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Poulsen VV, Hadi A, Werge MP, Karstensen JG, Novovic S. Circulating Biomarkers Involved in the Development of and Progression to Chronic Pancreatitis-A Literature Review. Biomolecules 2024; 14:239. [PMID: 38397476 PMCID: PMC10887223 DOI: 10.3390/biom14020239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is the end-stage of continuous inflammation and fibrosis in the pancreas evolving from acute- to recurrent acute-, early, and, finally, end-stage CP. Currently, prevention is the only way to reduce disease burden. In this setting, early detection is of great importance. Due to the anatomy and risks associated with direct sampling from pancreatic tissue, most of our information on the human pancreas arises from circulating biomarkers thought to be involved in pancreatic pathophysiology or injury. The present review provides the status of circulating biomarkers involved in the development of and progression to CP.
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- Valborg Vang Poulsen
- Pancreatitis Center East, Gastrounit, Copenhagen University Hospital—Amager and Hvidovre, 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark; (V.V.P.); (A.H.); (M.P.W.); (J.G.K.)
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- Pancreatitis Center East, Gastrounit, Copenhagen University Hospital—Amager and Hvidovre, 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark; (V.V.P.); (A.H.); (M.P.W.); (J.G.K.)
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- Pancreatitis Center East, Gastrounit, Copenhagen University Hospital—Amager and Hvidovre, 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark; (V.V.P.); (A.H.); (M.P.W.); (J.G.K.)
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- Pancreatitis Center East, Gastrounit, Copenhagen University Hospital—Amager and Hvidovre, 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark; (V.V.P.); (A.H.); (M.P.W.); (J.G.K.)
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Pancreatitis Center East, Gastrounit, Copenhagen University Hospital—Amager and Hvidovre, 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark; (V.V.P.); (A.H.); (M.P.W.); (J.G.K.)
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Chen Q, Yang M, Liao GQ, Zhao YE, Yue DY, Yuan Y, Cheng B, Qin H. Precautionary Measures: Performing ERCP on a Patient With Juxtapapillary Duodenal Diverticula (JPDD)-Related Biliary Stone After COVID-19 Lockdown Restriction Lifted in Wuhan, China. Front Med (Lausanne) 2020; 7:564. [PMID: 33015107 PMCID: PMC7500472 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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On April 8, 2020, after nearly 3 months of battling against the outbreak of COVID-19, Wuhan, where the pandemic began, began easing lockdown restrictions. However, given that asymptomatic carriers could continue to lead to transmission of COVID-19 during the very early stages, the endoscopists have taken precautions and conduct risk assessments to perform endoscopic intervention in this transition stage. Here, we have reported an urgent ERCP in a patient with acute pancreatitis secondary to JPDD-related biliary stone. Based on our experiences, the objective is to provide practical suggestions for the safe resumption of ERCP procedures in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic with specific focus on patient risk assessment, personal protection equipment (PPE), and dress code modalities, all of which have been implemented in our hospital to reduce the risk of viral transmission.
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- Qian Chen
- The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine at Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China
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- The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine at Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China
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- The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine at Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China
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- The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine at Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China
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- The Department of Laboratory Services at Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine at Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China
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- The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine at Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China
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Zhang L, Wang X, Ji X, Zou S. Changes of serum neopterin and its significance as biomarker in prediction the prognosis of patients with acute pancreatitis. J LAB MED 2020. [DOI: 10.1515/labmed-2020-0013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Objectives
To investigate the dynamic changes of serum neopterin and its significance as biomarker in prediction the prognosis of patients with acute pancreatitis.
Methods
54 cases with confirmed diagnosis of acute pancreatitis were included in the present work. Of the included 54 cases, 21 were mild acute pancreatitis and other 33 were server diseases. For the 33 severe cases, nine were finally dead and 24 were survived. The serological neopterin level of the 54 acute pancreatitis was continuously examined at the time point of days 0 (diagnosis), 1 (24 h after diagnosis), 2, 4, 8 and 14 by the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The severity or death risk of the acute pancreatitis patients was predicted by the serological neopterin.
