PMID- 33641344 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220117 LR - 20220117 IS - 1205-7541 (Electronic) IS - 0008-4212 (Linking) VI - 99 IP - 9 DP - 2021 Sep TI - mTOR inhibition as a possible pharmacological target in the management of systemic inflammatory response and associated neuroinflammation by lipopolysaccharide challenge in rats. PG - 921-934 LID - 10.1139/cjpp-2020-0487 [doi] AB - Neuroinflammation plays a critical role during sepsis triggered by microglial activation. Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) has gained attraction in neuroinflammation, however, the mechanism remains unclear. Our goal was to assess the effects of mTOR inhibition by rapamycin on inflammation, microglial activation, oxidative stress, and apoptosis associated with the changes in the inhibitor-kappaB (IkappaB)-alpha/nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB)/hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) pathway activity following a systemic challenge with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Rats received saline (10 mL/kg), LPS (10 mg/kg), and (or) rapamycin (1 mg/kg) intraperitoneally. Inhibition of mTOR by rapamycin blocked phosphorylated form of ribosomal protein S6, NF-kappaB p65 activity by increasing degradation of IkappaB-alpha in parallel with HIF-1alpha expression increased by LPS in the kidney, heart, lung, and brain tissues. Rapamycin attenuated the increment in the expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1beta, the inducible nitric oxide synthase, gp91(phox), and p47(phox) in addition to nitrite levels elicited by LPS in tissues or sera. Concomitantly, rapamycin treatment reduced microglial activation, brain expression of caspase-3, and Bcl-2-associated X protein while it increased expression of B cell lymphoma 2 induced by LPS. Overall, this study supports the hypothesis that mTOR contributes to the detrimental effect of LPS-induced systemic inflammatory response associated with neuroinflammation via IkappaB-alpha/NF-kappaB/HIF-1alpha signaling pathway. FAU - Guden, Demet Sinem AU - Guden DS AD - Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey. FAU - Temiz-Resitoglu, Meryem AU - Temiz-Resitoglu M AD - Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey. FAU - Senol, Sefika Pinar AU - Senol SP AD - Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey. FAU - Kibar, Deniz AU - Kibar D AD - Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey. FAU - Yilmaz, Sakir Necat AU - Yilmaz SN AD - Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey. FAU - Tunctan, Bahar AU - Tunctan B AD - Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey. FAU - Malik, Kafait U AU - Malik KU AD - Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, USA. FAU - Sahan-Firat, Seyhan AU - Sahan-Firat S AD - Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210227 PL - Canada TA - Can J Physiol Pharmacol JT - Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology JID - 0372712 RN - 0 (Hif1a protein, rat) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (I-kappa B Proteins) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor RelA) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/physiology MH - I-kappa B Proteins/physiology MH - Inflammation/*drug therapy MH - Lipopolysaccharides MH - Male MH - Microglia/drug effects MH - Neuroinflammatory Diseases/*drug therapy MH - Oxidative Stress/drug effects MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Sirolimus/pharmacology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*antagonists & inhibitors/physiology MH - Transcription Factor RelA/physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - apoptose OT - apoptosis OT - mTOR OT - microglia OT - microglie OT - neuroinflammation OT - oxidative stress OT - stress oxydatif EDAT- 2021/03/02 06:00 MHDA- 2022/01/18 06:00 CRDT- 2021/03/01 05:23 PHST- 2021/03/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/01/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/03/01 05:23 [entrez] AID - 10.1139/cjpp-2020-0487 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2021 Sep;99(9):921-934. doi: 10.1139/cjpp-2020-0487. Epub 2021 Feb 27.