Journal
NEUROTOXICITY RESEARCH
Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 268-283Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12640-017-9837-3
Keywords
Pristimerin; Neuroinflammation; Neurotoxicity; IRAK1; TRAF6; TAK1
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81372177] Funding Source: Medline
- Foundation of Shanghai University of Medicine &
- Health Sciences [JW-2014ZZBJ-px(YX)-GY01] Funding Source: Medline
- Shanghai University of Medicine &
- Health Sciences [HMSF-16-21-007] Funding Source: Medline
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Microglia plays a prominent role in the brain's inflammatory response to injury or infection by migrating to affected locations and secreting inflammatory molecules. However, hyperactivated microglial is neurotoxic and plays critical roles in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Pristimerin, a naturally occurring triterpenoid, possesses antitumor, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities. However, the effect and the molecular mechanism of pristimerin against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced neurotoxicity in microglia remain to be revealed. In the present study, using BV-2 microglial cultures, we investigated whether pristimerin modifies neurotoxicity after LPS stimulation and which intracellular pathways are involved in the effect of pristimerin. Here we show that pristimerin markedly suppressed the release of Regulated on Activation, Normal T Expressed and Secreted (RANTES), transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1), IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and nitric oxide (NO). Pristimerin also significantly inhibited migration of BV-2 microglia and alleviated the death of neuron-like PC12 cell induced by the conditioned medium from LPS-activated BV-2 microglial cells. Moreover, pristimerin reduced the expression and interaction of TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6 (TRAF6) and Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinases (IRAK1), limiting TGF-beta activating kinase 1 (TAK1) activation, and resulting in an inhibition of IKK alpha/beta/NF-kappa B and MKK7/JNK/AP-1 signaling pathway in LPS-activated BV-2 microglia. Taken together, the anti-neurotoxicity action of pristimerin is mediated through the inhibition of TRAF6/IRAK1/TAK1 interaction as well as the related pathways: IKK alpha/beta/NF-kappa B and MKK7/JNK/AP-1 signaling pathways. These findings may suggest that pristimerin might serve as a new therapeutic agent for treating hyperactivated microglial induced neurodegenerative diseases.
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