Increased intestinal production of alpha-defensins in aged rats with acute pancreatic injury

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2014
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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
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EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY, v.60, p.215-219, 2014
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Acute pancreatitis is a life-threatening situation, frequently associated with uncontrolled local and systemic inflammation, and aging is associated with a worst prognosis. Antimicrobial peptides are ancient molecules that belong to innate immunity, produced by epithelial and immune cells, and are able to trigger a myriad of effector responses. We have hypothesized that antimicrobial peptides could play an important role during serious pancreatic injury. To investigate our hypothesis, alpha-defensin-5, alpha-defensin-7 and CRAMP gene expression levels were measured in the intestinal tissue of old and young rats submitted to chemical pancreatic damage. We found significantly higher levels of alpha-defensin-5 and alpha-defensin-7, but not CRAMP, in the samples from old mice. This increase was not associated with a worse systemic inflammatory response. We conclude that alpha-defensins may have a pivotal role during acute pancreatitis and that the elderly develops a more severe local, but not systemic inflammatory process.
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alpha-Defensins, Pancreatitis, Rats, Elderly, Antimicrobial peptides, Intestine
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