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Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate attenuates the development of acute and chronic inflammation.

British journal of pharmacology ·Vol. 135 ·No. 2 ·2002-01-00 ·Pages 496-510

Cuzzocrea S, Chatterjee PK, Mazzon E, Dugo L, Serraino I, Britti D, Mazzullo G, Caputi AP, Thiemermann C

Abstract

The nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) is a transcription factor which plays a pivotal role in the induction of genes involved in physiological processes as well as in the response to injury and inflammation. Dithiocarbamates are antioxidants which are potent inhibitors of NF-kappaB. We postulated that pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) would attenuate inflammation. In the present study we investigate the effects of PDTC in animal models of acute and chronic inflammation (carrageenan-induced pleurisy and collagen-induced arthritis). We report here for the first time that PDTC (given at 100, 30 or 10 mg kg(-1) i.p. in the pleurisy model or at 10 mg kg(-1) i.p. every 48 h in the arthritis model) exerts potent anti-inflammatory effects (e.g. significant reduction of (A) pleural exudate formation, (B) polymorphonuclear cell infiltration, (C) lipid peroxidation, (D) inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity and nitric oxide production (E) plasma and pleural exudates levels of interleukin-1beta and tumour necrosis factor-alpha, (F) histological injury and (G) delayed development of clinical indicators). Furthermore, PDTC reduced immunohistochemical evidence of (A) formation of nitrotyrosine, (B) activation of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), (C) expression of iNOS and (D) expression of cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) in the lungs of carrageenan-treated mice and in the joints from collagen-treated mice. Additionally, Western blotting and immunohistochemical analysis of lung tissue revealed that PDTC prevented degradation of IKB-alpha and translocation of NF-kappaB from the cytoplasm into the nucleus. Taken together, our results clearly demonstrate that prevention of the activation of NF-kappaB by PDTC reduces the development of acute and chronic inflammation. Therefore, inhibition of NF-kappaB may represent a novel approach for the therapy of inflammation.

MeSH Terms
Acute Disease Animals Antioxidants/pharmacology,therapeutic use Arthritis, Experimental/chemically induced,metabolism,pathology,prevention & control Carrageenan/administration & dosage Chronic Disease Collagen/administration & dosage DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism I-kappa B Proteins Male Mice Mice, Inbred BALB C Mice, Inbred DBA NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha NF-kappa B/antagonists & inhibitors,metabolism Pleurisy/chemically induced,metabolism,pathology,prevention & control Protein Transport/drug effects Pyrrolidines/pharmacology,therapeutic use Thiocarbamates/pharmacology,therapeutic use
Chemicals
Antioxidants DNA-Binding Proteins I-kappa B Proteins NF-kappa B Nfkbia protein, mouse Pyrrolidines Thiocarbamates NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha pyrrolidine dithiocarbamic acid Carrageenan Collagen
Authors & Affiliations
9 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Cuzzocrea Salvatore
Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine,University of Messina, Gazzi, Italy. salvator@www.unime.it
Chatterjee Prabal K
Mazzon Emanuela
Dugo Laura
Serraino Ivana
Britti Domenico
Mazzullo Giuseppe
Caputi Achille P
Thiemermann Christoph
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Article Info
Journal
British journal of pharmacology
Abbr.
Br J Pharmacol
ISSN
0007-1188
DOI
10.1038/sj.bjp.0704463
Email
salvator@www.unime.it
Published
2002-01-00
Pages
496-510
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
7502536
PMCID
PMC1573136
Subset
IM
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