Results
The serological neopterin was gradually increasing from days 0 to 8, but descending at day 14 in mild and survival groups. For days 8 and 14, the serological levels of neopterin in severe group were higher than those of mild group with statistical difference (p<0.05). The serum neopterin was statistical different in the time point of day 8 and day 14 between death and survival groups (p<0.05). For day 8, the serological neopterin as biomarker for death prediction sensitivity and specificity were 88.89% (95% CI: 51.75–99.72%) and 83.33% (95% CI: 62.62–95.26%) respectively with the AUC of 0.95 (95% CI: 0.88–1.00). For day 14, the death prediction sensitivity and specificity were 77.78% (33.99–97.19%) and 95.83% (78.88–99.89%) respectively with the AUC of 0.94 (95%CI:0.87–1.00).
Conclusions
Serological neopterin level was elevated with the development of the pancreatitis. Continuously monitoring the serum neopterin may helpful for prediction death risk of acute pancreatitis. In the later phase of disease beginning on day 8, neopterin levels may be used for risk assessment and possibly change of therapy regiment.
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- Lefeng Zhang
- Department of Emergency , The Second People’s Hospital of Lishui , Lishui , Zhejiang , P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency , Zhuji Affiliated Hospital of Shaoxing University , Shaoxing , Zhejiang , P.R. China
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- Department of ICU, Longquan People’s Hospital , Longquan , Zhejiang , P.R. China
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- Department of Nephrology , Lishui People’s Hospital , Lishui , Zhejiang , P.R. China
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Xiang Z, Gu Y, Huang Y, Zhang L, Zhang X, Xu H, Liu H, Zhong Y. Elevated serum neopterin concentration increases mortality risk in patients with acute pancreatitis. Pteridines 2019. [DOI: 10.1515/pteridines-2019-0005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background The aim of this study was to investigate serum neopterin levels in patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) and its predictive value for mortality in cases of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP).
Methods Eighty-two patients with confirmed acute pancreatitis (AP) were included and divided into two groups, mild acute pancreatitis (MAP, n=51) and severe acute pancreatitis (SAP, n=31) according to severity of disease. From the SAP group, 8 cases went on to develop multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) and 6 subsequently died. Thirty healthy subjects from routine medical examination were included as the control group. The neopterin serum concentrations were determined and compared between groups.
Results Serum neopterin concentrations from control, MAP, SAP, SAP_Non-MODS, MODS_survival and MODS_death groups were 6.85±2.42 (nmol/L), 0.91±4.83(nmol/L), 33.11±11.67(nmol/L), 30.39±9.97(nmol/L), 36.40±4.48(nmol/L) and 41.75±15.64(nmol/L) respectively, with statistical significant difference (p<0.05). The sensitivity and specificity for mortality risk were 66.67% (95%CI:22.28-95.67%) and 88.00%(95%CI:68.78-97.45%) respectively, with area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.71(95%CI:0.50-0.9), under the cut off value of 40.18.
Conclusion: Serum neopterin levels in patients with acute pancreatitis were significantly elevated and correlated with the severity of disease. Neopterin may also be used a serological biomarker of mortality risk in patients with SAP.
