Expression of antioxidant enzymes in diseases of the human pancreas: another link between chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer

Joseph J Cullen; Frank A Mitros; Larry W Oberley

doi:10.1097/00006676-200301000-00005

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Expression of antioxidant enzymes in diseases of the human pancreas: another link between chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer

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Expression of antioxidant enzymes in diseases of the human pancreas: another link between chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer

Joseph J Cullen, Frank A Mitros and Larry W Oberley

Pancreas, Vol.26(1), pp.23-27

01/2003

DOI: 10.1097/00006676-200301000-00005

PMID: 12499913

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Abstract

Chronic pancreatitis is a significant risk factor for pancreatic cancer and is associated with the generation of reactive oxygen species. Cells contain a large number of antioxidants to prevent or repair the damage caused by reactive oxygen species. There are three major types of primary intracellular antioxidant enzymes in mammalian cells: superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, and peroxidase, of which glutathione peroxidase is the most prominent. To determine the level of antioxidant enzymes in human pancreas from normal, chronic pancreatitis, and pancreatic cancer specimens. Immunohistochemical analysis for manganese SOD, copper/zinc SOD, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase expression using the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex method was performed on pancreatic specimens previously fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin. A quantitative digital imaging methodology was used to examine antioxidant staining in the pancreatic tissue. Cytoplasmic regions of ductal and acinar cells were identified and digitized. Mean gray-level pixel values were then obtained for each of these regions. Cytoplasmic values of manganese SOD, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase were decreased in pancreatic cells from chronic pancreatitis specimens when compared with normal pancreas. In pancreatic carcinoma specimens, mean cytoplasmic gray-level values of all antioxidant enzymes were decreased when compared with normal pancreas. There appears to be a gradual decrease in antioxidant enzyme expression in pancreatic cells from normal pancreas to chronic pancreatitis to pancreatic cancer.

Immunohistochemistry

Adenocarcinoma - enzymology

Adenocarcinoma - etiology

Antioxidants - metabolism

Catalase - immunology

Catalase - metabolism

Chronic Disease

Glutathione Peroxidase - immunology

Glutathione Peroxidase - metabolism

Humans

Pancreas - enzymology

Pancreatic Neoplasms - enzymology

Pancreatic Neoplasms - etiology

Pancreatitis - complications

Pancreatitis - enzymology

Superoxide Dismutase - immunology

Superoxide Dismutase - metabolism

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Title: Subtitle: Expression of antioxidant enzymes in diseases of the human pancreas: another link between chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer
Creators: Joseph J Cullen - University of Iowa
Frank A Mitros
Larry W Oberley
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Pancreas, Vol.26(1), pp.23-27
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-200301000-00005
PMID: 12499913
ISSN: 0885-3177
eISSN: 1536-4828
Grant note: CA 66081 / NCI NIH HHS DK 60618 / NIDDK NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 01/2003
Academic Unit: Pathology; Surgery; Radiation Oncology
Record Identifier: 9984312971502771

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