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Rolandelli A, Laukaitis-Yousey HJ, Bogale HN, Singh N, Samaddar S, O'Neal AJ, Ferraz CR, Butnaru M, Mameli E, Xia B, Mendes MT, Butler LR, Marnin L, Cabrera Paz FE, Valencia LM, Rana VS, Skerry C, Pal U, Mohr SE, Perrimon N, Serre D, Pedra JHF. Tick hemocytes have a pleiotropic role in microbial infection and arthropod fitness. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2117. [PMID: 38459063 PMCID: PMC10923820 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46494-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Uncovering the complexity of systems in non-model organisms is critical for understanding arthropod immunology. Prior efforts have mostly focused on Dipteran insects, which only account for a subset of existing arthropod species in nature. Here we use and develop advanced techniques to describe immune cells (hemocytes) from the clinically relevant tick Ixodes scapularis at a single-cell resolution. We observe molecular alterations in hemocytes upon feeding and infection with either the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi or the rickettsial agent Anaplasma phagocytophilum. We reveal hemocyte clusters exhibiting defined signatures related to immunity, metabolism, and proliferation. Depletion of phagocytic hemocytes affects hemocytin and astakine levels, two I. scapularis hemocyte markers, impacting blood-feeding, molting behavior, and bacterial acquisition. Mechanistically, astakine alters hemocyte proliferation, whereas hemocytin affects the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway in I. scapularis. Altogether, we discover a role for tick hemocytes in immunophysiology and provide a valuable resource for comparative biology in arthropods.
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Affiliation(s)
- Agustin Rolandelli
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Rancho BioSciences, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Energy Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University; Knowledge Corridor, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Microbiology, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Rolandelli A, Laukaitis-Yousey HJ, Bogale HN, Singh N, Samaddar S, O’Neal AJ, Ferraz CR, Butnaru M, Mameli E, Xia B, Mendes MT, Butler LR, Marnin L, Cabrera Paz FE, Valencia LM, Rana VS, Skerry C, Pal U, Mohr SE, Perrimon N, Serre D, Pedra JH. Tick hemocytes have pleiotropic roles in microbial infection and arthropod fitness. bioRxiv 2023:2023.08.31.555785. [PMID: 37693411 PMCID: PMC10491215 DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.31.555785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
Abstract
Uncovering the complexity of systems in non-model organisms is critical for understanding arthropod immunology. Prior efforts have mostly focused on Dipteran insects, which only account for a subset of existing arthropod species in nature. Here, we describe immune cells or hemocytes from the clinically relevant tick Ixodes scapularis using bulk and single cell RNA sequencing combined with depletion via clodronate liposomes, RNA interference, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats activation (CRISPRa) and RNA-fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). We observe molecular alterations in hemocytes upon tick infestation of mammals and infection with either the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi or the rickettsial agent Anaplasma phagocytophilum. We predict distinct hemocyte lineages and reveal clusters exhibiting defined signatures for immunity, metabolism, and proliferation during hematophagy. Furthermore, we perform a mechanistic characterization of two I. scapularis hemocyte markers: hemocytin and astakine. Depletion of phagocytic hemocytes affects hemocytin and astakine levels, which impacts blood feeding and molting behavior of ticks. Hemocytin specifically affects the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway, whereas astakine alters hemocyte proliferation in I. scapularis. Altogether, we uncover the heterogeneity and pleiotropic roles of hemocytes in ticks and provide a valuable resource for comparative biology in arthropods.
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- Agustin Rolandelli
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Microbiology, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Saraiva-Santos T, Zaninelli TH, Manchope MF, Andrade KC, Ferraz CR, Bertozzi MM, Artero NA, Franciosi A, Badaro-Garcia S, Staurengo-Ferrari L, Borghi SM, Ceravolo GS, Andrello AC, Zanoveli JM, Rogers MS, Casagrande R, Pinho-Ribeiro FA, Verri WA. Therapeutic activity of lipoxin A 4 in TiO 2-induced arthritis in mice: NF-κB and Nrf2 in synovial fluid leukocytes and neuronal TRPV1 mechanisms. Front Immunol 2023; 14:949407. [PMID: 37388729 PMCID: PMC10304281 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.949407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Lipoxin A4 (LXA4) has anti-inflammatory and pro-resolutive roles in inflammation. We evaluated the effects and mechanisms of action of LXA4 in titanium dioxide (TiO2) arthritis, a model of prosthesis-induced joint inflammation and pain. Methods Mice were stimulated with TiO2 (3mg) in the knee joint followed by LXA4 (0.1, 1, or 10ng/animal) or vehicle (ethanol 3.2% in saline) administration. Pain-like behavior, inflammation, and dosages were performed to assess the effects of LXA4 in vivo. Results LXA4 reduced mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia, histopathological damage, edema, and recruitment of leukocytes without liver, kidney, or stomach toxicity. LXA4 reduced leukocyte migration and modulated cytokine production. These effects were explained by reduced nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB) activation in recruited macrophages. LXA4 improved antioxidant parameters [reduced glutathione (GSH) and 2,2-azino-bis 3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate (ABTS) levels, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) mRNA and Nrf2 protein expression], reducing reactive oxygen species (ROS) fluorescent detection induced by TiO2 in synovial fluid leukocytes. We observed an increase of lipoxin receptor (ALX/FPR2) in transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1)+ DRG nociceptive neurons upon TiO2 inflammation. LXA4 reduced TiO2-induced TRPV1 mRNA expression and protein detection, as well TRPV1 co-staining with p-NFκB, indicating reduction of neuronal activation. LXA4 down-modulated neuronal activation and response to capsaicin (a TRPV1 agonist) and AITC [a transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) agonist] of DRG neurons. Conclusion LXA4 might target recruited leukocytes and primary afferent nociceptive neurons to exert analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities in a model resembling what is observed in patients with prosthesis inflammation.
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- Telma Saraiva-Santos
- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
- Vascular Biology Program, Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Center for Research in Health Sciences, University of Northern Paraná, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Center for Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Biological Sciences Sector, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
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- Vascular Biology Program, Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Centre of Health Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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Artero NA, Manchope MF, Carvalho TT, Saraiva-Santos T, Bertozzi MM, Carneiro JA, Franciosi A, Dionisio AM, Zaninelli TH, Fattori V, Ferraz CR, Piva M, Mizokami SS, Camilios-Neto D, Casagrande R, Verri WA. Hesperidin Methyl Chalcone Reduces the Arthritis Caused by TiO 2 in Mice: Targeting Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Cytokine Production, and Nociceptor Sensory Neuron Activation. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28020872. [PMID: 36677929 PMCID: PMC9864652 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28020872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Arthroplasty is an orthopedic surgical procedure that replaces a dysfunctional joint by an orthopedic prosthesis, thereby restoring joint function. Upon the use of the joint prosthesis, a wearing process begins, which releases components such as titanium dioxide (TiO2) that trigger an immune response in the periprosthetic tissue, leading to arthritis, arthroplasty failure, and the need for revision. Flavonoids belong to a class of natural polyphenolic compounds that possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Hesperidin methyl chalcone's (HMC) analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant effects have been investigated in some models, but its activity against the arthritis caused by prosthesis-wearing molecules, such as TiO2, has not been investigated. Mice were treated with HMC (100 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (i.p.)) 24 h after intra-articular injection of 3 mg/joint of TiO2, which was used to induce chronic arthritis. HMC inhibited mechanical hyperalgesia, thermal hyperalgesia, joint edema, leukocyte recruitment, and oxidative stress in the knee joint (alterations in gp91phox, GSH, superoxide anion, and lipid peroxidation) and in recruited leukocytes (total reactive oxygen species and GSH); reduced patellar proteoglycan degradation; and decreased pro-inflammatory cytokine production. HMC also reduced the activation of nociceptor-sensory TRPV1+ and TRPA1+ neurons. These effects occurred without renal, hepatic, or gastric damage. Thus, HMC reduces arthritis triggered by TiO2, a component released upon wearing of prosthesis.
