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The tryptophan metabolite 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid plays anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective roles during inflammation: role of hemeoxygenase-1.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21855684     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Tryptophan metabolism by the kynurenine pathway (KP) is important to the pathogenesis of inflammatory, infectious, and degenerative diseases. The 3-hydroxykynurenine (3-HK) branch of the KP is activated in macrophages and microglia, leading to the generation of 3-HK, 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid (3-HAA), and quinolinic acid, which are considered neurotoxic owing to their free radical-generating and N-methyl-d-aspartic acid receptor agonist activities. We investigated the role of 3-HAA in inflammatory and antioxidant gene expression and neurotoxicity in primary human fetal central nervous system cultures treated with cytokines (IL-1 with or without interferon-γ) or with Toll-like receptor ligands mimicking the proinflammatory central nervous system environment. Results were analyzed by microarray, Western blot, immunostain, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and neurotoxicity assays. 3-HAA suppressed glial cytokine and chemokine expression and reduced cytokine-induced neuronal death. 3-HK also suppressed cytokine-induced neuronal death. Unexpectedly, 3-HAA was highly effective in inducing in astrocytes the expression of hemeoxygenase-1 (HO-1), an antioxidant enzyme with anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective properties. Optimal induction of HO-1 required 3-HAA and cytokines. In human microglia, 3-HAA weakly induced HO-1 and lipopolysaccharide suppressed microglial HO-1 expression. 3-HAA-mediated HO-1 expression was confirmed in cultured adult human astrocytes and in vivo after 3-HAA injection to mouse brains. Together, our results demonstrate the novel neuroprotective activity of the tryptophan metabolite 3-HAA and have implications for future therapeutic approaches for neuroinflammatory disorders.
Authors:
Daniela Krause; Hyeon-Sook Suh; Leonid Tarassishin; Qiao Ling Cui; Bryce A Durafourt; Namjong Choi; Avital Bauman; Melissa Cosenza-Nashat; Jack P Antel; Meng-Liang Zhao; Sunhee C Lee
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of pathology     Volume:  179     ISSN:  1525-2191     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Pathol.     Publication Date:  2011 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-08-22     Completed Date:  2011-12-09     Revised Date:  2012-02-22    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370502     Medline TA:  Am J Pathol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1360-72     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2011 American Society for Investigative Pathology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
3-Hydroxyanthranilic Acid / metabolism,  pharmacology*
Adult
Animals
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology*
Astrocytes / metabolism
Cell Death / drug effects
Cells, Cultured
Chemokines / metabolism
Cytokines / metabolism
Heme Oxygenase-1 / metabolism*
Humans
Interferon-gamma / pharmacology
Interleukin-1 / pharmacology
Kynurenine / analogs & derivatives,  metabolism
Mice
Microglia / metabolism
Neurons / drug effects
Nootropic Agents / pharmacology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
K01 MH084705/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; P30 AI051519/AI/NIAID NIH HHS; R01 MH55477/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; R25 MH080663-05/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; T32 NS007098/NS/NINDS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anti-Inflammatory Agents; 0/Chemokines; 0/Cytokines; 0/Interleukin-1; 0/Nootropic Agents; 343-65-7/Kynurenine; 484-78-6/3-hydroxykynurenine; 548-93-6/3-Hydroxyanthranilic Acid; 82115-62-6/Interferon-gamma; EC 1.14.99.3/Heme Oxygenase-1

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