DEXAMETHASONE-INDUCED CHANGES IN THE EXPRESSION PROFILE OF "NEUROINFLAMMATORY" GENES
- Authors: Tiutiunnik T.V.1, Kudrinskaya V.M.1, Obukhova D.A.1, Maystrenko V.1, Pestereva N.C.1
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- ФГБНУ "ИЭМ"
- Section: Original research
- Published: 23.07.2024
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/MAJ/article/view/630012
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/MAJ630012
- ID: 630012
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Relevance. Glucocorticoids play an important role in the development of the stress response in the organism. Synthetic glucocorticoids such as dexamethasone are widely used in medicine due to their anti-inflammatory effects. However, there is evidence that glucocorticoid-based drugs used in sufficiently high doses can induce pro-inflammatory effects by affecting predominantly the hippocampus in the central nervous system as the most plastic brain structure. It is important to note that the dose, route and timing of administration can affect the effects of glucocorticoids, and it is therefore an important biomedical task to choose the optimal parameters of glucocorticoid administration in order to achieve the most effective treatment results.
The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of peripheral administration of a synthetic glucocorticoid, dexamethasone, at a dose of 8 mg/kg on the development of neuroinflammation in the rat hippocampus at different periods after administration.
Materials and Methods. Thirty-two sexually mature male Wistar rats distributed into 8 groups of 4 animals each were used in the experiment. The animals were injected with dexamethasone at a dose of 8 mg/kg and decapitated for different periods (1, 3, 9, 12, 18, 24, 48 hours - time of decapitation after administration, group 0 - control group with saline injection). Further, the cytokine profile expression was analyzed by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction method.
Results. In this study, we found an increase in the expression of proinflammatory cytokines AIF1 (IBA-1) and IL-1β at the 12th and TNF-α at the 24th hour after dexamethasone administration at a dose of 8 mg/kg, which may indicate a neuroinflammatory effect of dexamethasone at this dose. It should be noted that the level of NF-κB gene, a marker of inflammation, remained unchanged, possibly due to the activation of compensatory mechanisms to control inflammation or stress.
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About the authors
Tatiana V. Tiutiunnik
ФГБНУ "ИЭМ"
Author for correspondence.
Email: t.tanjon11@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2427-9355
SPIN-code: 5440-6221
Scopus Author ID: 57435360200
ResearcherId: IUQ-6683-2023
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Russian FederationValentina M. Kudrinskaya
Email: v.kudrinskaja2011@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2763-5191
Daria A. Obukhova
Email: obuhowadaria@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0002-4287-0808
Victoria Maystrenko
Email: sch_viktoriya@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7004-7873
Nina C. Pestereva
Email: Pesterevans@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3104-8790
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