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- Nayara A. Artero
- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Centre of Exact Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Centre of Health Science, Londrina State University, Londrina 86039-440, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +55-43-3371-4979
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Borghi SM, Zaninelli TH, Saraiva-Santos T, Bertozzi MM, Cardoso RDR, Carvalho TT, Ferraz CR, Camilios-Neto D, Cunha FQ, Cunha TM, Pinho-Ribeiro FA, Casagrande R, Verri WA. Brief research report: Repurposing pentoxifylline to treat intense acute swimming-Induced delayed-onset muscle soreness in mice: Targeting peripheral and spinal cord nociceptive mechanisms. Front Pharmacol 2023; 13:950314. [PMID: 36703752 PMCID: PMC9871252 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.950314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
In this study, we pursue determining the effect of pentoxifylline (Ptx) in delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) triggered by exposing untrained mice to intense acute swimming exercise (120 min), which, to our knowledge, has not been investigated. Ptx treatment (1.5, 4.5, and 13.5 mg/kg; i.p., 30 min before and 12 h after the session) reduced intense acute swimming-induced mechanical hyperalgesia in a dose-dependent manner. The selected dose of Ptx (4.5 mg/kg) inhibited recruitment of neutrophils to the muscle tissue, oxidative stress, and both pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine production in the soleus muscle and spinal cord. Furthermore, Ptx treatment also reduced spinal cord glial cell activation. In conclusion, Ptx reduces pain by targeting peripheral and spinal cord mechanisms of DOMS.
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- Sergio M. Borghi
- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil,Center for Research in Health Science, University of Northern Paraná, Londrina, Brazil,*Correspondence: Sergio M. Borghi, ; Waldiceu A. Verri Jr,
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Exact Sciences Center, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center of Health Sciences, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil,*Correspondence: Sergio M. Borghi, ; Waldiceu A. Verri Jr,
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Bertozzi MM, Saraiva-Santos T, Zaninelli TH, Pinho-Ribeiro FA, Fattori V, Staurengo-Ferrari L, Ferraz CR, Domiciano TP, Calixto-Campos C, Borghi SM, Zarpelon AC, Cunha TM, Casagrande R, Verri WA. Ehrlich Tumor Induces TRPV1-Dependent Evoked and Non-Evoked Pain-like Behavior in Mice. Brain Sci 2022; 12:brainsci12091247. [PMID: 36138983 PMCID: PMC9496717 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12091247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
We standardized a model by injecting Ehrlich tumor cells into the paw to evaluate cancer pain mechanisms and pharmacological treatments. Opioid treatment, but not cyclooxygenase inhibitor or tricyclic antidepressant treatments reduces Ehrlich tumor pain. To best use this model for drug screening it is essential to understand its pathophysiological mechanisms. Herein, we investigated the contribution of the transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1) in the Ehrlich tumor-induced pain model. Dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons from the Ehrlich tumor mice presented higher activity (calcium levels using fluo-4 fluorescent probe) and an increased response to capsaicin (TRPV1 agonist) than the saline-injected animals (p < 0.05). We also observed diminished mechanical (electronic von Frey) and thermal (hot plate) hyperalgesia, paw flinching, and normalization of weight distribution imbalance in TRPV1 deficient mice (p < 0.05). On the other hand, TRPV1 deficiency did not alter paw volume or weight, indicating no significant alteration in tumor growth. Intrathecal injection of AMG9810 (TRPV1 antagonist) reduced ongoing Ehrlich tumor-triggered mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia (p < 0.05). Therefore, the contribution of TRPV1 to Ehrlich tumor pain behavior was revealed by genetic and pharmacological approaches, thus, supporting the use of this model to investigate TRPV1-targeting therapies for the treatment of cancer pain.
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- Mariana M. Bertozzi
- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
- Center for Research in Health Sciences, University of Northern Londrina, Londrina 86041-120, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes, Ribeirão Preto 14049-900, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center of Health Science, Londrina State University, Londrina 86038-440, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
- Correspondence: or ; Tel.: +55-43-3371-4979; Fax: +55-43-3371-4387
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Zaninelli TH, Fattori V, Saraiva-Santos T, Badaro-Garcia S, Staurengo-Ferrari L, Andrade KC, Artero NA, Ferraz CR, Bertozzi MM, Rasquel-Oliveira F, Manchope MF, Amaral FA, Teixeira MM, Borghi SM, Rogers MS, Casagrande R, Verri WA. RvD1 disrupts nociceptor neuron and macrophage activation, and neuroimmune communication reducing pain and inflammation in gouty arthritis in mice. Br J Pharmacol 2022; 179:4500-4515. [PMID: 35716378 DOI: 10.1111/bph.15897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Gouty arthritis is characterised by an intense inflammatory response to monosodium urate crystals (MSU), which induces severe pain. Current therapies are often ineffective in reducing gout-related pain. Resolvin D1 (RvD1) is a specialised pro-resolving lipid mediator with anti-inflammatory and analgesic proprieties. In this study, we evaluated the effects and mechanisms of action of RvD1 in an experimental mouse model of gouty arthritis, an aim that was not pursued previously in the literature. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Male mice were treated with RvD1 (intrathecally or intraperitoneally) before or after intraarticular stimulation with MSU. Mechanical hyperalgesia was assessed using an electronic von Frey aesthesiometer. Leukocyte recruitment was determined by knee joint wash cell counting and immunofluorescence. IL-1β production was measured by ELISA. Phosphorylated NF-kB and apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing CARD (ASC) were detected by immunofluorescence, and mRNA expression was determined by RT-qPCR. CGRP release was determined by EIA and immunofluorescence. MSU crystal phagocytosis was evaluated by confocal microscopy. KEY RESULTS RvD1 inhibited MSU-induced mechanical hyperalgesia in a dose- and time-dependent manner by reducing leukocyte recruitment and IL-1β production in the knee joint. Intrathecal RvD1 reduced the activation of peptidergic neurons and macrophages as well as silenced nociceptor to macrophage communication and macrophage function. CGRP stimulated MSU phagocytosis and IL-1β production by macrophages. RvD1 downmodulated this phenomenon directly by acting on macrophages, and indirectly by inhibiting CGRP release and CGRP-dependent activation of macrophages. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS This study reveals a hitherto unknown neuro-immune axis in gouty arthritis that is targeted by RvD1.
