Neuroprotective role of bradykinin because of the attenuation of pro-inflammatory cytokine release from activated microglia
Neuroprotective role of bradykinin because of the attenuation of pro-inflammatory cytokine release from activated microglia
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04339.x
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发表时间:
2007-04-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Wada, Keiji
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作者:
Noda, Mami;Kariura, Yukihiro;Wada, Keiji
Bradykinin (BK) has been reported to be a mediator of brain damage in acute insults. Receptors for BK have been identified on microglia, the pathologic sensors of the brain. Here, we report that BK attenuated lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced release of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1 beta from microglial cells, thus acting as an anti-inflammatory mediator in the brain. This effect was mimicked by raising intracellular cAMP or stimulating the prostanoid receptors EP2 and EP4, while it was abolished by a cAMP antagonist, a prostanoid receptor antagonist, or by an inhibitor of the inducible cyclooxygenase (cyclooxygenase-2). BK also enhanced formation of prostaglandin E-2 and expression of microsomal prostaglandin E synthase. Expression of BK receptors and EP2/EP4 receptors were also enhanced. Using physiological techniques, we identified functional BK receptors not only in culture, but also in microglia from acute brain slices. BK reduced LPS-induced neuronal death in neuron-microglia co-cultures. This was probably mediated via microglia as it did not affect TNF-alpha-induced neuronal death in pure neuronal cultures. Our data imply that BK has anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects in the central nervous system by modulating microglial function.