PMID: 18715849Aug 22, 2008Paper

Influence of Nrf2 genotype on pulmonary NF-kappaB activity and inflammatory response after traumatic brain injury

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science
Wei JinHan-Dong Wang

Abstract

Inflammatory response plays an important role in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury (ALI) after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a key transcription factor that plays a crucial role in cytoprotection against inflammation. The present study explored the influence of Nrf2 genotype on the production of cytokines and on activation of transcription factors in a murine TBI model. Wild-type Nrf2 (+/+) and Nrf2 (-/-) deficient mice were subjected to a moderately severe weight-drop impact-acceleration head injury. Lung wet/dry weight ratio, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), interleukin-6 (IL-6), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), and nuclear factor kapp-aB (NF-kappaB) were investigated at 24 hr after TBI. Nrf2 (-/-) mice were shown to have a greater increase in the lung wet/dry weight ratio compared to their wild-type Nrf2 (+/+) counterparts after TBI. This exacerbation of lung injury in Nrf2 (-/-) mice was associated with increased levels of TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, ICAM-1, and their mediator, NF-kappaB. The results suggest that Nrf2 plays an important protective role in attenuating the pulmonary inflammatory response and NF-kappaB act...Continue Reading

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