RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Peripancreatic fat necrosis worsens acute pancreatitis independent of pancreatic necrosis via unsaturated fatty acids increased in human pancreatic necrosis collections JF Gut JO Gut FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology SP 100 OP 111 DO 10.1136/gutjnl-2014-308043 VO 65 IS 1 A1 Pawan Noel A1 Krutika Patel A1 Chandra Durgampudi A1 Ram N Trivedi A1 Cristiane de Oliveira A1 Michael D Crowell A1 Rahul Pannala A1 Kenneth Lee A1 Randall Brand A1 Jennifer Chennat A1 Adam Slivka A1 Georgios I Papachristou A1 Asif Khalid A1 David C Whitcomb A1 James P DeLany A1 Rachel A Cline A1 Chathur Acharya A1 Deepthi Jaligama A1 Faris M Murad A1 Dhiraj Yadav A1 Sarah Navina A1 Vijay P Singh YR 2016 UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/65/1/100.abstract AB Background and aims Peripancreatic fat necrosis occurs frequently in necrotising pancreatitis. Distinguishing markers from mediators of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is important since targeting mediators may improve outcomes. We evaluated potential agents in human pancreatic necrotic collections (NCs), pseudocysts (PCs) and pancreatic cystic neoplasms and used pancreatic acini, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and an acute pancreatitis (AP) model to determine SAP mediators.Methods We measured acinar and PBMC injury induced by agents increased in NCs and PCs. Outcomes of caerulein pancreatitis were studied in lean rats coadministered interleukin (IL)-1β and keratinocyte chemoattractant/growth-regulated oncogene, triolein alone or with the lipase inhibitor orlistat.Results NCs had higher fatty acids, IL-8 and IL-1β versus other fluids. Lipolysis of unsaturated triglyceride and resulting unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) oleic and linoleic acids induced necro-apoptosis at less than half the concentration in NCs but other agents did not do so at more than two times these concentrations. Cytokine coadministration resulted in higher pancreatic and lung inflammation than caerulein alone, but only triolein coadministration caused peripancreatic fat stranding, higher cytokines, UFAs, multisystem organ failure (MSOF) and mortality in 97% animals, which were prevented by orlistat.Conclusions UFAs, IL-1β and IL-8 are elevated in NCs. However, UFAs generated via peripancreatic fat lipolysis causes worse inflammation and MSOF, converting mild AP to SAP.