PMID- 28292183 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171025 LR - 20180223 IS - 1948-7193 (Electronic) IS - 1948-7193 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 3 DP - 2017 Mar 15 TI - N-Docosahexaenoyl Dopamine, an Endocannabinoid-like Conjugate of Dopamine and the n-3 Fatty Acid Docosahexaenoic Acid, Attenuates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Activation of Microglia and Macrophages via COX-2. PG - 548-557 LID - 10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00298 [doi] AB - Several studies indicate that the n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) contributes to an attenuated inflammatory status in the development of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. To explain these effects, different mechanisms are being proposed, including those involving endocannabinoids and related signaling molecules. Many of these compounds belong to the fatty acid amides, conjugates of fatty acids with biogenic amines. Conjugates of DHA with ethanolamine or serotonin have previously been shown to possess anti-inflammatory and potentially neuroprotective properties. Here, we synthesized another amine conjugate of DHA, N-docosahexaenoyl dopamine (DHDA), and tested its immune-modulatory properties in both RAW 264.7 macrophages and BV-2 microglial cells. N-Docosahexaenoyl dopamine significantly suppressed the production of nitric oxide (NO), the cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6), and the chemokines macrophage-inflammatory protein-3alpha (CCL20) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), whereas its parent compounds, dopamine and DHA, were ineffective. Further exploration of potential effects of DHDA on key inflammatory mediators revealed that cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) mRNA level and production of prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) were concentration-dependently inhibited in macrophages. In activated BV-2 cells, PGE(2) production was also reduced, without changes in COX-2 mRNA levels. In addition, DHDA did not affect NF-kB activity in a reporter cell line. Finally, the immune-modulatory activities of DHDA were compared with those of N-arachidonoyl dopamine (NADA) and similar potencies were found in both cell types. Taken together, our data suggest that DHDA, a potentially endogenous endocannabinoid, may be an additional member of the group of immune-modulating n-3 fatty acid-derived lipid mediators. FAU - Wang, Ya AU - Wang Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8886-9936 FAU - Plastina, Pierluigi AU - Plastina P AD - Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria , 87036 Cosenza, Italy. FAU - Vincken, Jean-Paul AU - Vincken JP FAU - Jansen, Renate AU - Jansen R FAU - Balvers, Michiel AU - Balvers M FAU - Ten Klooster, Jean Paul AU - Ten Klooster JP AD - Research Centre Technology & Innovation, Innovative Testing in Life Sciences and Chemistry, University of Applied Sciences , 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Gruppen, Harry AU - Gruppen H FAU - Witkamp, Renger AU - Witkamp R FAU - Meijerink, Jocelijn AU - Meijerink J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20161206 PL - United States TA - ACS Chem Neurosci JT - ACS chemical neuroscience JID - 101525337 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (N-docosahexaenoyl dopamine) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 25167-62-8 (Docosahexaenoic Acids) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - EC 1.14.99.1 (Cyclooxygenase 2) RN - K7Q1JQR04M (Dinoprostone) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line, Transformed MH - Cyclooxygenase 2/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Dinoprostone/metabolism MH - Docosahexaenoic Acids/*pharmacology MH - Dopamine/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology MH - Macrophages/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Microglia/*drug effects/metabolism MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Statistics, Nonparametric OTO - NOTNLM OT - Endocannabinoids OT - N-arachidonoyl dopamine OT - N-docosahexaenoyl dopamine OT - cyclooxygenase-2 OT - interleukin-6 OT - prostaglandin E2 EDAT- 2017/03/16 06:00 MHDA- 2017/10/27 06:00 CRDT- 2017/03/16 06:00 PHST- 2017/03/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/03/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/10/27 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00298 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Chem Neurosci. 2017 Mar 15;8(3):548-557. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00298. Epub 2016 Dec 6.