Pioglitazone reduces inflammation through inhibition of NF-κB in polymicrobial sepsis
Open Access
- 12 September 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Innate Immunity
- Vol. 20 (5), 519-528
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1753425913501565
Abstract
The insulin sensitizing thiazolidinedione drugs, rosiglitazone and pioglitazone are specific peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonists and reduce pro-inflammatory responses in patients with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease, and may be beneficial in sepsis. Sepsis was induced in 8–10-wk-old C57BL/6 mice by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) with a 22 -g double puncture technique. Mice received an i.p. injection of vehicle (DMSO:PBS) or pioglitazone (20 mg/kg) at 1 h and 6 h after CLP, and were sacrificed at various time points. In sepsis, vehicle-treated mice had hypoglycemia, increased lung injury and increased lung neutrophil infiltration. Pro-inflammatory plasma cytokines were increased, but the plasma adipokine, adiponectin, was decreased in vehicle-treated septic mice. This corresponded with inhibitor κB (IκBα) protein degradation and an increase in NF-κB activity in lung. Pioglitazone treatment improved plasma Glc and adiponectin levels, and decreased pro-inflammatory cytokines. Lung IκBα protein expression increased and corresponded with a decrease in NF-κB activity in the lung from pioglitazone-treated mice. Pioglitazone reduces the inflammatory response in polymicrobial sepsis in part through inhibition of NF-κB and may be a novel therapy in sepsis.Keywords
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