scholarly journals Sulforaphane Protects Pancreatic Acinar Cell Injury by Modulating Nrf2-Mediated Oxidative Stress and NLRP3 Inflammatory Pathway

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaojun Dong ◽  
Haixiao Shang ◽  
Yong Q. Chen ◽  
Li-Long Pan ◽  
Madhav Bhatia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Acinar Cell ◽  
Cell Injury ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Injury ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cell ◽  
Related Factor ◽  
Nuclear Factor ◽  
Pyrin Domain ◽  
Cellular Oxidation

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is characterized by early activation of intra-acinar proteases followed by acinar cell death and inflammation. Cellular oxidative stress is a key mechanism underlying these pathological events. Sulforaphane (SFN) is a natural organosulfur antioxidant with undescribed effects on AP. Here we investigated modulatory effects of SFN on cellular oxidation and inflammation in AP. AP was induced by cerulean hyperstimulation in BALB/c mice. Treatment group received a single dose of 5 mg/kg SFN for 3 consecutive days before AP. We found that SFN administration attenuated pancreatic injury as evidenced by serum amylase, pancreatic edema, and myeloperoxidase, as well as by histological examination. SFN administration reverted AP-associated dysregulation of oxidative stress markers including pancreatic malondialdehyde and redox enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx). In acinar cells, SFN treatment upregulated nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) expression and Nrf2-regulated redox genes including quinoneoxidoreductase-1, heme oxidase-1, SOD1, and GPx1. In addition, SFN selectively suppressed cerulein-induced activation of the nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat containing family, pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome, in parallel with reduced nuclear factor- (NF-) κB activation and modulated NF-κB-responsive cytokine expression. Together, our data suggested that SFN modulates Nrf2-mediated oxidative stress and NLRP3/NF-κB inflammatory pathways in acinar cells, thereby protecting against AP.

Stimulation of stellate cells by injured acinar cells: a model of acute pancreatitis induced by alcohol and fat (VLDL)

2009 ◽  
Vol 297 (6) ◽  
pp. G1163-G1171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Siech ◽  
Zhengfei Zhou ◽  
Shaoxia Zhou ◽  
Bernd Bair ◽  
Andreas Alt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Acute Pancreatitis ◽  
Acinar Cell ◽  
Cell Injury ◽  
Stellate Cell ◽  
Stellate Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cell ◽  
Pancreatic Stellate Cells ◽  
Matrix Synthesis ◽  
Repair Mechanisms

Mechanisms leading to acute pancreatitis after a fat-enriched meal combined with excess alcohol are incompletely understood. We have studied the effects of alcohol and fat (VLDL) on pancreatic acinar cell (PAC) function, oxidative stress, and repair mechanisms by pancreatic stellate cells (PSC) leading to fibrogenesis. To do so, PAC (rat) were isolated and cultured up to 24 h. Ethanol and/or VLDL were added to PAC. We measured PAC function (amylase, lipase), injury (lactic dehydrogenase), apoptosis (TUNEL, Apo2.7, annexin V binding), oxidative stress, and lipid peroxidation (conjugated dienes, malondialdehyde, chemoluminescence); we also measured PSC proliferation (bromodeoxyuridine incorporation), matrix synthesis (immunofluorescence of collagens and fibronectin, fibronectin immunoassay), and fatty acids in PAC supernatants (gas chromatography). Within 6 h, cultured PAC degraded and hydrolyzed VLDL completely. VLDL alone (50 μg/ml) and in combination with alcohol (0.2, 0.5, and 1% vol/vol) induced PAC injury (LDL, amylase, and lipase release) within 2 h through generation of oxidative stress. Depending on the dose of VLDL and alcohol, apoptosis and/or necrosis were induced. Antioxidants (Trolox, Probucol) reduced the cytotoxic effect of alcohol and VLDL. Supernatants of alcohol/VLDL-treated PAC stimulated stellate cell proliferation and extracellular matrix synthesis. We concluded that, in the presence of lipoproteins, alcohol induces acinar cell injury. Our results provide a biochemical pathway for the clinical observation that a fat-enriched meal combined with excess alcohol consumption can induce acinar cell injury (acute pancreatitis) followed by repair mechanisms (proliferation and increased matrix synthesis in PSC).

