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Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of ranolazine on primary cultured astrocytes
Critical Care volume 18, Article number: P447 (2014)
Introduction
Because of its ability to block late INa [1], ranolazine is used as an antianginal agent for the treatment of chronic angina pectoris when angina is not adequately controlled by other agents [2]. Besides its cardiovascular effects, ranolazine improves different neuronal functions, and thus its use has been proposed for the treatment of pain and epileptic disorders [3, 4]. Since astrocytes are involved in neuronal inflammatory processes, and autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases [5], we have investigated the antiinflammatory and antioxidant effects of ranolazine in primary cultured astrocytes.
Methods
We incubated differentiated rat astrocytes in primary culture (10 days of culture) [5] for 24 hours with ranolazine (10-5, 10-6, 10-7 M). We measured the protein expression levels of PPARy and Cu/Zn-SOD by western blot technique. Protective effect of ranolazine on cell viability was assayed using MTT conversion assay. Finally, to evaluate the effect of ranolazine on the IL-1β cytokine and TNFα mediators, we used the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique.
Results
Compared with control cells, treatment with ranolazine induced an increment of anti-inflammatory PPARy and reduced the proinflammatory mediators IL-1 β and TNFα in primary cultured astrocytes. Ranolazine (10-6 M) also increased the expression of antioxidant protein Cu/Zn-SOD and caused a significant increase in cell viability.
Conclusion
Ranolazine decreases inflammatory mediators IL-1 β and TNFα, and increases anti-inflammatory PPARy as well as the antioxidant Cu/Zn-SOD in astrocytes in culture. These results suggest that ranolazine could be useful as a neuroprotective drug in pathologies inducing inflammatory damage and oxidant processes.
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El Amrani, F., Guerra, S., Aguirre-Rueda, D. et al. Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of ranolazine on primary cultured astrocytes. Crit Care 18 (Suppl 1), P447 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/cc13637
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