Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2015, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (5): 375-377,382.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2015.05.010

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Effect of mycrocystin-LR on inflammatory response in BV-2 cells

ZHANG Minhui, ZHOU Jue, LIU Ran, LI Xiaobo, LIANG Geyu, LI Yunhui   

  1. Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2015-03-13 Revised:2015-05-05 Online:2015-09-30 Published:2015-09-30

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of mycrocystin-LR(MC-LR) on the neurotoxic mechanisms of the central nervous system, the contents of nitric oxide (NO), nitric oxide synthase (NOS), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and interleukin- 6 (IL-6) in BV-2 microglial cells were detected in our study. METHODS:With the methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay, the cytotoxicity of the inflammatory model in BV-2 cells was performed after exposure to MC-LR. The levels of NO and NOS were measured by the nitric acid reductase assay and nitric oxide synthase assay, respectively. The contents of TNF-α and IL-6 were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS:After exposure to MC-LR for 24 h, the viability in BV-2 cells was decreased with the increase of MC-LR concentration within the range of 0-28 μg/L (r=-0.609, P<0.05), and the median effective concentration (EC50) was 22.49 μg/L. Besides, the levels of IL-6 and NOS in BV-2 cells were increased at the concentration of 5-10 μg/L MC-LR, and the levels of TNF-α and NO were increased at the concentration of 10 μg/L MC-LR. Compared with control group, those differences above mentioned were statistically significant (P<0.05). CONCLUSION:MC-LR induced inflammatory response in BV-2 microglial cells by increases in production of NO, NOS, IL-6 and TNF-α.

Key words: microcystin-LR, BV-2 cells, neuroinflammation, nitric oxide, nitric oxide synthase

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