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Bai XH, Yin J, Yu SY, Shu YP, Lu ZP, Jiang KR, Xu Q. Extracellular volume fraction derived from dual-energy CT: a potential predictor for acute pancreatitis after pancreatoduodenectomy. Eur Radiol 2024:10.1007/s00330-024-10750-3. [PMID: 38760508 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-024-10750-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/19/2024]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the value of extracellular volume (ECV) fraction and fat fraction (FF) derived from dual- energy CT (DECT) for predicting postpancreatectomy acute pancreatitis (PPAP) after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). METHODS This retrospective study included patients who underwent DECT and PD between April 2022 and September 2022. PPAP was determined according to the International Study Group for Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) definition. Iodine concentration (IC) and FF of the pancreatic parenchyma were measured on preoperative DECT. The ECV fraction was calculated from iodine map images of the equilibrium phase. The independent predictors for PPAP were assessed by univariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. RESULTS Sixty-nine patients were retrospectively enrolled (median age, 60 years; interquartile range, 55-70 years; 47 men). Of these, nine patients (13.0%) developed PPAP. These patients had lower portal venous phase IC, equilibrium phase IC, FF, and ECV fraction, and higher pancreatic parenchymal-to-portal venous phase IC ratio and pancreatic parenchymal-to-equilibrium phase IC ratio, compared with patients without PPAP. After multivariable analysis, ECV fraction was independently associated with PPAP (odd ratio [OR], 0.87; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.79, 0.96; p < 0.001), with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.839 (sensitivity 100.0%, specificity 58.3%). CONCLUSIONS A lower ECV fraction is independently associated with the occurrence of PPAP after PD. ECV fraction may serve as a potential predictor for PPAP after PD. CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT DECT-derived ECV fraction of pancreatic parenchyma is a promising biomarker for surgeons to preoperatively identify patients with higher risk for postpancreatectomy acute pancreatitis after PD and offer selective perioperative management. KEY POINTS PPAP is a complication of pancreatic surgery, early identification of higher-risk patients allows for risk mitigation. Lower DECT-derived ECV fraction was independently associated with the occurrence of PPAP after PD. DECT aids in preoperative PAPP risk stratification, allowing for appropriate treatment to minimize complications.
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- Xiao-Han Bai
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, No 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Pancreas Center, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, No 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, No 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, No 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Pancreas Center, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, No 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Pancreas Center, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, No 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China.
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, No 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China.
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Nahm CB, Lui I, Naidoo CS, Roseverne L, Alzaabi S, Maher R, Mann G, Blome S, Gill AJ, Samra JS, Mittal A. Density and enhancement of the pancreatic tail on computer tomography predicts acinar score and pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy. HPB (Oxford) 2019; 21:604-611. [PMID: 30377050 DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2018.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Revised: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acinar score calculated at the pancreatic resection margin is associated with postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). The present study evaluates the association between (i) computed tomography (CT) density of the pancreas and the acinar score of the pancreatic resection margin, and (ii) CT density of the pancreas and POPF after PD. METHODS Consecutive patients who underwent PD were included for analysis. CT densities of the pancreatic head, neck, body and tail were measured in non-contrast (NC), arterial (ART) and portal venous (PV) phases. Histologic slides of the pancreatic resection margin were scored for acinar cell density. RESULTS Ninety patients were included for analysis. Non-contrast density of the pancreatic tail was a good predictor of POPF (AUROC 0.704, p = 0.036), and a cut-off value of >40 Hounsfield units predicted POPF with 70.0% sensitivity and 73.4% specificity. The ratio of densities between PV and NC phases in the pancreatic tail was also a good predictor of POPF (AUROC 0.712, p = 0.030), and a cut-off value of <2.29 predicted POPF with 70.9% sensitivity and 80% specificity. CONCLUSION Non-contrast CT density of the pancreatic tail correlates with acinar cell density of the pancreatic resection margin and predicts the development of POPF after PD.
