Intravenous Glutamine Administration Modulates TNF-alpha/IL-10 Ratio and Attenuates NFkB Phosphorylation in a Protein Malnutrition Model

Autor(es)

Antunes Santos, Andressa Cristina ; Correia, Carolina Argondizo ; de Oliveira, Dalila Cunha ; Nogueira-Pedro, Amanda ; Borelli, Primavera ; Fock, Ricardo Ambrosio

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Inflammation; v. 39, n. 6, p. 1883-1891, DEC 2016.
• Citações Web of Science: 5

Resumo

Protein malnutrition (PM) is a major public health problem in developing countries, affecting the inflammatory response and increasing susceptibility to opportunistic infections. For this reason, an adequate nutritional intervention can improve the quality of life of patients. Glutamine (GLN) is a nonessential amino acid, but can be considered ``conditionally essential{''} for macrophage function in stress situations, in which it plays a role in the improvement of the inflammatory response. Concerning this issue, in the current study, it was of interest to evaluate some biological aspects of peritoneal cells from a protein malnutrition (PM) mouse model challenged with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and treated intravenously with GLN. Two-month-old male Balb/c mice were subjected to a low-protein diet (2 % protein) and stimulated intravenously with LPS 1 h prior to the injection of 0.75 mg/kg GLN. Malnourished animals showed a reduced number of total peritoneal cells. Malnourished animals stimulated with LPS or LPS plus GLN did not show differences in peritoneal cell counts; however, the control group showed increased cellularity after LPS stimulus, which was reversed after GLN injection. Further, in the animals from both groups stimulated with LPS, GLN decreased the circulating levels of TNF-alpha and the levels of TNF-alpha produced by peritoneal cells; additionally, GLN decreased the IL-10 circulating levels in the malnourished animals stimulated with LPS. In addition, peritoneal cells of the control and malnourished groups stimulated with LPS showed a negative modulation of the NFkB signaling pathway after GLN injection. In conclusion, this study shows that GLN has the capacity to reduce TNF-alpha synthesis as well as to act as a negative regulator of NFkB phosphorylation, leading to a positive outcome in the control of TNF-alpha production. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 14/06872-2 - Avaliação de aspectos regulatórios da hematopoese em desnutrição proteica-energética experimental: papel da célula endotelial-like derivada da células tronco mesenquimal medular
• Beneficiário: Ricardo Ambrósio Fock
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular