AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 273, Issue 3 696-G705, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Expression of oxidative stress-responsive genes and cytokine genes during caerulein-induced acute pancreatitis

K. Fu, M. P. Sarras Jr, R. C. De Lisle and G. K. Andrews
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160-7421, USA.

Oxidative stress and the inflammatory response may play roles in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis. Herein, we characterized pancreatic expression of oxidative stress-responsive genes [c-fos, heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), and metallothionein-I (MT-I)] and cytokine genes [interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)] during caerulein-induced acute pancreatitis in the mouse. c-fos, HO-1, and MT-I mRNAs were coordinately and rapidly (3-7 h) upregulated, and HO-1 and MT-I protein levels were increased slightly in the pancreas during acute pancreatitis. In addition, IL-1 beta, IL-6, and TNF-alpha mRNAs were rapidly (7 h) upregulated in the pancreas, and intrapancreatic IL-1 beta and IL-6 protein levels rapidly increased (3-fold and 6.4-fold, respectively) during acute pancreatitis. These studies suggest that oxidative stress and inflammation each occur in the pancreas during the early stages of acute pancreatitis. However, under a limited set of experimental conditions, we found that an insult that causes pancreatic oxidative stress (diethylmaleate) or one that induces an inflammatory response (bacterial lipopolysaccharide), or a combination of these agents, did not cause the changes characteristic of acute pancreatitis. Therefore, simply inducing oxidative stress and/or inflammation may be insufficient to initiate acute pancreatitis.

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