Journal article
Mechanisms of Impaired Gallbladder Contractile Response in Chronic Acalculous Cholecystitis
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery, Vol.6(3), pp.432-437
2002
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(01)00061-0
PMID: 12022997
Abstract
The mechanisms involved in the impaired gallbladder contractile response in chronic acalculous cholecystitis are unknown. To determine the mechanisms that may lead to impaired gallbladder emptying in chronic acalculous cholecystitis, gallbladder specimens removed during hepatic resection (controls) and after cholecystectomy for chronic acalculous cholecystitis were attached to force transducers and placed in tissue baths with oxygenated Krebs solution. Electrical field stimulation (EFS) (1 to 10 Hz, 0.1 msec, 70 V) or the contractile agonists, CCK-8 (10
−9 to 10
−5) or K
+ (80 mmol/L), were placed separately in the tissue baths and changes in tension were determined. Patients with chronic acalculous cholecystitis had a mean gallbladder ejection fraction of 12% ± 4%. Pathologic examination of all gallbladders removed for chronic acalculous cholecystitis revealed chronic cholecystitis. Spontaneous contractile activity was present in gallbladder strips in 83% of control specimens but only 29% of gallbladder strips from patients with chronic acalculous cholecystitis (
P < 0.05 vs. controls). CCK-8 contractions were decreased by 54% and EFS-stimulated contractions were decreased by 50% in the presence of chronic acalculous cholecystitis (
P < 0.05 vs. controls). K
+-induced contractions were similar between control and chronic acalculous cholecystitis gallbladder strips. The impaired gallbladder emptying in chronic acalculous cholecystitis appears to be due to diminished spontaneous contractile activity and decreased contractile responsiveness to both CCK and EFS. (
J Gastrointest Surg 2002;6:432–437.)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Mechanisms of Impaired Gallbladder Contractile Response in Chronic Acalculous Cholecystitis
- Creators
- Anders R Merg - University of IowaScott E Kalinowski - University of IowaMarilyn M Hinkhouse - University of IowaFrank A Mitros - University of IowaKimberly S Ephgrave - University of IowaJoseph J Cullen - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of gastrointestinal surgery, Vol.6(3), pp.432-437
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/S1091-255X(01)00061-0
- PMID
- 12022997
- ISSN
- 1091-255X
- eISSN
- 1873-4626
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2002
- Academic Unit
- Pathology; Surgery; Radiation Oncology
- Record Identifier
- 9984313092602771
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