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- Tiago H Zaninelli
- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Vascular Biology Program, Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Karp Research Building, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Vascular Biology Program, Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Karp Research Building, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Laboratory of Antioxidants and Inflammation, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Centre of Health Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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Manchope MF, Mizokami SS, Ferraz CR, Borghi SM, Vignoli JA, Camilios-Neto D, Arakawa NS, Georgetti SR, Verri WA, Casagrande R. Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus (Gomes) Landrum extract inhibits inflammatory pain in mice: targeting neutrophil recruitment, oxidative stress, and cytokine production. Nat Prod Res 2022; 36:6081-6084. [PMID: 35227131 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2022.2045487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus (Gomes) Landrum is a Brazilian native plant. The mechanisms by which it promotes analgesia are unknown. We demonstrated the analgesic effect of P. pseudocaryophyllus dried extract (3 mg/kg; i.p.) in the following models of inflammatory pain (maximal inhibition): phenyl-p-benzoquinone (89%), formalin (72% - 1st phase and 96% - 2nd phase for flinches, and 50% - 1st phase and 71% - 2nd phase for licking behavior), complete Freund's adjuvant (95% - flinches and 33% - licking behavior), and carrageenin (56% - mechanical and 85% - thermal hyperalgesia) without motor impairment. Its analgesic effect depends on inhibiting neutrophil recruitment (95% - histopathology, 83% - myeloperoxidase activity, and 80% - LysM-eGFP mice), oxidative stress (86% - GSH and 98% - superoxide anion), and cytokine production (35% - IL-33, 80% - TNF-α, and 95% - IL-1β). The present study advances in understanding the analgesic mechanisms of P. pseudocaryophyllus.
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- Marília F Manchope
- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, CCB, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, CCB, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, CCB, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, CCS, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, CCB, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Centro de Pesquisa em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biotecnologia, CCE, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biotecnologia, CCE, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, CCS, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, CCS, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, CCB, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, CCS, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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Borghi SM, Domiciano TP, Rasquel-Oliveira FS, Ferraz CR, Bussmann AJC, Vignoli JA, Camilios-Neto D, Ambrósio SR, Arakawa NS, Casagrande R, Verri WA. Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski-derived kaurenoic acid prevents ovalbumin-induced asthma in mice: Effect on Th2 cytokines, STAT6/GATA-3 signaling, NFκB/Nrf2 redox sensitive pathways, and regulatory T cell phenotype markers. J Ethnopharmacol 2022; 283:114708. [PMID: 34619320 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2021.114708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski is used in traditional medicine in Brazil for inflammatory diseases treatment including asthma. The diterpene kaurenoic acid (KA) is one of its active compounds, but whether KA activity could explain the traditional use of S. trilobata in asthma is unknown. AIM Investigate KA effect and mechanisms in asthma. METHODS Experimental asthma was induced by ovalbumin immunization and challenge in male Swiss mice. KA (0.1-10 mg/kg, gavage) was administered 1 h before the ovalbumin challenge. Total leukocytes, eosinophil, and mast cell were counted in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), and lung histopathology was performed. Lung mRNA expression of Th2 and regulatory T cells markers, and BALF type 2 cytokine production were quantitated. NFκB activation and oxidative stress-related components in pulmonary tissue were measured. RESULTS KA inhibited the migration of total leukocytes and eosinophils to BALF, reduced lung histopathology (inflammatory cells and mast cells), mRNA expression of IL-33/ST2, STAT6/GATA-3 and NFκB activation in the lung, and reduced IL-33, IL-4, IL-5 production in the BALF. KA also reduced the mRNA expression of iNOS and gp91phox, and superoxide anion production accompanied by the induction of Nrf2, HO-1 and NQO1 mRNA expression, thus, exerting an antioxidant effect. Finally, KA induced nTreg-like and Tr1-like, but not Th3-like markers of suppressive T cell phenotypes in the lung tissue. CONCLUSION KA prevents antigen-induced asthma by down-regulating Th2 and NFκB/cytokine-related pathways, and up-regulating Nrf2 and regulatory T cells' markers. Thus, explaining the ethnopharmacological use of S. trilobata for the treatment of lung inflammatory diseases.
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- Sergio M Borghi
- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Centro de Pesquisa em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Norte do Paraná - Unopar, Rua Marselha, 591, Jardim Piza, 86.041-140, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biotecnologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biotecnologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca - Unifran, Avenida Dr. Armando de Sáles Oliveira, 201, Parque Universitário, Franca, São Paulo, 14404-600, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Centro de Ciências de Saúde, Avenida Robert Koch, 60, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86039-440, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Departamento de Química, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Centro de Ciências de Saúde, Avenida Robert Koch, 60, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86039-440, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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Bussmann AJC, Ferraz CR, Lima AVA, Castro JGS, Ritter PD, Zaninelli TH, Saraiva‐Santos T, Verri WA, Borghi SM. Association between IL‐10 systemic low level and pain during symptomatic SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Pain Pract 2022; 22:453-462. [DOI: 10.1111/papr.13101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Allan J. C. Bussmann
- Department of Pathology Biological Sciences Center Londrina State University 86057‐970 Londrina, Paraná State Brazil
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- Department of Pathology Biological Sciences Center Londrina State University 86057‐970 Londrina, Paraná State Brazil
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- Universitary Hospital Londrina State University 86038‐350 Londrina, Paraná Brazil
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- Universitary Hospital Londrina State University 86038‐350 Londrina, Paraná Brazil
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- Departament of Pharmaceutical Sciences Health Sciences Center Londrina State University 86038‐350 Londrina, Paraná Brazil
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- Department of Pathology Biological Sciences Center Londrina State University 86057‐970 Londrina, Paraná State Brazil
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- Department of Pathology Biological Sciences Center Londrina State University 86057‐970 Londrina, Paraná State Brazil
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- Department of Pathology Biological Sciences Center Londrina State University 86057‐970 Londrina, Paraná State Brazil
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- Department of Pathology Biological Sciences Center Londrina State University 86057‐970 Londrina, Paraná State Brazil
- Center for Research in Health Sciences University of Northern Paraná 86041‐140 Londrina, Paraná Brazil
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Borghi SM, Bussulo SKD, Pinho-Ribeiro FA, Fattori V, Carvalho TT, Rasquel-Oliveira FS, Zaninelli TH, Ferraz CR, Casella AMB, Cunha FQ, Cunha TM, Casagrande R, Verri WA. Intense Acute Swimming Induces Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness Dependent on Spinal Cord Neuroinflammation. Front Pharmacol 2022; 12:734091. [PMID: 35069187 PMCID: PMC8776654 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.734091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Unaccustomed exercise involving eccentric contractions, high intensity, or long duration are recognized to induce delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Myocyte damage and inflammation in affected peripheral tissues contribute to sensitize muscle nociceptors leading to muscle pain. However, despite the essential role of the spinal cord in the regulation of pain, spinal cord neuroinflammatory mechanisms in intense swimming-induced DOMS remain to be investigated. We hypothesized that spinal cord neuroinflammation contributes to DOMS. C57BL/6 mice swam for 2 h to induce DOMS, and nociceptive spinal cord mechanisms were evaluated. DOMS triggered the activation of astrocytes and microglia in the spinal cord 24 h after exercise compared to the sham group. DOMS and DOMS-induced spinal cord nuclear factor κB (NFκB) activation were reduced by intrathecal treatments with glial inhibitors (fluorocitrate, α-aminoadipate, and minocycline) and NFκB inhibitor [pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC)]. Moreover, DOMS was also reduced by intrathecal treatments targeting C-X3-C motif chemokine ligand 1 (CX3CL1), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, and interleukin (IL)-1β or with recombinant IL-10. In agreement, DOMS induced the mRNA and protein expressions of CX3CR1, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-10, c-Fos, and oxidative stress in the spinal cord. All these immune and cellular alterations triggered by DOMS were amenable by intrathecal treatments with glial and NFκB inhibitors. These results support a role for spinal cord glial cells, via NFκB, cytokines/chemokines, and oxidative stress, in DOMS. Thus, unveiling neuroinflammatory mechanisms by which unaccustomed exercise induces central sensitization and consequently DOMS.
