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Zamai L. Hypothesis: Efficacy of early treatments with some NSAIDs in COVID-19: Might it also depend on their direct and/or indirect zinc chelating ability? Br J Pharmacol 2023; 180:279-286. [PMID: 36482040 PMCID: PMC9877557 DOI: 10.1111/bph.15989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The present work argues for the involvement of the zinc chelating ability of some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as an additive mechanism able to increase their efficacy against COVID-19.
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- Loris Zamai
- Department of Biomolecular SciencesUniversity of Urbino Carlo BoUrbinoItaly,National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)—Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS)L'AquilaItaly
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Kadimaliev DA, Shutova VV, Telyatnik VI, Revin VV, Kezina EV, Kudayeva TV. Relation between ligninolytic and phospholipase activities in the fungus Lentinus tigrinus. Microbiology (Reading) 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261714040079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Conceivable difference in the anti-inflammatory mechanisms of lipocortins 1 and 5. Mediators Inflamm 2012; 2:109-13. [PMID: 18475511 PMCID: PMC2365392 DOI: 10.1155/s0962935193000158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/1993] [Accepted: 01/21/1993] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Human recombinant lipocortins (LCT) 1 and 5 have been expressed in a yeast secretion vector and purified by ion exchange chromatography. The action of the proteins has been investigated in two models of experimental acute inflammation in the rat: carrageenin induced paw oedema and zymosan induced pleurisy. The effects of the proteins on PGE(2) release in vitro by rat macrophages stimulated with zymosan and on rat neutrophil chemotaxis induced by FMLP have also been assessed. LCT-1 significantly inhibited both paw swelling in carrageenin oedema and leukocyte migration in zymosan pleurisy. Moreover it showed a dose dependent, inhibitory effect on PGE(2) release. Neutrophil chemotaxis was only weakly affected by LCT-1. Conversely LCT-5 did not reduce carrageenin oedema and slightly inhibited PGE(2) release, but showed profound, dose dependent inhibitory activity on leukocyte migration in zymosan pleurisy and on neutrophil chemotaxis. These data suggest that LCT-1 acts mainly by interfering with arachidonic acid metabolism via the inhibition of phospholipase A(2). The anti-inflammatory activity of LCT-5, at variance with LCT-1, may be due to a direct effect on cell motility in addition to the interference with arachidonic acid metabolism.
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Glucocorticoids as cytokine inhibitors: role in neuroendocrine control and therapy of inflammatory diseases. Mediators Inflamm 2012; 2:263-70. [PMID: 18475532 PMCID: PMC2365417 DOI: 10.1155/s0962935193000365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/1993] [Accepted: 05/03/1993] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Glucocorticoids are potent inhibitors of inflammation and endotoxic shock. This probably occurs through an inhibition of the synthesis of pro-inflammatory cytokines as well as of many of their toxic activities. Therefore, endogenous glucocorticoids (GC) might represent a major mechanism in the control of cytokine mediated pathologies. GC inhibit the synthesis of cytokines in various experimental models. Adrenalectomy or GC antagonists potentiate TNF, IL-1 and IL-6 production in LPS treated mice. GC inhibit the formation of arachidonic acid metabolites and the induction of NO synthase. They also inhibit various activities of cytokines including toxicity, haemodynamic shock and fever. Adrenalectomy sensitizes to the toxic effects of LPS, TNF and IL-1. On the other hand, GC potentiate the synthesis of several cytokine induced APP by the liver. Since many of these proteins have anti-toxic activities (antioxidant, antiprotease etc.) or bind cytokines, this might well represent a GC mediated protective feedback mechanism involving the liver. Not only do GC inhibit cytokines, but in vivo LPS and various cytokines (TNF, IL-1, IL-6) increase blood GC levels through a central mechanism involving the activation of the HPA. Thus, this neuroendocrine response to cytokines constitutes an important immunoregulatory feedback involving the brain.
