Portal but not peripheral serum levels of interleukin 6 could interfere with glucose metabolism in patients with pancreatic cancer
| Autor: | L Brigato, Daniela Basso, Maria Grazia Piva, Mario Plebani, A. Corsini, Claudio Pasquali, Paola Fogar, Massimo De Paoli, F Galeotti |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
Male
medicine.medical_specialty Pancreatic disease Clinical Biochemistry Biochemistry chemistry.chemical_compound Pancreatic cancer Internal medicine Diabetes mellitus medicine Diabetes Mellitus Humans Amylase Neoplasm Metastasis Interleukin 6 Aged Aged 80 and over Creatinine biology business.industry Interleukin-6 Biochemistry (medical) General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Pancreatic Neoplasms Portal System medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology Glucose chemistry Liver Pancreatitis Blood Circulation Chronic Disease biology.protein Female Pancreas business |
| Zdroj: | Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry. 277(2) |
| ISSN: | 0009-8981 |
| Popis: | Interleukin 6 (IL-6), an autocrine growth factor for many tumors, seems to favour tumor spread to the liver. Our aims were first to evaluate the pattern of portal and systemic IL-6 levels in patients with pancreatic cancer (PC, n =18) and chronic pancreatitis (CP, n =22) compared with controls (CS, n =20); and second, to ascertain whether there was any relation between IL-6 levels and tumor spread or PC-associated Diabetes mellitus. For all subjects, a fasting serum sample was obtained from a cubital vein; a portal serum sample was obtained from nine PC and three CP patients. In cubital and portal sera we measured IL-6, interleukin 1 beta (IL-1b), CA 19-9, c-reactive protein (CRP) and amylase. Systemic IL-6 levels were significantly higher in PC patients than in CS. In PC, portal IL-6 levels were significantly higher than the corresponding systemic values. The same pattern was found in the three CP patients, whereas IL-1b, CA 19-9, CRP and amylase portal levels were the same as systemic values. No correlation was found between PC stage and systemic or portal IL-6 levels. Portal IL-6 levels were correlated with the corresponding fasting serum glucose values. A significant correlation was found between IL-6 values and CRP, ALT, total bilirubin, GGT and creatinine, but not amylase. In conclusion: (1) Portal IL-6, which is partly of pancreatic origin, is first metabolised in the liver; (2) Systemic IL-6 reflects hepatic and renal functions rather than local conditions in the pancreas; (3) IL-6 does not appear to influence PC spread; (4) IL-6, which is released in large amounts by the inflamed pancreas, may contribute to determining diabetes, thus interfering with the signal transducing pathways involved in glucose metabolism in liver cells. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
Full Text from ScienceDirect