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Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids ; 1869(7): 159524, 2024 Jun 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38857757

RESUMO

Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of several neurodegenerative disorders that has been extensively studied in recent years. Microglia, the primary immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS), are key players in this physiological process, demonstrating a remarkable adaptability in responding to various stimuli in the eye and the brain. Within the complex network of neuroinflammatory signals, the fatty acid N-ethanolamines, in particular N-arachidonylethanolamine (anandamide, AEA), emerged as crucial regulators of microglial activity under both physiological and pathological states. In this study, we interrogated for the first time the impact of the signaling of these bioactive lipids on microglial cell responses to a sub-lethal acute UVB radiation, a physical stressor responsible of microglia reactivity in either the retina or the brain. To this end, we developed an in vitro model using mouse microglial BV-2 cells. Upon 24 h of UVB exposure, BV-2 cells showed elevated oxidative stress markers and, cyclooxygenase (COX-2) expression, enhanced phagocytic and chemotactic activities, along with an altered immune profiling. Notably, UVB exposure led to a selective increase in expression and activity of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), the main enzyme responsible for degradation of fatty acid ethanolamides. Pharmacological FAAH inhibition via URB597 counteracted the effects of UVB exposure, decreasing tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) and nitric oxide (NO) release and reverting reactive oxidative species (ROS), interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß), and interleukin-10 (IL-10) levels to the control levels. Our findings support the potential of enhanced fatty acid amide signaling in mitigating UVB-induced cellular damage, paving the way to further exploration of these lipids in light-induced immune responses.

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FASEB J ; 38(10): e23675, 2024 May 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38801406

RESUMO

Resolution of inflammation is the cellular and molecular process that protects from widespread and uncontrolled inflammation and restores tissue function in the aftermath of acute immune events. This process is orchestrated by specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPM), a class of bioactive lipids able to reduce immune activation and promote removal of tissue debris and apoptotic cells by macrophages. Although SPMs are the lipid class that has been best studied for its role in facilitating the resolution of self-limited inflammation, a number of other lipid signals, including endocannabinoids, also exert protective immunomodulatory effects on immune cells, including macrophages. These observations suggest that endocannabinoids may also display pro-resolving actions. Interestingly, the endocannabinoid anandamide (AEA) is not only known to bind canonical type 1 and type 2 cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2) but also to engage SPM-binding receptors such as GPR18. This suggests that AEA may also contribute to the governing of resolution processes. In order to interrogate this hypothesis, we investigated the ability of AEA to induce pro-resolving responses by classically-activated primary human monocyte-derived macrophages (MoDM). We found that AEA, at nanomolar concentration, enhances efferocytosis in MoDMs in a CB2- and GPR18-dependent manner. Using lipid mediator profiling, we also observed that AEA modulates SPM profiles in these cells, including levels of resolvin (Rv)D1, RvD6, maresin (MaR)2, and RvE1 in a CB2-dependent manner. AEA treatment also modulated the gene expression of SPM enzymes involved in both the formation and further metabolism of SPM such as 5-lipoxygenase and 15-Prostaglandin dehydrogenase. Our findings show, for the first time, a direct effect of AEA on the regulation of pro-resolving pathways in human macrophages. They also provide new insights into the complex interactions between different lipid pathways in activation of pro-resolving responses contributing to the reestablishment of homeostasis in the aftermath of acute inflammation.


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Ácidos Araquidônicos , Endocanabinoides , Macrófagos , Alcamidas Poli-Insaturadas , Receptor CB2 de Canabinoide , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G , Humanos , Endocanabinoides/metabolismo , Endocanabinoides/farmacologia , Receptor CB2 de Canabinoide/metabolismo , Receptor CB2 de Canabinoide/genética , Alcamidas Poli-Insaturadas/farmacologia , Alcamidas Poli-Insaturadas/metabolismo , Ácidos Araquidônicos/farmacologia , Ácidos Araquidônicos/metabolismo , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Macrófagos/efeitos dos fármacos , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G/metabolismo , Inflamação/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Ácidos Docosa-Hexaenoicos/farmacologia , Ácidos Docosa-Hexaenoicos/metabolismo , Araquidonato 5-Lipoxigenase/metabolismo
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Biomolecules ; 14(4)2024 Apr 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38672462