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Busch L, Miozza V, Sterin-Borda L, Borda E. Increased leukotriene concentration in submandibular glands from rats with experimental periodontitis. Inflamm Res 2009; 58:423-30. [PMID: 19347252 DOI: 10.1007/s00011-009-0008-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2008] [Revised: 11/20/2008] [Accepted: 12/15/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN In the present study, we investigated the relation between the inflammatory mediators such as nitric oxide, prostaglandins, and cysteinyl-leukotrienes with mucin release and the sympathetic system in submandibular glands from rats with experimental periodontitis. MATERIALS OR SUBJECTS Submandibular glands from rats with experimental periodontitis. TREATMENT For the first experiment, rats were treated with hydrocortisone sc, 1 mg/kg for 3 days. All other experiments were carried out in isolated submandibular glands from untreated rats. Submandibular glands were treated with cysteinyl-leukotrienes, isoproterenol, NDGA, FPL 55712, L-NMMA, Nio, Nz, AMG, indomethacin, DuP 697 and atenolol. METHODS Nitric oxide synthase activity, prostaglandin and cysteinyl-leukotriene productions and mucin secretion were determined. The Newman-Keuls statistical test was applied after analysis of variance. RESULTS In rats with periodontitis hydrocortisone-induced a 36.6% (P < 0.05) decrease in mucin release. Only cysteinyl-leukotriene production was increased in rats with ligature (79.2%, P < 0.001). Either the inhibition of cysteinyl-leukotriene production or the block of leukotriene receptor abolished the increase in mucin secretion by 25.6% (P < 0.05) and 37% (P < 0.01), respectively, in glands from rats with ligature. On the other hand, the presence of cysteinyl-leukotrienes in the incubation medium induced mucin release from submandibular glands. Atenolol diminished by 24% (P < 0.05), the increase in cysteinyl-leukotrienes observed in rats with periodontitis. Besides, isoproterenol induced cysteinyl-leukotriene production in both groups. CONCLUSION In submandibular glands from rats with periodontitis, the increment in mucin release and cysteinyl-leukotrienes production are related events and both are associated with the sympathetic system.
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- Lucila Busch
- Pharmacology Unit, School of Dentistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Interaction of hydrocortisone with ATP and adenosine on nerve-mediated contractions of frog skeletal muscle. Eur J Pharmacol 2009; 607:54-9. [PMID: 19239911 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2008] [Accepted: 02/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The inhibitory effects of ATP and adenosine on the nerve-mediated contractile responses of isolated sartorius muscle of the frog, Rana ridibunda, evoked by electrical field stimulation (EFS) were studied using pharmacological organ-bath technique. The effects of hydrocortisone applied in vitro and in vivo on contractility of sartorius muscle were also examined. ATP (100 microM) significantly reduced the amplitude of contraction to EFS of sartorius muscle, while pyridoxalphosphate-6-azonphenyl-2',4'-disulfonic acid (PPADS; 10 microM), a P2 receptor antagonist, abolished inhibitory effect of ATP. A similar inhibitory effect of adenosine (100 microM) was fully antagonized by 8-(p-sulfophenyl)-theophylline (8-SPT, 100 microM), a P1 receptor antagonist. Incubation of the tissue with hydrocortisone (10 microM) caused a slight, but significant, decrease of muscle contractions. After incubation of muscle preparations with both hydrocortisone and ATP, no inhibition of muscle contractility was registered. A single injection of hydrocortisone (100 mg/kg) 12 h prior to experiments to frogs did not significantly change the nerve-mediated contractility of isolated sartorius muscle; however, it abolished the inhibitory action of ATP without changing inhibitory activity of adenosine. After treatment of frogs with hydrocortisone for 14 days (100 mg/kg/day), both ATP and adenosine retained their inhibitory action on EFS-induced contractions of the muscle, and their effects were antagonized by PPADS and 8-SPT, respectively. It is concluded that hydrocortisone has antagonistic actions against the inhibitory effects of ATP at the frog neuromuscular junction, although this effect is lost following long-term treatment with hydrocortisone.
