Aspirin 15cH has Different Effects on Morphology and Function of Lipopolysaccharide-Challenged RAW 264.7 Macrophages In Vitro Compared to a Pharmacological Dose of Aspirin.
| Autor: | von Ancken AC; Research Center, Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Universidade Paulista-UNIP, São Paulo, Brazil.; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Cruzeiro do sul, São Paulo, Brazil.; High Dilution Science, São Caetano do Sul, Brazil., de Medeiros NSS; Research Center, Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Universidade Paulista-UNIP, São Paulo, Brazil., Perdomo SK; Research Center, Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Universidade Paulista-UNIP, São Paulo, Brazil., Cruz MC; Imaging Platform, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States., Alvares-Saraiva AM; Research Center, Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Universidade Paulista-UNIP, São Paulo, Brazil., Perez EC; Research Center, Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Universidade Paulista-UNIP, São Paulo, Brazil., Silva RAD; Research Center, Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Universidade Paulista-UNIP, São Paulo, Brazil., Eizayaga FX; Homeopathy Department, Universidad Maimónides, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Bonamin LV; Research Center, Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Universidade Paulista-UNIP, São Paulo, Brazil. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy [Homeopathy] 2024 Feb; Vol. 113 (1), pp. 4-15. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 30. |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0043-1769105 |
| Abstrakt: | Introduction: Aspirin is one of the most commonly used drugs worldwide. It is known to present antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombotic actions, making it extremely useful in a wide range of clinical contexts. Interestingly, homeopathically prepared Aspirin 15cH has been found to have a pro-thrombotic effect in rats, raising the hypothesis that Aspirin 15cH could also modulate the activity of inflammatory cells in different pathological processes. Objective: Our objective was to assess what effect Aspirin 15cH has on RAW 264.7 macrophages in vitro . Methods: The effects of Aspirin 15cH on biochemical and morphological activities of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages were evaluated. These effects were compared with unchallenged macrophages (negative control), untreated LPS-stimulated macrophages, macrophages treated with succussed water (vehicle control), or aspirin 200 µg/mL (pharmacological inhibitor of LPS activity). Cell morphology (adhered cell area and cytoskeleton arrangements), cell viability, toll-like receptor-4 (TLR-4) expression, and the production of nitric oxide, cytokines and intracellular reactive oxygen species were assessed. Results: Aspirin 15cH reduced the number of cells expressing TLR-4 on the surface ( p = 0.03) and induced a "columnar" morphology of macrophage pseudopods, indicating changes in cytoskeleton arrangement. When cells were treated with both Aspirin 15cH and LPS, cell morphology became heterogeneous, suggesting that sub-populations of cells had differing sensitivities to LPS or Aspirin 15cH. Exposure of the cells to LPS alone, succussed water or aspirin 200 µg/mL produced effects consistent with the literature. Conclusion: Aspirin 15cH, aspirin 200 µg/mL, LPS and succussed water appear to act as independent stimuli able to induce different patterns of macrophage response. Aspirin 15cH induced changes suggestive of M2 polarization of the macrophages (i.e., toward a wound healing or tissue repair, rather than inflammatory, phenotype). These preliminary findings need to be confirmed in further specific studies. Competing Interests: None declared. (Faculty of Homeopathy. This article is published by Thieme.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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