BACKGROUND/AIMS: Excessive systemic inflammatory response syndrome during severe acute pancreatitis (AP) leads to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, which is the main cause of death and may be associated with primary mitochondrial disturbances. The aim of our study was to evaluate the role of mitochondria during experimental AP in pancreas and vital organs like kidney, lungs and liver within the first 48 h. METHODS: AP was induced in 39 male Wistar rats by intraductal application of sodium taurocholate (5%, 1.75 ml/kg). Animals were divided into groups reflecting the time from induction of the AP till collection of tissues (control and 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48 h). Mitochondria were isolated by differential centrifugation and mitochondrial respiration rates were measured oxygraphically. RESULTS: (1) Mitochondria in pancreas are affected within the first 6 h after onset of AP, (2) kidney mitochondria are affected 24 h after onset of AP, (3) lungs mitochondria are affected within 48 h after onset of AP whereas (4) liver mitochondria remain well preserved within the first 48 h. Severe AP-induced decrease in the oxidative phosphorylation of pancreas, kidney and lungs mitochondria was more pronounced with Complex I-linked (glutamate/malate) than with Complex II-linked (succinate) substrates and was associated with inhibition of Complex I. CONCLUSION: Our data show that the disturbances of mitochondrial energy metabolism in pancreas, kidney and lungs may play an important role in the development and progression of AP as a systemic disease.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Excessive systemic inflammatory response syndrome during severe acute pancreatitis (AP) leads to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, which is the main cause of death and may be associated with primary mitochondrial disturbances. The aim of our study was to evaluate the role of mitochondria during experimental AP in pancreas and vital organs like kidney, lungs and liver within the first 48 h. METHODS: AP was induced in 39 male Wistar rats by intraductal application of sodium taurocholate (5%, 1.75 ml/kg). Animals were divided into groups reflecting the time from induction of the AP till collection of tissues (control and 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48 h). Mitochondria were isolated by differential centrifugation and mitochondrial respiration rates were measured oxygraphically. RESULTS: (1) Mitochondria in pancreas are affected within the first 6 h after onset of AP, (2) kidney mitochondria are affected 24 h after onset of AP, (3) lungs mitochondria are affected within 48 h after onset of AP whereas (4) liver mitochondria remain well preserved within the first 48 h. Severe AP-induced decrease in the oxidative phosphorylation of pancreas, kidney and lungs mitochondria was more pronounced with Complex I-linked (glutamate/malate) than with Complex II-linked (succinate) substrates and was associated with inhibition of Complex I. CONCLUSION: Our data show that the disturbances of mitochondrial energy metabolism in pancreas, kidney and lungs may play an important role in the development and progression of AP as a systemic disease.
Authors: Katalin Márta; Anikó N Szabó; Dániel Pécsi; Péter Varjú; Judit Bajor; Szilárd Gódi; Patrícia Sarlós; Alexandra Mikó; Kata Szemes; Mária Papp; Tamás Tornai; Áron Vincze; Zsolt Márton; Patrícia A Vincze; Erzsébet Lankó; Andrea Szentesi; Tímea Molnár; Roland Hágendorn; Nándor Faluhelyi; István Battyáni; Dezső Kelemen; Róbert Papp; Attila Miseta; Zsófia Verzár; Markus M Lerch; John P Neoptolemos; Miklós Sahin-Tóth; Ole H Petersen; Péter Hegyi Journal: BMJ Open Date: 2017-09-14 Impact factor: 2.692