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Palmi M, Meini A. Role of the nitric oxide/cyclic GMP/Ca2+ signaling pathway in the pyrogenic effect of interleukin-1beta. Mol Neurobiol 2002; 25:133-47. [PMID: 11936556 DOI: 10.1385/mn:25:2:133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) has a wide spectrum of inflammatory, metabolic, haemopoietic, and immunological properties. Because it produces fever when injected into animals and humans, it is considered an endogenous pyrogen. There is evidence to suggest that Ca2+ plays a critical role in the central mechanisms of thermoregulation, and in the intracellular signaling pathways controlling fever induced by IL-1beta and other pyrogens. Data from different labs indicate that Ca2+ and Na+ determine the temperature set point in the posterior hypothalamus (PH) of various mammals and that changes in Ca2+ and PGE2 concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of these animals are associated with IL-1beta-induced fever. Antipyretic drugs such as acetylsalicylic acid, dexamethasone, and lipocortin 5-(204-212) peptide counteract IL-1beta-induced fever and abolish changes in Ca2+ and PGE2 concentrations in CSF. In vitro studies have established that activation of the nitric oxide (NO)/cyclic GMP (cGMP) pathway is part of the signaling cascade transducing Ca2+ mobilization in response to IL-1beta and that the ryanodine (RY)- and inositol-(1,4,5)-trisphosphate (IP3)-sensitive pools are the main source of the mobilized Ca2+. It is concluded that the NO/cGMP/Ca2+ pathway is part of the signaling cascade subserving some of the multiple functions of IL-1beta.
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- Mitri Palmi
- Istituto di Scienze Farmacologiche, Università di Siena, Italy.
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Zhao J, Sharma Y, Agarwal R. Significant inhibition by the flavonoid antioxidant silymarin against 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate-caused modulation of antioxidant and inflammatory enzymes, and cyclooxygenase 2 and interleukin-1? expression in SENCAR mouse epidermis: Implications in the prevention of stage I tumor promotion. Mol Carcinog 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2744(199912)26:4<321::aid-mc11>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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de Boer AG, Breimer DD. Cytokines and blood-brain barrier permeability. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1998; 115:425-51. [PMID: 9632945 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)62045-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- A G de Boer
- Division of Pharmacology, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratories, The Netherlands
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Bastian BC, Schacht RJ, Kämpgen E, Bröcker EB. Phospholipase A2 is secreted by murine keratinocytes after stimulation with IL-1 alpha and TNF-alpha. Arch Dermatol Res 1996; 288:147-52. [PMID: 8967783 DOI: 10.1007/bf02505824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Phospholipase A2 (PLA2)-catalysed liberation of arachidonic acid is the rate-limiting step in the generation of the lipid mediators prostaglandins and leukotrienes. PLA2 regulation thus represents a pivotal mechanism in the pathogenesis of inflammation. In this study we investigated the effects of TNF alpha and IL-1 alpha on PLA2 activity in cultured murine keratinocytes. Starting 18 h after stimulation, PLA2 activity increased significantly by about 250-320%) in the supernatants and in the cell pellets. This effect was completely inhibited either by preincubation of the cells with dexamethasone 48 h before stimulation or by coincubation with actinomycin D. PLA2 activity detected in the supernatants was blocked by reduction with dithiothreitol, whereas the PLA2 activity in the pellets was dithiothreitol-resistant. We conclude that in murine keratinocytes IL-1 alpha induce de novo synthesis and release of a secretory PLA2 and the induction of a different PLA2 activity in the cytosol. These findings indicate a crucial link between early cytokine effects and the initiation of the lipid mediator cascade in keratinocytes. The observation that PLA2 induction could be completely inhibited by preincubation with dexamethasone allows new insights into the mechanism of steroid effects on epidermal inflammation and renders PLA2 regulation an interesting therapeutic target.
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- B C Bastian
- Department of Dermatology, University of Würzburg, Medical School, Germany
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Rühl A, Berezin I, Collins SM. Involvement of eicosanoids and macrophage-like cells in cytokine-mediated changes in rat myenteric nerves. Gastroenterology 1995; 109:1852-62. [PMID: 7498650 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(95)90752-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Proinflammatory cytokines alter function in enteric nerves, but little is known about underlying mechanisms. This study was designed to investigate the roles of prostanoids and of macrophage-like cells in cytokine-induced suppression of [3H]norepinephrine release from rat myenteric plexus. METHODS The release of 3H from jejunal longitudinal muscle-myenteric plexus preparations that had been loaded with [3H]norepinephrine was measured. Measurements of 3H release as well as concentrations of prostaglandin E2 and leukotriene were made in preparations exposed to interleukin 1 beta plus interleukin 6 and in the presence or absence of piroxicam, 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor MK886, cycloheximide, or cyclosporin A. An ultrastructural analysis was also performed to investigate the presence of macrophage-like cells in the myenteric plexus. RESULTS Interleukin 1 beta plus interleukin 6 suppressed 3H release and caused an increase in tissue prostaglandin E2 but not leukotriene E4. Piroxicam and cycloheximide but not MK886 attenuated the cytokine-induced increase in prostaglandin E2 and the suppression of [3H]norepinephrine release. Ultrastructural analysis showed macrophage-like cells in the plexus, and the cytokine effects were inhibited by cyclosporin A. CONCLUSIONS Prostanoids but not leukotrienes mediate the cytokine-induced suppression of norepinephrine release, and the results of this study suggest that macrophage-like cells are also involved.