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- Zemin Xiang
- Department of Emergency , Lishui People’s Hospital of Zhejiang Province 323000
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- Department of Emergency , Zhuji People‘s Hospital of Zhejiang Province 311800
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- Department of Emergency , Lishui People’s Hospital of Zhejiang Province 323000
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- Department of Emergency , Lishui People’s Hospital of Zhejiang Province 323000
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- Department of Emergency , Lishui People’s Hospital of Zhejiang Province 323000
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- Department of Emergency , Lishui People’s Hospital of Zhejiang Province 323000
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- Department of Emergency , Lishui People’s Hospital of Zhejiang Province 323000
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- Department of Emergency , Lishui People’s Hospital of Zhejiang Province 323000
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Yasar M, Uysal B, Kaldirim U, Oztas Y, Sadir S, Ozler M, Topal T, Coskun O, Kilic A, Cayci T, Poyrazoglu Y, Oter S, Korkmaz A, Guven A. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition modulates experimental acute necrotizing pancreatitis-induced oxidative stress, bacterial translocation and neopterin concentrations in rats. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2010; 235:1126-33. [PMID: 20705631 DOI: 10.1258/ebm.2010.010091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Various studies have been performed to find out novel treatment strategies for acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP). Inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) is shown to reduce inflammation in several pathological conditions. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of benzamide, a PARP inhibitor, in an experimental model of ANP. Thirty Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups: sham-operated, ANP and ANP + benzamide groups. All groups except the sham-operated group were subjected to the ANP procedure, induced by infusing of 1 mL/kg of 3% sodium taurocholate into the common biliopancreatic duct. The ANP + benzamide group received 100 mg/kg/day benzamide intraperitoneally for a total of three days after induction of pancreatitis. The surviving animals were killed at the fourth day and the pancreas was harvested for biochemical, microbiological and histological analysis. Blood samples were also obtained from the animals. In the ANP group, a significant increase was observed in concentrations of serum amylase and neopterin and tissue oxidative stress indices (malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase). Almost all of these changes were found to be reversed to near their normal values in the ANP + benzamide group. Histological injury scores were significantly higher in the ANP group than in the sham group (P < 0.05, ANP versus sham), and were significantly lower in the ANP + benzamide group than in the ANP group (P < 0.05, ANP + benzamide versus ANP). Evaluation of bacterial translocation identified significantly fewer infected sites in the ANP + benzamide group than in the ANP animals (P < 0.01). We observed that inhibition of PARP with benzamide reduced the severity, the mortality, the bacterial translocation rates and the neopterin concentrations in an experimental ANP model in rats. These findings suggest that it may be possible to improve the outcome of ANP by using PARP inhibitors.
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- Mehmet Yasar
- Noncommissioned Officer Health College, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Etlik, Ankara 06018, Turkey
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OBJECTIVES Our aims were to evaluate the efficacy of ozone therapy (OT) in an experimental rat model of acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) and to compare its effects with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in this entity. METHODS Forty Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into sham-operated, ANP, ANP + HBO, and ANP + OT groups. Acute necrotizing pancreatitis was induced by infusing 1-mL/kg 3% sodium taurocholate into the common biliopancreatic duct. Hyperbaric oxygen was administered twice daily at a 2.8-atm pressure for 90 minutes. Ozone therapy was set as daily intraperitoneal injections of 0.7-mg/kg ozone/oxygen gas mixture. Hyperbaric oxygen and OT were continued for 3 days after the induction of ANP. The surviving animals were killed at the fourth day, and their pancreases were harvested for biochemical, microbiological, and histopathologic analyses. RESULTS Serum amylase/lipase and neopterin levels and tissue oxidative stress parameters were similar to sham's values in both the ANP + HBO and the ANP + OT groups. Histopathologic injury scores were significantly lower in the treatments groups than in the ANP group. When compared with the ANP group, the number of infected rats was significantly lesser in the ANP + HBO and the ANP + OT groups. CONCLUSIONS Hyperbaric oxygen and OT reduce the severity and the mortality in the experimental rat model of ANP, and a greater benefit was received for OT comparing with HBO.
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Approximately 20% of patients with acute pancreatitis develop a severe disease associated with complications and high risk of mortality. The purpose of this study is to review pathogenesis and prognostic factors of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). An extensive medline search was undertaken with focusing on pathogenesis, complications and prognostic evaluation of SAP. Cytokines and other inflammatory markers play a major role in the pathogenesis and course of SAP and can be used as prognostic markers in its early phase. Other markers such as simple prognostic scores have been found to be as effective as multifactorial scoring systems (MFSS) at 48 h with the advantage of simplicity, efficacy, low cost, accuracy and early prediction of SAP. Recently, several laboratory markers including hematocrit, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and serum amyloid A (SAA) have been used as early predictors of severity within the first 24 h. The last few years have witnessed a tremendous progress in understanding the pathogenesis and predicting the outcome of SAP. In this review we classified the prognostic markers into predictors of severity, pancreatic necrosis (PN), infected PN (IPN) and mortality.