scholarly journals Pharmacological and genetic inhibition of calcineurin protects against carbachol-induced pathological zymogen activation and acinar cell injury

2012 ◽  
Vol 302 (8) ◽  
pp. G898-G905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamaldeen A. Muili ◽  
Mahwish Ahmad ◽  
Abrahim I. Orabi ◽  
Syeda M. Mahmood ◽  
Ahsan U. Shah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acinar Cell ◽  
Cell Injury ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
High Amplitude ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cell ◽  
Critical Event ◽  
Amylase Secretion ◽  
Zymogen Activation ◽  
Inhibitory Peptide ◽  
A Subunit

Acute pancreatitis is a major health burden for which there are currently no targeted therapies. Premature activation of digestive proenzymes, or zymogens, within the pancreatic acinar cell is an early and critical event in this disease. A high-amplitude, sustained rise in acinar cell Ca2+ is required for zymogen activation. We previously showed in a cholecystokinin-induced pancreatitis model that a potential target of this aberrant Ca2+ signaling is the Ca2+-activated phosphatase calcineurin (Cn). However, in this study, we examined the role of Cn on both zymogen activation and injury, in the clinically relevant condition of neurogenic stimulation (by giving the acetylcholine analog carbachol) using three different Cn inhibitors or Cn-deficient acinar cells. In freshly isolated mouse acinar cells, pretreatment with FK506, calcineurin inhibitory peptide (CiP), or cyclosporine (CsA) blocked intra-acinar zymogen activation ( n = 3; P < 0.05). The Cn inhibitors also reduced leakage of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) by 79%, 62%, and 63%, respectively ( n = 3; P < 0.05). Of the various Cn isoforms, the β-isoform of the catalytic A subunit (CnAβ) was strongly expressed in mouse acinar cells. For this reason, we obtained acinar cells from CnAβ-deficient mice (CnAβ−/−) and observed an 84% and 50% reduction in trypsin and chymotrypsin activation, respectively, compared with wild-type controls ( n = 3; P < 0.05). LDH release in the CnAβ-deficient cells was reduced by 50% ( n = 2; P < 0.05). The CnAβ-deficient cells were also protected against zymogen activation and cell injury induced by the cholecystokinin analog caerulein. Importantly, amylase secretion was generally not affected by either the Cn inhibitors or Cn deficiency. These data provide both pharmacological and genetic evidence that implicates Cn in intra-acinar zymogen activation and cell injury during pancreatitis.

Substance P treatment stimulates chemokine synthesis in pancreatic acinar cells via the activation of NF-κB

2006 ◽  
Vol 291 (6) ◽  
pp. G1113-G1119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raina Devi Ramnath ◽  
Madhav Bhatia
Keyword(s):  
Acute Pancreatitis ◽  
Substance P ◽  
Acinar Cell ◽  
Cell Injury ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cell ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cells ◽  
Chemokine Production ◽  
Pancreatic Acini ◽  
Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1

Acinar cell injury early in acute pancreatitis leads to a local inflammatory reaction and to the subsequent systemic inflammatory response, which may result in multiple organ dysfunction and death. Inflammatory mediators, including chemokines and substance P (SP), are known to play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis. It has been shown that pancreatic acinar cells produce the chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in response to caerulein hyperstimulation, demonstrating that acinar-derived MCP-1 is an early mediator of inflammation in acute pancreatitis. Similarly, SP levels in the pancreas and pancreatic acinar cell expression of neurokinin-1 receptor, the primary receptor for SP, are both increased during secretagogue-induced experimental pancreatitis. This study aims to examine the functional consequences of exposing mouse pancreatic acinar cells to SP and to determine whether it leads to proinflammatory signaling, such as production of chemokines. Exposure of mouse pancreatic acini to SP significantly increased synthesis of MCP-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α), as well as MIP-2. Furthermore, SP also increased NF-κB activation. The stimulatory effect of SP was specific to chemokine synthesis through the NF-κB pathway, since the increase in chemokine production was completely attenuated when pancreatic acini were pretreated with the selective NF-κB inhibitor NF-κB essential modulator-binding domain peptide. This study shows that SP-induced chemokine synthesis in mouse pancreatic acinar cells is NF-κB dependent.

