title: [The effect of rosiglitazone on the activity of STAT1 in rats with severe acute pancreatitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the effect of rosiglitazone on the activity of signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 in rats with severe acute pancreatitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-four male Wistar rats were randomly allocated into three groups (n = 18). SO group: sham-operated animals served as control, operation was executed and sodium chloride but not sodium taurocholate was injected. SAP group: SAP was induced by the retrograde injection of 5% sodium taurocholate into the biliopancreatic duct. ROSI group: same as SAP group, but rosiglitazone (6 mg/kg) was administered intravenously 30 min before operation. Rats in each group were sacrificed at 3,6 and 12 h after operation. The levels of serum amylase and histologic scores of pancreatic tissue were measured. The expression of TNF-alpha mRNA in pancreatic tissue were determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The expression of phosphorylated STAT1 in pancreatic tissue was assayed by immunohistochemistry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared to SO group, the levels of serum amylase and phosphorylated STAT1, TNF-alpha mRNA and histologic scores of pancreatic tissue were significantly elevated at the same time points after SAP (P < 0.01). The levels of these detection in ROSI group were lower than those of the SAP group at the same time points (P < 0.05), but higher than SO group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  STAT1 was activated in severe acute pancreatitis. Rosiglitazone has a protective effects in rats with severe acute pancreatitis. The mechanism of its protective effects maybe that it inhibits the activation of JAK/STAT pathway, which can down-regulate the expression of TNF-alpha mRNA and block the the inflammatory cascade partially.
authors: Department of Hepatobiliary and Laparoscopic Surgery, Renming Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
authors: Shun-Xin
authors: SX
authors: Hao
authors: Wei-Xing
authors: WX
authors: Wang
authors: Chen
authors: C
authors: Chen
authors: Jia-Rui
authors: JR
authors: Feng
authors: Heng
authors: H
authors: Yan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000077154:Rosiglitazone; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D045162:Thiazolidinediones / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; C494081:Stat1 protein, rat; D045162:Thiazolidinediones; D000077154:Rosiglitazone