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- Sergio M Borghi
- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil.,Centro de Pesquisa Em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Londrina, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa Em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Londrina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Centro de Ciências de Saúde, Hospital Universitário, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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Bussulo SKD, Ferraz CR, Carvalho TT, Verri WA, Borghi SM. Redox interactions of immune cells and muscle in the regulation of exercise-induced pain and analgesia: implications on the modulation of muscle nociceptor sensory neurons. Free Radic Res 2021; 55:757-775. [PMID: 34238089 DOI: 10.1080/10715762.2021.1953696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
The mechanistic interactions among redox status of leukocytes, muscle, and exercise in pain regulation are still poorly understood and limit targeted treatment. Exercise benefits are numerous, including the treatment of chronic pain. However, unaccustomed exercise may be reported as undesirable as it may contribute to pain. The aim of the present review is to evaluate the relationship between oxidative metabolism and acute exercise-induced pain, and as to whether improved antioxidant capacity underpins the analgesic effects of regular exercise. Preclinical and clinical studies addressing relevant topics on mechanisms by which exercise modulates the nociceptive activity and how redox status can outline pain and analgesia are discussed, in sense of translating into refined outcomes. Emerging evidence points to the role of oxidative stress-induced signaling in sensitizing nociceptor sensory neurons. In response to acute exercise, there is an increase in oxidative metabolism, and consequently, pain. Instead, regular exercise can modulate redox status in favor of antioxidant capacity and repair mechanisms, which have consequently increased resistance to oxidative stress, damage, and pain. Data indicate that acute sessions of unaccustomed prolonged and/or intense exercise increase oxidative metabolism and regulate exercise-induced pain in the post-exercise recovery period. Further, evidence demonstrates regular exercise improves antioxidant status, indicating its therapeutic utility for chronic pain disorders. An improved comprehension of the role of redox status in exercise can provide helpful insights into immune-muscle communication during pain modulatory effects of exercise and support new therapeutic efforts and rationale for the promotion of exercise.
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- Sylvia K D Bussulo
- Center for Research in Health Sciences, University of Northern Paraná, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Biological Sciences Center, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Biological Sciences Center, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Biological Sciences Center, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Center for Research in Health Sciences, University of Northern Paraná, Londrina, Brazil.,Department of Pathology, Biological Sciences Center, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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Ferraz CR, Manchope MF, Andrade KC, Saraiva-Santos T, Franciosi A, Zaninelli TH, Bagatim-Souza J, Borghi SM, Cândido DM, Knysak I, Casagrande R, Kwasniewski FH, Verri WA. Peripheral mechanisms involved in Tityus bahiensis venom-induced pain. Toxicon 2021; 200:3-12. [PMID: 34153310 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
Scorpionism is a public health burden in Brazil. Tityus bahiensis is responsible for most accidents in the Southeastern region of Brazil. Here, the hyperalgesic mechanisms of Tityus bahiensis venom were investigated, focusing on the role of pro-inflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor alpha [TNF-α] and interleukin 1 beta [IL-1β]) and activation of the transcription factor NFκB. Intraplantar (i.pl.) administration of Tityus bahiensis venom (0.2, 0.6, 1.2 and 2.4 μg/20 μL i.pl.) induced mechanical hyperalgesia and thermal hyperalgesia. The 2.4 μg dose of Tityus bahiensis venom induced overt pain-like behavior and increased myeloperoxidase (MPO) and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) activities, TNF-α and IL-1β levels in the paw tissue. Systemic pre-treatment with etanercept (soluble TNF-α receptor; 10 mg/kg), IL-1ra (IL-1 receptor antagonist; 30 mg/kg) and pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC, nuclear factor kappa B [NFκB] inhibitor; 100 mg/kg) inhibited Tityus bahiensis venom-induced mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia, MPO and NAG activity and overt pain-like behavior. These data demonstrate the involvement of TNF-α and IL-1β signaling as well as NFκB activation in Tityus bahiensis venom-induced mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia, overt pain-like behavior, and MPO activity and NAG activity, indicating thus, that targeting these mechanisms might contribute to reducing the pain in this scorpionism.
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- Camila R Ferraz
- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Center for Research in Health Sciences, University of Northern Paraná, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Arthropod Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Arthropod Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Centre of Health Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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Borghi SM, Mizokami SS, Carvalho TT, Rasquel-Oliveira FS, Ferraz CR, Fattori V, Hayashida TH, Peron JPS, Camilios-Neto D, Ambrosio SR, Arakawa NS, Casagrande R, Verri WA. The diterpene from Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski, kaurenoic acid, reduces lipopolysaccharide-induced peritonitis and pain in mice. J Ethnopharmacol 2021; 273:113980. [PMID: 33652112 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2021.113980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski is a plant species belonging to the Asteraceae family. Kaurenoid acid (KA) is a diterpene metabolite and one of the active ingredients of Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski. Extracts containing KA are used in traditional medicine to treat pain, inflammation, and infection. AIM The goal of the present study was to investigate the in vivo effects of KA (1-10 mg/kg, per oral gavage) upon LPS inoculation in mice by intraperitoneal (i.p.) or intraplantar (i.pl.; subcutaneous plantar injection) routes at the dose of 200 ng (200 μL or 25 μL, respectively). METHODS In LPS paw inflammation, mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia MPO activity and oxidative imbalance (TBARS, GSH, ABTS and FRAP assays) were evaluated. In LPS peritonitis we evaluated leukocyte migration, cytokine production, oxidative stress, and NF-κB activation. RESULTS KA inhibited LPS-induced mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia, MPO activity and modulated redox status in the mice paw. Pre- and post-treatment with KA inhibited migration of neutrophils and monocytes in LPS peritonitis. KA inhibited the pro-inflammatory/hyperalgesic cytokine (e.g., TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-33) production while enhanced anti-inflammatory/analgesic cytokine IL-10 in peritoneal cavity. In agreement with the effect of KA over pro-inflammatory cytokines it inhibited oxidative stress (total ROS, superoxide production and superoxide positive cells) and NF-κB activation during peritonitis. CONCLUSION KA efficiently dampens LPS-induced peritonitis and hyperalgesia in vivo, suggesting it as a suitable candidate to control excessive inflammation and pain during gram-negative bacterial infections and bringing mechanistic explanation to the ethnopharmacological application of Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski in inflammation and infection.