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- A Rühl
- Intestinal Disease Research Program, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Katiyar SK, Rupp CO, Korman NJ, Agarwal R, Mukhtar H. Inhibition of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate and other skin tumor-promoter-caused induction of epidermal interleukin-1 alpha mRNA and protein expression in SENCAR mice by green tea polyphenols. J Invest Dermatol 1995; 105:394-8. [PMID: 7665919 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12321030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Recent studies have shown that topical application of the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) to murine skin results in increased expression of the highly inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-1 alpha in the epidermis. This has led to the suggestion that IL-1 alpha directly or indirectly mediates the inflammatory and hyperplastic responses elicited by TPA and possibly by other skin tumor promoters. In the current study, we investigated the effect of skin application of a polyphenolic fraction isolated from green tea (GTP) to SENCAR mice on skin tumor-promoter-caused induction of cutaneous edema and hyperplasia, and IL-1 alpha mRNA expression. Pretreatment of the skin with GTP 30 min before that of anthralin, benzoyl peroxide, mezerein, and TPA resulted in a significant (p < 0.05) inhibition of cutaneous edema and epidermal hyperplasia caused by each of these tumor promoters. Northern blot analysis indicated that topical application of TPA, anthralin, mezerein, or benzoyl peroxide to SENCAR mice resulted in an increased expression of epidermal IL-1 alpha mRNA. Pretreatment of the skin with GTP or individual epicatechin derivatives (ECDs) present therein, 30 min before that of TPA, resulted in a significant inhibition of enhanced expression of epidermal IL-1 alpha mRNA caused by skin application of TPA. These inhibitory effects were found to be dependent on the dose of GTP. Among four epicatechin derivatives present in GTP, (-)-epicatechin-3-gallate and (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate were more effective than (-)-epigallocatechin and (-)-epicatechin in affording this inhibition. Preapplication of GTP was also found to afford inhibition against anthralin-, benzoyl peroxide-, and mezerein-caused increased expression of epidermal IL-1 alpha mRNA and protein. Our study suggests that the inhibition of tumor-promoter-induced IL-1 alpha mRNA and protein expression in mouse epidermis by green tea in combination with other inhibitory effects may be responsible for the anti-tumor-promoting and anti-inflammatory effects of GTP.
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- S K Katiyar
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, OH 44106, USA
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Palmi M, Frosini M, Becherucci C, Sgaragli GP, Parente L. Increase of extracellular brain calcium involved in interleukin-1 beta-induced pyresis in the rabbit: antagonism by dexamethasone. Br J Pharmacol 1994; 112:449-52. [PMID: 8075863 PMCID: PMC1910332 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994.tb13093.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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1. This study investigates the role of extracellular brain calcium in the hyperthermia induced by interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta). 2. Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of IL-1 beta (12.5 ng kg-1) in rabbits caused a prompt and sustained rise in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]) followed by enhanced prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) release and hyperthermia. 3. A linear and significant correlation was observed between the increase in [Ca2+] induced by IL-1 beta and the rise in body temperature. 4. Ventriculo-cisternal perfusion with artificial CSF containing the calcium chelator EGTA (1.3 mM) blocked the IL-1-induced PGE2 release and countered the febrile response. 5. I.c.v. administration of dexamethasone (Dex) (2.4 and 24 micrograms kg-1) 100 min prior to IL-1 beta, dose-dependently antagonized the cytokine-induced Ca2+ increase, the PGE2 release and the febrile response. 6. These results suggest that changes in extracellular brain calcium are involved in the regulation of body temperature. In this light, the antipyretic action of Dex may be related to its effect on Ca2+ uptake.
