title: Rosiglitazone, a ligand of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma, reduces the development of nonseptic shock induced by zymosan in mice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are members of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors that are related to retinoid, steroid, and thyroid hormone receptors. The PPAR-gamma receptor subtype appears to play a pivotal role in the regulation of cellular proliferation and inflammation. Rosiglitazone (Avandia) is a PPAR-gamma agonist (the most potent PPAR-gamma agonist of the thiazolidinedione antidiabetics). In the present study, we investigated the effects of rosiglitazone on the development of nonseptic shock caused by zymosan in mice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Experimental study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University laboratory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Male CD mice.
  
  
  METHODS
  We investigated the effects of rosiglitazone (3 mg/kg) on the development of nonseptic shock caused by zymosan (500 mg/kg, administered intraperitoneally as a suspension in saline) in mice.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Organ failure and systemic inflammation in rats were assessed 18 hrs after administration of zymosan and/or rosiglitazone and monitored for 12 days (for loss of body weight and mortality rate). Treatment of mice with rosiglitazone (3 mg/kg intraperitoneally, 1 and 6 hrs after zymosan) attenuated the peritoneal exudation and the migration of polymorphonuclear cells caused by zymosan. Rosiglitazone also attenuated the lung, liver, and pancreatic injury and renal dysfunction caused by zymosan as well as the increase in myeloperoxidase activity and malondialdehyde concentrations caused by zymosan in the lung and intestine. Immunohistochemical analysis for inducible nitric oxide synthase, nitrotyrosine, and poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) revealed positive staining in lung and intestine tissues obtained from zymosan-treated mice. The degree of staining for nitrotyrosine, inducible nitric oxide synthase, and poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) was markedly reduced in tissue sections obtained from zymosan-treated mice that received rosiglitazone. To elucidate whether the protective effects of rosiglitazone are related to activation of the PPAR-gamma receptor, we also investigated the effect of a PPAR-gamma antagonist, GW 9662, on the protective effects of rosiglitazone. GW 9662 (1 mg/kg administered intraperitoneally 30 mins before treatment with rosiglitazone) significantly antagonized the effect of the PPAR-gamma agonist and thus abolished the protective effect.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides evidence, for the first time, that rosiglitazone attenuates the degree of zymosan-induced nonseptic shock in mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, Policlinico Universitario, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cuzzocrea
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pisano
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dugo
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ianaro
authors.forename: Nimesh S A
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Rosanna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Paola
authors.forename: Tiziana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Genovese
authors.forename: Prabal K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fulia
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cuzzocrea
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Rosa
authors.forename: Achille P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Caputi
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thiemermann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000517:prevention & control; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015538:Nitrosation / Q000187:drug effects; D000077154:Rosiglitazone; D012769:Shock / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D045162:Thiazolidinediones / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015054:Zymosan / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D045162:Thiazolidinediones; D000077154:Rosiglitazone; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D015054:Zymosan