Ethanol feeding accelerates pancreatitis progression in CPA1 N256K mutant mice

Alcoholic pancreatitis is a multifactorial, progressive, inflammatory disorder of the pancreas. Alcohol initiates pancreatitis and promotes its progression in the context of genetic susceptibility and/or other environmental risk factors such as smoking. Genetic mutations can cause digestive enzyme misfolding, which induces endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and elicits pancreatitis. Here, we tested the hypothesis that alcohol synergizes with misfolding in promoting ER stress and thereby accelerates chronic pancreatitis progression. To this end, we fed an ethanol-containing diet to CPA1 N256K mice, which carry the human p.N256K CPA1 mutation and develop spontaneous chronic pancreatitis. Inexplicably, CPA1 N256K mice suffered generalized seizures after 2-3 wk of ethanol feeding, which resulted in high mortality and the early termination of the study. Analysis of CPA1 N256K mice euthanized after 3-3.5 wk of ethanol feeding revealed more severe chronic pancreatitis associated with significantly increased Hspa5 [ER chaperone immunoglobulin heavy chain-binding protein (BiP)] mRNA levels when compared with CPA1 N256K mice on a control liquid diet. In contrast, ethanol feeding of C57BL/6N mice for 4 wk increased Hspa5 levels to a lesser degree and caused no pancreatitis. We conclude that ethanol feeding synergizes with the misfolding CPA1 mutant in promoting ER stress and thereby accelerates progression of chronic pancreatitis in CPA1 N256K mice.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Alcoholic pancreatitis is a multifactorial, progressive, inflammatory disorder of the pancreas. This study demonstrates that alcohol synergizes with digestive enzyme misfolding in promoting endoplasmic reticulum stress and thereby accelerates progression of chronic pancreatitis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:318

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American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology - 318(2020), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite G694-G704

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Orekhova, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Geisz, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Sahin-Tóth, Miklós [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3K9958V90M
Carboxypeptidases A
Chronic pancreatitis
EC 3.4.17.1
Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP
Endoplasmic reticulum stress
Ethanol
Genetic mutation
HSPA5 protein, human
Hspa5 protein, mouse
Journal Article
Mouse model
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 24.07.2020

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1152/ajpgi.00007.2020

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307081540