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- Sergio M Borghi
- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Centro de Pesquisa Em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Norte Do Paraná, 86041-140, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86038-350, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Ed. Biomédicas IV, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Lineu Prestes, 1730, 05508-900, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Exact Sciences Center, Londrina State University, Londrina, 86057-970, Brazil.
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- Núcleo de Pesquisa Em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, 14404-600, Franca, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86038-350, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86038-350, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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Ferraz CR, Carvalho TT, Fattori V, Saraiva-Santos T, Pinho-Ribeiro FA, Borghi SM, Manchope MF, Zaninelli TH, Cunha TM, Casagrande R, Clissa PB, Verri WA. Jararhagin, a snake venom metalloproteinase, induces mechanical hyperalgesia in mice with the neuroinflammatory contribution of spinal cord microglia and astrocytes. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 179:610-619. [PMID: 33662422 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.02.178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Jararhagin is a hyperalgesic metalloproteinase from Bothrops jararaca venom. In rodents, jararhagin induces nociceptive behaviors that correlate with an increase in peripheral cytokine levels. However, the role of the spinal cord glia in pain processing after peripheral stimulus of jararhagin has not been investigated. Aiming to explore this proposal, mice received intraplantar (i.pl.) injection of jararhagin and the following parameters were evaluated: hyperalgesia, spinal cord TNF-α, IL-1β levels, and CX3CR1, GFAP and p-NFκB activation. The effects of intrathecal (i.t.) injection of TNF-α soluble receptor (etanercept), IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), and inhibitors of NFκB (PDTC), microglia (minocycline) and astrocytes (α-aminoadipate) were investigated. Jararhagin inoculation induced cytokine production (TNF-α and IL-1β) in the spinal cord, which was reduced by treatment with PDTC (40% and 50%, respectively). Jararhagin mechanical hyperalgesia and cytokine production were inhibited by treatment with etanercept (67%), IL-1Ra (60%), PDTC (70%), minocycline (60%) and α-aminoadipate (45%). Furthermore, jararhagin induced an increase in p-NFκB, CX3CR1 and GFAP detection in the spinal cord indicating activation of NFκB, microglia and astrocytes. These results demonstrate for the first time that jararhagin-induced mechanical hyperalgesia is dependent on spinal cord activation of glial cells, consequent NFκB activation, and cytokine production in mice.
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- Camila R Ferraz
- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Center for Research in Health Sciences, University of Northern Paraná, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center of Health Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Parana, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunopathology, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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Borghi SM, Fattori V, Carvalho TT, Tatakihara VLH, Zaninelli TH, Pinho-Ribeiro FA, Ferraz CR, Staurengo-Ferrari L, Casagrande R, Pavanelli WR, Cunha FQ, Cunha TM, Pinge-Filho P, Verri WA. Experimental Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Induces Pain in Mice Dependent on Early Spinal Cord Glial Cells and NFκB Activation and Cytokine Production. Front Immunol 2021; 11:539086. [PMID: 33574810 PMCID: PMC7870690 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.539086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
The neglected tropical infirmity Chagas disease (CD) presents high mortality. Its etiological agent T. cruzi is transmitted by infected hematophagous insects. Symptoms of the acute phase of the infection include fever, fatigue, body aches, and headache, making diagnosis difficult as they are present in other illnesses as well. Thus, in endemic areas, individuals with undetermined pain may be considered for CD. Although pain is a characteristic symptom of CD, its cellular and molecular mechanisms are unknown except for demonstration of a role for peripheral TNF-α in CD pain. In this study, we evaluate the role of spinal cord glial cells in experimental T. cruzi infection in the context of pain using C57BL/6 mice. Pain, parasitemia, survival, and glial and neuronal function as well as NFκB activation and cytokine/chemokine production were assessed. T. cruzi infection induced chronic mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia. Systemic TNF-α and IL-1β peaked 14 days postinfection (p.i.). Infected mice presented increased spinal gliosis and NFκB activation compared to uninfected mice at 7 days p.i. Glial and NFκB inhibitors limited T. cruzi–induced pain. Nuclear phosphorylated NFκB was detected surrounded by glia markers, and glial inhibitors reduced its detection. T. cruzi–induced spinal cord production of cytokines/chemokines was also diminished by glial inhibitors. Dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons presented increased activity in infected mice, and the production of inflammatory mediators was counteracted by glial/NFκB inhibitors. The present study unveils the contribution of DRG and spinal cord cellular and molecular events leading to pain in T. cruzi infection, contributing to a better understanding of CD pathology.
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- Sergio M Borghi
- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Science, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil.,Center for Research in Health Science, University of Northern Paraná-Unopar, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Science, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Science, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Science, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Science, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Science, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Science, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Science, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Departament of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences Center, University Hospital, Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Science, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Science, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Science, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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Fattori V, Ferraz CR, Rasquel-Oliveira FS, Verri WA. Neuroimmune communication in infection and pain: Friends or foes? Immunol Lett 2020; 229:32-43. [PMID: 33248166 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2020.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Clinically, a variety of micro-organisms cause painful infections. Before seen as bystanders in the context of infections, recent studies have demonstrated that, as immune cells, nociceptors can sense pathogen-derived products. Nociceptors and immune cells, therefore, have evolved to communicate with each other to control inflammatory and host responses against pathogens in a complementary way. This interaction is named as neuroimmune communication (or axon-axon immune reflex) and initiates after the release of neuropeptides, such as CGRP and VIP by neurons. By this neurogenic response, nociceptors orchestrate the activity of innate and adaptive immune cells in a context-dependent manner. In this review, we focus on how nociceptors sense pathogen-derived products to shape the host response. We also highlight the new concept involving the resolution of inflammation, which is related to an active and time-dependent biosynthetic shift from pro-inflammatory to pro-resolution mediators, the so-called specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators (SPMs). At very low doses, SPMs act on specific receptors to silence nociceptors, limit pain and neurogenic responses, and resolve infections. Furthermore, stimulation of the vagus nerve induces SPMs production to regulate immune responses in infections. Therefore, harnessing the current understanding of neuro-immune communication and neurogenic responses might provide the bases for reprogramming host responses against infections through well balanced and effective immune response and inflammation resolution.
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- Victor Fattori
- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil; Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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Guazelli CFS, Fattori V, Ferraz CR, Borghi SM, Casagrande R, Baracat MM, Verri WA. Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of hesperidin methyl chalcone in experimental ulcerative colitis. Chem Biol Interact 2020; 333:109315. [PMID: 33171134 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2020.109315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Neutrophil infiltration, pro-inflammatory cytokines, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production have been implicated in development and progression of ulcerative colitis (UC), an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) characterized by ulcerating inflammation of the mucosal layer generally restricted to the colon. The side effects, safety and human intolerance are limitations of the currently approved treatments for UC. Hesperidin methyl chalcone (HMC) is a flavonoid used to treat chronic venous disease, which shows anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antioxidant properties in pre-clinical studies, however, its effects on colitis have never been described. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the protective effects of HMC in a mouse model of acetic acid-induced colitis. Treatment with HMC significantly reduced neutrophil infiltration, edema, colon shortening, macro and microscopic damages induced by intracolonic administration of acetic acid. The improvement of colitis after HMC treatment is related to the increase in colon antioxidant status, and the inhibition of pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β, and IL-33 in the colon. We observed, moreover, that HMC inhibited NF-κB activation in the colon, which might explain the reduction of the cytokines we observed. Finally, these results demonstrate a novel applicability of HMC to increase antioxidant response and reduce inflammation during acetic acid-induced colitis suggesting it as a promising therapeutic approach for the treatment of ulcerative colitis.
