Epinephrine modulates the ratio of pro-inflammatory mediators and anti-inflammatory mediators in murine macrophages treated with LPS
- VernacularTitle:肾上腺素对小鼠巨噬细胞中促炎/抗炎介质比值的影响
- Author:
Li ZHANG
;
Duyun YE
;
Ping WU
;
Yanjun HUANG
;
Ping YUAN
;
Jingyuan WAN
;
Tao WU
;
Xiaoyan ZHOU
;
Shengwei JIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Epinephrine;
Lipopolysaccharides;
Inflammation;
Macrophages;
NF-kappa B
- From:
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology
1986;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
AIM: To investigate the effect of epinephrine on LPS-induced pro-inflammatory mediators (TNF-?, NO and COX-2) and anti-inflammatory mediators (HO-1 and IL-10) production in murine macrophage RAW264.7 cells, and to determine whether these effect is due to the influence of epinephrine on NF-?B activation. METHODS: RAW264.7 cells were cultured in vitro with 10 ?g/L LPS in the absence or presence of epinephrine at variant concentrations (1, 5, 10, 50 ?mol/L) for 24 hours, then the supernatants was collected for measuring TNF-? and IL-10 by ELISA and Griess reagent was used to measure NO (NO_2-/NO_3-) concentration. At the same time point, cells were harvested and COX-2, HO-1 and I?B-? was detected by Western blotting. RESULTS: 10 ?g/L LPS significantly induced the production of TNF-?, NO (NO_2-/NO_3-), COX-2, HO-1 and IL-10. When epinephrine was added into the medium together with LPS, the pro-inflammatory mediators production was decreased in a dose-dependent manner, however, anti-inflammatory mediators HO-1 and IL-10 expression was enhanced by epinephrine. Epinephrine has no significant effect on I?B-? degradation in LPS-activated RAW264.7 cells. CONCLUSION: Epinephrine down-regulates LPS-induced pro-inflammatory mediator expression while promotes anti-inflammatory mediator production in murine macrophages. These effect seems to be independent of NF-?B activation.