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CC-chemokine activation in acute pancreatitis: enhanced release of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in patients with local and systemic complications

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Objective

Systemic leukocyte activation is claimed to trigger inflammatory response and remote organ dysfunction in acute pancreatitis. Chemokines are inflammatory mediators with potent leukocyte-activating properties and have been shown to be involved in the pathophysiological process of experimental acute pancreatitis. However, as little is known about their role in human disease we investigated local and systemic concentrations of different CC-chemokine members in patients with acute pancreatitis.

Patients and methods

We included 68 patients with acute pancreatitis in the present study. Local complications in terms of necrosis were present in 37 (54%) patients of whom 21 (57%) developed pancreatic infections. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α) and macrophage inflammatory protein-1β (MIP-1β) concentrations were measured daily over 2 weeks after study inclusion by ELISA in sera and lesser sac aspirates.

Results

MCP-1 serum concentrations showed a dramatic increase in patients who developed local complications and/or remote organ failure. Herein, a close correlation was found between the severity of remote organ failure and the degree of MCP-1 elevation. Multiple regression analysis identified pancreatic infections as well as renal and cardiocirculatory failure as independent variables associated with enhanced systemic MCP-1 release. MIP-1α levels remained unaffected by local complications and showed a significant increase only; if multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) developed or patients subsequently died. In contrast, MIP-1β concentrations correlated with neither the presence nor the severity of any complication. Compared with systemic concentrations, local lesser sac aspirates revealed significantly higher levels of MCP-1, whereas MIP-1α and MIP-1β were not different.

Conclusions

Complicated acute pancreatitis is associated with significantly elevated local and systemic concentrations of the CC-chemokine MCP-1. Our results suggest that, among the CC-chemokine members investigated, MCP-1 might play a pivotal role in the pathological mechanism of complicated acute pancreatitis.

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This work was, in part, supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, grant SFB/A6 to B. Rau.

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  1. Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, University of the Saarland, Kirrberger Strasse, 66421, Homburg / Saar, Germany

    Bettina Rau, Colin M. Krüger & Martin Schilling

  2. Department of General Surgery, University of Ulm, Steinhoevelstrasse 9, 89075 , Ulm, Germany

    Katja Baumgart & Hans G. Beger

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Rau, B., Baumgart, K., Krüger, C.M. et al. CC-chemokine activation in acute pancreatitis: enhanced release of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in patients with local and systemic complications. Intensive Care Med 29, 622–629 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-1668-4

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