title: The effect of platelet activating factor antagonist (BN 52021) on acute experimental pancreatitis with reference to multiorgan oxidative stress.
abstract: Acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis was induced in Wistar rats using a retrograde intraductal injection of 5% Na-taurocholate. Rats were treated with platelet-activating factor receptor (PAF) antagonist--BN 52021 (5 mg/kg) and sacrificed at 1 and 3 h after induction of acute pancreatitis. Malondialdehyde and sulfhydryl groups concentration were measured in pancreatic, lung, and liver tissue as a parameter of oxidant-antioxidant balance. We have shown that BN 52021 exerts only partial protecting effect against Na-TC-induced AP in rats. The positive effects of BN 52021 were expressed by: (1) Significant reduction of hyperamylasemia accompanied by lower malondialdehyde accumulation in pancreatic tissue; (2) Prevention of sulflhydryl groups depletion in lung tissue; (3) Diminution of necrotic and inflammatory changes in pancreatic tissue; and (4) Improvement of survival rate. We suggest that these effects may depend on the inhibition of PAF-mediated activation and oxidant generation by phagocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, University Medical School, Bialystok, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dabrowski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gabryelewicz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chyczewski
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004224:Diterpenes; D046934:Ginkgolides; D007783:Lactones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D009928:Organ Specificity; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; D046934:Ginkgolides; D007783:Lactones; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D008315:Malondialdehyde; C045856:ginkgolide B; D000681:Amylases