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- Christopher B Nahm
- Upper Gastrointestinal Surgical Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Reserve Road, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia; Sydney Medical School Northern, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia
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- Upper Gastrointestinal Surgical Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Reserve Road, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School Northern, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia; Australian Pancreatic Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital, Reserve Road, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia; Cancer Diagnosis and Pathology Group, Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards NSW 2065 Australia
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- Upper Gastrointestinal Surgical Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Reserve Road, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde NSW 2113, Australia; Australian Pancreatic Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital, Reserve Road, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia
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- Upper Gastrointestinal Surgical Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Reserve Road, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia; Sydney Medical School Northern, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia; Australian Pancreatic Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital, Reserve Road, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia.
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Jansson L, Carlsson PO. Pancreatic Blood Flow with Special Emphasis on Blood Perfusion of the Islets of Langerhans. Compr Physiol 2019; 9:799-837. [PMID: 30892693 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c160050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The pancreatic islets are more richly vascularized than the exocrine pancreas, and possess a 5- to 10-fold higher basal and stimulated blood flow, which is separately regulated. This is reflected in the vascular anatomy of the pancreas where islets have separate arterioles. There is also an insulo-acinar portal system, where numerous venules connect each islet to the acinar capillaries. Both islets and acini possess strong metabolic regulation of their blood perfusion. Of particular importance, especially in the islets, is adenosine and ATP/ADP. Basal and stimulated blood flow is modified by local endothelial mediators, the nervous system as well as gastrointestinal hormones. Normally the responses to the nervous system, especially the parasympathetic and sympathetic nerves, are fairly similar in endocrine and exocrine parts. The islets seem to be more sensitive to the effects of endothelial mediators, especially nitric oxide, which is a permissive factor to maintain the high basal islet blood flow. The gastrointestinal hormones with pancreatic effects mainly influence the exocrine pancreatic blood flow, whereas islets are less affected. A notable exception is incretin hormones and adipokines, which preferentially affect islet vasculature. Islet hormones can influence both exocrine and endocrine blood vessels, and these complex effects are discussed. Secondary changes in pancreatic and islet blood flow occur during several conditions. To what extent changes in blood perfusion may affect the pathogenesis of pancreatic diseases is discussed. Both type 2 diabetes mellitus and acute pancreatitis are conditions where we think there is evidence that blood flow may contribute to disease manifestations. © 2019 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 9:799-837, 2019.
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- Leif Jansson
- Uppsala University, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Uppsala University, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala, Sweden.,Uppsala University, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Brenneman KA, Ramaiah SK, Rohde CM, Messing DM, O'Neil SP, Gauthier LM, Stewart ZS, Mantena SR, Shevlin KM, Leonard CG, Sokolowski SA, Lin H, Carraher DC, Jesson MI, Tomlinson L, Zhan Y, Bobrowski WF, Bailey SA, Vogel WM, Morris DL, Whiteley LO, Davis JW. Mechanistic investigations of test article-induced pancreatic toxicity at the endocrine-exocrine interface in the rat. Toxicol Pathol 2013; 42:229-42. [PMID: 24226507 DOI: 10.1177/0192623313508851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Pancreatic toxicity commonly affects the endocrine or exocrine pancreas. However, it can also occur at the endocrine-exocrine interface (EEI), where the capillary network of the islet merges with the capillaries of the surrounding acinar tissue, that is, the insulo-acinar portal system. The goal of this article is to describe a novel, test article-induced pancreatic toxicity that originated at the EEI and to summarize investigations into the mechanistic basis of the injury. This injury was initially characterized by light microscopy in 7/14 day-toxicity studies in Sprague-Dawley (Crl: CD®[SD]) rats with undisclosed test articles. Microvascular injury at the interface resulted in peri-islet serum exudation, fibrin deposition, hemorrhage, inflammation, and secondary degeneration/necrosis of surrounding exocrine tissue. More chronic injury presented as islet fibrosis and lobular atrophy. Direct cytotoxicity affecting the capillary endothelium at the EEI was confirmed ultrastructurally on day 4. Endothelial microparticle and blood flow studies further confirmed endothelial involvement. Similar lesions occurred less frequently in 2 other rat strains and not in the mouse, dog, or cynomolgus macaque. In summary, in vivo and investigative study data confirmed primary endothelial cytotoxicity in the pathogenesis of this lesion and suggested that the lesion may be rat/rat strain-specific and of uncertain relevance for human safety risk assessment.
