human gallbladder mucosal cells. Dig Dis Sci 1995; 40:1990-6. [PMID: 7555454 DOI: 10.1007/bf02208668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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It has been demonstrated in experimental cholecystitis in cats produced by lysophosphatidylcholine that the development of inflammation is associated with the exsorption of a large amount of protein into the gallbladder lumen. It was subsequently demonstrated that in feline experimental cholecystitis the protein produced was albumin and that its production was decreased by vesicular transport inhibitors, suggesting an active secretory process. In the present study, the effect of lysophosphatidylcholine on protein production by fresh, isolated human gallbladder mucosal cells was evaluated. Isolated gallbladder mucosal cells were incubated with [14C]leucine for 24 hr in tissue culture medium. The cells readily incorporated the radioactive label into cellular protein, a process inhibited by cycloheximide. Exposure of the cells to lysophosphatidylcholine for 1 hr in buffer solution resulted in loss of intracellular protein into the buffer solution. Exposure of the cells for 1 hr prior to lysophosphatidylcholine administration to vesicular transport inhibitors, colchicine, and cytochalasin B and to 4 degrees C culture conditions failed to alter the lysophosphatidylcholine-produced passage of the 14C label extracellularly. SDS-PAGE evaluation of the protein produced demonstrated that human gallbladder mucosal cells continuously produced a 66-kDa protein that was not increased by increasing concentration of lysophosphatidylcholine and a 14-kDa protein that increased with increasing concentrations of lysophosphatidylcholine. Employing Western blotting with specific antibodies, the 66-kDa protein was demonstrated to not be albumin but a 66-kDa glycoprotein, and the 14-kDa protein was demonstrated to contain phospholipase A2. Human gallbladder mucosal cells produced a protein and glycoprotein in response to lysophosphatidylcholine by a mechanism not related to vesicular transport.
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- M K Nag
- Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, Missouri 63110-0250, USA
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Kaminski DL, Deshpande YG, Li A, Dysart F, Nag M. Gallbladder mucosal protein secretion during development of experimental cholecystitis. Dig Dis Sci 1995; 40:1157-64. [PMID: 7729280 DOI: 10.1007/bf02064215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The development of experimental cholecystitis produced by lysophosphatidylcholine is associated with reversal of the normal absorptive characteristics of gallbladder mucosa, resulting in the intraluminal accumulation of water, glycoprotein, and protein. The purpose of the present study was to attempt to ascertain if the protein leaks into the lumen because of the cytolytic properties of lysophosphatidylcholine or if it is due to an active secretory process and to characterize the protein produced. Experiments were performed on anesthetized cats undergoing gallbladder perfusion with and without lysophosphatidylcholine. The amount of protein in the perfusate was measured and albumin clearance from blood to gallbladder lumen was calculated with and without the administration of vesicular transport inhibitors. In separate experiments, control and lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) produced gallbladder perfusates were collected and the protein subjected to SDS-PAGE to ascertain the nature of the protein secreted. Inhibitors of both microtubular and microfilament activity decreased the protein accumulation and clearance produced by lysophosphatidylcholine. Gallbladder white blood cell accumulation and inflammation as evaluated by beta-glucuronidase and prostaglandin E levels were not significantly altered by cytochalasin or colchicine administration. Lysophosphatidylcholine also produced significant increases in perfusate LDH levels. The protein produced was primarily a 66-kDa protein. Transfer of the protein to a nitrocellulose membrane and immunoblotting with anti-albumin antibody demonstrated that the protein was albumin. The results suggest that during the development of cholecystitis, lysophosphatidylcholine produces albumin accumulation in the gallbladder primarily by inducing an active secretory process resulting in gallbladder distension.
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- D L Kaminski
- Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Hospital, Missouri 63110-0250, USA
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Myers SI, Riva A, Kalley-Taylor B, Bartula L. Taurodeoxycholic acid stimulates rabbit gallbladder eicosanoid release. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 1995; 52:35-9. [PMID: 7708818 DOI: 10.1016/0952-3278(95)90094-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Rabbit common bile duct ligation has been shown to concomitantly increase levels of gallbladder taurodeoxycholic acid and gallbladder eicosanoid release. This study examines the hypothesis that taurodeoxycholic acid, a known chemical mediator of gallbladder inflammation, stimulates endogenous gallbladder eicosanoid release. Male New Zealand white rabbits were anesthetized, gallbladders removed and perfused in vitro with Krebs-Henseleit buffer (pH 7.4, 37 degrees C) at 1 ml/min with increasing doses of taurodeoxycholic acid (0, 10, 30 and 100 mM) added to the perfusate. The effluent was collected at 15, 30, 60 and 120 min of perfusion and assayed for 6-keto-PGF1 alpha (PGI2 metabolite), PGE2, and thromboxane B2 (TXB2) by enzyme immunoassay. Taurodeoxycholic acid increased gallbladder eicosanoid release in a dose-related manner with 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and PGE2 release 10-fold higher than TXB2. Indomethacin (1.5 mM) decreased gallbladder eicosanoid release by 50% in the gallbladders perfused with 30 mM taurodeoxycholic acid, demonstrating that the increased gallbladder eicosanoid release was due to de novo synthesis. These findings suggest that the increased release of gallbladder PGI2 and PGE2 described in animal models of cholecystitis may, in part, be related to increased gallbladder bile levels of taurodeoxycholic acid.
