Identification of a pro-elongation effect of diallyl disulfide, a major organosulfur compound in garlic oil, on microglial process
Identification of a pro-elongation effect of diallyl disulfide, a major organosulfur compound in garlic oil, on microglial process
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大蒜油中主要有机硫化合物二烯丙基二硫化物对小胶质细胞过程的促伸长作用的鉴定
DOI:
10.1016/j.jnutbio.2019.108323
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Chao Huang
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作者:
Xing Xu;Peili Hu;Yaoying Ma;Lijuan Tong;Dan Wang;Yue Wu;Zhuo Chen;Chao Huang
Microglia are the innate immune cells in the nervous system. In the resting state, they display a ramified morphology, while upon disease stimulation their processes would be retracted, along with pro-inflammatory cytokine overproduction. Reversing microglial process retraction may help reduce pro-inflammatory cytokine production and restore microglia's ability to scan surrounding environments, rendering brain function regulation to be more effective. We found that diallyl disulfide (DADS), a major organosulfur compound in garlic oil, administered at different doses and time points, promoted microglial process elongation in both cultured systems and prefrontal cortexes in mice in a reversible manner. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a classical activator of microglia, did not affect this pro-elongation effect of DADS at conditions in vitro and in vivo. Functional studies revealed that DADS pre-treatment attenuated LPS-induced decreases in levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) mRNA as well as LPS-induced increases in levels of IL-10 and CD206 mRNA in both cultured microglia and prefrontal cortexes in mice. Protein kinase B (Akt) inhibition attenuated the pro-elongation effect of DADS on microglial process and blocked the regulatory effects of DADS on LPS-induced inflammatory responses in both cultured microglia and prefrontal cortexes in mice. In an in vivo model of neuroinflammation, DADS pre-treatment prevented LPS-induced retraction of microglial process in the prefrontal cortex in mice and attenuated LPS-induced increase in immobility time in the tail suspension test and forced swim test. These results indicate that DADS induces an Akt-dependent elongation of microglia process, along with the induction of an anti-inflammatory phenotype.