Mukund P Srinivasan1, Kamlesh K Bhopale1, Anna A Caracheo1, Lata Kaphalia2, Gopalakrishnan Loganathan3, Appakalai N Balamurugan3,4, Cristiana Rastellini2,5,6, Bhupendra S Kaphalia1. 1. Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. 3. Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA. 4. Islet Biology Laboratory, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. 5. Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. 6. Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Alcoholic chronic pancreatitis (ACP) is a serious inflammatory disorder of the exocrine pancreatic gland. A previous study from this laboratory showed that ethanol (EtOH) causes cytotoxicity, dysregulates AMPKα and ER/oxidative stress signaling, and induces inflammatory responses in primary human pancreatic acinar cells (hPACs). Here we examined the differential cytotoxicity of EtOH and its oxidative (acetaldehyde) and nonoxidative (fatty acid ethyl esters; FAEEs) metabolites in hPACs was examined to understand the metabolic basis and mechanism of ACP. METHODS: We evaluated concentration-dependent cytotoxicity, AMPKα inactivation, ER/oxidative stress, and inflammatory responses in hPACs by incubating them for 6 h with EtOH, acetaldehyde, or FAEEs at clinically relevant concentrations reported in alcoholic subjects using conventional methods. Cellular bioenergetics (mitochondrial stress and a real-time ATP production rate) were determined using Seahorse XFp Extracellular Flux Analyzer in AR42J cells treated with acetaldehyde or FAEEs. RESULTS: We observed concentration-dependent increases in LDH release, inactivation of AMPKα along with upregulation of ACC1 and FAS (key lipogenic proteins), downregulation of p-LKB1 (an oxidative stress-sensitive upstream kinase regulating AMPKα) and CPT1A (involved in β-oxidation of fatty acids) in hPACs treated with EtOH, acetaldehyde, or FAEEs. Concentration-dependent increases in oxidative stress and ER stress as measured by GRP78, unspliced XBP1, p-eIF2α, and CHOP along with activation of p-JNK1/2, p-ERK1/2, and p-P38MAPK were present in cells treated with EtOH, acetaldehyde, or FAEEs, respectively. Furthermore, a significant decrease was observed in the total ATP production rate with subsequent mitochondrial stress in AR42J cells treated with acetaldehyde and FAEEs. CONCLUSIONS: EtOH and its metabolites, acetaldehyde and FAEEs, caused cytotoxicity, ER/oxidative and mitochondrial stress, and dysregulated AMPKα signaling, suggesting a key role of EtOH metabolism in the etiopathogenesis of ACP. Because oxidative EtOH metabolism is negligible in the exocrine pancreas, the pathogenesis of ACP could be attributable to the formation of FAEEs and related pancreatic acinar cell injury.
BACKGROUND: Alcoholic chronic pancreatitis (ACP) is a serious inflammatory disorder of the exocrine pancreatic gland. A previous study from this laboratory showed that ethanol (EtOH) causes cytotoxicity, dysregulates AMPKα and ER/oxidative stress signaling, and induces inflammatory responses in primary human pancreatic acinar cells (hPACs). Here we examined the differential cytotoxicity of EtOH and its oxidative (acetaldehyde) and nonoxidative (fatty acid ethyl esters; FAEEs) metabolites in hPACs was examined to understand the metabolic basis and mechanism of ACP. METHODS: We evaluated concentration-dependent cytotoxicity, AMPKα inactivation, ER/oxidative stress, and inflammatory responses in hPACs by incubating them for 6 h with EtOH, acetaldehyde, or FAEEs at clinically relevant concentrations reported in alcoholic subjects using conventional methods. Cellular bioenergetics (mitochondrial stress and a real-time ATP production rate) were determined using Seahorse XFp Extracellular Flux Analyzer in AR42J cells treated with acetaldehyde or FAEEs. RESULTS: We observed concentration-dependent increases in LDH release, inactivation of AMPKα along with upregulation of ACC1 and FAS (key lipogenic proteins), downregulation of p-LKB1 (an oxidative stress-sensitive upstream kinase regulating AMPKα) and CPT1A (involved in β-oxidation of fatty acids) in hPACs treated with EtOH, acetaldehyde, or FAEEs. Concentration-dependent increases in oxidative stress and ER stress as measured by GRP78, unspliced XBP1, p-eIF2α, and CHOP along with activation of p-JNK1/2, p-ERK1/2, and p-P38MAPK were present in cells treated with EtOH, acetaldehyde, or FAEEs, respectively. Furthermore, a significant decrease was observed in the total ATP production rate with subsequent mitochondrial stress in AR42J cells treated with acetaldehyde and FAEEs. CONCLUSIONS: EtOH and its metabolites, acetaldehyde and FAEEs, caused cytotoxicity, ER/oxidative and mitochondrial stress, and dysregulated AMPKα signaling, suggesting a key role of EtOH metabolism in the etiopathogenesis of ACP. Because oxidative EtOH metabolism is negligible in the exocrine pancreas, the pathogenesis of ACP could be attributable to the formation of FAEEs and related pancreatic acinar cell injury.
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