Mesalazine Activates Adenosine Monophosphate-activated Protein Kinase : Implication in the Anti-inflammatory Activity of this Anti-colitic Drug

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OBJECTIVE: Mesalazine, 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA), is an anti-inflammatory drug that is most widely used for the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Despite extensive clinical use, the exact pharmacological mechanism underlying the anti-colitic effects of 5-ASA has not yet been elucidated. A potential molecular mechanism underlying 5-ASA-mediated anti-colitic activity was investigated.

METHODS: An anti-inflammatory pharmacology of 5-ASA was scrutinized in human colon carcinoma cells and murine macrophages and in a TNBS-induced rat colitis model.

RESULTS: 5-ASA induced phosphorylation of adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and its substrate acetyl-CoA carboxylase in cells. 5-ASA activation of AMPK occurred regardless of the presence of the pro-inflammatory mediators, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-α) and lipopolysaccharide. 5-ASA inhibits TNF-α-dependent Nuclear Factor-Kappa B (NF-κB) activation, which was dampened by AMPK inhibition. Oral gavage of sulfasalazine (a colon-specific prodrug of 5- ASA) or rectal administration of 5-ASA ameliorated 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)- induced rat colitis and activated AMPK in the inflamed colonic tissues while markedly diminishing the levels of NF-κB-regulated pro-inflammatory mediators cyclooxygenase-2, inducible nitric oxide synthase, and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-3, elevated by the induction of inflammation. Rectal co-administration of 5-ASA and an AMPK inhibitor undermined 5-ASA-mediated activation of AMPK and its anti-colitic effects.

CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that the activation of AMPK is involved in 5-ASA-mediated anticolitic effects at least partly via interference with pro-inflammatory NF-κB signaling.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Current molecular pharmacology - 12(2019), 4 vom: 01., Seite 272-280

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Park, Heejung [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Wooseong [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Dayoon [VerfasserIn]
Jeong, Seongkeun [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Yunjin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

4Q81I59GXC
5-Aminosalicylic acid
AMP-Activated Protein Kinases
AMP-activated protein kinase
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Colitis
EC 2.7.11.31
Inflammatory bowel disease
Journal Article
Mesalamine
Mesalazine
NF-kappa B
Nuclear factor-kappaB.
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 08.07.2020

Date Revised 08.07.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2174/1874467212666190308103448

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM294720308