Figure 1

Daphnetin can ameliorate pancreatic injury and inflammation in mice with SAP. (A). Hematoxylin and eosin staining of the pancreas tissue, the magnification of each histological images were × 200. Scoring of (B) tissue edema, (C) inflammatory cell infiltration, (D) acinar cell necrosis, and (E) overall histopathological score were conducted blindly by experienced pathologists. Blood was collected 24 h after the first injection of l-arginine, the serum levels of amylase (F), lipase (G), TNF-α(H) and IL-6 (I) were detected by ELISA kits. The histograms were created using GraphPad 5 software(GraphPad Prism 5.01 http://www.xdowns.com/soft/xdowns2009.asp?softid=49668&downid=60&id=52443).CON group, l-arginine vehicle + daphnetin vehicle; SAP group, l-arginine + daphnetin vehicle; DAP group, l-arginine vehicle + daphnetin; SAP + DAP group, l-arginine + daphnetin. Data are presented as the mean ± SD. n = 6 /group. **P < 0.01 versus CON group; ##P < 0.01 versus SAP group, n.s.P > 0.05 versus CON group. Scale bars: 50 μm.