RESUMO

Microgravity is one of the main stressors that astronauts are exposed to during space missions. This condition has been linked to many disorders, including those that feature dysfunctional immune homeostasis and inflammatory damage. Over the past 30 years, a significant body of work has been gathered connecting weightlessness-either authentic or simulated-to an inefficient reaction to pathogens, dysfunctional production of cytokines and impaired survival of immune cells. These processes are also orchestrated by a plethora of bioactive lipids, produced by virtually all cells involved in immune events, which control the induction, magnitude, outcome, compartmentalization and trafficking of immunocytes during the response to injury. Despite their crucial importance in inflammation and its modulation, however, data concerning the role of bioactive lipids in microgravity-induced immune dysfunctions are surprisingly scarce, both in quantity and in variety, and the vast majority of it focuses on two lipid classes, namely eicosanoids and endocannabinoids. The present review aims to outline the accumulated knowledge addressing the effects elicited by microgravity-both simulated and authentic-on the metabolism and signaling of these two prominent lipid groups in the context of immune and inflammatory homeostasis.


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Sistema Imunitário , Ausência de Peso , Humanos , Sistema Imunitário/metabolismo , Sistema Imunitário/imunologia , Animais , Endocanabinoides/metabolismo , Eicosanoides/metabolismo , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Inflamação/metabolismo , Inflamação/imunologia , Transdução de Sinais , Voo Espacial , Lipídeos/imunologia
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Cells ; 13(1)2024 01 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38201304

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Space-related stressors such as microgravity are associated with cellular and molecular alterations of the immune and inflammatory homeostasis that have been linked to the disorders that astronauts suffer from during their missions. Most of the research of the past 30 years has consistently established that innate adaptive immune cells represent a target of microgravity, which leads to their defective or dysfunctional activation, as well as to an altered ability to produce soluble mediators-e.g., cytokines/chemokines and bioactive lipids-that altogether control tissue homeostasis. Bioactive lipids include a vast array of endogenous molecules of immune origin that control the induction, intensity and outcome of the inflammatory events. However, none of the papers published so far focus on a newly characterized class of lipid mediators called specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs), which orchestrate the "resolution of inflammation"-i.e., the active control and confinement of the inflammatory torrent mostly driven by eicosanoids. SPMs are emerging as crucial players in those processes that avoid acute inflammation to degenerate into a chronic event. Given that SPMs, along with their metabolism and signaling, are being increasingly linked to many inflammatory disorders, their study seems of the outmost importance in the research of pathological processes involved in space-related diseases, also with the perspective of developing therapeutic countermeasures. Here, we show that microgravity, simulated in the rotary cell culture system (RCCS) developed by NASA, rearranges SPM receptors both at the gene and protein level, in human monocytes but not in lymphocytes. Moreover, RCCS treatment reduces the biosynthesis of a prominent SPM like resolvin (Rv) D1. These findings strongly suggest that not only microgravity can impair the functioning of immune cells at the level of bioactive lipids directly involved in proper inflammation, but it does so in a cell-specific manner, possibly perturbing immune homeostasis with monocytes being primary targets.


Assuntos
Monócitos , Ausência de Peso , Humanos , Homeostase , Citocinas , Inflamação
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Cell Chem Biol ; 30(12): 1499-1501, 2023 12 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38134878

RESUMO

Resolution of inflammation is the physiological process whereby endogenous pro-resolving lipids constrain inflammatory stimuli that would otherwise cause chronic inflammation. In this issue of Cell Chemical Biology, Peltner et al.1 report that the cannabis component cannabidiol induces production of pro-resolving lipids directly activating 15-lipoxygenase and inhibiting 5-lipoxygenase in human macrophages.