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Gardner TB, Vege SS, Pearson RK, Chari ST. Fluid resuscitation in acute pancreatitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008; 6:1070-6. [PMID: 18619920 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2008] [Accepted: 05/04/2008] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Acute pancreatitis is a common inflammatory disorder of the pancreas resulting in considerable morbidity and a mortality rate of approximately 5%. Although there are no pharmacologic treatments known to improve important outcomes, aggressive intravenous fluid resuscitation generally is recommended in all patients. However, few human investigations have been performed and several important questions have not been answered. For example, what is the optimal resuscitative fluid? Is there a role for colloid solutions? To what clinical marker should resuscitation be targeted? When is the best time to start such fluids and in which group of patients? This review describes the microcirculation of the pancreas and the pathophysiologic alterations caused by acute pancreatitis. Previous animal experiments are described, as are the limited human studies specifically addressing fluid resuscitation. Finally, current recommendations and goals for further investigation are highlighted. It is our hope that this review will stimulate interest in this often overlooked subject and lead to carefully designed human clinical trials using varying fluid solutions and rates, with an emphasis on patient monitoring and safety, in the near future.
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- Timothy B Gardner
- Miles and Shirley Fiterman Center for Digestive Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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De Campos T, Deree J, Coimbra R. From acute pancreatitis to end-organ injury: mechanisms of acute lung injury. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2007; 8:107-20. [PMID: 17381402 DOI: 10.1089/sur.2006.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Multi-organ dysfunction, and in particular lung injury, is often responsible for the unfavorable outcome of patients with severe acute pancreatitis. Understanding of the mechanisms by which local inflammation in the pancreas leads to end-organ injury is crucial for the development of new therapeutic strategies. METHODS A MEDLINE search was performed with the terms "acute pancreatitis," "lung injury," "inflammatory response," "SIRS," and "multi-organ dysfunction." Pertinent articles were selected for analysis. RESULTS Modulation of the inflammatory response using a combination of immunomodulatory agents may decrease the incidence of severe pancreatitis-related acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. CONCLUSION Clinical trials are of utmost importance to establish the validity of such strategies.
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- Tercio De Campos
- Division of Trauma, University of California-San Diego, 200 W. Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
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- Stephen J Pandol
- Department of Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs and University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Plusczyk T, Witzel B, Menger MD, Schilling M. ETA and ETB receptor function in pancreatitis-associated microcirculatory failure, inflammation, and parenchymal injury. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2003; 285:G145-53. [PMID: 12799311 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00181.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The role of endothelin (ET)A and ETB receptor function in experimental pancreatitis is still not fully understood. Using a rat model of sodium taurocholate-induced pancreatitis and intravital microscopy, we therefore studied whether selective inhibition of ETA receptor function or combined ETA and ETB receptor blockade affects the development of pancreatitis-associated microcirculatory failure, inflammation, and parenchymal injury. Pretreatment with 10 mg/kg body wt of a combined ETA/B receptor antagonist, which is thought to mediate a simultaneous inhibition of both receptors, did not attenuate the pancreatitis-induced microcirculatory failure, inflammatory response, and parenchymal tissue injury. In contrast, pretreatment with a low concentration of the combined ETA/B receptor antagonist (4 mg/kg body wt), which predominantly inhibits the ETA receptor, revealed an improvement of some microcirculatory disorders and a significant attenuation of leukocyte recruitment and tissue injury. Furthermore, pretreatment with a selective ETA receptor antagonist (1 microg/kg body wt) almost abolished pancreatitis-associated capillary constriction, restored functional capillary density, and, consequently, improved overall nutritive perfusion. Importantly, the maintenance of an appropriate microcirculation by selective ETA receptor inhibition was accompanied by a significant attenuation of the inflammation-associated leukocytic response and by a marked reduction of parenchymal injury. Thus our study indicates that pancreatitis-associated development of microcirculatory failure, inflammation, and parenchymal injury is caused by ETs coupling onto the ETA receptor, which therefore may represent a promising target for novel strategies in the treatment of pancreatitis.
