https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/4850
Tipo: | Artigo de Periódico |
Título: | The flavonoid rutin induces astrocyte and microglia activation and regulates TNF-alpha and NO release in primary glial cell cultures |
Título(s) alternativo(s): | Cell Biology and Toxicology |
Autor(es): | Silva, Ana Rita Pinheiro, Alexandre Moraes Souza, Cleide dos Santos Freitas, Sandra Regina Villas Bôas de Vasconcellos, V. Freire, Songeli Menezes Velozo, Eudes da Silva Tardy, Marcienne Bloch El-Bachá, Ramon dos Santos Costa, Maria de Fátima Dias Costa, Silvia Lima |
Autor(es): | Silva, Ana Rita Pinheiro, Alexandre Moraes Souza, Cleide dos Santos Freitas, Sandra Regina Villas Bôas de Vasconcellos, V. Freire, Songeli Menezes Velozo, Eudes da Silva Tardy, Marcienne Bloch El-Bachá, Ramon dos Santos Costa, Maria de Fátima Dias Costa, Silvia Lima |
Abstract: | Astrocyte and microglia cells play an important role in the central nervous system (CNS). They react to various external aggressions by becoming reactive and releasing neurotrophic and/or neurotoxic factors. Rutin is a flavonoid found in many plants and has been shown to have some biological activities, but its direct effects on cells of the CNS have not been well studied. To investigate its potential effects on CNS glial cells, we used both astrocyte primary cultures and astrocyte/microglia mixed primary cell cultures derived from newborn rat cortical brain. The cultures were treated for 24 h with rutin (50 or 100 μmol/L) or vehicle (0.5% dimethyl sulfoxide). Mitochondrial function on glial cells was not evidenced by the MTT test. However, an increased lactate dehydrogenase activity was detected in the culture medium of both culture systems when treated with 100 μmol/L rutin, suggesting loss of cell membrane integrity. Astrocytes exposed to 50 μmol/L rutin became reactive as revealed by glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) overexpression and showed a star-like phenotype revealed by Rosenfeld’s staining. The number of activated microglia expressing OX-42 increased in the presence of rutin. A significant increase of nitric oxide (NO) was observed only in mixed cultures exposed to 100 μmol/L rutin. Enhanced TNFα release was observed in astrocyte primary cultures treated with 100 μmol/L rutin and in mixed primary cultures treated with 50 and 100 μmol/L, suggesting different sensitivity of both activated cell types. These results demonstrated that rutin affects astrocytes and microglial cells in culture and has the capacity to induce NO and TNFα production in these cells. Hence, the impact of these effects on neurons in vitro and in vivo needs to be studied. |
Palavras-chave: | Astrocyte Flavonoid Microglia NO Rutin TNF-α |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/4850 |
Data do documento: | 2008 |
Aparece nas coleções: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (ICS) |
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