• 1. Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Huaihai Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221000, Jiangsu Province, China;
  • 2. Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, Jiangsu Province, China;
LIXi, Email: lixi97@163.com
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Objective To investigate the effect of PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway on liver injury induced by severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Methods Forty healthy adult male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: Sham operation group (SO group), SAP group, PI3K inhibitor LY294002 group (LY294002 group), and mTOR kinase inhibitor rapamycin group (rapamycin group). The rat model with SAP was made by injection with 5% sodium deoxycholate through retrogradely bilio pancreatic duct. Serum levels of amylase (AMY), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate transaminase (AST) were detected through the inferior vena at 6 h after modeling. Pathologic change of the liver was observed under the light microscope. TUNEL analysis was used to detect apoptotic index (AI) of the heptocyte. Expressions of Akt, phosphated-Akt (p-Akt), mTOR, phosphated-mTOR (p-mTOR) protein were evaluated by Western blot. Results ①Compared with the SO group, the serum levels of AMY, ALT, AST, and the hepatocyte AI were significantly increased among the other three groups (P < 0.05). Compared with the SAP group, the serum levels of AMY, ALT, AST, and the hepatocyte AI were significantly decreased in the LY294002 group and rapamycin group (P < 0.05).②Compared with the SO group, the damages of the liver tissues were aggravated among the other three groups. The pathologies of the liver tissues were ameliorated in the LY294002 group and rapamycin group as compared with the SAP group.③Compared with the SO group, the levels of p-Akt/Akt, p-mTOR/mTOR were significantly increased among the other three groups (P < 0.05). Compared with the SAP group, the levels of p-Akt/Akt, p-mTOR/mTOR were significantly decreased in the LY294002 group (P < 0.05), but in the rapamycin group, only the p-mTOR/mTOR level was significantly decreased (P < 0.05). Conclusion The activation of PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway might be one of the reasons for the liver injury induced by SAP and blocking this signaling pathway might be a potential target of preventing progress of SAP and alleviating liver injury induced by SAP.

Citation: OUYANGJun, ZHOUYue-xian, LIXi, ZHANGZhao-hui, NIUWan-cheng. Role of PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathway in Liver Injury Induced by Severe Acute Pancreatitis. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2015, 22(5): 555-559. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.20150148 Copy

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