title: [Analysis of pancreatic stone protein gene of hereditary pancreatitis].
abstract: To investigate the pathogenesis of hereditary pancreatitis we determined whether pancreatic stone protein (PSP) gene was structurally altered in two independent families diagnosed as hereditary pancreatitis. Because, it has been shown that a decrease in the activity of PSP which inhibits CaCO3 crystal formation in pancreatic juice is closely related to the development of chronic calcifying pancreatitis. Southern blot analysis revealed neither a rearrangement nor a gross deletion of PSP gene in genomic DNA of affected members of both families. Furthermore, six exons of PSP gene amplified by polymerase chain reaction from genomic DNA was directly sequenced, while no apparent base mutation was observed. The immunohistochemical study utilizing monoclonal antibody to PSP showed the presence of immunoreactive PSP in the section of pancreatic tissue obtained from a patient affected with hereditary pancreatitis. However, the level of immunoreactive PSP in the remaining acinar cells of the patient pancreas was not reduced when compared with that of normal pancreas. Results, therefore, indicate that genetic alteration of PSP gene may not be responsible for the pathogenesis of hereditary pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matozaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Konda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishisaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeyama
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D051847:Lithostathine; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D051847:Lithostathine; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C497617:REG1A protein, human; D004247:DNA