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Toll-like receptor 4 agonist and antagonist lipopolysaccharides modify innate immune response in rat brain circumventricular organs.
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Journal of neuroinflammation [J Neuroinflammation] 2020 Jan 06; Vol. 17 (1), pp. 6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jan 06. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Background: The circumventricular organs (CVOs) are blood-brain-barrier missing structures whose activation through lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a starting point for TLR-driven (Toll-like receptors) neuroinflammation. The aim of this study was to evaluate in the CVO area postrema (AP), subfornical organ (SFO), and median eminence (ME), the inflammatory response to two TLR4 agonists: LPS from Escherichia coli (EC-LPS), the strongest endotoxin molecule described, and LPS from Porphyromonas gingivalis (PG-LPS), a pathogenic bacteria present in the periodontium related to neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative/psychiatric diseases. The response to LPS from the cyanobacteria Rhodobacter sphaeroides (RS-LPS), a TLR4 antagonist with an interesting anti-inflammatory potential, was also assessed.<br />Methods: LPSs were intraperitoneally administered to Wistar rats and, as indicatives of neuroinflammation in CVOs, the cellular localization of the nuclear factor NF-κB was studied by immunofluorescence, and microglia morphology was quantified by fractal and skeleton analysis.<br />Results: Data showed that EC-LPS increased NF-κB nuclear translocation in the three CVOs studied and PG-LPS only induced NF-κB nuclear translocation in the ME. RS-LPS showed no difference in NF-κB nuclear translocation compared to control. Microglia in the three CVOs showed an ameboid-shape after EC-LPS exposure, whereas PG-LPS only elicited a mild tendency to induce an ameboid shape. On the other hand, RS-LPS produced a markedly elongated morphology described as "rod" microglia in the three CVOs.<br />Conclusions: In conclusion, at the doses tested, EC-LPS induces a stronger neuroinflammatory response than PG-LPS in CVOs, which might be related to their different potency as TLR4 agonists. The non-reduction of basal NF-κB activation and induction of rod microglia by RS-LPS, a cell morphology only present in severe brain injury and infections, suggests that this molecule must be carefully studied before being proposed as an anti-inflammatory treatment for neuroinflammation related to neurodegenerative/psychiatric diseases.
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- Animals
Brain drug effects
Circumventricular Organs drug effects
Immunity, Innate drug effects
Male
NF-kappa B immunology
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Toll-Like Receptor 4 agonists
Toll-Like Receptor 4 antagonists & inhibitors
Brain immunology
Circumventricular Organs immunology
Immunity, Innate immunology
Lipopolysaccharides pharmacology
Toll-Like Receptor 4 immunology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1742-2094
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of neuroinflammation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31906991
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-019-1690-2