title: Decrease of the inflammatory response and induction of the Akt/protein kinase B pathway by poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 inhibitor in endotoxin-induced septic shock.
abstract: The lack of efficacy of anti-inflammatory drugs, anti-coagulants, anti-oxidants, etc. in critically ill patients has shifted interest towards developing alternative treatments. Since inhibitors of the nuclear enzyme poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) were found to be beneficial in many pathophysiological conditions associated with oxidative stress and PARP-1 knock-out mice proved to be resistant to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced septic shock, PARP inhibitors are candidates for such a role. In this study, the mechanism of the protective effect of a potent PARP-1 inhibitor, PJ34 was studied in LPS-induced (20mg/kg, i.p.) septic shock in mice. We demonstrated a significant inflammatory response by magnetic resonance imaging in the dorsal subcutaneous region, in the abdominal regions around the kidneys and in the inter-intestinal cavities. We have found necrotic and apoptotic histological changes as well as obstructed blood vessels in the liver and small intestine. Additionally, we have detected elevated tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels in the serum and nuclear factor kappa B activation in liver of LPS-treated mice. Pre-treating the animals with PJ34 (10mg/kg, i.p.), before the LPS challenge, besides rescuing the animals from LPS-induced death, attenuated all these changes presumably by activating the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-Akt/protein kinase B cytoprotective pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Pecs University, Hungary.
authors.forename: Balazs
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Veres
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gallyas
authors.forename: Gabor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Varbiro
authors.forename: Zoltan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Berente
authors.forename: Erzsebet
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Osz
authors.forename: Gyorgy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szekeres
authors.forename: Csaba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.forename: Balazs
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sumegi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D007249:Inflammation / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000067856:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D018805:Sepsis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C434926:N-(oxo-5,6-dihydrophenanthridin-2-yl)-N,N-dimethylacetamide hydrochloride; D016328:NF-kappa B; D010616:Phenanthrenes; D000067856:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt