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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 265: G165-G171, 1993;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 265, Issue 1 165-G171, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Arterial constriction, ischemia-reperfusion, and leukocyte adherence in acute pancreatitis

K. Kusterer, T. Poschmann, A. Friedemann, M. Enghofer, S. Zendler and K. H. Usadel
Department of Endocrinology, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

We investigated microcirculatory changes in sodium taurocholate (ST)-induced pancreatitis. Groups of rats received as tracer either fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran or acridine orange intravenously. The microcirculation of the exposed pancreas was observed by use of a video camera attached to an epi-illumination microscope. Vessel diameters and plaques of adherent leukocytes were measured with a digital image-analyzing system. In contrast to 0.4 ml of saline, intraductal infusion of ST (4%, 0.4 ml) induced a constriction of interlobular pancreatic arteries of 79 +/- 2% (P < 0.01) within 2 min. This constriction could not be antagonized by the leukotriene antagonist CGP-35949B. The radical scavengers superoxide dismutase (SOD) and N-(2-mercaptopropionyl)glycine (MPG) prevented the arterial constriction. Constriction of pancreatic arteries was accompanied by a decrease of erythrocyte velocity in the pancreatic capillaries. Flux in the head of the pancreas measured by laser-Doppler velocimetry decreased from 300 +/- 69 to 74 +/- 23 perfusion units (P < 0.01) after 446 +/- 159 s. Subsequently an increase of perfusion values was observed indicating reperfusion phenomena. ST induced leukocyte adherence to the walls of interlobular veins forming plaques constituting 39% of the observed venular cross section within 6 min. The leukotriene antagonist, SOD, or MPG prevented leukocyte adherence. Arterial constriction followed by ischemia-reperfusion and leukocyte adherence to venular endothelium during the reperfusion period represented the sequence of microcirculatory changes in ST-induced pancreatitis. The radical scavengers SOD and MPG prevented arterial constriction and leukocyte adherence to venular endothelium, indicating the involvement of free radicals in the pathogenesis of ST-induced pancreatitis in the rat.


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