scholarly journals Pancreatic Acinar Cell Nuclear Factor κB Activation Because of Bile Acid Exposure Is Dependent on Calcineurin

2013 ◽  
Vol 288 (29) ◽  
pp. 21065-21073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamaldeen A. Muili ◽  
Shunqian Jin ◽  
Abrahim I. Orabi ◽  
John F. Eisses ◽  
Tanveer A. Javed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bile Acid ◽  
Acinar Cell ◽  
Cell Injury ◽  
Nuclear Translocation ◽  
Calcineurin Inhibitors ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cell ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cells ◽  
Luciferase Reporter ◽  
Biliary Pancreatitis

Biliary pancreatitis is the most common etiology of acute pancreatitis, accounting for 30–60% of cases. A dominant theory for the development of biliary pancreatitis is the reflux of bile into the pancreatic duct and subsequent exposure to pancreatic acinar cells. Bile acids are known to induce aberrant Ca2+ signals in acinar cells as well as nuclear translocation of NF-κB. In this study, we examined the role of the downstream Ca2+ target calcineurin on NF-κB translocation. Freshly isolated mouse acinar cells were infected for 24 h with an adenovirus expressing an NF-κB luciferase reporter. The bile acid taurolithocholic acid-3-sulfate caused NF-κB activation at concentrations (500 μm) that were associated with cell injury. We show that the NF-κB inhibitor Bay 11-7082 (1 μm) blocked translocation and injury. Pretreatment with the Ca2+ chelator 1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid, the calcineurin inhibitors FK506 and cyclosporine A, or use of acinar cells from calcineurin Aβ-deficient mice each led to reduced NF-κB activation with taurolithocholic acid-3-sulfate. Importantly, these manipulations did not affect LPS-induced NF-κB activation. A critical upstream regulator of NF-κB activation is protein kinase C, which translocates to the membranes of various organelles in the active state. We demonstrate that pharmacologic and genetic inhibition of calcineurin blocks translocation of the PKC-δ isoform. In summary, bile-induced NF-κB activation and acinar cell injury are mediated by calcineurin, and a mechanism for this important early inflammatory response appears to be upstream at the level of PKC translocation.

scholarly journals Quercetin Alleviates Oxidative Damage by Activating Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2-Related Factor 2 Signaling in Porcine Enterocytes

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 375
Author(s):  
Hai Jia ◽  
Yunchang Zhang ◽  
Xuemeng Si ◽  
Yuhang Jin ◽  
Da Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Oxidative Damage ◽  
Cell Injury ◽  
Redox Homeostasis ◽  
Specific Inhibitor ◽  
Epithelial Cell Line ◽  
Related Factor ◽  
Protein Abundance ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Nuclear Factor

Oxidative stress has been implicated in the etiology of multiple gastrointestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease. This study was conducted to evaluate effects of natural product quercetin on diquat-induced oxidative stress in porcine enterocytes and underlying mechanisms. Intestinal porcine epithelial cell line 1 (IPEC-1) cells pretreated with or without quercetin (5 μM, 24 h) were incubated with vehicle or diquat (100 μM) for 6 h. The results showed that diquat treatment induced apoptosis in a caspase-3-dependent manner, as accompanied by elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, increased mitochondrial depolarization, and reduced the abundance of tight junction proteins. These adverse effects of diquat were remarkably abrogated by quercetin administration. Further study indicated that the protective effect of quercetin was associated with elevated protein abundance of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and increased intracellular glutathione (GSH) content. Interestingly, the beneficial effects of quercetin on diquat-induced oxidative damage were abolished by all-trans-retinoic acid (Atra), a specific inhibitor of Nrf2, indicating a Nrf2-dependent regulation manner. The results show that quercetin attenuates diquat-induced cell injury by promoting protein abundance of Nrf2 and regulating GSH-related redox homeostasis in enterocytes. These findings provide new insights into a function role of quercetin in maintaining intestinal homeostasis.

