Expression of FHL1 and the significance in pancreatic fibrosis of chronic pancreatitis / 中华胰腺病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the expression of transcriptional regulation factor FHL 1 in pancreatic fibrosis of chronic pancreatitis (CP) and clinical significance.Methods Serum samples from 20 CP patients treated in the Department of Gastroenterology , Nanjing General Hospital and 20 healthy controls in the corresponding period were collected .The level of FHL1 in the serum was detected by ELISA .Twenty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into control group and CP group according to the body weight .The CP rat model was established by injecting dibutyltin dichloride ( DBTC) through tail vein .All the rats were killed at 28 days after injection and the pancreas was collected , which was observed using hematoxylin and eosin ( HE) staining to investigate pathological changes . The expression of FHL1 in pancreas was measured by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and Western blotting (WB).Results The average of serum FHL1 level in two groups were (0.86 ±0.22)g/L and (1.18 ±0.22)g/L, respectively.The level of FHL1 in serum of CP patients was significantly lower than that of healthy cases , and the difference was statistically significant (t=10.54, P=0.001).Damaged pancreatic lobular structure , acinar atrophy and the obvious fibrous hyperplasia were observed in CP rats .The pathological score of abnormal structure , acinar atrophy, fibrosis, and inflammatory cell infiltration in the pancreas of the CP group was (2.2 ±0.4),(2.0 ±0.7),(2.4 ±0.3) and (2.8 ±0.6), respectively, but was all 0 in control group.The difference between two group was statistically significant ( t value =17.24, 9.01, 25.22 and 14.75, respectively, all P<0.001).The expression of FHL1 in the pancreatic tissue of CP group were less than that of normal group , and the difference was statistically significant (IHC15 798 ±3 247 vs 37 570 ±9 254, t=2.438,P=0.016;WB0.44 ±0.11 vs 0.89 ±0.03, t=4.289, P=0.002).Conclusions The protein of FHL1 was in low expression in the pancreas of CPs , indicating that FHL1 may participate in the formation of pancreatic fibrosis .