Journal
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 8, Pages 1125-1137Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-019-00707-2
Keywords
Cerium nanoparticles; LXW7; Integrin alpha v beta 3; Inflammation; Oxidative stress
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- Peking University Shenzhen Hospital [JCYJ2018012]
- Health and Family Planning Commission of Shenzhen Municipality Fund [SZSM201812096]
- Beijing Key Laboratory [BZ0250]
- Inner Mongolia University Startup Fund Project [21300-5145152]
- Inner Mongolia Education Department Key Project [NJZZ16015]
- Inner Mongolia Natural Science Foundation [2016MS0216]
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Microglia are the inherent immune effector cells in the central nervous system (CNS), are activated rapidly when the CNS is stimulated by ischaemia, infection, injury, etc. and participate in and aggravate the development of inflammatory reactions in the CNS. During the process of microglial activation, inflammatory factors such as TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta and an abundance of reactive oxygen species (ROS)/reactive nitrogen species (RNS), are released by damaged nerve cells. LXW7 is a small molecule peptide and specifically binds with integrin alpha v beta 3. Cerium oxide nanoparticles (nanoceria) are strong free radical scavengers and are widely used in many studies. In this research, a model of inflammation was established using lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to induce BV2 microglia activation, and the effects of CeO2@PAA (synthetic nanoscale cerium oxide particles), LXW7 and CeO2@PAA-LXW7 were evaluated. We detected the expression level of inflammatory factors, the release of NO in BV2 cells and the generation of intracellular ROS. The expression levels of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and their phosphorylated proteins were detected in BV2 microglia. We found that CeO2@PAA, LXW7 and CeO2@PAA-LXW7 all effectively inhibited the activation of BV2 microglia, reduced the production of cytokines and the release of NO and reduced the production of intracellular ROS. The three treatments all inhibited the phosphorylation of FAK and STAT3 in BV2 microglia. Regarding these effects, CeO2@PAA-LXW7 was more effective than the other two monotherapies. Our data indicate that CeO2@PAA, LXW7 and CeO2@PAA-LXW7 can exert a neuroprotective function by inhibiting the inflammatory response of LPS-induced BV2 microglia. LXW7 may inhibit the activation of FAK and STAT3 signals in combination with integrin alpha v beta 3 to restrain neuroinflammation and the antioxidative stress effect of cerium oxide; hence, CeO2@PAA-LXW7 can exert a more robust anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effect via synergistically suppressing the ability of LXW7 to influence the integrin pathway and the free radical-scavenging ability of CeO2@PAA.
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