PMID- 34303829 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210902 LR - 20210902 IS - 1873-4596 (Electronic) IS - 0891-5849 (Linking) VI - 173 DP - 2021 Sep TI - Chloroquine inhibits pro-inflammatory effects of heme on macrophages and invivo. PG - 104-116 LID - S0891-5849(21)00427-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.07.028 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Chloroquine has been used successfully to treat Malaria, including by chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium sp., indicating that it has effects on disease itself. Since heme has inflammatory effects and contributes to the pathogenesis of hemolytic diseases, we hypothesize that the anti-inflammatory effect of chloroquine is partially due to its inhibitory effect on heme-induced macrophage activation and on inflammatory tissue damage. METHODS: Bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs) were incubated with chloroquine before stimulation with heme, in different conditions, to evaluate cytokines secretion, ROS production, mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK) or spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) activation, alone or combined with LPS. The effects of chloroquine upon heme inflammation were also evaluated in vivo, through simultaneous i.p. injection of LPS and heme, intratracheal instillation of Poly-IC followed by heme injection, and in a rhabdomyolysis model. RESULTS: Chloroquine inhibited TNF secretion, mitochondrial ROS production, MAPK, and Syk activation induced by heme. Inhibition of TNF production could be mimicked by zinc ionophore quercetin, but not by primaquine, a chloroquine analog with low affinity for heme. IL-6 and IL-1beta secretions induced by heme in the presence of PRRs agonists were inhibited by chloroquine, but not by calcium chelator BAPTA or inhibitor of endosomal acidification concamycin B. Chloroquine also protected mice from heme inflammatory effects in vivo, inhibiting lethal synergism with PRR agonists, lung pathology caused by heme injection after intratracheal instillation of Poly-IC, and delaying death after rhabdomyolisis. CONCLUSION: Our data indicate that chloroquine might be used as a supportive therapy to control heme-induced deleterious inflammation in different hemolytic diseases. CI - Copyright (c) 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc. FAU - Silva, Rafael Cardoso Maciel Costa AU - Silva RCMC AD - Laboratorio de Inflamacao e Imunidade, Departamento de Imunologia. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Institut Necker Enfants Malades. INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR8253, Paris, France; Laboratorio Intermediario de Imunoreceptores e Sinalizacao Celular, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FAU - Tan, Luis AU - Tan L AD - Laboratorio de Inflamacao e Imunidade, Departamento de Imunologia. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FAU - Rodrigues, Danielle Aparecida AU - Rodrigues DA AD - Laboratorio de Inflamacao e Imunidade, Departamento de Imunologia. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FAU - Prestes, Elisa Beatriz AU - Prestes EB AD - Laboratorio de Inflamacao e Imunidade, Departamento de Imunologia. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Institut Necker Enfants Malades. INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR8253, Paris, France. FAU - Gomes, Caroline Pereira AU - Gomes CP AD - Laboratorio de Inflamacao e Imunidade, Departamento de Imunologia. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FAU - Gama, Andreza Moreira AU - Gama AM AD - Laboratorio de Inflamacao e Imunidade, Departamento de Imunologia. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FAU - Oliveira, Pedro Lagerblad de AU - Oliveira PL AD - Laboratorio de Bioquimica de Insetos, Instituto de Bioquimica Medica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FAU - Paiva, Claudia Neto AU - Paiva CN AD - Laboratorio de Inflamacao e Imunidade, Departamento de Imunologia. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FAU - Manoury, Benedicte AU - Manoury B AD - Institut Necker Enfants Malades. INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR8253, Paris, France. FAU - Bozza, Marcelo Torres AU - Bozza MT AD - Laboratorio de Inflamacao e Imunidade, Departamento de Imunologia. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: mtbozza@micro.ufrj.br. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210722 PL - United States TA - Free Radic Biol Med JT - Free radical biology & medicine JID - 8709159 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 42VZT0U6YR (Heme) RN - 886U3H6UFF (Chloroquine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Chloroquine MH - Cytokines MH - *Heme MH - Lipopolysaccharides/toxicity MH - Macrophage Activation MH - Macrophages MH - Mice OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chloroquine OT - Cytokines OT - Heme OT - Inflammation OT - ROS EDAT- 2021/07/26 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/03 06:00 CRDT- 2021/07/25 20:31 PHST- 2021/06/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/07/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/07/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/07/25 20:31 [entrez] AID - S0891-5849(21)00427-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.07.028 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Free Radic Biol Med. 2021 Sep;173:104-116. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.07.028. Epub 2021 Jul 22.