PMID- 20128801 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100712 LR - 20240109 IS - 1476-5381 (Electronic) IS - 0007-1188 (Print) IS - 0007-1188 (Linking) VI - 159 IP - 6 DP - 2010 Mar TI - Cilostazol is anti-inflammatory in BV2 microglial cells by inactivating nuclear factor-kappaB and inhibiting mitogen-activated protein kinases. PG - 1274-85 LID - 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00615.x [doi] AB - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cilostazol is a specific inhibitor of 3'-5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) phosphodiesterase, which is widely used to treat ischemic symptoms of peripheral vascular disease. Although cilostazol has been shown to exhibit vasodilator properties as well as antiplatelet and anti-inflammatory effects, its cellular mechanism in microglia is unknown. In the present study, we assessed the anti-inflammatory effect of cilostazol on the production of pro-inflammatory mediators in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated murine BV2 microglia. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: We examined the effects of cilostazol on LPS-induced nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation and phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). KEY RESULTS: Cilostazol suppressed production of nitric oxide (NO), prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) and the proinflammatory cytokines, interleukin-1 (IL-1), tumour necrosis factor-alpha, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), in a concentration-dependent manner. Inhibitory effects of cilostazol were not affected by treatment with an adenylate cyclase inhibitor, SQ 22536, indicating that these actions of cilostazol were cAMP-independent. Cilostazol significantly inhibited the DNA binding and transcriptional activity of NF-kappaB. Moreover, cilostazol blocked signalling upstream of NF-kappaB activation by inhibiting extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), but without affecting the activity of p38 MAPK. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Our results demonstrate that suppression of the NF-kappaB, ERK, JNK signalling pathways may inhibit LPS-induced NO and PGE(2) production. Therefore, cilostazol may have therapeutic potential for neurodegenerative diseases by inhibiting pro-inflammatory mediators and cytokine production in activated microglia. FAU - Jung, Won-Kyo AU - Jung WK AD - Department of Marine Life Science, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. FAU - Lee, Da-Young AU - Lee DY FAU - Park, Cheol AU - Park C FAU - Choi, Yung Hyun AU - Choi YH FAU - Choi, Inhak AU - Choi I FAU - Park, Sae-Gwang AU - Park SG FAU - Seo, Su-Kil AU - Seo SK FAU - Lee, Soo-Woong AU - Lee SW FAU - Yea, Sung Su AU - Yea SS FAU - Ahn, Soon-Cheol AU - Ahn SC FAU - Lee, Chang-Min AU - Lee CM FAU - Park, Won Sun AU - Park WS FAU - Ko, Jae-Hong AU - Ko JH FAU - Choi, Il-Whan AU - Choi IW LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100128 PL - England TA - Br J Pharmacol JT - British journal of pharmacology JID - 7502536 RN - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Tetrazoles) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - E0399OZS9N (Cyclic AMP) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - K7Q1JQR04M (Dinoprostone) RN - N7Z035406B (Cilostazol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/*pharmacology MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Cilostazol MH - Cyclic AMP/metabolism MH - Dinoprostone/biosynthesis MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay MH - Inflammation Mediators/immunology/metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Microglia/*drug effects/enzymology/immunology/metabolism MH - Microscopy, Confocal MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - NF-kappa B/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Nitric Oxide/biosynthesis MH - Phosphorylation MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Signal Transduction MH - Tetrazoles/*pharmacology PMC - PMC2848931 EDAT- 2010/02/05 06:00 MHDA- 2010/07/14 06:00 PMCR- 2011/03/01 CRDT- 2010/02/05 06:00 PHST- 2010/02/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/02/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/07/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - BPH615 [pii] AID - 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00615.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Pharmacol. 2010 Mar;159(6):1274-85. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00615.x. Epub 2010 Jan 28.