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- M Palmi
- Istituto di Scienze Farmacologiche, Università di Siena, Italy
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Serres M, Viac J, Comera C, Schmitt D. Expression of annexin I in freshly isolated human epidermal cells and in cultured keratinocytes. Arch Dermatol Res 1994; 286:268-72. [PMID: 8060156 DOI: 10.1007/bf00387599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Annexin I belongs to a newly characterized family of intracellular proteins involved in the regulation of the production of inflammatory lipid mediators such as prostaglandins and leucotrienes. Annexin I (named p35, lipocortin I or calpactin II) was initially described as a protein inducible by glucocorticoids. In the skin, the role of annexins has still not been elucidated. In the study reported here we investigated the expression of annexin I both in freshly isolated epidermal cells and in cultured keratinocytes using immunofluorescence, FACS analysis and immunoblotting techniques. Using epidermal cells freshly isolated from normal skin, annexin I was detected by double immunostaining mainly in basal and suprabasal keratinocytes. Langerhans cells isolated from Ficoll gradient were faintly stained compared with keratinocytes. Annexin I was also highly expressed in keratinocytes maintained in culture in a serum-free medium without hydrocortisone. By confocal microscopy, annexin I was shown to be mainly localized in the cytoplasm of the cells. The protein was characterized by Western blot and immunoprecipitation as a 35-kDa protein in freshly isolated epidermal cells and cultured keratinocytes. Results from in vivo studies confirmed the presence of annexin I in the basal and suprabasal layers of normal human skin with modified reactivity patterns in hyperproliferative lesions.
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- M Serres
- INSERM Unité 346, Clin. Dermatologique Hôpital E. Herriot, Lyon, France
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Palla E, Bensi G, Solito E, Buonamassa D, Fassina G, Raugei G, Spano F, Galeotti C, Mora M, Domenighini M. Loop substitution as a tool to identify active sites of interleukin-1 beta. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)38675-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Lee WY, Fischer SM, Butler AP, Locniskar MF. Modulation of interleukin-1 alpha mRNA expression in mouse epidermis by tumor promoters and antagonists. Mol Carcinog 1993; 7:26-35. [PMID: 8435107 DOI: 10.1002/mc.2940070106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Increased expression of interleukin-1 (IL-1) in skin elicits a variety of responses, including inflammation and epidermal hyperplasia, which are also characteristic events elicited by tumor promoters. The goal of this study was to investigate whether various classes of tumor promoters increase expression of IL-1 alpha and whether phorbol ester-induced IL-1 alpha expression can be blocked by antitumor promoters. Northern analysis of mRNA isolated from the dorsal skins of SENCAR mice treated with 1 microgram of 4 beta-12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) showed that a single application of TPA produced a significant increase in IL-1 alpha mRNA at 6 h that decreased by 24 h after treatment. Two treatments of TPA at 48-h intervals induced, at 6 h, twice as much IL-1 alpha mRNA as one treatment. Of the other promoters tested, anthralin (22.6 micrograms), mezerein (2 micrograms), calcium ionophore A23187 (120 micrograms), and benzoyl peroxide (20 mg) induced IL-1 alpha mRNA with different kinetics and to different extents. On the other hand, the non-tumor promoting phorbol ester analogue 4 alpha-12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate had little effect on the expression of IL-1 alpha mRNA. The effects of various antitumor promoters on TPA-induced IL-1 alpha mRNA expression were also assessed. Fluocinolone acetonide, mepacrine, and 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraynoic acid were the most effective inhibitors, and each produced about 80% inhibition. Other antitumor promoters such as retinoic acid, N-tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone, and butylated hydroxytoluene inhibited approximately 35%, 65%, and 50% of TPA-induced IL-1 alpha mRNA expression, respectively. Therefore, this study suggests a possible role of IL-1 alpha in the promotion stage of skin carcinogenesis.
