PMID- 32634441 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210518 LR - 20240329 IS - 1879-0712 (Electronic) IS - 0014-2999 (Print) IS - 0014-2999 (Linking) VI - 883 DP - 2020 Sep 15 TI - Modulation of LPS-induced inflammatory cytokine production by a novel glycogen synthase kinase-3 inhibitor. PG - 173340 LID - S0014-2999(20)30432-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173340 [doi] AB - Sepsis is a serious condition that can lead to long-term organ damage and death. At the molecular level, the hallmark of sepsis is the elevated expression of a multitude of potent cytokines, i.e. a cytokine storm. For sepsis involving gram-negative bacteria, macrophages recognize lipopolysaccharide (LPS) shed from the bacteria, activating Toll-like-receptor 4 (TLR4), and triggering a cytokine storm. Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is a highly active kinase that has been implicated in LPS-induced cytokine production. Thus, compounds that inhibit GSK-3 could be potential therapeutics for sepsis. Our group has recently described a novel and highly selective inhibitor of GSK-3 termed COB-187. In the present study, using THP-1 macrophages, we evaluated the ability of COB-187 to attenuate LPS-induced cytokine production. We found that COB-187 significantly reduced, at the protein and mRNA levels, cytokines induced by LPS (e.g. IL-6, TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, CXCL10, and IFN-beta). Further, the data suggest that the inhibition could be due, at least in part, to COB-187 reducing NF-kappaB (p65/p50) DNA binding activity as well as reducing IRF-3 phosphorylation at Serine 396. Thus, COB-187 appears to be a potent inhibitor of the cytokine storm induced by LPS. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Noori, Mahboubeh S AU - Noori MS AD - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA. Electronic address: mn559814@ohio.edu. FAU - Courreges, Maria C AU - Courreges MC AD - Department of Specialty Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA. FAU - Bergmeier, Stephen C AU - Bergmeier SC AD - Biomedical Engineering Program, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA. FAU - McCall, Kelly D AU - McCall KD AD - Department of Specialty Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA; Biomedical Engineering Program, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA; The Diabetes Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA; Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA; Translational Biomedical Science Program, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA. FAU - Goetz, Douglas J AU - Goetz DJ AD - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA; Biomedical Engineering Program, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA. Electronic address: goetzd@ohio.edu. LA - eng GR - R15 GM110602/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200704 PL - Netherlands TA - Eur J Pharmacol JT - European journal of pharmacology JID - 1254354 RN - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (IRF3 protein, human) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Interferon Regulatory Factor-3) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (lipopolysaccharide, Escherichia coli O111 B4) RN - EC 2.7.11.26 (Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3) SB - IM MH - Anti-Inflammatory Agents/*pharmacology MH - Cytokine Release Syndrome/chemically induced/enzymology/genetics/*prevention & control MH - Cytokines/genetics/*metabolism MH - Down-Regulation MH - Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Inflammation Mediators/*metabolism MH - Interferon Regulatory Factor-3/metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/toxicity MH - Macrophages/*drug effects/enzymology MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Sepsis/chemically induced/enzymology/genetics/prevention & control MH - Signal Transduction MH - THP-1 Cells PMC - PMC7334664 OTO - NOTNLM OT - COB-187 OT - Cytokine OT - Glycogen synthase kinase-3 OT - NF-kappaB OT - Sepsis EDAT- 2020/07/08 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/19 06:00 PMCR- 2020/07/04 CRDT- 2020/07/08 06:00 PHST- 2020/04/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/06/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/07/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/07/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/07/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0014-2999(20)30432-5 [pii] AID - 173340 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173340 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Pharmacol. 2020 Sep 15;883:173340. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173340. Epub 2020 Jul 4.