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- T Plusczyk
- Dept. of General Surgery, University of Saarland, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany.
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Pancreatic microcirculatory disturbance plays an important role in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis, and it involves a series of changes including vasoconstriction, ischaemia, increased vascular permeability, impairment of nutritive tissue perfusion, ischaemia/reperfusion, leukocyte adherence, hemorrheological changes and impaired lymphatic drainage. Ischaemia possibly acts as an initiating factor of pancreatic microcirculatory injury in acute pancreatitis, or as an aggravating/continuing mechanism. The end-artery feature of the intralobular arterioles suggests that the pancreatic microcirculation is highly susceptible to ischaemia. Various vasoactive mediators, as bradykinin, platelet activating factor, endothelin and nitric oxide participate in the development of microcirculatory failure.
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- Zong-Guang Zhou
- Department of Hepato-bilio-pancreatic Surgery & Institute of Microcirculation, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China.
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Gress T, Müller-Pillasch F, Elsässer HP, Bachem M, Ferrara C, Weidenbach H, Lerch M, Adler G. Enhancement of transforming growth factor beta 1 expression in the rat pancreas during regeneration from caerulein-induced pancreatitis. Eur J Clin Invest 1994; 24:679-85. [PMID: 7851468 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.1994.tb01060.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Synthesis of extracellular matrix components is enhanced in the rat pancreas during regeneration from caerulein-induced pancreatitis. To study the involvement of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1), one of the most potent modulators of the extracellular matrix, in the process of pancreatic regeneration we examined the expression of this gene on the transcript and protein level. Pancreatic RNA was extracted from rats killed 0 h, 12 h, 24 h, 2, 3 and 7 days after induction of caerulein pancreatitis. Transcript levels for TGF beta 1 were measured by slot-blot analysis and mRNA in situ hybridization. Total amount of TGF beta 1-protein was measured using a radioligand binding assay. TGF beta 1 protein was increased twofold after 24 h and 48 h and returned to control values 7 days after induction of pancreatitis, TGF beta 1-mRNA reached maximal values (3-fold over controls) after 2 days. The largest amount of TGF beta 1-mRNA was found in pancreatic acinar cells and in stromal cells. In summary, expression of TGF beta 1 in acinar and stromal cells of the rat pancreas is enhanced during regeneration from caerulein-induced pancreatitis, which may indicate an involvement of TGF beta 1 in the regulation of extracellular matrix regeneration in the rat pancreas after caerulein-induced pancreatitis.
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- T Gress
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Ulm, Germany
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Closa D, Hotter G, Prats N, Bulbena O, Roselló-Catafau J, Fernández-Cruz L, Gelpí E. Prostanoid generation in early stages of acute pancreatitis: a role for nitric oxide. Inflammation 1994; 18:469-80. [PMID: 7843792 DOI: 10.1007/bf01560694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The role of nitric oxide in eicosanoid and oxygen-free radical production in the early stages of sodium taurocholate-induced acute necrotizing pancreatitis has been studied. Male Wistar rats were divided into three groups: group I: control group, a volume of 0.1 ml/100 g body wt saline solution was injected at low pressure in the pancreatic duct; group II: acute pancreatitis was induced by administration of 3.5% sodium taurocholate; and group III: intravenous administration of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl esther (a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor) 5 min before induction of acute pancreatitis as stated for group II. At 5 and 60 min after induction of pancreatitis, blood and pancreas tissue samples were taken for assays. Increases in 6-keto PGF1 alpha, TXB2, PGE2, PGF2 alpha, and 12-HETE were observed in the pancreatic tissue. Lipoperoxidation was also enhanced and remained unaltered after nitric oxide inhibition. The fact that nitric oxide synthase inhibition could only reverse the increases in 6-keto PGF1 alpha and TXB2 levels indicates that in acute pancreatitis endothelial and platelet eicosanoid generation is mediated through an nitric oxide-dependent mechanism. In contrast, nitric oxide appears to be not related with oxygen free radical damage associated with acute pancreatitis.
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- D Closa
- Molecular Pathology Unit, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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