1. Roles of Autophagy and Pancreatic Secretory Trypsin Inhibitor in Trypsinogen Activation in Acute Pancreatitis.
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Hirota M, Ohmuraya M, Hashimoto D, Suyama K, Sugita H, and Ogawa M
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- Acinar Cells pathology, Animals, Cathepsin B metabolism, Disease Models, Animal, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, Enzyme Activation, Glycoproteins deficiency, Humans, Lysosomes enzymology, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Molecular Chaperones physiology, Pancreatitis enzymology, Pancreatitis pathology, Prostatic Secretory Proteins, Protein Folding, Proteolysis, Secretory Vesicles enzymology, Transcription Factor CHOP deficiency, Trypsin Inhibitor, Kazal Pancreatic deficiency, Autophagy physiology, Pancreatitis metabolism, Trypsin Inhibitor, Kazal Pancreatic physiology, Trypsinogen metabolism
- Abstract
The focus of the review is on roles of autophagy and pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (PSTI), an endogenous trypsin inhibitor, in trypsinogen activation in acute pancreatitis. Acute pancreatitis is a disease in which tissues in and around the pancreas are autodigested by pancreatic digestive enzymes. This reaction is triggered by the intrapancreatic activation of trypsinogen. Autophagy causes trypsinogen and cathepsin B, a trypsinogen activator, to colocalize within the autolysosomes. Consequently, if the resultant trypsin activity exceeds the inhibitory activity of PSTI, the pancreatic digestive enzymes are activated, and they cause autodigestion of the acinar cells. Thus, autophagy and PSTI play important roles in the development and suppression of acute pancreatitis, respectively.
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- 2020
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