Free radical inhibition and serial chemiluminescence in evolving experimental pancreatitis
- 1 November 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 77 (11) , 1256-1259
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800771119
Abstract
Oxygen free radical activity and inhibition were examined in experimental pancreatitis. Twenty-five rats were randomized to five groups: controls received intravenous saline, to simulate pancreatitis one group received intravenous caerulein (5 μg kg−1 h−1), and three groups received sodium taurocholate via the pancreatic duct (0.2 ml, 5 per cent), either alone, following allopurinol or immediately before superoxide dismutase. Chemiluminescence (a phenomenon based on the emission of light during chemical reactions and which is dependent on oxygen free radical activity) was used as an index of oxygen free radical activity and was measured in tissue samples at 5-min intervals following induction of pancreatitis. The control mean(s.e.m.) serum amylase level 1 h after induction of pancreatitis was 635(13) units. It was significantly elevated in caerulein-induced pancreatitis, 1833 (118) units (P−1 at time zero to 404(113) mV 100 mg−1 at 1 h in controls. In caerulein-induced pancreatitis mean(s.e.m.) chemiluminescence peaked at 20 min (1399 (239) mV 100mg−1, P−1, P<0.004). Super-oxide dismutase significantly reduced chemiluminescence and hyper-amylasaemia in taurocholate groups. Increasing oxygen free radical activity paralleled evolving pancreatitis. Superoxide dismutase may have a therapeutic role in pancreatitis.Keywords
Funding Information
- Hospital College for Education and Research and the Mater Foundation
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