Assuntos
Inflamação , Macrófagos , Humanos , Lipídeos , Homeostase
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Front Immunol ; 14: 1148268, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37153620

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Introduction: COVID-19 and autoinflammatory diseases, such as Adult-onset Still's Disease (AOSD), are characterized by hyperinflammation, in which it is observed massive production and uncontrolled secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines. The specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators (SPMs) family is one the most important processes counteracting hyperinflammation inducing tissue repair and homeostasis restoration. Among SPMs, Protectin D1 (PD1) is able to exert antiviral features, at least in animal models. The aim of this study was to compare the transcriptome of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from patients with AOSD and COVID-19 and to evaluate the role of PD1 on those diseases, especially in modulating macrophages polarization. Methods: This study enrolled patients with AOSD, COVID-19, and healthy donors HDs, undergoing clinical assessment and blood sample collection. Next-generation deep sequencing was performed to identify differences in PBMCs transcripts profiles. Plasma levels of PD1 were assessed by commercial ELISA kits. Monocyte-derived macrophages were polarized into M1 and M2 phenotypes. We analyzed the effect of PD1 on macrophages differentiation. At 10 days, macrophages were analyzed for surface expression of subtypes markers by flow cytometry. Cytokines production was measured in supernatants by Bio-Plex Assays. Results: In the transcriptomes from AOSD patients and COVID-19 patients, genes involved in inflammation, lipid catabolism, and monocytes activation were specifically dysregulated in AOSD and COVID-19 patients when compared to HDs. Patients affected by COVID-19, hospitalized in intensive care unit (ICU), showed higher levels of PD1 when compared to not-ICU hospitalized patients and HDs (ICU COVID-19 vs not-ICU COVID-19, p= 0.02; HDs vs ICU COVID-19, p= 0.0006). PD1 levels were increased in AOSD patients with SS ≥1 compared to patients with SS=0 (p=0.028) and HDs (p=0.048). In vitro treatment with PD1 of monocytes-derived macrophages from AOSD and COVID-19 patients induced a significant increase of M2 polarization vs control (p<0.05). Furthermore, a significant release of IL-10 and MIP-1ß from M2 macrophages was observed when compared to controls (p<0.05). Discussion: PD1 is able to induce pro-resolutory programs in both AOSD and COVID-19 increasing M2 polarization and inducing their activity. In particular, PD1-treated M2 macrophages from AOSD and COVID-19 patients increased the production of IL-10 and enhanced homeostatic restoration through MIP-1ß production.


Assuntos
COVID-19 , Doença de Still de Início Tardio , Humanos , Transcriptoma , Interleucina-10/metabolismo , Leucócitos Mononucleares/metabolismo , Quimiocina CCL4/metabolismo , COVID-19/metabolismo , Citocinas/metabolismo , Ácidos Docosa-Hexaenoicos/metabolismo , Macrófagos , Diferenciação Celular/genética
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Int J Mol Sci ; 24(7)2023 Apr 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37047721

RESUMO

Resolvin E1 (RvE1) is an eicosapentaenoic acid-derived lipid mediator involved in the resolution of inflammation. Here, we investigated whether RvE1 alterations may occur in an animal model of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). To this end, Sprague Dawley albino rats underwent light damage (LD), and retinas and serum were analyzed immediately or seven days after treatment. Western blot of retinas showed that the RvE1 receptor ChemR23 and the RvE1 metabolic enzymes 5-LOX and COX-2 were unchanged immediately after LD, but they were significantly up-regulated seven days later. Instead, the RvE1 receptor BLT1 was not modulated by LD, and neither was the RvE1 degradative enzyme 15-PGDH. Moreover, ChemR23, 5-LOX, COX-2 and BLT1 were found to be more expressed in the inner retina under all experimental conditions, as observed through ImageJ plot profile analysis. Of note, amacrine cells highly expressed BLT1, while ChemR23 was highly expressed in the activated microglia of the outer retina. ELISA assays also showed that LD rats displayed significantly higher circulating levels and reduced retinal levels of RvE1 compared to controls. Altogether, our data indicate that RvE1 metabolism and signaling are modulated in the LD model, suggesting a potentially relevant role of this pathway in AMD.


