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Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition suppresses inflammation and promotes recovery from adrenal injury in a rat model of acute necrotizing pancreatitis.

BACKGROUND: Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) participates in multi-organ failure in various inflammatory diseases including acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP). Since pancreatitis-associated adrenal insufficiency is partly caused by inflammatory damage to the adrenal cortex, we examined whether PARP antagonism could alleviate adrenal insufficiency in a rat model of ANP.

METHODS: ANP was induced by retrograde infusion of sodium taurocholate into the bile-pancreatic duct. At 30 min prior to taurocholate infusion, rats were pretreated with the PARP inhibitor 3-Aminobenzamide (3-AB, 20 mg/kg) or vehicle. Pancreatic pathological injury, adrenal histology, neutrophil infiltration, cell apoptosis, and serum corticosterone level were assessed at various times points. Activities of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ated protein (PAR), nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kB), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in the adrenal were also examined.

RESULTS: PARP overactivation in ANP rats is associated with reduced serum corticosterone level and marked cellular alterations in adrenocortical tissue. Inflammatory stress caused by ANP reduced adrenal corticosterone release. 3-AB reduced the activation of PARP and inflammatory markers, decreased myeloperoxidase activity, attenuated adrenal morphologic lesions and cells apoptosis, simultaneously improved the impaired adrenal function.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data demonstrate the involvement of PARP overactivation in the pathogenesis of adrenal dysfunction after ANP. PARP inhibition may suppress inflammation and promote functional recovery from adrenal injury.

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