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Al-Bahrani AZ, Ammori BJ. Clinical laboratory assessment of acute pancreatitis. Clin Chim Acta 2005; 362:26-48. [PMID: 16024009 DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2005.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2005] [Revised: 06/13/2005] [Accepted: 06/14/2005] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several biochemical markers in blood and urine have been investigated to establish their clinical application in patients with acute pancreatitis (AP). The relevant studies are reviewed and critically appraised. METHODS Medline and the World Wide Web were searched and the relevant literature was classified under the following categories: (1) diagnosis of AP and (2) prediction of: a) disease severity, b) pancreatic necrosis and its secondary infection, c) organ failure and death, and d) disease etiology. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Serum lipase is a more reliable diagnostic marker of AP than serum amylase. Urinary strip tests for trypsinogen activation peptide (TAP) and trypsinogen-2 provide a reliable early diagnosis of AP. Useful predictors of severity may include serum procalcitonin and urinary TAP and trypsinogen-2 on admission, serum interleukins-6 and -8 and polymorphonuclear elastase at 24 h, and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) at 48 h. Other markers such as amyloid A and carboxypeptidase B activation peptide (CAPAP) need further investigation. Biochemical prediction of pancreatic necrosis requires 72 h to reach reliability and is impractical. However, the daily monitoring of serum procalcitonin provides a non-invasive detection of infected necrosis; the promising role of phospholipase A(2) in this regard requires further investigation. Early transient hypertransaminasemia reliably predicts biliary etiology, while serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin and trypsin may predict an alcoholic etiology.
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Kusnierz-Cabala B, Kedra B, Sierzega M. Current concepts on diagnosis and treatment of acute pancreatitis. Adv Clin Chem 2003; 37:47-81. [PMID: 12619705 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2423(03)37006-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- B Kusnierz-Cabala
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Collegium, Medicum Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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de Las Heras Castaño G, Castro Senosiain B. [Prognostic factors for acute pancreatitis]. GASTROENTEROLOGIA Y HEPATOLOGIA 2001; 24:357-64. [PMID: 11481073 DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5705(01)70194-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- G de Las Heras Castaño
- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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Frossard JL, Hadengue A, Pastor CM. New serum markers for the detection of severe acute pancreatitis in humans. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 164:162-70. [PMID: 11435255 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.1.2008026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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- J L Frossard
- Division of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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Schobersberger W, Wiedermann F, Tilz GP, Fuchs D. Predictive value of cytokines during acute severe pancreatitis. Crit Care Med 2000; 28:2673-4. [PMID: 10921625 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200007000-00094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Margreiter J, Schlager A, Balogh A, Maier H, Balogh D, Lindner KH, Fuchs D, Schobersberger W. Exogenous neopterin causes cardiac contractile dysfunction in the isolated perfused rat heart. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2000; 32:1265-74. [PMID: 10860768 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2000.1160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Neopterin is known in humans as a sensitive marker for diseases associated with increased activity of the cellular immune system. Recent studies report neopterin also to exhibit distinct effects: neopterin induces inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in rat vascular smooth muscle cells and activates translocation of nuclear factor- kappa B. Neopterin may also induce oxidative stress causing apoptotic cell death, or superinduce tumor necrosis factor- alpha -mediated apoptosis. Observing these effects in cell cultures, we were interested in possible consequences of neopterin on cardiac function in the isolated perfused rat heart. The influence of neopterin in three different concentrations (10 micromol/l, 50 micromol/l, 100 micromol/l) on cardiac contractility parameters and coronary vascular resistance were studied in 67 male Sprague-Dawley rats using the temperature-controlled and pressure-constant Langendorff apparatus with retrograde perfusion of the aorta with a Krebs-Henseleit buffer. Treatment with 100 micromol/l neopterin resulted in a significant decrease in coronary flow and cardiac contractility. Coronary flow decreased from 15.2 to 9.5 ml/min (P=0.002), left ventricular pressure from 80 to 52 mmHg (P=0. 002), rate of pressure fall from 1605 to 923 mmHg/s (P=0.001) and rate of pressure rise from 2862 to 1709 mmHg/s (P=0.001). Concentrations lower than 100 micromol/l neopterin had no significant effect on cardiac function. Our study demonstrates a considerable influence of exogenous neopterin on cardiac performance in the Langendorff model of isolated perfused rat hearts. This has to be considered a potential pathogenic factor of cardiac disturbances in diseases in which high concentrations of neopterin are released due to immune activation. At present the exact mechanism remains unclear.
