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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 279, Issue 6, Pages C1993-C2003Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2000.279.6.C1993
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nuclear factor-kappa B; chemokines; interleukin-6; monocyte chemotactic protein-1; pancreatitis
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Cytokines produced by pancreatic acinar cells may mediate cell death and recruitment of inflammatory cells into pancreas in pancreatitis and other disorders. Here, we demonstrate mRNA expression for a number of cytokines in acini isolated from rat pancreas. Using RNA from microscopically selected individual cells, we confirmed the acinar cell as a source for cytokine expression. Competitive RT-PCR, Western blot analysis, and immunocytochemistry showed large amounts of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 and interleukin-6 compared with other cytokines. Cytokine expression was inhibited by either inhibitors of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), SB-202190 and SB-203580, or (less strongly) by the transcription factor nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB inhibitor MG-132. A combination of SB-203580 and MG-132 inhibited mRNA expression of all cytokines by > 90%. The results suggest a major role for p38 MAPK and involvement of NF-kappaB in cytokine expression in pancreatic acinar cells. In contrast to isolated acini, we detected no or very low cytokine expression in normal rat pancreas. Our results indicate that activation of p38 MAPK, transcription factors, and cytokines occurs during removal of the pancreas from the animal and isolation of acini.
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