Assuntos
Ácido Eicosapentaenoico , Degeneração Macular , Animais , Ratos , Ciclo-Oxigenase 2 , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Degeneração Macular/etiologia
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Biomedicines ; 10(7)2022 Jul 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35884978

RESUMO

Background: the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) plays a pivotal role in immune cells regulation. The plasma levels of 2-AG are increased in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and correlate with disease activity. Moreover, in plasmacytoid dendritic cells from SLE patients, 2-AG is able to control the production of type 1 interferon (IFN) through CB2 activation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential role of 2-AG on T lymphocytes from SLE patients. Methods: peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from SLE participants and age- and sex-matched healthy donors (HD) were isolated by Ficoll-Hypaque density-gradient centrifugation. The PBMCs were treated with increasing concentrations of 2-AG, and AM251 and AM630 were used to antagonize CB1 and CB2, respectively. Flow cytometry was used to assess the expression of CD3, CD4, CD8, CD25, IFN-É£, IL-4, and IL-17A. Results: 2-AG (1 µM) decreased IFN-É£ expression (p = 0.0005) in the Th1 lymphocytes of SLE patients. 2-AG did not modulate the cytokine expression of any other T lymphocyte population from either SLE or HD. Treatment with both 2-AG and AM630 increased the IFN-É£ expression in Th1 lymphocytes of SLE patients (p = 0.03). Discussion: 2-AG is able to modulate type 2 IFN production from CD4+ T lymphocytes from SLE patients through CB2 activation.

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Int J Mol Sci ; 23(10)2022 May 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35628241

RESUMO

The decriminalization and legalization of cannabis has paved the way for investigations into the potential of the use of phytocannabinoids (pCBs) as natural therapeutics for the treatment of human diseases. This growing interest has recently focused on rare (less abundant) pCBs that are non-psychotropic compounds, such as cannabigerol (CBG), cannabichromene (CBC), Δ9-tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) and cannabigerolic acid (CBGA). Notably, pCBs can act via the endocannabinoid system (ECS), which is involved in the regulation of key pathophysiological processes, and also in the skin. In this study, we used human keratinocytes (HaCaT cells) as an in vitro model that expresses all major ECS elements in order to systematically investigate the effects of CBG, CBC, THCV and CBGA. To this end, we analyzed the gene and protein expression of ECS components (receptors: CB1, CB2, GPR55, TRPV1 and PPARα/γ/δ; enzymes: NAPE-PLD, FAAH, DAGLα/ß and MAGL) using qRT-PCR and Western blotting, along with assessments of their functionality using radioligand binding and activity assays. In addition, we quantified the content of endocannabinoid(-like) compounds (AEA, 2-AG, PEA, etc.) using UHPLC-MS/MS. Our results demonstrated that rare pCBs modulate the gene and protein expression of distinct ECS elements differently, as well as the content of endocannabinoid(-like) compounds. Notably, they all increased CB1/2 binding, TRPV1 channel stimulation and FAAH and MAGL catalytic activity. These unprecedented observations should be considered when exploring the therapeutic potential of cannabis extracts for the treatment of human skin diseases.


Assuntos
Cannabis , Alucinógenos , Humanos , Agonistas de Receptores de Canabinoides , Cannabis/química , Endocanabinoides/metabolismo , Endocanabinoides/farmacologia , Queratinócitos/metabolismo , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem
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Cells ; 11(7)2022 04 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35406803

RESUMO

Chronic inflammation in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been recently identified as a major contributor to disease pathogenesis. Once activated, microglial cells, which are brain-resident immune cells, exert several key actions, including phagocytosis, chemotaxis, and the release of pro- or anti-inflammatory mediators, which could have opposite effects on brain homeostasis, depending on the stage of disease and the particular phenotype of microglial cells. The endocannabinoids (eCBs) are pleiotropic bioactive lipids increasingly recognized for their essential roles in regulating microglial activity both under normal and AD-driven pathological conditions. Here, we review the current literature regarding the involvement of this signalling system in modulating microglial phenotypes and activity in the context of homeostasis and AD-related neurodegeneration.


