Abstract
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) function as modulators of pro-inflammatory processes in microglia-associated neurodegenerative diseases.However, little is known about the involvement of specific antioxidants in regulating the microglial redox status. Here, we demonstrated that peroxiredoxin (Prx) I activity was induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), but not paraquat and hydrogen peroxide, through activation of the ROS/p38 MAPK signal pathway, and participated in alleviating the microglial activation and generation of nitric oxide (NO). Interestingly, a null mutation of Prx I accelerated NF-κB-mediated iNOS induction and subsequent NO secretion in LPS-stimulated microglia. Furthermore, F4/80 expression as microglial activation marker was notably up-regulated in primary cultures of microglia, hippocampal sections, and cerebral cortex of 15-month-old Prx I-/- mouse.Taken together, the results of our study indicated that Prx I is an antioxidant that is up-regulated in a ROS/p38 MAPK-dependent manner and governs the progression of neuroinflammation by suppressing microglial activation. In addition, Prx I deficiency increased the nuclear translocation of NF-κB mediated-iNOS induction as pro-inflammatory mediators.The findings of our work suggest possible strategies for developing novel therapies to treat inflammation-associated degenerative neurological diseases by targeting the induction of Prx I in microglial cells.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 26-36 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Neuroimmunology |
Volume | 259 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 Jun 15 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by Kyungpook National University Research Fund, 2012, by the SRC program (Center for Food & Nutritional Genomics: grant number 2012-0000639 ) of the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology , by a grant (no. 2012-008880 ) from the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology , by a grant (nos. 110056-03-3-HD110 and 112020-03-1-CG000 ) from the ARPC program of the Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries , and by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Korean Government (no. 2012M3A9B6055362 ).
Keywords
- Antioxidants
- Inflammation
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Microglia activation
- Peroxiredoxin
- Reactive oxygen species
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Allergy
- Immunology
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology