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We investigated pancreatic gene expression in the rat in response to taurocholate-induced acute pancreatitis. Concentrations of transcripts encoding pancreatic protein showed noncoordinated alterations. Contents in amylase, trypsinogen I, chymotrypsinogen B, elastase 1, and procarboxypeptidase A mRNAs decreased by greater than 50% during the acute phase (days 0-2), whereas actin and lithostathine mRNAs increased 5 and 0.6 times, respectively, and pancreatitis-associated protein (PAP) mRNA increased greater than 200 times, indicating redirection of the pattern of gene expression. Synthesis of pancreatic proteins was also altered in a noncoordinated manner. During the acute phase, it decreased more for trypsinogen I and chymotrypsinogen B than for amylase and lipase, whereas synthesis of the PAP increased dramatically. For amylase and chymotrypsinogen B, we compared the patterns of changes in mRNA concentrations, rates of synthesis, and pancreatic contents. Changes in enzyme contents and synthetic rates were temporally correlated during the acute phase. On the contrary, changes in mRNA concentrations and enzyme synthesis were not coordinated, suggesting that control of synthesis partly occurred at the posttranscriptional level. It was concluded that induction of pancreatitis is accompanied by transcriptional and posttranscriptional modifications resulting in rapid and massive rearrangement of the pattern of pancreatic protein gene expression.
Am J Physiol 1991 Sep
PMID:Pancreatic gene expression is altered during acute experimental pancreatitis in the rat. 171 58

Despite the proposal that somatostatin or its stable analogue, octreotide (SMS-201,995), may exert an ameliorating effect on acute pancreatitis, data concerning its beneficial effect in this situation are conflicting. This study examines the effects of octreotide on acute pancreatitis, resulting from the retrograde injection of a bile salt (taurocholate) plus saturating trypsin into the common bile-pancreatic duct of the rat. Octreotide given before the induction of pancreatitis significantly reduced the levels of serum amylase and lipase, ascites amylase concentration, degree of leukocyte infiltration, and focal areas of pancreatic tissue necrosis. In contrast, administration of octreotide as soon as 5 min following induction had no demonstrable ameliorating effects on the pancreatitis. These results indicate that octreotide may have application to prophylaxis of acute pancreatitis in cases where bile salts may play a role in pathogenesis, but may not be beneficial in established acute pancreatitis.
Pancreas 1991 Sep
PMID:A somatostatin analogue is protective against retrograde bile salt-induced pancreatitis in the rat. 171 27

This experimental study was undertaken to clarify the role of pancreatic enzymes and endotoxin in the pathogenesis of pulmonary edema in acute pancreatitis, paying special attention to the effects of two different intravenous infusions: lactated Ringer's solution (LR) and Dextran 40 (D40). After acute pancreatitis was induced in dogs by injecting autologous gallbladder bile into the main pancreatic duct, plasma endotoxin levels increased markedly in both the LR and D40 groups, and PaO2 decreased more significantly in the D40 group. Extravascular lung water (EVLW) increased more significantly in the D40 group than in the LR group, in spite of the fact that colloid-hydrostatic pressure gradient (CHPG) had been maintained more efficiently in the D40 group. Significant correlation between EVLW and plasma endotoxin level was delineated in both groups, but the slope of the regression line in the D40 group was much greater than that of the LR group. Infusion of trypsin and elastase into the pulmonary artery in normal dogs caused moderate elevation of EVLW in the D40 group, but there was no significant alteration in the LR group. The changes of PaO2, EVLW, and CHPG after infusion of endotoxin were similar to those in the animals with experimental acute pancreatitis. In conclusion, endotoxin appears to play an important role in the pathogenesis of pancreatitis-induced pulmonary edema by causing an increase in pulmonary vascular permeability, and under these circumstances the infusion of large amount of colloid solution promotes the development of pulmonary edema.
Nihon Geka Hokan 1991 Sep 01
PMID:[An experimental study on the pathogenesis of pulmonary edema in acute pancreatitis, with special interest to the effects of colloid infusion and the role of endotoxin]. 172 52

Groove pancreatitis is a rare form of chronic pancreatitis. Distinction between pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinoma is often difficult. Two cases of groove pancreatitis diagnosed by endosonography are described. A hypoechoic pattern between the duodenal wall and pancreas was clearly imaged in both patients. Narrowing of the second part of the duodenum and evidence of bile duct obstruction were also found. The endosonographic diagnosis was confirmed either by surgery or follow-up examination.
Endoscopy 1991 Sep
PMID:Endosonography of groove pancreatitis. 174 34

Acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis was induced in rats by injecting 5% sodium taurocholate into the common biliopancreatic duct. The condition was associated with an increase in the serum amylase levels as well as progressive pancreatic necrosis resulting in 100% mortality before 36 hours. This experimental model was documented by quantifying nine different parameters of pancreatic necrosis and giving more information about the induced lesion. The extent of pancreatic necrosis was evaluated at different intervals, 5.77% at 12 hours, 14.9% at 24 hours, and the rats died before 36 hours of pancreatitis induction with an average percentual necrosis of 29.9%. This model seems suitable for more pathogenic as well as therapeutic studies on acute pancreatitis in the rat.
Rev Esp Enferm Dig 1991 Sep
PMID:[Experimental acute pancreatitis in the rat. The quantification of pancreatic necrosis after the retrograde ductal injection of sodium taurocholate]. 175 Oct 64

