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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-3-13
pubmed:abstractText
The transcription factor nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) has been shown to have a critical role in the pathogenesis of sodium taurocholate- and cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis by regulating the expression of many proinflammatory genes in the pancreas. Heat shock proteins (HSPs), on the other hand, protect the pancreas against cellular damage. The aims of the present study were: (i) to investigate pancreatic NF-kappaB activation, proinflammatory cytokine synthesis, and cytoprotective HSP induction during L-arginine- (Arg-) induced acute pancreatitis in rats, and (ii) to establish whether pretreatment with pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) or methylprednisolone (MP) can block the activation of pancreatic NF-kappaB and determine their effects on the severity of Arg-induced acute pancreatitis. The dose-response (3 or 4 g/kg) and time-effect (0.5-96 h) curves relating to the action of Arg on pancreatic NF-kappaB activation and IL-1beta, TNF-alpha, HSP60, and HSP72 synthesis were evaluated. Various doses of PDTC or MP were administered 1 h before the induction of pancreatitis. We demonstrated that Arg specifically and dose-dependently induces pancreatitis, activates NF-kappaB (only the 3 g/kg dose) and proinflammatory cytokine synthesis, and increases the expressions of HSP60 and HSP72 in the pancreas of rats. The lower dose of Arg induced a less severe pancreatitis, but larger increases in the levels of HSPs. The present work supports and extends earlier observations that NF-kappaB activation is a common mechanism in acute pancreatitis, although it is dose dependent and occurs at a later stage in Arg-induced pancreatitis as compared with other models. PDTC and MP pretreatment dose-dependently blocked NF-kappaB activation and proinflammatory cytokine expression and ameliorated many of the examined laboratory (the pancreatic weight/body weight ratio, the pancreatic myeloperoxidase activity, the pancreatic contents of protein, amylase and trypsinogen, the degrees of lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation, and the nonprotein sulfhydryl group content) and morphological parameters of the disease. These findings suggest that pretreatment with PDTC or MP has an anti-inflammatory effect during Arg-induced pancreatitis, which is at least partly mediated by the inhibition of NF-kappaB activation and proinflammatory cytokine synthesis. The increased levels of HSPs most probably act to limit the severity of the disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Anti-Inflammatory Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antioxidants, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arginine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chaperonin 60, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA Primers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Interleukin-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Methylprednisolone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NF-kappa B, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pyrrolidines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thiocarbamates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/pyrrolidine dithiocarbamic acid
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0891-5849
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
696-709
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Anti-Inflammatory Agents, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Arginine, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Chaperonin 60, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Methylprednisolone, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Pancreas, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Pancreatitis, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Pyrrolidines, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Thiocarbamates, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12633747-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
NF-kappaB activation is detrimental in arginine-induced acute pancreatitis.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary. raz@in1st.szote.u-szeged.hu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't