title: The effect of anti-hypertensive drugs on the obstructive pancreatitis in rats.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of ACE inhibitor, lisinopril and AT1 blocker, losartan, on the obstructive pancreatitis in rat.
  
  
  METHODS
  Acute pancreatitis in rats (n=21) was induced for a common hepatic duct were ligated proximal to its entry into the pancreas and the common bile - pancreatic duct were also ligated near its junction with the duodenum, under ether anesthesia, after which the abdomen were closed. The animals was divided in tree groups, being two treated and control group. The animals was treated with Losartan and Lisinopril at the dose of 10µg/Kg body weight per day, i.p., in a proportional volume, for five days, before and after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The inflammation, collagen deposition in the pancreas of treated animals were smaller, suggesting that the use of antihypertensive agents interfered positively in the depletion of the injury of the pancreas. Scythe showed a correlation between activity of pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) lower in treated animals when compared to control.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The pancreatic stellate cells strength are involved in collagen production during acute pancreatitis and why antihypertensive drugs such as lisinopril and losartan may possibly have beneficial effects in reducing pancreatic fibrosis in models of experimental obstructive pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Forensis Medicine, Faculty Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil. robiomed@usp.br
authors.forename: Roberto de Barros
authors.initials: Rde B
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Fernando Silva
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Ramalho
authors.forename: Leandra Z Naira
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Ramalho
mesh_terms: D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D017706:Lisinopril / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019808:Losartan / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D058954:Pancreatic Stellate Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D003094:Collagen; D017706:Lisinopril; D019808:Losartan