Diabetes increases pancreatic fibrosis during chronic inflammation

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  • Dietmar Zechner
    Institute for Experimental Surgery, University of Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany
  • Niklas Knapp
    Institute for Experimental Surgery, University of Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany
  • Alexej Bobrowski
    Institute for Experimental Surgery, University of Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany
  • Tobias Radecke
    Institute for Experimental Surgery, University of Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany
  • Berit Genz
    Institute for Experimental Surgery, University of Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany
  • Brigitte Vollmar
    Institute for Experimental Surgery, University of Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany

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<jats:p> Diabetes and fibrosis can be concurrent processes in several diseases such as cystic fibrosis or chronic pancreatitis. To evaluate whether diabetes can influence fibrosis and thus aggravate the pathological process, the progression of chronic pancreatitis was assessed in diabetic and non diabetic mice. For this purpose, insulin producing beta-cells in C57Bl/6 J mice were selectively impaired by administration of streptozotocin. Chronic pancreatitis was then induced by repetitive administration of cerulein in normoglycaemic and hyperglycaemic mice. Diabetes caused enhanced collagen I deposition within three weeks of the onset of chronic pancreatitis and increased the proliferation of interstitial cells. This was accompanied by an increased number of interlobular fibroblasts, which expressed S100A4 (fibroblast-specific protein-1) and stimulation of α-smooth muscle actin expression of pancreatic stellate cells. In addition, the observed aggravation of chronic pancreatitis by diabetes also led to a significantly enhanced atrophy of the pancreas, increased infiltration of inflammatory chloracetate esterase positive cells and enhanced acinar cell death. We conclude that diabetes has a detrimental influence on the progression of chronic pancreatitis by aggravating fibrosis, inflammation and pancreatic atrophy. </jats:p>

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