Cytokine inhibition by a novel steroid, mometasone furoate.
Mometasone furoate (9 alpha, 21 dichloro-11 beta, 17 alpha dihydroxy-16 alpha methyl-1,4 pregnadiene-3, 20 dione-17-[2'] furoate) was an unexpectedly potent inhibitor of the in vitro production of three inflammatory cytokines, IL-1(1), IL-6, and TNF-alpha. The potency of mometasone furoate in inhibiting cytokine production was compared to that of hydrocortisone, betamethasone, dexamethasone, and beclomethasone. IL-6 and TNF-alpha were both produced by WEHI-265.1 (murine myelomonocytic leukemia) cells following stimulation by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Twenty-four hours after stimulation by LPS, the cell-free supernatant fluids were removed. Their cytokine content was analyzed using ELISAs specific for each cytokine. IL-1 synthesis was induced in the harvested peritoneal macrophages of BALB/c mice by incubation with LPS for twenty-four hours. The IL-1 content in the cell-free supernatant fluids was determined by the thymocyte-costimulator bioassay. Using these systems, mometasone furoate was found to be the most potent steroid tested for inhibiting the production of the three cytokines. The IC50's were 0.05 nM (IL-1), 0.15 nM (IL-6), and 0.25 nM (TNF-alpha). The inhibition of the production of proinflammatory mediators by extremely low concentrations of mometasone furoate suggests that this steroid should be highly effective in various disorders.
Schering-Plough Research, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003.
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Barton
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Jakway
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Smith
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Siegel
D000287:Administration, Topical; D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051379:Mice; D000068656:Mometasone Furoate; D011244:Pregnadienediols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000093242:Interleukin-6 Inhibitors
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D000068656:Mometasone Furoate; D011244:Pregnadienediols; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000093242:Interleukin-6 Inhibitors