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ArticlePloS one2013

Enhanced expression of cystathionine β-synthase and cystathionine γ-lyase during acute cholecystitis-induced gallbladder inflammation.

Li Zhang, Chenwei Pan, Bin Yang, Yong Xiao, Baoping Yu

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Li ZhangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Chenwei PanDepartment of Infectious Disease, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China ; Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Bin YangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Yong XiaoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Baoping YuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Wuhan University · CNRenmin Hospital of Wuhan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHydrogen sulfide (H2S) has recently been shown to play an important role in the digestive system, but the role of endogenous H2S produced locally in the gallbladder is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate whether gallbladder possesses the enzymatic machinery to synthesize H2S, and whether H2S synthesis is changed in gallbladder inflammation during acute acalculous cholecystitis (AC).

methodsAdult male guinea pigs underwent either a sham operation or common bile duct ligation (CBDL). One, two, or three days after CBDL, the animals were sacrificed separately. Hematoxylin and eosin-stained slides of gallbladder samples were scored for inflammation. H2S production rate in gallbladder tissue from each group was determined; immunohistochemistry and western blotting were used to determine expression levels of the H2S-producing enzymes cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) and cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE) in gallbladder.

resultsThere was a progressive inflammatory response after CBDL. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that CBS and CSE were expressed in the gallbladder epithelium, muscular layer, and blood vessels and that the expression increased progressively with increasing inflammation following CBDL. The expression of CBS protein as well as the H2S-production rate was significantly increased in the animals that underwent CBDL, compared to those that underwent the sham operation.

conclusionsBoth CBS and CSE are expressed in gallbladder tissues. The expression of these enzymes, as well as H2S synthesis, was up-regulated in the context of inflammation during AC.

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AnimalsCholecystitis, AcuteCommon Bile DuctCystathionine beta-SynthaseCystathionine gamma-LyaseDisease Models, AnimalGallbladderGuinea PigsHistocytochemistryImmunohistochemistryLigationMaleMucous MembraneSulfitesCystathionine beta-SynthaseCystathionine gamma-Lyasehydrogen sulfiteSulfites

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