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- W Y Lee
- Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas, Austin
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Bull HA, Dowd PM. Prostaglandin synthetase, interleukin 1 and inflammation in the skin. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 1992; 46:167-73. [PMID: 1508950 DOI: 10.1016/0952-3278(92)90066-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- H A Bull
- Department of Dermatology, UCMSM, Middlesex Hospital, London, UK
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- P Preziosi
- Department of Pharmacology, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
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Perretti M, Solito E, Parente L. Evidence that endogenous interleukin-1 is involved in leukocyte migration in acute experimental inflammation in rats and mice. AGENTS AND ACTIONS 1992; 35:71-8. [PMID: 1509980 DOI: 10.1007/bf01990954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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As a putative mediator of inflammation interleukin-1 has been implicated in the recruitment of leukocytes during the early stages of the inflammatory reaction. In the present report we have investigated the release of endogenous IL-1 in the rat zymosan pleurisy and in the mouse zymosan peritonitis. In both cases the release of the cytokine was maximal 4 hours after zymosan injection and appeared to be time-related to neutrophil migration into the inflammatory site. The effect of in vivo treatment with dexamethasone in rat pleurisy and with polyclonal anti-murine IL-1 beta antibody in mouse peritonitis was also assessed. The steroid reduced both cell migration and the release of IL-1-like activity as well as the formation of exudate and the release of eicosanoids. The anti-IL-1 beta serum inhibited selectively the number of neutrophil that migrated to the inflamed site (approximately 40%) and the IL-1 activity recovered in (approximately 70%) the exudate. In vitro incubation of the inflammatory exudate with polyclonal anti-murine IL-1 alpha or anti-murine IL-1 beta sera allowed the identification of the IL-1 species present. In the rat pleurisy IL-1 biological activity was mainly due to the alpha species, whereas IL-1 beta was the only species apparently present in the mouse peritoneal exudate.
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- M Perretti
- Sclavo Research Centre, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Siena, Italy
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Therapy with topical corticosteroids has improved greatly in recent years due to both advanced understanding of their mode of action and awareness of their side effects, as well as newly developed derivatives with specifically designed pharmacological properties. Paradoxically, the fear of using corticosteroids has increased on the part of the public during the same period. Treatment of inflammatory or neoplastic skin disorders with topical corticosteroids can be both successful and safe only if certain points are clarified before it is begun. These include (a) specific diagnosis, (b) choice of strength of the compound needed for control of the disease, (c) time schedule for length of therapy and planned patient visits, and (d) choice of vehicle adequate to the skin lesion. Topical corticosteroids of different potency are available today; one can classify these into four groups (weak, medium, strong, very strong) and use them in a patient-tailored treatment. When large areas are to be treated, systemic side effects must be taken into consideration, and compounds that are degraded quickly after absorption are recommended. Finally, the corticophobia of many patients must be addressed by careful information to ensure compliance. Using these guidelines, treatment with corticosteroids is highly effective, easy to use by the patient, and allows a maximum of safety.
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- W Sterry
- Department of Dermatology, University of Ulm, Federal Republic of Germany
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Perretti M, Becherucci C, Mugridge KG, Solito E, Silvestri S, Parente L. A novel anti-inflammatory peptide from human lipocortin 5. Br J Pharmacol 1991; 103:1327-32. [PMID: 1832064 PMCID: PMC1908345 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1991.tb09788.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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1. A novel anti-inflammatory peptide (residues 204-212) of human recombinant lipocortin 5 (hrLC5) found on the high similarity region with uteroglobin is described. 2. Peptide 204-212 dose-dependently inhibited the contractions of rat isolated stomach strips elicited by porcine pancreatic phospholipase A2 (PLA2). Contractions caused by arachidonic acid (AA), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and 5-hydroxytryptamine were not affected. No direct enzyme inhibition was observed in a radiochemical assay. 3. PGE2 release by both human fibroblasts and rat macrophages was reduced by peptide 204-212 in a dose-dependent manner. 4. The development of carrageenin-induced oedema in rats was significantly inhibited by the local administration of peptide 204-212. 5. The pattern and potency of the biological effects of peptide 204-212 are similar to those of antiflammin 2, a lipocortin 1-derived peptide. 6. It is suggested that peptide 204-212 may represent the active site responsible for the anti-inflammatory properties of lipocortin 5.
