PMID- 37573838 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230821 LR - 20230823 IS - 2213-2317 (Electronic) IS - 2213-2317 (Linking) VI - 65 DP - 2023 Sep TI - Methylglyoxal suppresses microglia inflammatory response through NRF2-IkappaBzeta pathway. PG - 102843 LID - S2213-2317(23)00244-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.redox.2023.102843 [doi] LID - 102843 AB - Methylglyoxal (MGO) is a highly reactive metabolite generated by glycolysis. Although abnormal accumulation of MGO has been reported in several autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, the role of MGO in autoimmune diseases has not yet been fully investigated. In this study, we found that the intracellular MGO levels increased in activated immune cells, such as microglia and lymphocytes. Treatment with MGO inhibited inflammatory cell accumulation in the spinal cord and ameliorated the clinical symptoms in EAE mice. Further analysis indicated that MGO suppressed M1-polarization of microglia cells and diminished their inflammatory cytokine production. MGO also inhibited the ability of microglial cells to recruit and activate lymphocytes by decreasing chemokine secretion and expression of co-stimulatory molecules. Furthermore, MGO negatively regulated glycolysis by suppressing glucose transporter 1 expression. Mechanically, we found that MGO could activate nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) pathway and NRF2 could bind to the promoter of IkappaBzeta gene and suppressed its transcription and subsequently pro-inflammatory cytokine production. In conclusion, our results showed that MGO acts as an immunosuppressive metabolite by activating the NRF2-IkappaBzeta. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Wei, Shu-Li AU - Wei SL AD - Department of Neurology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250011, PR China. FAU - Yang, Ying AU - Yang Y AD - Department of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, 250014, China. FAU - Si, Wei-Yue AU - Si WY AD - Department of Neurology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250011, PR China. FAU - Zhou, Yang AU - Zhou Y AD - Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250014, PR China. FAU - Li, Tao AU - Li T AD - Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250014, PR China. FAU - Du, Tong AU - Du T AD - Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250014, PR China; Shandong Institute of Neuroimmunology, Jinan 250014, PR China. FAU - Zhang, Peng AU - Zhang P AD - Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250014, PR China; Shandong Institute of Neuroimmunology, Jinan 250014, PR China. FAU - Li, Xiao-Li AU - Li XL AD - Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250014, PR China; Shandong Institute of Neuroimmunology, Jinan 250014, PR China. FAU - Duan, Ruo-Nan AU - Duan RN AD - Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China. FAU - Duan, Rui-Sheng AU - Duan RS AD - Department of Neurology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250011, PR China; Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250014, PR China; Shandong Institute of Neuroimmunology, Jinan 250014, PR China. Electronic address: ruisheng_duan@163.com. FAU - Yang, Chun-Lin AU - Yang CL AD - Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250014, PR China; Shandong Institute of Neuroimmunology, Jinan 250014, PR China. Electronic address: muyilin1991@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230808 PL - Netherlands TA - Redox Biol JT - Redox biology JID - 101605639 RN - 0 (NF-E2-Related Factor 2) RN - 722KLD7415 (Pyruvaldehyde) RN - 3A3U0GI71G (Magnesium Oxide) RN - 0 (Cytokines) SB - IM MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - *Microglia/metabolism MH - *Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/genetics/metabolism MH - NF-E2-Related Factor 2/genetics/metabolism MH - Pyruvaldehyde/metabolism MH - Magnesium Oxide/metabolism MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Cytokines/metabolism PMC - PMC10440576 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) OT - Methylglyoxal OT - Microglia OT - Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/08/14 00:42 MHDA- 2023/08/21 06:42 PMCR- 2023/08/08 CRDT- 2023/08/13 18:40 PHST- 2023/07/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/08/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/08/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/08/21 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/14 00:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/13 18:40 [entrez] PHST- 2023/08/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2213-2317(23)00244-6 [pii] AID - 102843 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.redox.2023.102843 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Redox Biol. 2023 Sep;65:102843. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2023.102843. Epub 2023 Aug 8.