PMID- 24812552 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140729 LR - 20231213 IS - 1552-5783 (Electronic) IS - 0146-0404 (Print) IS - 0146-0404 (Linking) VI - 55 IP - 6 DP - 2014 May 8 TI - Sigma receptor ligand, (+)-pentazocine, suppresses inflammatory responses of retinal microglia. PG - 3375-84 LID - 10.1167/iovs.13-12823 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of the sigma 1 receptor (sigmaR1) agonist, (+)-pentazocine, on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory changes in retinal microglia cells. METHODS: Retinal microglia cells were isolated from Sprague-Dawley rat pups. Cells were treated with LPS with or without (+)-pentazocine and with or without the sigmaR1 antagonist BD1063. Morphologic changes were assayed. Cell viability was assessed by using MTT assay. Supernatant levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin 10, (IL-10), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), and nitric oxide (NO) were determined. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation was assayed, and levels of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) were analyzed by using Western blot. RESULTS: The sigmaR1 protein was expressed in retinal microglia. Incubation with LPS and/or (+)-pentazocine did not alter cell viability or sigmaR1 protein levels. Incubation with LPS for 24 hours induced a marked change in microglial morphology and a significant increase in secreted levels of TNF-alpha, IL-10, MCP-1, and NO. Pretreatment with (+)-pentazocine inhibited the LPS-induced morphologic changes. Release of TNF-alpha, IL-10, MCP-1, and NO was reduced with (+)-pentazocine. Intracellular ROS formation was suppressed with (+)-pentazocine. Phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) was reduced in the presence of (+)-pentazocine. The sigmaR1 antagonist BD1063 blocked the (+)-pentazocine-mediated inhibition of LPS-induced morphologic changes. In addition, BD1063 treatment blocked (+)-pentazocine-mediated suppression of LPS-induced TNF-alpha, IL-10, MCP-1, NO, and intracellular ROS release. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with (+)-pentazocine suppressed inflammatory responses of retinal microglia and inhibited LPS-induced activation of ERK/JNK MAPK. In neurodegenerative disease, (+)-pentazocine may exert neuroprotective effects through manipulation of microglia. CI - Copyright 2014 The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc. FAU - Zhao, Jing AU - Zhao J AD - James and Jean Culver Vision Discovery Institute, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States. FAU - Ha, Yonju AU - Ha Y AD - James and Jean Culver Vision Discovery Institute, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States. FAU - Liou, Gregory I AU - Liou GI AD - James and Jean Culver Vision Discovery Institute, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States. FAU - Gonsalvez, Graydon B AU - Gonsalvez GB AD - Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States. FAU - Smith, Sylvia B AU - Smith SB AD - James and Jean Culver Vision Discovery Institute, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States. FAU - Bollinger, Kathryn E AU - Bollinger KE AD - James and Jean Culver Vision Discovery Institute, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States. LA - eng GR - K08 EY021758/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EY014560/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - 5K08EY021758-03/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140508 PL - United States TA - Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci JT - Investigative ophthalmology & visual science JID - 7703701 RN - 0 (1-(2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)ethyl)-4-methylpiperazine) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Piperazines) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (Receptors, sigma) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - RP4A60D26L (Pentazocine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cell Count MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Microglia/*drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - Optic Nerve/metabolism/pathology MH - Pentazocine/*pharmacology MH - Piperazines/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Receptors, sigma/*biosynthesis/drug effects MH - Retinal Ganglion Cells/metabolism/*pathology MH - Retinitis/*drug therapy/metabolism/pathology MH - Sigma-1 Receptor PMC - PMC4042630 OTO - NOTNLM OT - microglia OT - neuron-glia interactions OT - optic nerve OT - sigma receptor EDAT- 2014/05/09 06:00 MHDA- 2014/07/30 06:00 PMCR- 2014/12/01 CRDT- 2014/05/10 06:00 PHST- 2014/05/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/05/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/07/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - iovs.13-12823 [pii] AID - 10.1167/iovs.13-12823 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 May 8;55(6):3375-84. doi: 10.1167/iovs.13-12823.