A case of acute pancreatitis associated with primary hyperparathyroidism is reported. There was none of usual causes of pancreatitis, which did not recur following the removal of a parathyroid adenoma. There are over one hundred of cases of acute or chronic pancreatitis associated with hyperparathyroidism in the literature, suggesting a causal relationship between the two entities. The pancreatic disease has been attributed either to the hypercalcemia or to the excess of circulating parathyroid hormone. However, some authors have recently questioned any link between these two diseases.
Rev Esp Enferm Dig 1991 Sep
PMID:[Acute pancreatitis associated with primary hyperparathyroidism]. 175 Oct 69

The present study investigates the effect of CCK-receptor blockade on taurocholate-induced pancreatitis in rats using the potent antagonist loxiglumide. Intraperitoneal administration (50 mg/kg) of loxiglumide began 3 h before, or 10 min or 3 h after induction of pancreatitis. Mean survival times of the experimental groups were 31.2, 23.6, and 20.5 h, respectively, compared to 18.2 h for controls. Survival for 24 h after induction of pancreatitis was significantly improved when the antagonist was given 3 h before, but not in the time periods after induction. After 72 h, survival time was not significantly altered in any of the groups. Furthermore, amylase and lipase levels quantified 10 h after induction of pancreatitis in ascites, blood, or tissue did not indicate a significant difference, nor was improvement in survival seen when the CCK-antagonist was tested in rats receiving a basal treatment with intravenous volume substitution, peritoneal lavage, and protease inhibition. We conclude that CCK-receptor blockade does not improve the final outcome of bile-induced pancreatitis in the rat, even if treatment is started before induction of pancreatitis.
Int J Pancreatol 1991 Sep
PMID:Influence of the CCK-antagonist loxiglumide on bile-induced experimental pancreatitis. 175 32

We describe herein a clinical case in which a subcapsular splenic hematoma complicated chronic relapsing pancreatitis. A pathogenetic mechanism is postulated that explains the subacute insorgence of the liquid collection with the diffusion of proteolytic enzymes between the splenic capsule and parenchyma. Radical therapy, consisting of exeresis of the cystic formation, splenectomy and caudal pancreatectomy, is recommended for this extremely rare complication.
Jpn J Surg 1991 Sep
PMID:A rare case of splenic hematoma following chronic pancreatitis--the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. 181 97

Diagnostic ability of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was evaluated in 41 patients with pancreatic cancer who underwent surgery 1 to 43 days following MRI. MRI of surgical specimens revealed that pancreatic cancer and caudal pancreatitis showed similar intensities when compared with the normal pancreas. The usefulness of the contrast medium, Gadolinium diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA), was confirmed in the differentiation between cancer and caudal pancreatitis. In the diagnosis of tumor extension, portal vein invasion was better diagnosed by MRI than by angiography. (Spearman's rank correlation test showed higher correlation in MRI than in angiography, p = 0.501, 0.464, respectively.) In the diagnosis of the invasion to the anterior pancreatic capsule its sensitivity was 43%, specificity 81% and efficiency 59%. Retropancreatic invasion was diagnosed with a sensitivity of 48%, a specificity of 90% and an efficiency of 59%. Lymph-node metastasis was well demonstrated especially near the pancreas but beyond them it was difficult. The liver metastasis was correctly diagnosed in 7 of 9 cases and was confirmed by laparotomy.
Nihon Geka Hokan 1991 Sep 01
PMID:[Studies on magnetic resonance imaging of pancreatic cancer]. 182 3

In order to examine the toxic effects on the pancreas of oxygen free radicals which are generated at reperfusion after ischemia, a short term-ischemia/reperfusion model was prepared in rats. Both the anterior mesenteric artery and the celiac artery were ligated and then released to restore blood flow. In a group where the anterior mesenteric and the celiac arteries were ligated for 60 minutes, the serum levels of amylase and lipase rose 7 and 6 times, respectively, 7 hours after reperfusion. In a group ligated for 30 minutes, both levels remained unchanged. Histologically, vacuolization of the pancreatic acinar cells was observed, only in a group rats ischemic for 7 hours. In rats ligated for 60 minutes with a continuous venous infusion of superoxide dismutase (SOD) (3600 U/Kg/hour), the secretion of amylase and lipase decreased to 25 percent of that in the non-injected group. These results confirm that the oxygen free radicals, which are generated by the short term-ischemia/reperfusion method, injure the pancreas. This may lead to pancreatitis with hyperamylasemia and hyperlipasemia. Pretreatment with an active oxygen scavenger, SOD, markedly reduces the rise in serum amylase and lipase levels. This suggests that active oxygen free radicals are involved in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis.
Nihon Geka Hokan 1991 Sep 01
PMID:[Effect of short-term-ischemia and reperfusion on the rat pancreas]. 182 5


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