PEP-1–SIRT2 inhibits inflammatory response and oxidative stress-induced cell death via expression of antioxidant enzymes in murine macrophages

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 432-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mi Jin Kim ◽  
Dae Won Kim ◽  
Jung Hwan Park ◽  
Sang Jin Kim ◽  
Chi Hern Lee ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfonso Díaz ◽  
Samuel Treviño ◽  
Jorge Guevara ◽  
Guadalupe Muñoz-Arenas ◽  
Eduardo Brambila ◽  
...  

Energy drinks (EDs) are often consumed in combination with alcohol because they reduce the depressant effects of alcohol. However, different researches suggest that chronic use of these psychoactive substances in combination with alcohol can trigger an oxidative and inflammatory response. These processes are regulated by both a reactive astrogliosis and an increase of proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-1β, TNF-α, and iNOS, causing cell death (apoptosis) at the central and peripheral nervous systems. Currently, mechanisms of toxicity caused by mixing alcohol and ED in the brain are not well known. In this study, we evaluated the effect of chronic alcohol consumption in combination with ED on inflammatory response and oxidative stress in the temporal cortex (TCx) and hippocampus (Hp) of adult rats (90 days old). Our results demonstrated that consuming a mixture of alcohol and ED for 60 days induced an increase in reactive gliosis, IL-1β, TNF-α, iNOS, reactive oxygen species, lipid peroxidation, and nitric oxide, in the TCx and Hp. We also found immunoreactivity to caspase-3 and a decrease of synaptophysin in the same brain regions. The results suggested that chronic consumption of alcohol in combination with ED causes an inflammatory response and oxidative stress, which induced cell death via apoptosis in the TCx and Hp of the adult rats.


2021 ◽  
pp. 116992
Author(s):  
Flávia Raphaela Carvalho Miranda Guedes ◽  
Camille Ferreira Maia ◽  
Breno Ricardo Serrão da Silva ◽  
Bruno Lemos Batista ◽  
Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e1258505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Moserova ◽  
Iva Truxova ◽  
Abhishek D. Garg ◽  
Jakub Tomala ◽  
Patrizia Agostinis ◽  
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Inflammation ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Henrique Costa Marques ◽  
Maria Leonildes Boavista Gomes Cast Marques ◽  
Jand-Venes R. Medeiros ◽  
Renan Oliveira Silva ◽  
André Luiz dos Reis Barbosa ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Haijun Zhao ◽  
Yanhui He

Diabetic retinopathy (DR), as a major cause of blindness worldwide, is one common complication of diabetes mellitus. Inflammatory response and oxidative stress injury of endothelial cells play significant roles in the pathogenesis of DR. The study is aimed at investigating the effects of lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) on the dysfunction of high glucose- (HG-) treated human retinal microvascular endothelial cells (HRMECs) after being cocultured with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and the underlying regulatory mechanism. Coculture of BMSCs and HRMECs was performed in transwell chambers. The activities of antioxidant-related enzymes and molecules of oxidative stress injury and the contents of inflammatory cytokines were measured by ELISA. Flow cytometry analyzed the apoptosis of treated HRMECs. HRMECs were further treated with 10-50 μg/ml LPC to investigate the effect of LPC on the dysfunction of HRMECs. Western blotting was conducted to evaluate levels of TLR4 and p-NF-κB proteins. We found that BMSCs alleviated HG-induced inflammatory response and oxidative stress injury of HRMECs. Importantly, LPC offsets the protective effects of BMSCs on inflammatory response and oxidative stress injury of HRMECs. Furthermore, LPC upregulated the protein levels of TLR4 and p-NF-κB, activating the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway. Overall, our study demonstrated that LPC offsets the protective effects of BMSCs on inflammatory response and oxidative stress injury of HRMECs via TLR4/NF-κB signaling.


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