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- Title
Low-Dose Ribavirin Treatments Attenuate Neuroinflammatory Activation of BV-2 Cells by Interfering with Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase.
- Authors
Bozic, Iva; Savic, Danijela; Jovanovic, Marija; Bjelobaba, Ivana; Nedeljkovic, Nadezda; Stojiljkovic, Mirjana; Pekovic, Sanja; Lavrnja, Irena; Laketa, Danijela
- Abstract
Microglia play a key role in defending central nervous system from various internal and external threats. However, their excessive and/or chronic activation is associated with deleterious effects in a variety of neurodegenerative diseases. Previously, we have shown that ribavirin when applied in clinically relevant dosage (10 µM) modulates activated microglia in complex fashion inducing both anti- and proinflammatory effects, simultaneously causing cytotoxicity. Here, we examined potential of low-dose ribavirin (0.1 and 1 µM) to modulate activated BV-2 microglia. Morphological and functional activation of BV-2 cells was achieved with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. Our results demonstrated that low-dose ribavirin did not induce cell death, while 10 µM ribavirin promoted LPS induced apoptosis. We determined that 1 µM ribavirin was equally efficient in deactivation of LPS induced morphological changes as 10 µM ribavirin treatment. Ribavirin showed halfway success in reducing markers of functional activation of microglia. Namely, none of the doses had effect on LPS triggered production of proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha. On the other hand, low-dose ribavirin proved its effectiveness in reduction of another inflammatory mediator, nitric oxide, by inhibiting inducible form of nitric oxide synthase. Our results imply that low-dose ribavirin may alleviate nitrosative stress during neuroinflammation.
- Subjects
MICROGLIA; CENTRAL nervous system; RIBAVIRIN; NEURODEGENERATION; TUMOR necrosis factors
- Publication
Analytical Cellular Pathology: Cellular Oncology, 2015, Vol 2015, p1
- ISSN
2210-7177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2015/923614