scholarly journals Targeting Mediators of Inflammation in Heart Failure: A Short Synthesis of Experimental and Clinical Results

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (23) ◽  
pp. 13053
Author(s):  
Timea Magdolna Szabo ◽  
Attila Frigy ◽  
Előd Ernő Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Signaling Pathways ◽  
Interleukin 1 ◽  
Clinical Results ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Mediators Of Inflammation ◽  
Factor Alpha ◽  
Short Synthesis ◽  
New Treatment

Inflammation has emerged as an important contributor to heart failure (HF) development and progression. Current research data highlight the diversity of immune cells, proteins, and signaling pathways involved in the pathogenesis and perpetuation of heart failure. Chronic inflammation is a major cardiovascular risk factor. Proinflammatory signaling molecules in HF initiate vicious cycles altering mitochondrial function and perturbing calcium homeostasis, therefore affecting myocardial contractility. Specific anti-inflammatory treatment represents a novel approach to prevent and slow HF progression. This review provides an update on the putative roles of inflammatory mediators involved in heart failure (tumor necrosis factor-alpha; interleukin 1, 6, 17, 18, 33) and currently available biological and non-biological therapy options targeting the aforementioned mediators and signaling pathways. We also highlight new treatment approaches based on the latest clinical and experimental research.

scholarly journals Human Cytomegalovirus Attenuates Interleukin-1β and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Proinflammatory Signaling by Inhibition of NF-κB Activation

2006 ◽  
Vol 80 (11) ◽  
pp. 5588-5598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Jarvis ◽  
Jamie A. Borton ◽  
Amy M. Keech ◽  
John Wong ◽  
William J. Britt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Necrosis Factor ◽  
Signaling Pathways ◽  
Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Human Cytomegalovirus ◽  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Interleukin 1 ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Tnf Α ◽  
Factor Alpha ◽  
Necrosis Factor

ABSTRACT Viral infection is associated with a vigorous inflammatory response characterized by cellular infiltration and release of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). In the present study, we identified a novel function of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) that results in inhibition of IL-1 and TNF-α signaling pathways. The effect on these pathways was limited to cells infected with the virus, occurred at late times of infection, and was independent of cell type or virus strain. IL-1 and TNF-α signaling pathways converge at a point upstream of NF-κB activation and involve phosphorylation and degradation of the NF-κB inhibitory molecule IκBα. The HCMV inhibition of IL-1 and TNF-α pathways corresponded to a suppression of NF-κB activation. Analysis of IκBα phosphorylation and degradation suggested that HCMV induced two independent blocks in NF-κB activation, which occurred upstream from the point of convergence of the IL-1 and TNF-α pathways. We believe that the ability of HCMV to inhibit these two major proinflammatory pathways reveals a critical aspect of HCMV biology, with possible importance for immune evasion, as well as establishment of infection in cell types persistently infected by this virus.

scholarly journals TNF-α signaling: TACE inhibition to put out the burning heart

PLoS Biology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. e3001037
Author(s):  
Gesine M. Dittrich ◽  
Joerg Heineke
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Interleukin 1 ◽  
Pressure Overload ◽  
Mechanistic Explanation ◽  
Clinical Effects ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Tnf Α ◽  
Heart Failure Progression ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Factor Alpha

More than 20 years ago, Seta and colleagues hypothesized that cytokines, which are activated by myocardial injury, significantly drive heart failure progression and would therefore be effective targets to treat cardiac dysfunction. Unfortunately, several clinical trials inhibiting key cytokines like tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin 1 beta (Il-1β) turned out negative or even revealed adverse clinical effects. Providing a potential mechanistic explanation for the ineffectiveness of TNF-α blockade in heart failure, novel findings demonstrate that the membrane-bound precursor form of TNF-α, transmembrane TNF-α (tmTNF-α), mediates cardioprotective effects during pressure overload-induced cardiac remodeling. This study suggests that preventing tmTNF-α cleavage by targeting the TNF-α converting enzyme (TACE) rather than inhibiting TNF-α signaling altogether might be a valuable therapeutic approach.

Pancreatic beta-cell-selective production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha induced by interleukin-1

Diabetes ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 1026-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Yamada ◽  
N. Takane ◽  
S. Otabe ◽  
C. Inada ◽  
M. Inoue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Necrosis Factor ◽  
Beta Cell ◽  
Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Interleukin 1 ◽  
Pancreatic Beta Cell ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Factor Alpha ◽  
Necrosis Factor

Differential effects of cytokines on thermosensitive neurons in guinea pig preoptic area slices

1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (5) ◽  
pp. R1096-R1103 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Shibata ◽  
C. M. Blatteis
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Preoptic Area ◽  
Interleukin 1 ◽  
Interleukin 1 Beta ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Firing Rates ◽  
Artificial Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Cold Sensitive ◽  
Factor Alpha ◽  
Necrosis Factor

This study was undertaken to determine whether the reported different courses of the febrile responses to the cytokines interleukin-1 beta (IL-1), interferon-alpha 2 (IFN), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) might have neuroelectrophysiological correlates. The reactions of individual thermosensitive neurons in the preoptic area (POA) were evaluated by recording their extracellular single-unit firing rates (FR) in slices of guinea pig POA perfused with artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF), human recombinant IL-1 (50-500 ng), IFN (1,000-8,000 U), and TNF (400-5,000 ng) (all doses per min/ml aCSF); thermosensitivity was assessed by FR responses to changes of perfusate temperature (32-42 degrees C). Overall, these cytokines depressed the FR of warm-sensitive units and excited those of cold-sensitive units, in agreement with expectations. However, the responses of individual neurons treated with two or all three cytokines were dissimilar: 61% of the units tested reacted differentially to two or three cytokines, 32% exhibited identical responses, and 7% had no response to any cytokine. These results support the possibility that IL-1, IFN, and TNF may affect not the same but rather distinct neurons functionally connected to common pyrogenic effectors. Thus they suggest that differential neuronal substrates may be utilized by each cytokine to exert its pyrogenic effect.

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