Activation of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 and PPARγ plays a role in the genistein-mediated attenuation of oxidative stress-induced endothelial cell injury

2012 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Zhang ◽  
Fan Wang ◽  
Hong-Xia Xu ◽  
Long Yi ◽  
Yu Qin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Endothelial Cell ◽  
Cell Viability ◽  
Cell Injury ◽  
B Cell Lymphoma ◽  
Related Factor ◽  
Nuclear Factor ◽  
Antioxidant Genes ◽  
Endothelial Cell Injury

We investigate the cytoprotective effects and the molecular mechanism of genistein in oxidative stress-induced injury using an endothelial cell line (EA.hy926). An oxidative stress model was established by incubating endothelial cells with H2O2. According to the present results, genistein pretreatment protected endothelial cells against H2O2-induced decreases in cell viability and increases in apoptosis. Genistein also prevented the inhibition of B-cell lymphoma 2 and the activation of caspase-3 induced by H2O2. Genistein increased superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione (GSH) levels and attenuated the decrease in these antioxidants during oxidative stress. We also found that genistein induced the promoter activity of both nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and PPARγ. Additionally, genistein induced the nuclear translocation of Nrf2 and PPARγ. While genistein caused the up-regulation of both Nrf2 and PPARγ, it also activated and up-regulated the protein expression and transcription of a downstream protein, haem oxygenase-1 (HO-1). Moreover, the use of Nrf2 small interfering RNA transfection and HO-1- or PPARγ-specific antagonists (Znpp and GW9662, respectively) blocked the protective effects of genistein on endothelial cell viability during oxidative stress. Therefore, we conclude that oxidative stress-induced endothelial cell injury can be attenuated by treatment with genistein, which functions via the regulation of the Nrf2 and PPARγ signalling pathway. Additionally, the endogenous antioxidants SOD, CAT and GSH appear to play a role in the antioxidant activity of genistein. The present findings suggest that the beneficial effects of genistein involving the activation of cytoprotective antioxidant genes may represent a novel strategy in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular endothelial damage.

Calpain activation contributes to oxidative stress-induced pancreatic acinar cell injury

2005 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 1241-1252 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Weber ◽  
S. Hühns ◽  
F. Lüthen ◽  
L. Jonas ◽  
P. Schuff-Werner
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Acinar Cell ◽  
Cell Injury ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cell ◽  
Calpain Activation

Probiotics enhance pancreatic glutathione biosynthesis and reduce oxidative stress in experimental acute pancreatitis

2008 ◽  
Vol 295 (5) ◽  
pp. G1111-G1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Femke Lutgendorff ◽  
Lena M. Trulsson ◽  
L. Paul van Minnen ◽  
Ger T. Rijkers ◽  
Harro M. Timmerman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Lipid Peroxidation ◽  
Acute Pancreatitis ◽  
Acinar Cell ◽  
Cell Injury ◽  
Pancreatic Injury ◽  
Glutathione Depletion ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Glutamate Cysteine Ligase ◽  
Glutathione Biosynthesis

Factors determining severity of acute pancreatitis (AP) are poorly understood. Oxidative stress causes acinar cell injury and contributes to the severity, whereas prophylactic probiotics ameliorate experimental pancreatitis. Our objective was to study how probiotics affect oxidative stress, inflammation, and acinar cell injury during the early phase of AP. Fifty-three male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly allocated into groups: 1) control, 2) sham procedure, 3) AP with no treatment, 4) AP with probiotics, and 5) AP with placebo. AP was induced under general anesthesia by intraductal glycodeoxycholate infusion (15 mM) and intravenous cerulein (5 μg·kg−1·h−1, for 6 h). Daily probiotics or placebo were administered intragastrically, starting 5 days prior to AP. After cerulein infusion, pancreas samples were collected for analysis including lipid peroxidation, glutathione, glutamate-cysteine-ligase activity, histological grading of pancreatic injury, and NF-κB activation. The severity of pancreatic injury correlated to oxidative damage ( r = 0.9) and was ameliorated by probiotics (1.5 vs. placebo 5.5; P = 0.014). AP-induced NF-κB activation was reduced by probiotics (0.20 vs. placebo 0.53 OD450nm/mg nuclear protein; P < 0.001). Probiotics attenuated AP-induced lipid peroxidation (0.25 vs. placebo 0.51 pmol malondialdehyde/mg protein; P < 0.001). Not only was AP-induced glutathione depletion prevented (8.81 vs. placebo 4.1 μmol/mg protein, P < 0.001), probiotic pretreatment even increased glutathione compared with sham rats (8.81 vs. sham 6.18 μmol/mg protein, P < 0.001). Biosynthesis of glutathione (glutamate-cysteine-ligase activity) was enhanced in probiotic-pretreated animals. Probiotics enhanced the biosynthesis of glutathione, which may have reduced activation of inflammation and acinar cell injury and ameliorated experimental AP, via a reduction in oxidative stress.

