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Preparing a Mice Model of Severe Acute Pancreatitis via a Combination of Caerulein and Lipopolysaccharide Intraperitoneal Injection
Published on: May 10, 2024
[The feature of pancreatic microcirculatory impairment in caerulein induced acute pancreatitis]
1Department of Hepato-Bili-Pancreato-Surgery, First University Hospital, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041.
Objective:
To study the feature of pancreatic microcirculatory impairment in caerulein-induced acute pancreatitis.
Methods:
The AP model of subcutaneous injection of caerulein was studied by intravital fluorescence microscopy of erythrocytes labeled by FITC (FITC-RBC) and by scanning electron microscopy of vascular corrosion casts and light microscopy of Chinese ink-injected/cleared tissues.
Results:
Animals treated with caerulein showed hyper-amylases. Contractions of intralobular arteriolar sphincter, presence of vacuoles in all the layers of sphincter, gross irregularity in capillary network of acini were observed in caerulein-induced groups. The decrease of pancreatic capillary blood flow (P < 0.01), reduction of functional capillary density, and irregular intermittent perfusion (P < 0.05) were found.
Conclusions:
Impairment and contraction of pancreatic intralobular arteriolar sphincter are the initial microcirculatory lesions in the early phase of acute pancreatitis induced by Caerulein, and play a key role in the pancreatic ischemia and pancreatic microvascular failure in acute pancreatitis.
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