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- M Perretti
- Sclavo Research Centre, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Siena, Italy
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Frey BM, Frey FJ, Lingappa VR, Trachsel H. Expression of human recombinant lipocortin I in a wheat-germ cell-free system and Xenopus oocytes. Lipocortin is not secreted. Biochem J 1991; 275 ( Pt 1):219-25. [PMID: 1826832 PMCID: PMC1150199 DOI: 10.1042/bj2750219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Lipocortin I has been presumed to be synthesized and secreted in response to glucocorticoids yet the amino acid sequence of lipocortin I reveals no signal sequence typically necessary for proteins to enter the secretory pathway. The translocation of lipocortin I across membranes was analyzed in a cell-free system and in Xenopus oocytes. Based on the published sequence, the cDNA of human lipocortin I was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Lipocortin I was purified and used to raise monoclonal antibodies. To test whether lipocortin I is secreted in vitro, transcribed lipocortin mRNA was translated in a wheat germ cell-free system in the absence and presence of microsomal membranes. Prolactin mRNA was used as a control for translocation of newly synthesized protein into membrane vesicles. Prolactin, but not lipocortin I, was translocated into the membranes. To test for secretion of lipocortin I in vivo, Xenopus oocytes were co-injected with transcripts encoding lipocortin I and prolactin, with and without the signal sequence. Prolactin with the signal sequence was released into the medium. However, neither prolactin without a signal sequence nor lipocortin I was released. Carbonate extraction, using an integral transmembrane protein as control, revealed no evidence for membrane integration of lipocortin I. Thus lipocortin I is not a secreted protein.
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- B M Frey
- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco
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Bull HA, Dowd PM. Interleukin-1 potentiates histamine-induced release of prostacyclin from human endothelial cells. Br J Pharmacol 1990; 101:703-9. [PMID: 2127553 PMCID: PMC1917731 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1990.tb14144.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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1. In human cultured umbilical vein endothelial cells, interleukin-1 potentiated histamine-induced release of prostacyclin in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. 2. In cells incubated with interleukin-1 for 24 h, maximal potentiation was observed when cells were pre-incubated with 0.5 u ml-1 interleukin-1 before stimulation with histamine (1 microM-1 mM). 3. In cells incubated with 0.5 u ml-1 interleukin-1, 20 min pre-incubation was sufficient to induce a statistically significant potentiation of prostacyclin release induced by 1 microM histamine (P less than 0.05). 4. Nifedipine but not cycloheximide, significantly (P less than 0.05) inhibited histamine-induced release of prostacyclin and interleukin-1 potentiation of histamine-induced release of prostacyclin (P less than 0.05). 5. Incubation with 1 u ml-1 interleukin-1 induced a two fold increase in cellular prostaglandin synthetase activity within 30 min. The enzyme activity increased up to 6 h and was maintained up to 24 h. In cells co-incubated with cycloheximide and 1 u ml-1 interleukin 1, prostaglandin synthetase activity at 24 h was the same as that in unstimulated cells. Prostacyclin release was not significantly inhibited in cells co-incubated with cycloheximide and interleukin 1. 6. These results suggest that interleukin-1 potentiates histamine-induced release of prostacyclin by rapid up-regulation of prostaglandin synthetase activity as well as by inducing synthesis of enzyme protein. These mechanisms may act to potentiate/regulate vascular endothelial responses in inflammatory reactions.
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- H A Bull
- Department of Dermatology and Academic Unit, University College & Middlesex School of Medicine, London
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Perretti M, Becherucci C, Scapigliati G, Parente L. The effect of adrenalectomy on interleukin-1 release in vitro and in vivo. Br J Pharmacol 1989; 98:1137-42. [PMID: 2514946 PMCID: PMC1854829 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1989.tb12657.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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1 Peritoneal macrophages (M phi) collected from adrenalectomized (ADX) rats released more interleukin-1 (IL-1) activity and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) than macrophages from sham-operated (SHO) rats. 2 The increase in IL-1 activity in the supernatants was confirmed by the increase of the cell-associated 33 kD IL-1 alpha precursor in ADX macrophages stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). 3 After the injection of Complete Freund's Adjuvant (CFA) to induce adjuvant arthritis, 60% of the ADX rats died, while no deaths occurred in the SHO group. 4 The in vivo administration of dexamethasone inhibited both IL-1 and PGE2 release by macrophages as well as protecting ADX animals from CFA-induced death. Indomethacin and BW 755C partially protected the animals from this lethal effect. 5 These results suggest that adrenalectomy induces an increased release of IL-1 both in vitro and in vivo, and are consistent with a feedback mechanism between IL-1 and glucocorticoid hormones.
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Proceedings of the British Pharmacological Society. Leeds, 12th-14th July 1989. Abstracts. Br J Pharmacol 1989; 98 Suppl:606P-773P. [PMID: 2775936 PMCID: PMC1950871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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POSTER COMMUNICATIONS. Br J Pharmacol 1989. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1989.tb17393.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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