期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 22, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22020723
关键词
lipid mediators; endocannabinoids; ROS; prostaglandins; oxidative stress; immunity; rheumatoid arthritis; psoriasis; psoriatic arthritis; systemic lupus erythematosus
资金
- National Science Centre Poland (NCN) [2016/23/B/NZ7/02350]
- Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) [PPI/APM/2018/00015/U/001]
Autoimmune diseases are caused by a combination of environmental and genetic factors that lead to overactivation of immune cells and chronic inflammation. Oxidative stress plays a crucial role in intensifying inflammation, while endocannabinoids may act as anti-inflammatory factors in regulating autoimmune diseases.
Autoimmune diseases, including psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and rheumatic arthritis (RA), are caused by a combination of environmental and genetic factors that lead to overactivation of immune cells and chronic inflammation. Since oxidative stress is a common feature of these diseases, which activates leukocytes to intensify inflammation, antioxidants could reduce the severity of these diseases. In addition to activating leukocytes, oxidative stress increases the production of lipid mediators, notably of endocannabinoids and eicosanoids, which are products of enzymatic lipid metabolism that act through specific receptors. Because the anti-inflammatory CB2 receptors are the predominant cannabinoid receptors in leukocytes, endocannabinoids are believed to act as anti-inflammatory factors that regulate compensatory mechanisms in autoimmune diseases. While administration of eicosanoids in vitro leads to the differentiation of lymphocytes into T helper 2 (Th2) cells, eicosanoids are also necessary for the different0iation of Th1 and Th17 cells. Therefore, their antagonists and/or the genetic deletion of their receptors abolish inflammation in animal models of psoriasis-RA and SLE. On the other hand, products of non-enzymatic lipid peroxidation, especially acrolein and 4-hydroxynonenal-protein adducts, mostly generated by an oxidative burst of granulocytes, may enhance inflammation and even acting as autoantigens and extracellular signaling molecules in the vicious circle of autoimmune diseases.
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