Research Article

Dopamine D2 Receptor Signaling Attenuates Acinar Cell Necroptosis in Acute Pancreatitis through the Cathepsin B/TFAM/ROS Pathway

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Inhibition of CTSB with CA-074Me mitigated the severity of caerulein and LPS-induced pancreatitis. AP was induced by caerulein and LPS. CA-074Me was administered intraperitoneally 0.5 h before the injection of caerulein. (a) Representative graphs of H&E-stained pancreatic tissue (=6 per group, scale bar 100 μm). (b) Histological scores from caerulein plus LPS-induced pancreatitis (=6 per group). (c) Serum amylase and (d) lipase detected by ELISA (=6 per group). (e) Expression of TNF-α and IL-1β in pancreas detected by RT-qPCR (=6 per group). (f, g) Immunoblot analysis and quantification of RIP3, p-MLKL, and MLKL proteins of pancreas in mice treated with caerulein plus LPS (=4 per group). , , and .
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