TY - JOUR
T1 - Urinary excretion of trypsinogen activation peptide (TAP) in Taurocholate-induced pancreatitis in rats
AU - Wang, Youxue
AU - Naruse, Satoru
AU - Kitagawa, Motoji
AU - Ishiguro, Hiroshi
AU - Nakae, Yasuyuki
AU - Hayakawa, Tetsuo
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Trypsinogen activation peptide (TAP) is a useful marker of severe acute pancreatitis. However, it is sometimes difficult to detect an elevation of plasma TAP in patients with acute pancreatitis because TAP is rapidly cleared from plasma. Therefore, urine TAP has been evaluated to provide an accurate prediction of the outcome of pancreatitis. In the present study, we examined the time course of plasma and urine TAP simultaneously after induction of taurocholate-induced pancreatitis in rats. Plasma TAP levels peaked at 1 hour after the induction of pancreatitis and then gradually decreased, but was still higher than prepancreatitis levels at 48 hours. Significant increases in urine TAP levels were seen at 0-6, 6-12, and 30-36 hours after induction of pancreatitis. The peak level of urine TAP output and TAP/creatinine ratio was observed at 6-12 and 30-36 hours, respectively. Urine TAP concentration showed a significant correlation with both urine TAP/creatinine ratio and TAP output in urine (p < 0.01). In conclusion, plasma TAP increased immediately after the induction of pancreatitis, but excretion of TAP into urine was delayed several hours in taurocholate-induced pancreatitis in rats. The measurement of urine TAP concentration alone sufficiently can reflect the amount of TAP liberated in the pancreas at initial stage of acute pancreatitis.
AB - Trypsinogen activation peptide (TAP) is a useful marker of severe acute pancreatitis. However, it is sometimes difficult to detect an elevation of plasma TAP in patients with acute pancreatitis because TAP is rapidly cleared from plasma. Therefore, urine TAP has been evaluated to provide an accurate prediction of the outcome of pancreatitis. In the present study, we examined the time course of plasma and urine TAP simultaneously after induction of taurocholate-induced pancreatitis in rats. Plasma TAP levels peaked at 1 hour after the induction of pancreatitis and then gradually decreased, but was still higher than prepancreatitis levels at 48 hours. Significant increases in urine TAP levels were seen at 0-6, 6-12, and 30-36 hours after induction of pancreatitis. The peak level of urine TAP output and TAP/creatinine ratio was observed at 6-12 and 30-36 hours, respectively. Urine TAP concentration showed a significant correlation with both urine TAP/creatinine ratio and TAP output in urine (p < 0.01). In conclusion, plasma TAP increased immediately after the induction of pancreatitis, but excretion of TAP into urine was delayed several hours in taurocholate-induced pancreatitis in rats. The measurement of urine TAP concentration alone sufficiently can reflect the amount of TAP liberated in the pancreas at initial stage of acute pancreatitis.
KW - Acute pancreatitis
KW - Trypsinogen activation peptides (TAP)
KW - Urinary excretion
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U2 - 10.1097/00006676-200101000-00004
DO - 10.1097/00006676-200101000-00004
M3 - Article
C2 - 11138966
AN - SCOPUS:0035158285
SN - 0885-3177
VL - 22
SP - 24
EP - 27
JO - Pancreas
JF - Pancreas
IS - 1
ER -