Neuroinflammation : Molecular Mechanisms And Therapeutic Perspectives

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BACKGROUND: Neuroinflammation is a key component in the etiopathogenesis of neurological diseases and brain aging. This process involves the brain immune system that modulates synaptic functions and protects neurons from infection or damage. Hence, the knowledge of neuroinflammation related pathways and modulation by drugs or natural compounds is functional to developing therapeutic strategies aimed at preserving, maintaining and restoring brain health.

OBJECTIVE: This review article summarizes the basics of neuroinflammation and related signaling pathways, the success of the dietary intervention in clinical practice and the possible development of RNA-based strategies for treating neurological diseases.

METHODS: Pubmed search from 2012 to 2022 with the keywords neuroinflammation and molecular mechanisms in combination with diet, miRNA and non-coding RNA.

RESULTS: Glial cells-play a crucial role in neuroinflammation, but several pathways can be activated in response to different inflammatory stimuli, inducing cell death by apoptosis, pyroptosis or necroptosis. The dietary intervention has immunomodulatory effects and could limit the inflammatory process induced by microglia and astrocytes. Thus by inhibiting neuroinflammation and improving the symptoms of a variety of neurological diseases, diet exerts pleiotropic neuroprotective effects independently from the spectrum of pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the specific disorder. Furthermore, data from animal models revealed that altered expression of specific noncoding RNAs, in particular microRNAs, contributes to neuroinflammatory diseases; consequently, RNA-based strategies may be promising to alleviate the consequences of neuroinflammation.

CONCLUSION: Further studies are needed to identify the molecular pathways and the new pharmacological targets in neuroinflammation to lay the basis for more effective and selective therapies to be applied, in parallel to dietary intervention, in the treatment of neuroinflammation-based diseases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Central nervous system agents in medicinal chemistry - 22(2022), 3 vom: 29., Seite 160-174

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Marino, Marianna [VerfasserIn]
Mele, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Pastorino, Grazia Maria Giovanna [VerfasserIn]
Meccariello, Rosaria [VerfasserIn]
Operto, Francesca Felicia [VerfasserIn]
Santoro, Antonietta [VerfasserIn]
Viggiano, Andrea [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brain
Diet
Glial cells
Journal Article
MiRNA
MicroRNAs
Neuroinflammation
Neuroprotective Agents
Non-coding RNA
Review

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Date Completed 19.12.2022

Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2174/1871524922666220929153215

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346931622