Finally, in rat pancreatic acinar cells, CB1- and CB2-receptors, expressed both in basal conditions and after CK-induced pancreatitis but inactive on amylase secretion, have an unknown role both in physiological and pathological conditions.
5 Endogenous protease inhibitors (alpha(1)-antitrypsin, alpha(2)-macroglobulin) were low in normal tissues, but increased 45- and four-fold, respectively, during pancreatitis.
Further, processing of the lysosomal proteases cathepsin L (CatL) and CatB into their fully active, mature forms was reduced in pancreatitis, as were their activities in the lysosome-enriched subcellular fraction.
Taking into account the ability of alpha-amylase to hydrolyze the internal alpha-1,4 linkages of polysaccharides, we wanted to elucidate the involvement of alpha-amylase in XDH/XOD mobilization from the gastrointestinal endothelial cell surface and the relevance of the ascitic fluid (AF) as the source of alpha-amylase in experimental acute pancreatitis.
Pretreatment with polymyxin B prevented against acute pancreatitis-induced lung injury and the otherwise occurring increases in TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, MCP-1 and IL-10, as well as against the decreases in IL-2, IFNgamma and TIMP-1, decreased protease activity and down-regulation of CD31, CD54 and CD62L on recruited neutrophils and macrophages in BALF.
The upstream regulation of caspases-2 includes p53, which was increased; the p53 negative regulator, Mdm2, was decreased by anti-PMN treatment during cerulein pancreatitis.