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p38 Mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling regulates vascular inflammation and epithelial barrier dysfunction in an experimental model of radiation-induced colitis.

Röme, Andrada LU ; Santén, Stefan LU ; Jeppsson, Bengt LU and Thorlacius, Henrik LU (2010) In British Journal of Surgery 97. p.226-234
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BACKGROUND:: Microvascular injury and epithelial barrier dysfunction are rate-limiting aspects in radiation enteropathy. This study examined the role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) signalling in radiation-induced colitis in an experimental model. METHODS:: The p38 MAPK inhibitor SB239063 was administered to mice immediately before exposure to 20 Gy radiation. Leucocyte- and platelet-endothelium interactions in the colonic microcirculation were assessed by intravital microscopy. Levels of myeloperoxidase (MPO) and CXC chemokines (macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP) 2 and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (KC)), and albumin leakage were quantified 16 h after irradiation. RESULTS:: Irradiation induced an... (More)
BACKGROUND:: Microvascular injury and epithelial barrier dysfunction are rate-limiting aspects in radiation enteropathy. This study examined the role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) signalling in radiation-induced colitis in an experimental model. METHODS:: The p38 MAPK inhibitor SB239063 was administered to mice immediately before exposure to 20 Gy radiation. Leucocyte- and platelet-endothelium interactions in the colonic microcirculation were assessed by intravital microscopy. Levels of myeloperoxidase (MPO) and CXC chemokines (macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP) 2 and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (KC)), and albumin leakage were quantified 16 h after irradiation. RESULTS:: Irradiation induced an increase in leucocyte and platelet recruitment, MPO activity, CXC chemokine levels and intestinal leakage. Inhibition of p38 MAPK by SB239063 decreased radiation-induced leucocyte and platelet recruitment (leucocyte rolling and adhesion by 70 and 90 per cent, both P < 0.001; that of platelets by 70 and 74 per cent, both P < 0.001). It also reduced radiation-provoked increases in colonic MPO activity by 88 per cent (P < 0.001), formation of MIP-2 and KC by 72 and 74 per cent respectively (P = 0.003 and P < 0.001), and intestinal leakage by 81 per cent (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION:: p38 MAPK is an important signalling pathway in radiation-induced colitis. Copyright (c) 2009 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{BACKGROUND:: Microvascular injury and epithelial barrier dysfunction are rate-limiting aspects in radiation enteropathy. This study examined the role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) signalling in radiation-induced colitis in an experimental model. METHODS:: The p38 MAPK inhibitor SB239063 was administered to mice immediately before exposure to 20 Gy radiation. Leucocyte- and platelet-endothelium interactions in the colonic microcirculation were assessed by intravital microscopy. Levels of myeloperoxidase (MPO) and CXC chemokines (macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP) 2 and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (KC)), and albumin leakage were quantified 16 h after irradiation. RESULTS:: Irradiation induced an increase in leucocyte and platelet recruitment, MPO activity, CXC chemokine levels and intestinal leakage. Inhibition of p38 MAPK by SB239063 decreased radiation-induced leucocyte and platelet recruitment (leucocyte rolling and adhesion by 70 and 90 per cent, both P &lt; 0.001; that of platelets by 70 and 74 per cent, both P &lt; 0.001). It also reduced radiation-provoked increases in colonic MPO activity by 88 per cent (P &lt; 0.001), formation of MIP-2 and KC by 72 and 74 per cent respectively (P = 0.003 and P &lt; 0.001), and intestinal leakage by 81 per cent (P &lt; 0.001). CONCLUSION:: p38 MAPK is an important signalling pathway in radiation-induced colitis. Copyright (c) 2009 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.}},
  author       = {{Röme, Andrada and Santén, Stefan and Jeppsson, Bengt and Thorlacius, Henrik}},
  issn         = {{1365-2168}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{226--234}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{British Journal of Surgery}},
  title        = {{p38 Mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling regulates vascular inflammation and epithelial barrier dysfunction in an experimental model of radiation-induced colitis.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bjs.6811}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/bjs.6811}},
  volume       = {{97}},
  year         = {{2010}},
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