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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 286, Issue 2, Pages G204-G213Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00088.2003
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alcoholic pancreatitis; inflammatory response; cholecystokinin; calcineurin
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- NIAAA NIH HHS [P50-AA11999, T32-AA07578] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK-59508] Funding Source: Medline
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Mechanisms of alcoholic pancreatitis remain unknown. Previously, we showed that ethanol feeding sensitizes rats to pancreatitis caused by CCK-8, at least in part, by augmenting activation of the proinflammatory transcription factor NF-kappaB. To elucidate the mechanism of sensitization, here we investigate the effect of ethanol on Ca2+- and PKC-mediated pathways of CCK-induced NF-kappaB activation using an in vitro system of rat pancreatic acini incubated with ethanol. Ethanol augmented CCK-8-induced activation of NF-kappaB, similar to our in vivo findings with ethanol-fed rats. In contrast, ethanol prevented NF-kappaB activation caused by thapsigargin, an agent that mobilizes intracellular Ca2+ bypassing the receptor. Pharmacological analysis showed that NF-kappaB activation by thapsigargin but not by CCK-8 is mediated through the calcineurin pathway and that the inhibitory effect of ethanol on the thapsigargin-induced NF-kappaB activation could be through inhibiting this pathway. Ethanol augmented NF-kappaB activation induced by the phorbol ester PMA, a direct activator of PKC. Inhibitory analysis demonstrated that Ca2+-independent ( novel and/or atypical) PKC isoforms are involved in NF-kappaB activation induced by both CCK-8 and PMA in cells treated and not treated with ethanol. The results indicate that ethanol differentially affects the Ca2+/calcineurin- and PKC-mediated pathways of NF-kappaB activation in pancreatic acinar cells. These effects may play a role in the ability of ethanol to sensitize pancreas to the inflammatory response and pancreatitis.
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