scholarly journals The ryanodine receptor is expressed in human pancreatic acinar cells and contributes to acinar cell injury

2014 ◽  
Vol 307 (5) ◽  
pp. G574-G581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Lewarchik ◽  
Abrahim I. Orabi ◽  
Shunqian Jin ◽  
Dong Wang ◽  
Kamaldeen A. Muili ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Acinar Cell ◽  
Cell Injury ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Tissue ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cell ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cells ◽  
Muscarinic Agonist ◽  
Basal Region ◽  
Release Channel

Physiological calcium (Ca2+) signals within the pancreatic acinar cell regulate enzyme secretion, whereas aberrant Ca2+ signals are associated with acinar cell injury. We have previously identified the ryanodine receptor (RyR), a Ca2+ release channel on the endoplasmic reticulum, as a modulator of these pathological signals. In the present study, we establish that the RyR is expressed in human acinar cells and mediates acinar cell injury. We obtained pancreatic tissue from cadaveric donors and identified isoforms of RyR1 and RyR2 by qPCR. Immunofluorescence staining of the pancreas showed that the RyR is localized to the basal region of the acinar cell. Furthermore, the presence of RyR was confirmed from isolated human acinar cells by tritiated ryanodine binding. To determine whether the RyR is functionally active, mouse or human acinar cells were loaded with the high-affinity Ca2+ dye (Fluo-4 AM) and stimulated with taurolithocholic acid 3-sulfate (TLCS) (500 μM) or carbachol (1 mM). Ryanodine (100 μM) pretreatment reduced the magnitude of the Ca2+ signal and the area under the curve. To determine the effect of RyR blockade on injury, human acinar cells were stimulated with pathological stimuli, the bile acid TLCS (500 μM) or the muscarinic agonist carbachol (1 mM) in the presence or absence of the RyR inhibitor ryanodine. Ryanodine (100 μM) caused an 81% and 47% reduction in acinar cell injury, respectively, as measured by lactate dehydrogenase leakage ( P < 0.05). Taken together, these data establish that the RyR is expressed in human acinar cells and that it modulates acinar Ca2+ signals and cell injury.

Apoptosis versus necrosis in acute pancreatitis

2004 ◽  
Vol 286 (2) ◽  
pp. G189-G196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhav Bhatia
Keyword(s):  
Acute Pancreatitis ◽  
Cell Death ◽  
Acinar Cell ◽  
Cell Apoptosis ◽  
Cell Injury ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Inflammatory Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cell ◽  
Mild Acute Pancreatitis

Acute pancreatitis is a disease of variable severity in which some patients experience mild, self-limited attacks, whereas others manifest a severe, highly morbid, and frequently lethal attack. The events that regulate the severity of acute pancreatitis are, for the most part, unknown. It is generally believed that the earliest events in acute pancreatitis occur within acinar cells and result in acinar cell injury. Other processes, such as recruitment of inflammatory cells and generation of inflammatory mediators, are believed to occur subsequent to acinar cell injury, and these “downstream” events are believed to influence the severity of the disease. Several recently reported studies, however, have suggested that the acinar cell response to injury may, itself, be an important determinant of disease severity. In these studies, mild acute pancreatitis was found to be associated with extensive apoptotic acinar cell death, whereas severe acute pancreatitis was found to involve extensive acinar cell necrosis but very little acinar cell apoptosis. These observations led to the hypothesis that apoptosis could be a favorable response to acinar cells and that interventions that favor induction of apoptotic, as opposed to necrotic, acinar cell death might reduce the severity of an attack of acute pancreatitis. Indeed, in an experimental setting, the induction of pancreatic acinar cell apoptosis protects mice against acute pancreatitis. Little is known about the mechanism of apoptosis in the pancreatic acinar cell, although some early attempts have been made in that direction. Also, clinical relevance of these experimental studies remains to be investigated.

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