title: Tissue expression of S100 proteins in gallbladder mucosa of the patients with calculous cholecystitis.
abstract: Proteins of S100 group, produced by phagocytes represent endogenous activators of innate immune responses. Role of these proteins in the etiopathogenesis of cholelithiasis remains unknown. The studies aimed at the morphometric evaluation of S100A8 and S100A9 protein expression in gallbladder mucosa in patients with acute and chronic calculous cholecystitis (n = 71). The presence of proteins was detected by immunohistochemistry while quantitative analysis employed the spatial visualization technique. We found the immunopositive expression of the two studied S100 proteins in neutrophils and monocytes/macrophages of the gallbladder's wall and a higher expression in acute cholecystitis. Quantitative study revealed higher immunoexpression of S100A9 over S100A8 in both studied groups of patients. Moreover, a reciprocal linear relationship between the expression of the studied proteins and a positive correlation between expression of either S100A8 or S100A9 and inflammatory activity (grading) in the gallbladder wall were found. The expression of S100A8 protein in the chronic cholecystitis group and in older patients correlated with leukocytosis, which suggests the role of S100A8 particularly at the chronic stage of cholecystitis. The obtained results indicated close relationship between S100A8 and S100A9 proteins in their proinflammatory functions. The increased expression of only one of them can be recognized as a useful index of local inflammatory activity in calculous cholecystitis.
authors.affiliation: Chair and Departament of Histology and Embryology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Swiecickiego St. 6, 60–781 Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Mirosław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szmyt
authors.forename: Aldona
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kasprzak
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Malkowski
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Surdyk-Zasada
authors.forename: Wiesława
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Przybyszewska
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Siodła
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seraszek-Jaros
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jagielska
mesh_terms: D042101:Acalculous Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D000328:Adult; D040501:Calgranulin A / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D040502:Calgranulin B / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D040501:Calgranulin A; D040502:Calgranulin B