PMID- 35266068 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220328 LR - 20220401 IS - 1568-5608 (Electronic) IS - 0925-4692 (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 2 DP - 2022 Apr TI - Repurposing monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis possibly through modulating reactive oxidative stress mediated inflammatory cytokines. PG - 453-463 LID - 10.1007/s10787-022-00945-9 [doi] AB - Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI) are presently used to treat depression, parkinsonian, and other psychiatric disorders. The present study was aimed to repurpose the use of MOAI in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). The animal model of RA was developed using collagen type II (CII) in Freund's complete adjuvant (FCA) followed by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and a booster dose of CII in FCA. The effect of MAOI, Selegiline was evaluated whereas the indicators like paw thickness, arthritic score, and the splenic index were measured and compared with the standard drug Methotrexate. Further to explore the molecular mechanism, the expression of serum inflammatory cytokines (IL-6 and TNF-alpha), radiographical and histopathological study of hind paw were also checked and analyzed. Treatment with MAOI, Selegiline not only reduced the paw thickness, arthritic score, and the splenic index, but also greatly improved the inflammatory biochemical and hematologic parameters and improved the arthritis score. The serum level of IL-6 and TNF-alpha are considerably decreased dose dependently, however, the notable significant effect (**p < 0.01) observed at concentration of 30 mg/kg b.w. when the RA animals treated by Selegiline. Collectively, Selegiline improved the progression of RA possibly via decreased catecholamine breakdown at synovial fluid resulting decrease hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) generation and inhibition of pro-inflammatory cytokines in situ. Thus, the finding support and indicate the repurposing of MAOI for the treatment of RA meriting further studies on synovial monoamine oxidase as a new therapeutic target to design a new drug for RA. CI - (c) 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. FAU - Sur, Debjeet AU - Sur D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5525-5156 AD - Division of Pharmacology, Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, Sodepur, Kolkata, 700114, India. debjeet24@gmail.com. AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, JIS University, Agarpara, Kolkata, 700109, India. debjeet24@gmail.com. FAU - Dutta, Arpan AU - Dutta A AD - Division of Pharmacology, Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, Sodepur, Kolkata, 700114, India. FAU - Mondal, Chaitali AU - Mondal C AD - TCG Life Science (Chembiotek) Pvt. Ltd, Sector V, Salt Lake Electronic Complex, Kolkata, 700091, India. FAU - Banerjee, Apurba AU - Banerjee A AD - TCG Life Science (Chembiotek) Pvt. Ltd, Sector V, Salt Lake Electronic Complex, Kolkata, 700091, India. FAU - Haldar, Pallab Kanti AU - Haldar PK AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India. FAU - Maji, Himangshu Sekhar AU - Maji HS AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, JIS University, Agarpara, Kolkata, 700109, India. FAU - Bala, Asis AU - Bala A AD - Division of Pharmacology, Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, Sodepur, Kolkata, 700114, India. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220310 PL - Switzerland TA - Inflammopharmacology JT - Inflammopharmacology JID - 9112626 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors) RN - BBX060AN9V (Hydrogen Peroxide) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Arthritis, Experimental/metabolism MH - *Arthritis, Rheumatoid/drug therapy/metabolism MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Drug Repositioning MH - Humans MH - Hydrogen Peroxide/pharmacology MH - Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cytokine OT - Drug repurposing OT - Monoaminoxidase inhibitor OT - Reactive oxygen species OT - Rheumatoid arthritis EDAT- 2022/03/11 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/29 06:00 CRDT- 2022/03/10 05:48 PHST- 2021/11/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/02/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/03/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/03/10 05:48 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s10787-022-00945-9 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10787-022-00945-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Inflammopharmacology. 2022 Apr;30(2):453-463. doi: 10.1007/s10787-022-00945-9. Epub 2022 Mar 10.