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Apoptosis in Lymphocytes of Pancreatic Cancer Patients: Influence of Preoperative Enteral Immunonutrition and Extensive Surgery

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The mechanisms of correcting immune disorders in patients with pancreatic cancer requiring major surgery procedures by introducing perioperative immune-enhancing diet (immunonutrition) are still unclear. The purpose of our study was to investigate the effect of pancreatic cancer, extensive surgery and immunonutrition versus enteral standard nutrition on the apoptotic signaling pathways. The randomized studies were performed in 72 patients before and after pancreatic cancer resection with preoperative standard (Group I) or enteral immunonutrition (Group II). The expressions of Bcl-2, Bax, caspases-3, -9, NF-κB, PARP-1/89 kDa, TNFR1/CD120a and Fas/CD95 in peripheral blood lymphocytes were assessed by western blot analysis and flow cytometry before and on day 1, 3 and 7 after surgery. In malnourished patients before and after surgery, the expression of Bcl-2, Bax, NF-κB, PARP-1 was significantly lower, whereas the expression of caspases, as well as the percentage of cells with death receptors were significantly higher when compared with the control group. There was no difference in Bcl-2, Bax and PARP-1 expression between the control group and the patients with normal nutritional status (Group III) before surgery. In comparison to the standard nutrition, the preoperative immunonutrition increased the Bcl-2 and Bax expression inconsiderably but significantly increased the percentage of CD95- and CD120a-positive lymphocytes after surgery. In malnourished patients with pancreatic cancer, the overwhelming expression of caspases and the decrease expression of anti-apoptotic proteins may lead to inappropriate lymphocyte apoptosis and higher cell depletion. The preoperative enteral immunonutrition prevents the postoperative decrease in lymphocyte subsets, but a higher level of lymphocyte susceptibility to undergo accelerated apoptosis can also be considered.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to all patients and healthy individuals who participated in this study. This study was partially supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland (grant no. 2 PO5B 059 28 and 3068B P01).

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  1. Department of Surgical Research and Transplantology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland

    Robert Słotwiński, Waldemar Olszewski, Marzanna Zaleska, Anna Włuka & Anna Domaszewska

  2. Department of Immunology and Nutrition, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Robert Słotwiński & Sylwia Kędziora

  3. Department of General, Gastroenterological and Oncological Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Maciej Słodkowski, Gustaw Lech & Wojciech Krasnodębski

  4. The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway

    Waldemar Olszewski

  5. Department of Conservative Dentistry, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Sylwia Słotwińska

  6. Department of Human Nutrition, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Zdzisław Wójcik

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Słotwiński, R., Olszewski, W., Słodkowski, M. et al. Apoptosis in Lymphocytes of Pancreatic Cancer Patients: Influence of Preoperative Enteral Immunonutrition and Extensive Surgery. Arch. Immunol. Ther. Exp. 59, 385 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00005-011-0140-3

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