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. 2006 Aug 31;38(4):417-27.
doi: 10.1038/emm.2006.49.

Anti-inflammatory effects of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine in LPS-induced microglia activation: suppression of STAT3-mediated intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression

Dong Hyun Kim  1 , Ik Hyun Cho, Hong Sook Kim, Joo Eun Jung, Ja Eun Kim, Kwang Ho Lee, Taekyu Park, Young Mok Yang, Seung-Yong Seong, Sang-Kyu Ye, Myung-Hee Chung
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Anti-inflammatory effects of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine in LPS-induced microglia activation: suppression of STAT3-mediated intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression

Dong Hyun Kim et al. Exp Mol Med. .

Abstract

To elucidate the roles of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (oh(8)dG), the nucleoside of 8-hydroxyguanine (oh(8)Gua), we examined the effects of oh(8)dG upon LPS-induced intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) expression and the underlying mechanisms in brain microglial cells. We found that oh(8)dG reduces LPS-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, STAT3 activation, and ICAM-1 expression. oh(8)dG also suppresses pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as TNF-alpha, IL-6 and IFN-gamma. Overexpression of dominant negative STAT3 completely diminshed STAT3-mediated ICAM-1 transcriptional activity. Chromatin immunoprecipitation studies revealed that oh(8)dG inhibited recruitment of STAT3 to the ICAM-1 promoter, followed by a decrease in ICAM-1 expression. Using mice lacking a functional Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), we demonstrated that, while TLR4+/+ microglia were activated by LPS, TLR4-/- microglia exhibited inactivated STAT3 in response to LPS. Evidently, LPS modulates STAT3-dependent ICAM-1 induction through TLR4-mdiated cellular responses. Oh(8)dG apparently plays a role in anti-inflammatory actions via suppression of ICAM-1 gene expression by blockade of the TLR4-STAT3 signal cascade in inflammation-enhanced brain microglia. Therefore, oh(8)dG in the cytosol probably functions as an anti-inflammatory molecule and should be considered as a candidate for development of anti-inflammatory agents.

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