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Experimental pancreatitis in the rat. Light and electron microscopical observations on early pancreatic lesions induced by intraductal injection of trypsin, phospholipase A2, lysolecithin and non-ionic detergent

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Trypsin, phospholipase A2, lysolecithin or non-ionic detergent polyoxyethylene p-t-octyl phenol solutions were injected into the rat biliopancreatic duct. Histological and ultrastructural changes in the gland were studied 15 min and 3 h after the injections. The rough surfaced endoplasmic reticulum disintegrated in two ways: (1) the endoplasmic reticulum in the cell periphery was vesiculated but ribosomes were well preserved at 15 min, and (2) large, round membranous structures appeared in apical cytoplasm at 3 h. Zymogen granules disintegrated in the second type, which possibly represents autodigestion. Both types of injury lead ultimately to structureless necrosis. Lesions induced by phospholipase A2 and lysolecithin were identical. Trypsin-induced damage developed slowly and the two phases of endoplasmic reticulum disintegration were not sharply separable. Lesions caused by polyoxyethylene p-t-octyl phenol were variable at 15 min, but at 3 h the type 2 injury described above was observed. It was concluded that although the initial damage in pancreatic acinar cells may vary, necrotic changes are similar despite the injected material at the later time interval. During acute pancreatitis, the acinar cell necrosis is most probably due to the action of lysolecithin produced by the activation of phospholipase A2.

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    Heikki J. Aho & Timo J. Nevalainen M.D.

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Aho, H.J., Nevalainen, T.J. Experimental pancreatitis in the rat. Light and electron microscopical observations on early pancreatic lesions induced by intraductal injection of trypsin, phospholipase A2, lysolecithin and non-ionic detergent. Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathol 40, 347–356 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02932876

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