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ArticleScientific reports2020

A benzimidazole inhibitor attenuates sterile inflammation induced in a model of systemic autoinflammation in female mice.

Federica Agliano, Keaton S Karlinsey, Michael Ragazzi, Antoine Ménoret, Anthony T Vella

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Federica AglianoDepartment of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Keaton S KarlinseyDepartment of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Michael RagazziDepartment of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Antoine MénoretDepartment of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA. menoret@uchc.edu.
Anthony T VellaDepartment of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA. vella@uchc.edu.
UConn Health · US

Funding

IRAK4 and Systemic Lupus ErythematosusR01AI136955 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI VELLA, ANTHONY T · 2018 to 2021
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI136955NIH HHS R01AI136855
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sterile stimuli can trigger inflammatory responses, and in some cases can lead to a variety of acute or chronic diseases. In this study, we hypothesize that a benzimidazole inhibitor may be used as a therapeutic in the treatment of sterile inflammation. In vitro, this inhibitor blocks TLR signalling and inflammatory responses. The benzimidazole inhibitor does not prevent mouse macrophage activation after stimulation with 2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane (TMPD, also known as pristane), a hydrocarbon oil that mimics features of sterile inflammation when injected in vivo. However, C57BL/6J female mice treated with the benzimidazole inhibitor exhibited a significant reduction of pristane-dependent induction of splenocyte number and weight. Conversely, no significant difference was observed in males. Using mass spectrometry, we found that the urine of pristane-injected mice contained increased levels of putative markers for several inflammatory diseases, which were reduced by the benzimidazole inhibitor. To study the mechanism, we showed that pristane-injected mice had increased cell free DNA in serum, which was not impacted by inhibitor treatment. However, chemokine release (e.g. MCP-1, RANTES and TARC) was significantly reduced in inhibitor-treated mice. Thus, the benzimidazole inhibitor might be used as a new drug to block the recruitment of immune cells during sterile inflammatory diseases in humans.

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AnimalsBenzimidazolesCell-Free Nucleic AcidsCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleMaleMass SpectrometryMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLSplenomegalyTerpenesBenzimidazolesCell-Free Nucleic AcidsCytokinespristaneTerpenes

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PMID32694575
PMCPMC7374700
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