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- Carla F S Guazelli
- Laboratório de Dor, Inflamação, Neuropatia e Câncer, Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Dor, Inflamação, Neuropatia e Câncer, Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Dor, Inflamação, Neuropatia e Câncer, Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil; Laboratório de Antioxidantes e Inflamação, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Dor, Inflamação, Neuropatia e Câncer, Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil; Center for Research in Health Sciences, University of Northern Paraná, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Antioxidantes e Inflamação, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil; Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Dor, Inflamação, Neuropatia e Câncer, Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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de Souza M, Baptista AAS, Valdiviezo MJJ, Justino L, Menck-Costa MF, Ferraz CR, da Gloria EM, Verri WA, Bracarense APFRL. Lactobacillus spp. reduces morphological changes and oxidative stress induced by deoxynivalenol on the intestine and liver of broilers. Toxicon 2020; 185:203-212. [PMID: 32687887 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
The mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) contaminates animal feed worldwide, frequently resulting in poor performance and economic losses. Data concerning the effects on poultry health or focusing on intestinal toxicity or the response to oxidative stress are scarce. Also, there is a need for strategies to mitigate the negative effects of DON. This study aimed to investigate the effects of Lactobacillus spp. treatments on the intestine, liver and kidney of poultry fed a DON-contaminated diet. To achieve this aim, histological, morphometrical and histochemical assays were performed. The oxidative stress response was also analyzed by the tests: reduced glutathione, ferric reducing ability, reducing of 2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid), nitro blue tetrazolium detection of superoxide anion, and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances. One-day-old broilers chickens (n 50) were submitted to the following treatments: control, DON (19.3 mg kg-1), viable Lactobacillus spp. + DON (VL + DON), heat-inactivated Lactobacillus spp. + DON (HIL + DON), Lactobacillus spp. culture supernatant + DON (LCS + DON). The animals received the contaminated diet for seven days. DON increased the intestinal and liver lesion score, while the Lactobacillus spp. treatments (LT) remained like the control. DON reduced the villi height and increased the crypt depths. The LT showed crypt depths similar to control, and higher villi: crypt ratio in duodenum and jejunum. In the ileum, the LT reduced the goblet cell count in relation to DON group. DON increased the number of intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) in jejunum and ileum, while the VL + DON treatment induced a significant decrease in IEL in comparison to DON. DON-diet induced an oxidative stress response in the intestine and liver, and also reduced the antioxidant capacity in these tissues, while LT treatments remained mostly similar to control. DON induced no change in redox balance in the kidney. The LT improved the intestinal health after DON acute exposure, reducing the oxidative stress damage mainly on jejunum and liver.
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- Marielen de Souza
- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Campus Universitário, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 380, Londrina, Paraná, 86057-970, Brazil; Laboratory of Avian Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Campus Universitário, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 380, Londrina, Paraná, 86057-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Avian Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Campus Universitário, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 380, Londrina, Paraná, 86057-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Campus Universitário, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 380, Londrina, Paraná, 86057-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Avian Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Campus Universitário, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 380, Londrina, Paraná, 86057-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Avian Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Campus Universitário, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 380, Londrina, Paraná, 86057-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, 86057-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, 86057-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Campus Universitário, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 380, Londrina, Paraná, 86057-970, Brazil.
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Fattori V, Rasquel-Oliveira FS, Artero NA, Ferraz CR, Borghi SM, Casagrande R, Verri WA. Diosmin Treats Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammatory Pain and Peritonitis by Blocking NF-κB Activation in Mice. J Nat Prod 2020; 83:1018-1026. [PMID: 32083866 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Gram-negative bacterial infections induce inflammation and pain. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a pathogen-associated molecular pattern and the major constituent of Gram-negative bacterial cell walls. Diosmin is a citrus flavonoid with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Here we investigated the efficacy of diosmin in a nonsterile model of inflammatory pain and peritonitis induced by LPS. Diosmin reduced in a dose-dependent manner LPS-induced inflammatory mechanical hyperalgesia, thermal hyperalgesia, and neutrophil recruitment to the paw (myeloperoxidase activity). Diosmin also normalized changes in paw weight distribution assessed by static weight bearing as a nonreflexive method of pain measurement. Moreover, treatment with diosmin inhibited LPS-induced peritonitis as observed by a reduction of leukocyte recruitment and oxidative stress. Diosmin reduced LPS-induced total ROS production (DCFDA assay) and superoxide anion production (NBT assay and NBT-positive cells). We also observed a reduction of LPS-induced oxidative stress and cytokine production (IL-1β, TNF-α, and IL-6) in the paw. Furthermore, we demonstrated that diosmin inhibited LPS-induced NF-κB activation in peritoneal exudate. Thus, we demonstrated, using a model of nonsterile inflammation induced by LPS, that diosmin is a promising molecule for the treatment of inflammation and pain.
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- Victor Fattori
- Departament of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departament of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departament of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departament of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departament of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, Paraná, Brazil
- Center for Research in Health Sciences, University of Northern Paraná, Londrina 86057-970, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departament of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center of Health Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departament of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, Paraná, Brazil
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Rasquel-Oliveira FS, Manchope MF, Staurengo-Ferrari L, Ferraz CR, Saraiva-Santos T, Zaninelli TH, Fattori V, Artero NA, Badaro-Garcia S, de Freitas A, Casagrande R, Verri WA. Hesperidin methyl chalcone interacts with NFκB Ser276 and inhibits zymosan-induced joint pain and inflammation, and RAW 264.7 macrophage activation. Inflammopharmacology 2020; 28:979-992. [PMID: 32048121 DOI: 10.1007/s10787-020-00686-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Arthritis can be defined as a painful musculoskeletal disorder that affects the joints. Hesperidin methyl chalcone (HMC) is a flavonoid with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant effects. However, its effects on a specific cell type and in the zymosan-induced inflammation are unknown. We aimed at evaluating the effects of HMC in a zymosan-induced arthritis model. A dose-response curve of HMC (10, 30, or 100 mg/kg) was performed to determine the most effective analgesic dose after intra-articular zymosan stimuli. Knee joint oedema was determined using a calliper. Leukocyte recruitment was performed by cell counting on knee joint wash as well as histopathological analysis. Oxidative stress was measured by colorimetric assays (GSH, FRAP, ABTS and NBT) and RT-qPCR (gp91phox and HO-1 mRNA expression) performed. In vitro, oxidative stress was assessed by DCFDA assay using RAW 264.7 macrophages. Cytokine production was evaluated in vivo and in vitro by ELISA. In vitro NF-κB activation was analysed by immunofluorescence. We observed HMC reduced mechanical hypersensitivity and knee joint oedema, leukocyte recruitment, and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels. We also observed a reduction in zymosan-induced oxidative stress as per increase in total antioxidant capacity and reduction in gp91phox and increase in HO-1 mRNA expression. Accordingly, total ROS production and macrophage NFκB activation were diminished. HMC interaction with NFκB p65 at Ser276 was revealed using molecular docking analysis. Thus, data presented in this work suggest the usefulness of HMC as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory in a zymosan-induced arthritis model, possibly by targeting NFκB activation in macrophages.
