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- Title
Anti-inflammatory effects of dimemorfan on inflammatory cells and LPS-induced endotoxin shock in mice.
- Authors
Wang, Y.-H.; Shen, Y.-C.; Liao, J.-F.; Li, C.-H.; Chou, C.-Y.; Liou, K.-T.; Chou, Y.-C.; Lee, C-H
- Abstract
<bold>Background and Purpose: </bold>Dimemorfan (a sigma1 receptor agonist) showed neuroprotective properties in animal models of inflammation-mediated neurodegenerative conditions, but its effects on inflammatory cells and systemic inflammation remain unclear.<bold>Experimental Approach: </bold>The effects of dimemorfan on phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA)- and N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP)- induced neutrophils and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated microglial cells, as well as LPS-induced endotoxin shock in mice were elucidated.<bold>Key Results: </bold>Dimemorfan decreased PMA- and fMLP-induced production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and CD11b expression in neutrophils, through mechanisms independent of sigma1 receptors, possibly by blocking ROS production and G-protein-mediated intracellular calcium increase. Dimemorfan also inhibited LPS-induced ROS and nitric oxide (NO) production, as well as that of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), by inhibition of NADPH oxidase (NOX) activity and suppression of iNOS up-regulation through interfering with nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-kappaB) signalling in microglial cells. Treatment in vivo with dimemorfan (1 and 5 mg kg(-1), i.p., at three successive times after LPS) decreased plasma TNF-alpha, and neutrophil infiltration and oxidative stress in the lung and liver.<bold>Conclusions and Implications: </bold>Our results suggest that dimemorfan acts via sigma1 receptor-independent mechanisms to modulate intracellular calcium increase, NOX activity, and NF-kappaB signalling, resulting in inhibition of iNOS expression and NO production, and production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. These effects may contribute its anti-inflammatory action and protective effects against endotoxin shock in mice.
- Subjects
INFLAMMATION; MICE; ENDOTOXINS; CYTOKINES; NEUTROPHILS
- Publication
British Journal of Pharmacology, 2008, Vol 154, Issue 6, p1327
- ISSN
0007-1188
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1038/bjp.2008.202