Abstract
Indomethacin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are used to relieve pain and fever including during infections. However, some studies suggest that NSAIDs protect against neuroinflammation, while some find no effects or worsening of neuroinflammation. We evaluated the effect of indomethacin alone on in combination with minocycline, a drug that inhibits neuroinflammation, on the expression of transcripts of neuroinflammatory molecules-induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the brain of mice. Inoculation of male BALB/c mice with LPS induced the expression of the microglia marker ionized calcium binding adaptor molecule protein, mRNA expression of the genes for cytokines interleukin-1beta (Il1b) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (Tnf) and inducible nitric oxide synthase gene (Nos2), but not Il10, in the brain. Treatment with indomethacin had no significant effect on the cytokines or Nos2 mRNA expression in naïve animals. However, pretreatment with indomethacin increased LPS-induced Nos2 mRNA and inducible nitric oxide (iNOS) protein expression, but had no significant effect on LPS-induced mRNA expression of the cytokines. Minocycline reduced LPS-induced Il1b and Tnf, but not Nos2, mRNA expression. Treatment with indomethacin plus minocycline had no effect on LPS-induced Il1b, Tnf and Nos2 mRNA expression. In conclusion these results show that indomethacin significantly augments LPS-induced Nos2 mRNA and iNOS protein expression in the brain. In the presence of indomethacin, minocycline could not inhibit LPS-induced pro-inflammatory cytokine expression. Thus, indomethacin could exacerbate neuroinflammation by increasing the expression of iNOS and also block the anti-inflammatory effects of minocycline.
Funder
Kuwait University Research Sector
Core Research Facility KU
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine,General Neuroscience
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