Sequential connective matrix changes in experimental acute pancreatitis. An immunohistochemical and biochemical assessment in the rat

摘要

The effects of acute pancreatitis on the rat pancreatic connective tissue matrix were studied following intraductal pancreatic injection of trypsin solution and serial killing of the animals. Pancreatic tissue was examined using light microscopy, hydroxyproline measurement and indirect immunofluorescence, using antibodies against collagen types I, III, IV, procollagen III, fibronectin and laminin. Light microscopy revealed that acute pancreatitis was present for up to four days after injection and that perilobular and intralobular fibrosis appeared at four days and subsequently regressed.