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Rhein Protects Against Severe Acute Pancreatitis In vitro and In vivo by Regulating the JAK2/STAT3 Pathway

Rhein is widely used in inflammation treatment in China, but its effects on severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) have not been studied closely. This study investigated rhein’s protective effects against SAP using in vitro and in vivo models to determine whether its protective mechanism regulated the Janu...

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Autores principales: Yang, Xiaofang, Geng, Huan, You, Lijiao, Yuan, Lin, Meng, Jialei, Ma, Yuhui, Gu, Xuelian, Lei, Ming
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8969574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35370748
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.778221
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author Yang, Xiaofang
Geng, Huan
You, Lijiao
Yuan, Lin
Meng, Jialei
Ma, Yuhui
Gu, Xuelian
Lei, Ming
author_facet Yang, Xiaofang
Geng, Huan
You, Lijiao
Yuan, Lin
Meng, Jialei
Ma, Yuhui
Gu, Xuelian
Lei, Ming
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description Rhein is widely used in inflammation treatment in China, but its effects on severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) have not been studied closely. This study investigated rhein’s protective effects against SAP using in vitro and in vivo models to determine whether its protective mechanism regulated the Janus kinase two and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (JAK2/STAT3) signalling pathway. Thirty-six male Sprague–Dawley rats were randomised into sham operation, SAP and rhein groups. The SAP model was induced by retrograde pancreatic bile duct injection of sodium taurocholate. Serum TNF-α and interleukin (IL)-6 levels were determined by ELISA, whereas serum amylase and lipase concentrations were measured using test kits. Western blot and/or immunohistochemistry quantified JAK2 and STAT3 expression. Furthermore, histopathological pancreatic changes were detected by haematoxylin and eosin staining. AR42J cells were randomly divided into the control, cerulein and rhein groups. Amylase activity was assessed using an amylase test kit; the tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) expression was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). JAK2 and STAT3 protein expression were evaluated by western blot. SAP was concomitant with increased JAK2 and STAT3 expressions in vivo. Pre-treatment with rhein attenuated serum TNF–α and IL-6 levels effectively, and notably reduced p-JAK2, p-STAT3, JAK2 and STAT3 protein expression. Rhein significantly alleviated pancreatic histopathology. Compared to untreated groups, rhein significantly reduced amylase activity in supernatants of AR42J cells induced by cerulein in vitro. Furthermore, rhein altered JAK2 and STAT3 protein levels in AR42J cells after cerulein induction. Overall, rhein exerted protective effect on SAP in vitro and in vivo, possibly through the JAK2/STAT3 signalling pathway.
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spelling pubmed-89695742022-04-01 Rhein Protects Against Severe Acute Pancreatitis In vitro and In vivo by Regulating the JAK2/STAT3 Pathway Yang, Xiaofang Geng, Huan You, Lijiao Yuan, Lin Meng, Jialei Ma, Yuhui Gu, Xuelian Lei, Ming Front Pharmacol Pharmacology Rhein is widely used in inflammation treatment in China, but its effects on severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) have not been studied closely. This study investigated rhein’s protective effects against SAP using in vitro and in vivo models to determine whether its protective mechanism regulated the Janus kinase two and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (JAK2/STAT3) signalling pathway. Thirty-six male Sprague–Dawley rats were randomised into sham operation, SAP and rhein groups. The SAP model was induced by retrograde pancreatic bile duct injection of sodium taurocholate. Serum TNF-α and interleukin (IL)-6 levels were determined by ELISA, whereas serum amylase and lipase concentrations were measured using test kits. Western blot and/or immunohistochemistry quantified JAK2 and STAT3 expression. Furthermore, histopathological pancreatic changes were detected by haematoxylin and eosin staining. AR42J cells were randomly divided into the control, cerulein and rhein groups. Amylase activity was assessed using an amylase test kit; the tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) expression was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). JAK2 and STAT3 protein expression were evaluated by western blot. SAP was concomitant with increased JAK2 and STAT3 expressions in vivo. Pre-treatment with rhein attenuated serum TNF–α and IL-6 levels effectively, and notably reduced p-JAK2, p-STAT3, JAK2 and STAT3 protein expression. Rhein significantly alleviated pancreatic histopathology. Compared to untreated groups, rhein significantly reduced amylase activity in supernatants of AR42J cells induced by cerulein in vitro. Furthermore, rhein altered JAK2 and STAT3 protein levels in AR42J cells after cerulein induction. Overall, rhein exerted protective effect on SAP in vitro and in vivo, possibly through the JAK2/STAT3 signalling pathway. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8969574/ /pubmed/35370748 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.778221 Text en Copyright © 2022 Yang, Geng, You, Yuan, Meng, Ma, Gu and Lei. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Pharmacology
Yang, Xiaofang
Geng, Huan
You, Lijiao
Yuan, Lin
Meng, Jialei
Ma, Yuhui
Gu, Xuelian
Lei, Ming
Rhein Protects Against Severe Acute Pancreatitis In vitro and In vivo by Regulating the JAK2/STAT3 Pathway
title Rhein Protects Against Severe Acute Pancreatitis In vitro and In vivo by Regulating the JAK2/STAT3 Pathway
title_full Rhein Protects Against Severe Acute Pancreatitis In vitro and In vivo by Regulating the JAK2/STAT3 Pathway
title_fullStr Rhein Protects Against Severe Acute Pancreatitis In vitro and In vivo by Regulating the JAK2/STAT3 Pathway
title_full_unstemmed Rhein Protects Against Severe Acute Pancreatitis In vitro and In vivo by Regulating the JAK2/STAT3 Pathway
title_short Rhein Protects Against Severe Acute Pancreatitis In vitro and In vivo by Regulating the JAK2/STAT3 Pathway
title_sort rhein protects against severe acute pancreatitis in vitro and in vivo by regulating the jak2/stat3 pathway
topic Pharmacology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8969574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35370748
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.778221
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