PMID- 10804204 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000525 LR - 20231014 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 10 DP - 2000 May 15 TI - Vasoactive intestinal peptide and pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide inhibit tumor necrosis factor-alpha production in injured spinal cord and in activated microglia via a cAMP-dependent pathway. PG - 3622-30 AB - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) production accompanies CNS insults of all kinds. Because the neuropeptide vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and the structurally related peptide pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) have potent anti-inflammatory effects in the periphery, we investigated whether these effects extend to the CNS. TNF-alpha mRNA was induced within 2 hr after rat spinal cord transection, and its upregulation was suppressed by a synthetic VIP receptor agonist. Cultured rat microglia were used to examine the mechanisms underlying this inhibition because microglia are the likely source of TNF-alpha in injured CNS. In culture, increases in TNF-alpha mRNA resulting from lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation were reduced significantly by 10(-7) m VIP and completely eliminated by PACAP at the same concentration. TNF-alpha protein levels were reduced 90% by VIP or PACAP at 10(-7) m. An antagonist of VPAC(1) receptors blocked the action of VIP and PACAP, and a PAC(1) antagonist blocked the action of PACAP. A direct demonstration of VIP binding on microglia and the existence of mRNAs for VPAC(1) and PAC(1) (but not VPAC(2)) receptors argue for a receptor-mediated effect. The action of VIP is cAMP-mediated because (1) activation of cAMP by forskolin mimics the action; (2) PKA inhibition by H89 reverses the neuropeptide-induced inhibition; and (3) the lipophilic neuropeptide mimic, stearyl-norleucine(17) VIP (SNV), which does not use a cAMP-mediated pathway, fails to duplicate the inhibition. We conclude that VIP and PACAP inhibit the production of TNF-alpha from activated microglia by a cAMP-dependent pathway. FAU - Kim, W K AU - Kim WK AD - Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA. FAU - Kan, Y AU - Kan Y FAU - Ganea, D AU - Ganea D FAU - Hart, R P AU - Hart RP FAU - Gozes, I AU - Gozes I FAU - Jonakait, G M AU - Jonakait GM LA - eng GR - AI 41786-02/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (Adcyap1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Isoquinolines) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Neuropeptides) RN - 0 (Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Receptors, Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide) RN - 0 (Receptors, Pituitary Hormone) RN - 0 (Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide) RN - 0 (Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide, Type I) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 1F7A44V6OU (Colforsin) RN - 37221-79-7 (Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide) RN - E0399OZS9N (Cyclic AMP) RN - EC 2.7.11.11 (Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases) RN - M876330O56 (N-(2-(4-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Colforsin/pharmacology MH - Cyclic AMP/*metabolism MH - Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Gene Expression/drug effects MH - Isoquinolines/pharmacology MH - Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology MH - Microglia/cytology/drug effects/*enzymology MH - Neurons/cytology MH - Neuropeptides/*pharmacology MH - Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide MH - Receptors, Pituitary Hormone/genetics MH - Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/agonists/genetics MH - Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide, Type I MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Spinal Cord Injuries/drug therapy/*metabolism/pathology MH - *Sulfonamides MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*genetics MH - Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/*pharmacology PMC - PMC6772690 EDAT- 2000/05/11 00:00 MHDA- 2000/06/08 00:00 PMCR- 2000/11/15 CRDT- 2000/05/11 00:00 PHST- 2000/05/11 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/06/08 00:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/05/11 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 2000/11/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 20/10/3622 [pii] AID - 4149 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.20-10-03622.2000 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 2000 May 15;20(10):3622-30. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.20-10-03622.2000.