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- Fernanda S Rasquel-Oliveira
- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Departament of Physiological Sciences, Centre of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Departament of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Centre of Health Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy, and Cancer, Department of Pathology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid PR 445, KM 380, PO Box 10.011, Londrina, Parana, 86057-970, Brazil.
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Ferraz CR, Carvalho TT, Manchope MF, Artero NA, Rasquel-Oliveira FS, Fattori V, Casagrande R, Verri WA. Therapeutic Potential of Flavonoids in Pain and Inflammation: Mechanisms of Action, Pre-Clinical and Clinical Data, and Pharmaceutical Development. Molecules 2020; 25:E762. [PMID: 32050623 PMCID: PMC7037709 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25030762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Revised: 02/01/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Pathological pain can be initiated after inflammation and/or peripheral nerve injury. It is a consequence of the pathological functioning of the nervous system rather than only a symptom. In fact, pain is a significant social, health, and economic burden worldwide. Flavonoids are plant derivative compounds easily found in several fruits and vegetables and consumed in the daily food intake. Flavonoids vary in terms of classes, and while structurally unique, they share a basic structure formed by three rings, known as the flavan nucleus. Structural differences can be found in the pattern of substitution in one of these rings. The hydroxyl group (-OH) position in one of the rings determines the mechanisms of action of the flavonoids and reveals a complex multifunctional activity. Flavonoids have been widely used for their antioxidant, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory effects along with safe preclinical and clinical profiles. In this review, we discuss the preclinical and clinical evidence on the analgesic and anti-inflammatory proprieties of flavonoids. We also focus on how the development of formulations containing flavonoids, along with the understanding of their structure-activity relationship, can be harnessed to identify novel flavonoid-based therapies to treat pathological pain and inflammation.
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- Camila R. Ferraz
- Departament of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, 86057–970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; (C.R.F.); (T.T.C.); (M.F.M.); (N.A.A.); (F.S.R.-O.); (V.F.)
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- Departament of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, 86057–970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; (C.R.F.); (T.T.C.); (M.F.M.); (N.A.A.); (F.S.R.-O.); (V.F.)
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- Departament of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, 86057–970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; (C.R.F.); (T.T.C.); (M.F.M.); (N.A.A.); (F.S.R.-O.); (V.F.)
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- Departament of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, 86057–970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; (C.R.F.); (T.T.C.); (M.F.M.); (N.A.A.); (F.S.R.-O.); (V.F.)
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- Departament of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, 86057–970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; (C.R.F.); (T.T.C.); (M.F.M.); (N.A.A.); (F.S.R.-O.); (V.F.)
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- Departament of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, 86057–970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; (C.R.F.); (T.T.C.); (M.F.M.); (N.A.A.); (F.S.R.-O.); (V.F.)
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- Departament of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center of Health Sciences, Londrina State University, 86057–970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departament of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, Londrina State University, 86057–970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; (C.R.F.); (T.T.C.); (M.F.M.); (N.A.A.); (F.S.R.-O.); (V.F.)
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Ferraz CR, Arrahman A, Xie C, Casewell NR, Lewis RJ, Kool J, Cardoso FC. Multifunctional Toxins in Snake Venoms and Therapeutic Implications: From Pain to Hemorrhage and Necrosis. Front Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Carvalho TT, Mizokami SS, Ferraz CR, Manchope MF, Borghi SM, Fattori V, Calixto-Campos C, Camilios-Neto D, Casagrande R, Verri WA. The granulopoietic cytokine granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) induces pain: analgesia by rutin. Inflammopharmacology 2019; 27:1285-1296. [PMID: 30945072 DOI: 10.1007/s10787-019-00591-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Rutin is a glycone form of the flavonol quercetin and it reduces inflammatory pain in animal models. Therapy with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is known by the pain caused as its main side effect. The effect of rutin and its mechanisms of action were evaluated in a model of hyperalgesia induced by G-CSF in mice. The mechanical hyperalgesia induced by G-CSF was reduced by treatment with rutin in a dose-dependent manner. Treatment with both rutin + morphine or rutin + indomethacin, at doses that are ineffectual per se, significantly reduced the pain caused by G-CSF. The nitric oxide (NO)-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-protein kinase G (PKG)-ATP-sensitive potassium channel (KATP) signaling pathway activation is one of the analgesic mechanisms of rutin. Rutin also reduced the pro-hyperalgesic and increased anti-hyperalgesic cytokine production induced by G-CSF. Furthermore, rutin inhibited the activation of the nuclear factor kappa-light-chain enhancer of activated B cells (NFκB), which might explain the inhibition of the cytokine production. Treatment with rutin upregulated the decreased mRNA expression of the nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (Nrf2) combined with enhancement of the mRNA expression of the Nrf2 downstream target heme oxygenase (HO-1). Intraperitoneal (i.p.) treatment with rutin did not alter the mobilization of neutrophils induced by G-CSF. The analgesia by rutin can be explained by: NO-cGMP-PKG-KATP channel signaling activation, inhibition of NFκB and triggering the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway. The present study demonstrates rutin as a promising pharmacological approach to treat the pain induced by G-CSF without impairing its primary therapeutic benefit of mobilizing hematopoietic progenitor cells into the blood.
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- Thacyana T Carvalho
- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, Cx Postal 10.011, Londrina, Paraná, CEP 86057-970, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, Cx Postal 10.011, Londrina, Paraná, CEP 86057-970, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, Cx Postal 10.011, Londrina, Paraná, CEP 86057-970, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, Cx Postal 10.011, Londrina, Paraná, CEP 86057-970, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, Cx Postal 10.011, Londrina, Paraná, CEP 86057-970, Brazil.,Center for Research in Health Science, University of Northern Paraná-UNOPAR, Rua Marselha, 591, Jardim Piza, Londrina, Paraná, CEP 86041-140, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, Cx Postal 10.011, Londrina, Paraná, CEP 86057-970, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, Cx Postal 10.011, Londrina, Paraná, CEP 86057-970, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Exact Sciences Center, State University of Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, Cx Postal 10.011, Londrina, Paraná, CEP 86057-970, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center of Health Sciences, State University of Londrina, Avenida Robert Koch, 60, Hospital Universitário, Londrina, Paraná, CEP 86038-350, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, Cx Postal 10.011, Londrina, Paraná, CEP 86057-970, Brazil. .,Department of Pathology, Center of Biological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM480 PR445, Cx Postal 10.011, Londrina, Paraná, CEP 86057-970, Brazil.