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- J Margreiter
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, The Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Ikei S, Ogawa M, Yamaguchi Y. Blood concentrations of polymorphonuclear leucocyte elastase and interleukin-6 are indicators for the occurrence of multiple organ failures at the early stage of acute pancreatitis. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1998. [PMID: 9918438 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1998.tb00617.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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We studied potential indicators of severe acute pancreatitis by measuring the blood concentrations of various cytokines, polymorphonuclear leucocyte elastase (PMN-E), acute phase reactants, pancreatic amylase (P-AMY), pancreatic elastase-1 (E-1) and white blood cell (WBC) counts in patients with acute pancreatitis. In addition, the presence of multiple organ damage was assessed. Subjects consisted of 22 patients with acute pancreatitis including severe (n = 11), moderate (n = 4) and mild (n = 7) cases. A significant positive correlation was observed between the number of organs damaged and the peak concentrations of interleukin (IL)-6, PMN-E, C-reactive protein (CRP) and pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (PSTI). Among these markers, blood concentrations of PMN-E and IL-6 rapidly increased and peaked at the early phase of acute pancreatitis whereas CRP and PSTI did not. The elevation of PMN-E and IL-6 was greater the more severe the symptoms. However, no significant correlation was observed between the number of organs damaged and the maximum serum concentrations of P-AMY and E-1, or the WBC count, which have been considered to be markers of pancreatitis. These results suggest that PMN-E and IL-6 concentrations are useful indicators of severity and prognosis and their determination facilitates the selection of appropriate treatment in the early stages of disease to prevent the aggressive progression of acute pancreatitis.
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- S Ikei
- Department of Surgery II, Kumamoto University Medical School, and Kumamoto National Hospital, Japan
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Kaufmann P, Tilz GP, Demel U, Wachter H, Kreijs GJ, Fuchs D. Neopterin plasma concentrations predict the course of severe acute pancreatitis. Clin Chem Lab Med 1998; 36:29-34. [PMID: 9594083 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.1998.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In a prospective, descriptive study in 25 patients with acute pancreatitis neopterin plasma concentrations were found to be associated with the severity of the disease, which was assessed using weights of the worst 17 physiological abnormalities of the APACHE-III score over a 24 h-period after hospital admission. Neopterin concentrations were higher in severe pancreatitis (n = 10) compared to mild disease, and there existed a positive exponential correlation between neopterin and the Acute Physiology Score (r = 0.66). Higher neopterin concentrations were associated with the development of multiple organ failure (p = 0.012) and death (p = 0.019). At a cut-off concentration of 12 nmol/l the sensitivity (80%) and specificity (100%) of neopterin for the discrimination between mild and severe clinical course of pancreatitis was more accurate than C-reactive protein at a risk threshold of 1.2 g/l (70% and 87%). Development of pancreatic necrosis was associated with higher neopterin concentrations than edematous pancreatitis (p < 0.001).
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- P Kaufmann
- Klinik für Innere Medizin, Karl Franzens Universität Graz, Austria
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