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Effect of biologically active fraction of Nardostachys jatamansi on cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To determine if the fraction of Nardostachys jatamansi (NJ) has the potential to ameliorate the severity of acute pancreatitis (AP).

Methods

Mice were administered the biologically active fraction of NJ, i.e., the 4th fraction (NJ4), intraperitoneally, and then injected with the stable cholecystokinin analogue cerulein hourly for 6 h. Six hours after the last cerulein injection, the pancreas, lung, and blood were harvested for morphological examination, measurement of cytokine expression, and examination of neutrophil infiltration.

Results

NJ4 administration attenuated the severity of AP and lung injury associated with AP. It also reduced cytokine production and neutrophil infiltration and resulted in the in vivo up-regulation of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1). Furthermore, NJ4 and its biologically active fraction, NJ4-2 inhibited the cerulein-induced death of acinar cells by inducing HO-1 in isolated pancreatic acinar cells.

Conclusion

These results suggest that NJ4 may be a candidate fraction offering protection in AP and NJ4 might ameliorate the severity of pancreatitis by inducing HO-1 expression.

SUBMITTER: Bae GS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3391759 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effect of biologically active fraction of Nardostachys jatamansi on cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis.

Bae Gi-Sang GS Kim Min-Sun MS Park Kyoung-Chel KC Koo Bon Soon BS Jo Il-Joo IJ Choi Sun Bok SB Lee Dong-Sung DS Kim Youn-Chul YC Kim Tae-Hyeon TH Seo Sang-Wan SW Shin Yong Kook YK Song Ho-Joon HJ Park Sung-Joo SJ

World journal of gastroenterology 20120701 25

<h4>Aim</h4>To determine if the fraction of Nardostachys jatamansi (NJ) has the potential to ameliorate the severity of acute pancreatitis (AP).<h4>Methods</h4>Mice were administered the biologically active fraction of NJ, i.e., the 4th fraction (NJ4), intraperitoneally, and then injected with the stable cholecystokinin analogue cerulein hourly for 6 h. Six hours after the last cerulein injection, the pancreas, lung, and blood were harvested for morphological examination, measurement of cytokine ...[more]

PMID: 22783046

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Effect of biologically active fraction of Nardostachys jatamansi on cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis.

Aim

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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Effect of biologically active fraction of Nardostachys jatamansi on cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis.

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