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Miyamoto JG, Andrade FB, Ferraz CR, Cândido DM, Knysak I, Venancio ÉJ, Verri WA, Landgraf MA, Landgraf RG, Kwasniewski FH. A comparative study of pathophysiological alterations in scorpionism induced by Tityus serrulatus and Tityus bahiensis venoms. Toxicon 2018; 141:25-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2017.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Revised: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Ferraz CR, Calixto-Campos C, Manchope MF, Casagrande R, Clissa PB, Baldo C, Verri WA. Jararhagin-induced mechanical hyperalgesia depends on TNF-α, IL-1β and NFκB in mice. Toxicon 2015; 103:119-28. [PMID: 26140746 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2015] [Revised: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/18/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Jararhagin is a hemorrhagic metalloprotease from Bothrops jararaca snake venom. The hyperalgesic mechanisms of jararhagin were investigated focusing on the role of proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-1β) and the transcription factor NFκB. Intraplantar administration of jararhagin (1, 10, 100 and 1000 ng/paw) induced mechanical hyperalgesia, and increased TNF-α levels at 1, 3 and 5 h, and IL-1β levels at 0.5, 1 and 3 h after its injection in the paw tissue. Pre-treatment with morphine (2, 6, 12 μg/paw) inhibited jararhagin-induced mechanical hyperagesia. The systemic or local pre-treatment with etanercept (10 mg/kg and 100 μg/paw) and IL-1ra (30 mg/kg and 100 pg/paw) inhibited jararhagin-induced mechanical hyperalgesia. Co-administration of jararhagin (0.1 ng/paw) and TNF-α (0.1 pg/paw) or jararhagin (0.1 ng/paw) and IL-1β (1 pg/paw) enhanced the mechanical hyperalgesia. The systemic or local pre-treatment with PDTC (NFκB inhibitor; 100 mg/kg and 100 μg/paw) inhibited jararhagin-induced mechanical hyperalgesia as well as PDTC decreased the jararhagin-induced production of TNF-α and IL-1β. Thus, these data demonstrate the involvement of pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-1β and nuclear transcription factor NFκB in jararhagin-induced mechanical hyperalgesia indicating that targeting these mechanisms might contribute to reduce the pain induced by B. jararaca snake venom.
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- Camila R Ferraz
- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM380 PR445, CEP 86057-970, Cx Postal 10.011, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM380 PR445, CEP 86057-970, Cx Postal 10.011, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM380 PR445, CEP 86057-970, Cx Postal 10.011, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Avenida Robert Koch, 60, CEP 86039-440, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Instituto Butantan, Secretaria de Saúde, Av. Vital Brazil, 1500, CEP 05503-900, Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biotecnologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM380 PR445, CEP 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid KM380 PR445, CEP 86057-970, Cx Postal 10.011, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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Maioli NA, Zarpelon AC, Mizokami SS, Calixto-Campos C, Guazelli CFS, Hohmann MSN, Pinho-Ribeiro FA, Carvalho TT, Manchope MF, Ferraz CR, Casagrande R, Verri WA. The superoxide anion donor, potassium superoxide, induces pain and inflammation in mice through production of reactive oxygen species and cyclooxygenase-2. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 48:321-31. [PMID: 25714890 PMCID: PMC4418362 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20144187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2014] [Accepted: 11/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
It is currently accepted that superoxide anion (O2•−) is an important mediator in pain and inflammation. The role of
superoxide anion in pain and inflammation has been mainly determined indirectly by
modulating its production and inactivation. Direct evidence using potassium
superoxide (KO2), a superoxide anion donor, demonstrated that it induced
thermal hyperalgesia, as assessed by the Hargreaves method. However, it remains to be
determined whether KO2 is capable of inducing other inflammatory and
nociceptive responses attributed to superoxide anion. Therefore, in the present
study, we investigated the nociceptive and inflammatory effects of KO2.
The KO2-induced inflammatory responses evaluated in mice were: mechanical
hyperalgesia (electronic version of von Frey filaments), thermal hyperalgesia (hot
plate), edema (caliper rule), myeloperoxidase activity (colorimetric assay), overt
pain-like behaviors (flinches, time spent licking and writhing score), leukocyte
recruitment, oxidative stress, and cyclooxygenase-2 mRNA expression (quantitative
PCR). Administration of KO2 induced mechanical hyperalgesia, thermal
hyperalgesia, paw edema, leukocyte recruitment, the writhing response, paw flinching,
and paw licking in a dose-dependent manner. KO2 also induced
time-dependent cyclooxygenase-2 mRNA expression in the paw skin. The nociceptive,
inflammatory, and oxidative stress components of KO2-induced responses
were responsive to morphine (analgesic opioid), quercetin (antioxidant flavonoid),
and/or celecoxib (anti-inflammatory cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor) treatment. In
conclusion, the well-established superoxide anion donor KO2 is a valuable
tool for studying the mechanisms and pharmacological susceptibilities of superoxide
anion-triggered nociceptive and inflammatory responses ranging from mechanical and
thermal hyperalgesia to overt pain-like behaviors, edema, and leukocyte
recruitment.
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- N A Maioli
- Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Hospital Universitário, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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Possebon MI, Mizokami SS, Carvalho TT, Zarpelon AC, Hohmann MSN, Staurengo-Ferrari L, Ferraz CR, Hayashida TH, de Souza AR, Ambrosio SR, Arakawa NS, Casagrande R, Verri WA. Pimaradienoic acid inhibits inflammatory pain: inhibition of NF-κB activation and cytokine production and activation of the NO-cyclic GMP-protein kinase G-ATP-sensitive potassium channel signaling pathway. J Nat Prod 2014; 77:2488-2496. [PMID: 25394199 DOI: 10.1021/np500563b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Pimaradienoic acid (1) is a pimarane diterpene (ent-pimara-8(14),15-dien-19-oic acid) extracted at high amounts from various plants including Vigueira arenaria Baker. Compound 1 inhibited carrageenan-induced paw edema and acetic acid-induced abdominal writhing, which are its only known anti-inflammatory activities. Therefore, it is important to further investigate the analgesic effects of 1. Oral administration of 1 (1, 3, and 10 mg/kg) inhibited the acetic acid-induced writhing. This was also observed at 10 mg/kg via sc and ip routes. Both phases of the formalin- and complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-induced paw flinch and time spent licking the paw were inhibited by 1. Compound 1 inhibited carrageenan-, CFA-, and PGE2-induced mechanical hyperalgesia. Treatment with 1 inhibited carrageenan-induced production of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-33, and IL-10 and nuclear factor κB activation. Pharmacological inhibitors also demonstrated that the analgesic effects of 1 depend on activation of the NO-cyclic GMP-protein kinase G-ATP-sensitive potassium channel signaling pathway. Compound 1 did not alter plasma levels of AST, ALT, or myeloperoxidase activity in the stomach. These results demonstrate that 1 causes analgesic effects associated with the inhibition of NF-κB activation, reduction of cytokine production, and activation of the NO-cyclic GMP-protein kinase G-ATP-sensitive potassium channel signaling pathway.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maria I Possebon
- Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas - Centro de Ciências de Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Londrina , 86039440, Londrina, Brazil
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