Assuntos
Doença de Alzheimer , Microglia , Doença de Alzheimer/patologia , Endocanabinoides , Humanos , Microglia/patologia , Fagocitose , Transdução de Sinais
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Front Pharmacol ; 12: 717993, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34456731

RESUMO

Inflammation and neuroinflammation are critical mechanisms in the generation of neuropathic pain that is experienced in several chronic diseases. The aberrant inflammation that triggers this pathophysiologic process can be tracked down to an exacerbated immune response, which establishes a vicious cycle and continuously recruits inflammatory cells by inducing chronic tissue damage. Recently, impairment of the cellular and molecular machinery orchestrated by specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs)-i.e., endogenous lipids termed resolvins, protectins, maresins, and lipoxins that confine the inflammatory cascades in space and time during the "resolution of inflammation"-has emerged as a crucial event in the derangement of the inflammatory homeostasis and the onset of chronic inflammation and pain. Indeed, a deviant inflammatory response that is not adequately controlled by the resolution network leads to the overproduction of pro-inflammatory eicosanoids that, opposite to SPMs, lead to neuropathic pain. Interestingly, in the last two decades convincing evidence has demonstrated that SPMs antagonize the in vivo activity of pro-inflammatory eicosanoids and, overall, exert potent anti-hyperalgesic effects in a number of pain-associated paradigms of disease, such as arthritis and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, as well as in many experimental models of pain like mechanical allodynia, chemical pain, heat hypersensitivity and phase 1 and 2 inflammatory pain. Of note, accumulated evidence supports a synergy between SPMs and other signalling pathways, such as those mediated by transient receptor potential (TRP) channels and those triggered by opioid receptors, suggesting that the cascade of events where inflammation and pain perception take part might be ways more intricated than originally expected. Here, we aim at presenting a state-of-the-art view of SPMs, their metabolism and signalling, in the context of cellular and molecular pathways associated to neuropathic pain.

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Biomolecules ; 11(6)2021 06 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34200023

RESUMO

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. MS is characterized by infiltrations of leukocytes such as T and B lymphocytes and macrophages. Macrophages have been identified as major effectors of inflammation and demyelination in both MS and its animal model, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). However, the activation and heterogeneity of macrophages in MS has been poorly investigated. Thus, in this study, we evaluated M1 and M2 macrophages immunophenotype from EAE and control mice by analyzing over 30 surface and intracellular markers through polychromatic flow cytometry, qRT-PCR, and ELISA assay. We showed that M1 macrophages possessed a higher proinflammatory profile in EAE compared to control mice, since they expressed higher levels of activation/co-stimulatory markers (iNOS, CD40, and CD80) and cytokines/chemokines (IL-6, IL-12, CCL2, and CXCL10), whereas M2 lost their M2-like phenotype by showing a decreased expression of their signature markers CD206 and CCL22, as well as a concomitant upregulation of several M1 makers. Furthermore, immunization of M1 and M2 macrophages with MOG35-55 led to a significant hyperactivation of M1 and a concomitant shift of anti-inflammatory M2 to pro-inflammatory M1 macrophages. Overall, we provide evidence for a phenotypic alteration of M1/M2 balance during MS, which can be of crucial importance not only for a better understanding of the immunopathology of this neurodegenerative disease but also to potentially develop new macrophage-centered therapeutic strategies.


Assuntos
Polaridade Celular/fisiologia , Encefalomielite Autoimune Experimental/imunologia , Macrófagos/imunologia , Esclerose Múltipla/imunologia , Plasticidade Neuronal/fisiologia , Animais , Encefalomielite Autoimune Experimental/patologia , Feminino , Imunofenotipagem/métodos , Macrófagos/patologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Esclerose Múltipla/patologia
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Cell Rep ; 35(9): 109201, 2021 06 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34077725

RESUMO

The chronic neuro-inflammatory character of multiple sclerosis (MS) suggests that the natural process to resolve inflammation is impaired. This protective process is orchestrated by specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators (SPMs), but to date, the role of SPMs in MS remains largely unknown. Here, we provide in vivo evidence that treatment with the SPM lipoxin A4 (LXA4) ameliorates clinical symptoms of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) and inhibits CD4+ and CD8+ T cell infiltration into the central nervous system (CNS). Moreover, we show that LXA4 potently reduces encephalitogenic Th1 and Th17 effector functions, both in vivo and in isolated human T cells from healthy donors and patients with relapsing-remitting MS. Finally, we demonstrate that LXA4 affects the spinal cord lipidome by significantly reducing the levels of pro-inflammatory lipid mediators during EAE. Collectively, our findings provide mechanistic insight into LXA4-mediated amelioration of neuro-inflammation and highlight the potential clinical application of LXA4 for MS.


