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Role of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in regulating tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) as revealed by subtype selective agonists.

Abstract：

:Immunological responses to protect against excessive inflammation can be regulated by the central nervous system through the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway wherein acetylcholine released from vagus nerves can inhibit inflammatory cytokines. Although a role for the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7 nAChR) in mediating this pathway has been suggested, pharmacological modulation of the pathway by selective agonists remains to be further elucidated. In this study, the role of α7 nAChRs in the regulation of TNF-α release was investigated using high affinity and selective α7 nAChR agonists in mouse peritoneal macrophage and human whole blood in vitro, and in mouse serum in vivo. In mouse peritoneal macrophages, LPS-induced TNF-α release in vitro was inhibited by a selective α7 nAChR agonist, A-833834 (5-[6-(5-Methyl-hexahydro-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrol-2-yl)-pyridazin-3-yl]-1H-indole), and that effect was attenuated by α7 nAChR antagonist methyllycaconitine. The inhibitory effect of A-833834 on LPS-induced TNF-α release was also observed in human whole blood in vitro. I.v. LPS-induced TNF-α release in mouse serum was attenuated following i.p. administration of A-833834. Similarly, i.v. LPS-induced TNF-α release in mouse serum was also attenuated following i.p. administration of A-585539, another α7 nAChR agonist with limited brain penetration, suggesting that these effects are mediated by peripheral α7 nAChRs. A-833834 was also efficacious in suppressing TNF-α release in mouse serum following oral administration in zymosan-induced peritonitis. These studies collectively demonstrate that selectively targeting α7 nAChRs could offer a novel therapeutic modality to treat acute and chronic inflammatory disease states.

journal_name

J Neuroimmunol

journal_title

Journal of neuroimmunology

authors

Li J,Mathieu SL,Harris R,Ji J,Anderson DJ,Malysz J,Bunnelle WH,Waring JF,Marsh KC,Murtaza A,Olson LM,Gopalakrishnan M

doi

10.1016/j.jneuroim.2011.08.007

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-10-28 00:00:00

pages

37-43

issue

1-2

eissn

0165-5728

issn

1872-8421

pii

S0165-5728(11)00224-4

journal_volume

239

pub_type

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Role of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in regulating tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) as revealed by subtype selective agonists.