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- S I Myers
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
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Myers SI, Inman LR, Kalley-Taylor B, Riva A, Bartula L. Increased intragallbladder pressure stimulates gallbladder eicosanoid release. PROSTAGLANDINS 1994; 48:53-66. [PMID: 7972880 DOI: 10.1016/0090-6980(94)90096-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The stimulus for increased gallbladder eicosanoid synthesis during cholecystitis is unknown. This study examines the hypothesis that increased intragallbladder pressure stimulates endogenous gallbladder eicosanoid release. Rabbit gallbladders were perfused in vitro at 1 ml/minute with oxygenated Krebs-Henseleit buffer and subjected to 0, 12 or 24 mm Hg of intraluminal gallbladder pressure. Release of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha infinity PGE2 and thromboxane B2 were measured in all groups after 15 and 30 and 60 minutes of perfusion by enzyme immunoassay and gallbladders were examined histologically. Increasing intraluminal gallbladder pressure concomitantly increased gallbladder 6-keto-PGF1 alpha release 2 fold or more at all time of perfusion and altered gallbladder mucosal architecture by increasing basolateral edema in the submucosal space. Infusion of indomethacin (10 micrograms/ml in the perfusion media) decreased 6-keto-PGF1 alpha release from the in vitro perfused gallbladders subjected to 24 mm Hg by 70%. Increased gallbladder eicosanoid release during early cholecystitis may in part be related to the physical force of increased gallbladder intraluminal pressure on the gallbladder mucosa.
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- S I Myers
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9031
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Kaminski DL, Amir G, Deshpande YG, Beck D, Li AP. Studies on the etiology of acute acalculous cholecystitis: the effect of lipopolysaccharide on human gallbladder mucosal cells. PROSTAGLANDINS 1994; 47:319-30. [PMID: 8041874 DOI: 10.1016/0090-6980(94)90026-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Previous studies in animals have shown that lipopolysaccharide produces experimental cholecystitis possibly through a platelet-activating factor-prostanoid mediated process. In this study it was intended to evaluate the effect of LPS on primary cultures of human gallbladder mucosal cells. Gallbladder mucosal cells were isolated from gallbladders removed during routine cholecystectomies or other operations. The cells were cultured for 24 h before treatment. Unstimulated cells produced low levels of prostanoids and significant basal levels of PAF. LPS produced stimulation of eicosanoid and PAF secretion. The increased prostanoid formation was not enhanced when LPS and PAF were administered together. Prostanoid synthesis was inhibited by the administration of a cyclooxygenase inhibitor while administration of a PAF receptor antagonist significantly increased prostanoid formation, suggesting that increased PAF levels function as a negative control mechanism to decrease prostanoid synthesis. The results suggest that endotoxemia may produce a cascade of inflammatory processes in human gallbladder mucosal cells resulting in the development of acute acalculous cholecystitis.
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- D L Kaminski
- Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Hospital, MO 63110-0250
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Kaminski DL, Feinstein WK, Deshpande YG. The production of experimental cholecystitis by endotoxin. PROSTAGLANDINS 1994; 47:233-45. [PMID: 8016392 DOI: 10.1016/0090-6980(94)90063-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is a severe inflammatory disorder of the gallbladder. It occurs primarily in patients acutely ill from other disorders and is related to sepsis and shock. We previously found that platelet-activating factor (PAF), a phospholipid autacoid purported to be a mediator of the shock response, produced AAC. This study was performed to determine the effect of intravenous lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on feline gallbladders. Anesthetized cats underwent LPS administration with and without administration of a cyclooxygenase inhibitor and PAF antagonist. Gallbladder inflammation was evaluated by quantitation of luminal water transport and tissue myeloperoxidase levels. In an attempt to understand the mechanisms of the response, gallbladder perfusate and tissue prostanoid and PAF levels were quantitated as were serum PAF levels. LPS administration resulted in alteration of the normal absorptive pattern of the gallbladder mucosa to exsorption of fluid into the gallbladder lumen, increased tissue myeloperoxidase levels and increased serum PAF levels. This was associated with increased gallbladder tissue and perfusate prostanoid levels and increased perfusate PAF levels. Indomethacin prevented the pro-inflammatory changes in the gallbladder produced by LPS. The PAF antagonist, alprazolam, increased gallbladder prostanoid production when administered alone and with LPS. The administration of LPS resulted in the production of acute changes in the gallbladder consistent with cholecystitis. These changes being prevented by a cyclooxygenase inhibitor suggests that development of AAC may be related to the release of systemic and local pro-inflammatory substances.