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Encéfalo/imunologia , Inflamação/imunologia , Inflamação/metabolismo , Lipidômica , Lipoxinas/farmacologia , Medula Espinal/metabolismo , Medula Espinal/patologia , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Adulto , Animais , Encéfalo/patologia , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Citocinas/metabolismo , Encefalomielite Autoimune Experimental/imunologia , Encefalomielite Autoimune Experimental/patologia , Feminino , Humanos , Lipoxinas/química , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Esclerose Múltipla/imunologia , Esclerose Múltipla/patologia , Medula Espinal/efeitos dos fármacos , Linfócitos T/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Th1/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Th1/imunologia , Células Th17/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Th17/imunologia
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J Pharm Biomed Anal ; 203: 114181, 2021 Sep 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34111730

RESUMO

The critical role of acute inflammatory processes is recognized in many chronic diseases; a key point in molecular mechanisms of acute inflammation resolution is represented by a new group of pro-resolving lipid mediators that include distinct families of molecules: lipoxins, resolvins, protectins and maresins, collectively termed "specialized pro-resolving mediators" (SPMs). In particular, resolvins are active in the picogram to nanogram dose range, whereby they can directly modulate a plethora of anti-inflammatory responses. The presented method proposes an analytical protocol able to extract and to quantify 6 different resolvins from 3 different matrices (plasma, cells and exudates). The method, validated according to the EMA guideline for bioanalysis, exhibited good precision (1%-20%) and accuracy (2%-20%). In particular, the combination of two different sample preparation techniques, Liquid-Liquid Extraction (LLE) and micro-Solid Phase Extraction (µSPE), applied for the first on this class of molecules, used for the extraction and clean-up respectively, led to high enrichment factor (20 fold) and consequently a high sensitivity (LOQ between 1 and 38 pg mL-1); moreover the validation data proved the versatility of µSPE as clean-up tool as it was capable to manage huge enrichment factor without negatively affect accuracy and precision of analysis.


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Inflamação , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Humanos , Mediadores da Inflamação , Extração em Fase Sólida
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Adv Drug Deliv Rev ; 159: 133-169, 2020.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32628989

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Endogenous bioactive lipids are part of a complex network that modulates a plethora of cellular and molecular processes involved in health and disease, of which inflammation represents one of the most prominent examples. Inflammation serves as a well-conserved defence mechanism, triggered in the event of chemical, mechanical or microbial damage, that is meant to eradicate the source of damage and restore tissue function. However, excessive inflammatory signals, or impairment of pro-resolving/anti-inflammatory pathways leads to chronic inflammation, which is a hallmark of chronic pathologies. All main classes of endogenous bioactive lipids - namely eicosanoids, specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators, lysoglycerophopsholipids and endocannabinoids - have been consistently involved in the chronic inflammation that characterises pathologies such as cancer, diabetes, atherosclerosis, asthma, as well as autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorders and inflammatory bowel diseases. This review gathers the current knowledge concerning the involvement of endogenous bioactive lipids in the pathogenic processes of chronic inflammatory pathologies.


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Inflamação/metabolismo , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Animais , Doença Crônica , Humanos , Inflamação/terapia , Lipídeos
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Haematologica ; 105(8): 2056-2070, 2020 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31780628

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Chronic inflammation is a key pathological hallmark of multiple sclerosis (MS) and suggests that resolution of inflammation, orchestrated by specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators (LM), is impaired. Here, through targeted-metabololipidomics in peripheral blood of patients with MS, we revealed that each disease form was associated with distinct LM profiles that significantly correlated with disease severity. In particular, relapsing and progressive MS patients were associated with high eicosanoids levels, whereas the majority of pro-resolving LM were significantly reduced or below limits of detection and correlated with disease progression. Furthermore, we found impaired expression of several pro-resolving LM biosynthetic enzymes and receptors in blood-derived leukocytes of MS patients. Mechanistically, differentially expressed mediators like LXA4, LXB4, RvD1 and PD1 reduced MS-derived monocyte activation and cytokine production, and inhibited inflammation-induced blood-brain barrier dysfunction and monocyte transendothelial migration. Altogether, these findings reveal peripheral defects in the resolution pathway in MS, suggesting pro-resolving LM as novel diagnostic biomarkers and potentially safe therapeutics.


