利坦西林
白屈菜红碱
一氧化氮合酶
一氧化氮
化学
细胞因子
受体
药理学
5-羟色胺能
血清素
信号转导
蛋白激酶C
生物
免疫学
生物化学
有机化学
作者
Keith J. Miller,Héctor Alfredo Baptista González
标识
DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10188.x
摘要
C6-glioma cells endogenously express both 5-HT2A receptors and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). iNOS can be induced by transcriptional activation to produce nitric oxide (NO) in response to a challenge with the pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma. Experiments were conducted to determine whether 5-HT2A receptor activation could modify the production of NO in response to the inducing agents. 1 muM DOI produced a dose-dependent inhibition of the cytokine-inducted nitrite levels of 40% which was inhibited by spiperone and ritanserin. In addition, the DOI-mediated decrease was prevented by the PKC inhibitor chelerythrine (100 nM). The effectiveness of DOI was lost when added more than two hours after the addition of inducing agent, suggesting that DOI was regulating iNOS at the level of transcription rather than post-translationally. We suggest that there is a link between the serotonergic system and NO-mediated immune responses in the brain.
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