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- D L Kaminski
- Department of Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Mo
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Myers SI, Evans CT, Inman L, Demian S, Bartula L, Kalley-Taylor B, Riva A. Acute cholecystitis potentiates bradykinin stimulated fibroblast prostanoid release in the rabbit. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1993; 95:129-38. [PMID: 8243803 DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(93)90038-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Gallbladder explants from control rabbits and rabbits subjected to bile duct ligation (BDL) for 24 and 72 h (cholecystitis model) were placed in cell culture to determine the source for increased gallbladder prostanoid synthesis during cholecystitis. Cultures from control and 24 h BDL gallbladders grew spindle shaped fibroblasts which did not exhibit increased prostanoid synthesis. 72 h BDL gallbladder cell cultures grew large polygonal shaped cells which appeared to be 'stimulated fibroblasts' by light and electron microscopy and were associated with increased basal and bradykinin stimulated 6-keto-PGF1 alpha release and increased content of prostacyclin synthase when measured by enzyme immunoassay and protein immunoblot analysis respectively. Use of bradykinin antagonists showed that the bradykinin BK2 subtype receptor was the most prominent in the 72 h BDL cell cultures. The 'stimulated fibroblasts' were the source of bradykinin stimulated gallbladder 6-keto-PGF1 alpha synthesis in the inflamed rabbit gallbladder which was mediated by the bradykinin B2 subtype receptor.
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- S I Myers
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas 75235
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The mammalian gallbladder has been shown by many authors to synthesize and release arachidonic acid metabolites. Many factors influence gallbladder eicosanoid release including sex of the animal, neural influences, age of the animal, pathologic stimuli (gallstones, inflammation), chemical mediators, hormones and the presence of hypercholesterolemia. The net result of these factors is release of gallbladder eicosanoids which act as paracrine substances to influence the gallbladder physiologic functions of water transport and motility. This review examines the experimental in vivo and in vitro experimental studies that have examined the various factors that alter mammalian gallbladder eicosanoid release in normal and pathologic states.
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- S I Myers
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235
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Kaminski DL, Andrus CH, German D, Deshpande YG. The role of prostanoids in the production of acute acalculous cholecystitis by platelet-activating factor. Ann Surg 1990; 212:455-61. [PMID: 2171443 PMCID: PMC1358278 DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199010000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Gallbladder tissue from patients with acute acalculous cholecystitis contains increased amounts of prostanoids when compared to normal gallbladder tissue. Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is a potent stimulus of eicosanoid formation. It has been implicated as a mediator of acute inflammatory processes and systemic responses to shock. In this study the role of PAF in acute acalculous cholecystitis was evaluated. Anesthetized cats underwent gallbladder perfusion with a physiologic buffer solution containing [14C]polyethylene glycol as a nonabsorbable tracer to quantitate mucosal water absorption. Platelet-activating factor was infused into the hepatic artery for 2 hours. Control experiments were performed when vehicle alone was infused. Experiments also were performed when indomethacin was administered intravenously and when indomethacin and PAF were administered. Gallbladder mucosal absorption/secretion and perfusate and tissue prostaglandin E (PGE) and 6 keto prostaglandin F1 alpha (6-keto PGF1 alpha) levels were evaluated. Gallbladder inflammation was evaluated by beta-glucuronidase and myeloperoxidase tissue concentrations and by a histologic scoring system. Platelet-activating factor eliminated gallbladder absorption and produced net fluid secretion associated with dose-related increases in perfusate PGE concentrations and gallbladder tissue PGE and 6 keto PGF1 alpha levels when compared to control values. Platelet-activating factor produced significant inflammation in the gallbladder with increases in the histologic score of inflammation and tissue lysosomal enzyme activities. Indomethacin significantly decreased the fluid secretion, prostanoid levels, and inflammation produced by PAF. The results suggest that PAF may induce acute gallbladder inflammation associated with systemic stress through a prostanoid-mediated mechanism.
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- D L Kaminski
- Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Hospital, MO 63110-15250
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