LOCAL STIMULATION OF α7 CHOLINERGIC RECEPTORS INHIBITS LPS-INDUCED TNF-α RELEASE IN THE MOUSE LUNG
- 1 December 2007
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Shock
- Vol. 28 (6), 700-703
- https://doi.org/10.1097/shk.0b013e318054dd89
Abstract
The cholinergic nervous system can inhibit the release of proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF-alpha from LPS-stimulated macrophages. Acetylcholine, the principal neurotransmitter of the vagus nerve, is the key mediator of this so-called cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway, specifically interacting with alpha 7 cholinergic receptors expressed by macrophages and other cell types to inhibit TNF-alpha production. The aim of the current study was to determine the capacity of the selective alpha 7 cholinergic receptor agonist 3-(2,4-dimethoxybenzylidene) anabaseine (GTS-21), administered locally into the airways, to inhibit LPS-induced inflammatory responses in the mouse lung in vivo. GTS-21 dose-dependently inhibited LPS-induced TNF-alpha release by MH-S mouse alveolar macrophages in vitro. Intranasal inoculation with GTS-21 also dose-dependently inhibited TNF-alpha release into the lung compartment after intrapulmonary delivery of LPS in mice in vivo, whereas IL-6 concentrations were not affected. However, GTS-21 did not influence the influx of neutrophils into bronchoalveolar lavage fluid elicited by LPS and increased the concentrations of the neutrophil-attracting chemokines cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant and macrophage inflammatory protein 2. These data indicate that local administration of GTS-21 inhibits TNF-alpha release in the lung during LPS-induced inflammatioKeywords
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