title: Neuronal nicotinic alpha7 receptors modulate inflammatory cytokine production in the skin following ultraviolet radiation.
abstract: The anti-inflammatory effects of the neuronal nicotinic receptor alpha7 (nAChRalpha7) are proposed to require acetylcholine release from vagal efferents. The necessity for vagal innervation in this anti-inflammatory pathway was tested in the skin, which lacks parasympathetic innervation, using ultraviolet radiation (UVB) to induce a local pro-inflammatory response. Cytokine responses to UV in mice administered chronic oral nicotine, a nAChR agonist, were reduced. Conversely, nAChRalpha7 knock-out mice exposed to UVB elicit an enhanced pro-inflammatory cytokine response in the skin. Altered pro-inflammatory responses correlated with changes in SOCS3 protein. These results demonstrate that nAChRalpha7 can participate in modulating a local pro-inflammatory response in the absence of parasympathetic innervation.
authors: Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, United States.
authors: Amber V
authors: AV
authors: Osborne-Hereford
authors: Scott W
authors: SW
authors: Rogers
authors: Lorise C
authors: LC
authors: Gahring
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000502:physiology*; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D000071223:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D064569:alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
chemical_list: C579166:Chrna7 protein, mouse; D016207:Cytokines; D053583:Interleukin-1beta; D015850:Interleukin-6; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; C491411:Socs3 protein, mouse; D000071223:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins; D064569:alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor; D009538:Nicotine