Open AccessTelithromycin inhibits the production of proinflammatory mediators and the activation of NF‐κB in in vitro ‐stimulated murine cells
Author(s) -
Leiva Magdalena,
RuizBravo Alfonso,
Moreno Encarnación,
JiménezValera Maria
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
fems immunology & medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1574-695X
pISSN - 0928-8244
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2008.00424.x
Subject(s) - telithromycin , splenocyte , lipopolysaccharide , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , proinflammatory cytokine , tumor necrosis factor alpha , cytokine , spleen , immunology , antibacterial agent , inflammation , antibiotics
Telithromycin is a ketolide antibiotic with anti‐inflammatory properties. To investigate the mechanisms of these effects, we examined the in vitro immunomodulatory activity of telithromycin on murine splenocytes and the murine macrophage cell line RAW 264.7. Spleen cells from BALB/c‐untreated mice and RAW 264.7 macrophages were cultured in the presence of telithromycin. Proliferation and apoptosis (colorimetric assay), and cytokine production (enzyme immunoassay) of spleen cells in response to lipopolysaccharide and concanavalin A (Con A), and nitric oxide (NO) (colorimetric assay) and cytokine production by lipopolysaccharide‐stimulated RAW 264.7 cells were determined. Telithromycin moderately enhanced lymphocyte proliferation in response to lipopolysaccharide and Con A, and enhanced apoptosis induced by camptothecin in mitogen‐stimulated splenocytes. Con A‐induced IFN‐γ production was suppressed and lipopolysaccharide‐induced IL‐10 production was increased in spleen cell cultures with telithromycin. Lipopolysaccharide‐induced secretion of NO and tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α) was suppressed by telithromycin in RAW 264.7 cultures. Lipopolysaccharide‐induced activation of NF‐κB transcription factor and TNF‐α promoter in RAW 264.7 macrophages transitorily transfected with luciferase reporter constructs was also inhibited by the ketolide. The suppressive effect of telithromycin on NF‐κB activation was confirmed by Western blot and enzyme immunoassay. These results suggest that telithromycin exerts anti‐inflammatory activity mediated by the inhibition of activation of NF‐κB.