Alpha1-antitrypsin, old dog, new tricks. Alpha1-antitrypsin exerts in vitro anti-inflammatory activity in human monocytes by elevating cAMP.
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Regulation of serine protease activity is considered to be the sole mechanism for the function of alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT). However, recent reports of the anti-inflammatory effects of AAT are hard to reconcile with this classical mechanism. We discovered that two key activities of AAT in vitro, namely inhibition of endotoxin-stimulated tumor necrosis factor-alpha and enhancement of interleukin-10 in human monocytes, are mediated by an elevation of cAMP and activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A. As expected with this type of mechanism, the AAT-mediated rise in cAMP and the impact on endotoxin-stimulated tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-10 was enhanced when the catabolism of cAMP was blocked by the phosphodiesterase inhibitor rolipram. These effects were still observed with modified forms of AAT lacking protease inhibitor activity.
- Malmö University Sweden
- Lund University Sweden
Lipopolysaccharides, Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Adenine, Colforsin, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases, Monocytes, Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 4, Interleukin-10, Endotoxins, 3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases, alpha 1-Antitrypsin, Cyclic AMP, Humans, Clinical Medicine, Rolipram, Rheumatology and Autoimmunity
Lipopolysaccharides, Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Adenine, Colforsin, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases, Monocytes, Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 4, Interleukin-10, Endotoxins, 3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases, alpha 1-Antitrypsin, Cyclic AMP, Humans, Clinical Medicine, Rolipram, Rheumatology and Autoimmunity
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