Acute pancreatitis decreases pancreas phospholipid levels and increases susceptibility to lipid peroxidation in rat pancreas

Lipids
Laura FerreiraCarmen Sánchez-Bernal

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze whether acute pancreatitis leads to changes in the lipid composition and susceptibility to lipid peroxidation of pancreatic membranes. Total lipids, cholesterol, phospholipids, FA, and lipid peroxidation were determined in the pancreatic tissue of rats treated with cerulein and of control rats. In pancreatitic rats, significant decreases in membrane total phospholipid contents (P < 0.05) and in choline and ethanolamine glycerophospholipid levels (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively), with concomitant significantly higher values of their lysoderivative forms, were found. The cholesterol/phospholipid molar ratio increased by 26%. The unsaturation index of the FA profile decreased significantly (P < 0.01) as a consequence of a decrease in the arachidonic acid content. Incubation of membranes with xanthine oxidase/hypoxanthine-Fe2+/ADP resulted in an increase in the production of TBARS in pancreatitic rats compared to controls. In summary, acute pancreatitis causes changes in the lipid composition of rat pancreatic crude membranes and a greater susceptibility of these membranes to lipid peroxidation.

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Oct 12, 2010·Digestive and Liver Disease : Official Journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver·Nancy SarmientoCarmen Sánchez-Bernal
Jul 6, 2010·European Journal of Pharmacology·Amany A AbdinMohammed F H Balaha
Apr 10, 2012·Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics·Aya SakaiMasaru Yoshida
Jan 7, 2004·Pancreas·Carmen Sánchez-BernalNieves Pérez-González

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