Assuntos
Monócitos , Esclerose Múltipla , Barreira Hematoencefálica , Eicosanoides , Humanos , Inflamação , Mediadores da Inflamação , Esclerose Múltipla/tratamento farmacológico
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Nat Commun ; 10(1): 3945, 2019 09 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31477726

RESUMO

Neuroinflammation is one of the hallmarks of Parkinson's disease (PD) and may contribute to midbrain dopamine (DA) neuron degeneration. Recent studies link chronic inflammation with failure to resolve early inflammation, a process operated by specialized pro-resolving mediators, including resolvins. However, the effects of stimulating the resolution of inflammation in PD - to modulate disease progression - still remain unexplored. Here we show that rats overexpressing human α-synuclein (Syn) display altered DA neuron properties, reduced striatal DA outflow and motor deficits prior to nigral degeneration. These early alterations are coupled with microglia activation and perturbations of inflammatory and pro-resolving mediators, namely IFN-γ and resolvin D1 (RvD1). Chronic and early RvD1 administration in Syn rats prevents central and peripheral inflammation, as well as neuronal dysfunction and motor deficits. We also show that endogenous RvD1 is decreased in human patients with early-PD. Our results suggest there is an imbalance between neuroinflammatory and pro-resolving processes in PD.


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Modelos Animais de Doenças , Ácidos Docosa-Hexaenoicos/administração & dosagem , Inflamação/prevenção & controle , Degeneração Neural/prevenção & controle , Doença de Parkinson/prevenção & controle , Animais , Ácidos Docosa-Hexaenoicos/genética , Ácidos Docosa-Hexaenoicos/metabolismo , Neurônios Dopaminérgicos/efeitos dos fármacos , Neurônios Dopaminérgicos/metabolismo , Humanos , Masculino , Microglia/efeitos dos fármacos , Microglia/metabolismo , Doença de Parkinson/genética , Doença de Parkinson/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Ratos Transgênicos , Substância Negra/efeitos dos fármacos , Substância Negra/metabolismo , alfa-Sinucleína/genética , alfa-Sinucleína/metabolismo
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Oxid Med Cell Longev ; 2019: 8107265, 2019.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31316721

RESUMO

Specialized proresolving mediators (SPMs) are a novel class of endogenous lipids, derived by ω-6 and ω-3 essential polyunsaturated fatty acids such as arachidonic acid (AA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) that trigger and orchestrate the resolution of inflammation, which is the series of cellular and molecular events that leads to spontaneous regression of inflammatory processes and restoring of tissue homeostasis. These lipids are emerging as highly effective therapeutic agents that exert their immunoregulatory activity by activating the proresolving pathway, as reported by a consistent bulk of evidences gathered in the last two decades since their discovery. The production of reactive oxygen (ROS) and nitrogen (RNS) species by immune cells plays indeed an important role in the inflammatory mechanisms of host defence, and it is now clear that oxidative stress, viewed as an imbalance between such species and their elimination, can lead to many chronic inflammatory diseases. This review, the first of its kind, is aimed at exploring the manifold effects of SPMs on modulation of reactive species production, along with the mechanisms through which they either inhibit molecular signalling pathways that are activated by oxidative stress or induce the expression of endogenous antioxidant systems. Furthermore, the possible role of SPMs in oxidative stress-mediated chronic disorders is also summarized, suggesting not only that their anti-inflammatory and proresolving properties are strictly associated with their antioxidant role but also that these endogenous lipids might be exploited in the treatment of several pathologies in which uncontrolled production of ROS and RNS or impairment of the antioxidant machinery represents a main pathogenetic mechanism.


Assuntos
Anti-Inflamatórios/farmacologia , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Ácidos Docosa-Hexaenoicos/farmacologia , Ácido Eicosapentaenoico/farmacologia , Humanos , Espécies Reativas de Nitrogênio/metabolismo , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismo
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Oxid Med Cell Longev ; 2019: 1759464, 2019.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31915503

RESUMO

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1155/2019/8107265.].

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