OBJECTIVE: This study aims to elucidate the mechanism about quercetin anti-inflammatory effect on RSV infection.
METHODS: BALB/c mice were intranasally infected with RSV and received quercetin (30, 60, 120 mg/kg/d) orally for 3 days. Additionally, an in vitro infection model utilizing mouse alveolar macrophages (MH-S cells) was employed to validate the proposed mechanism.
RESULTS: Quercetin exhibited a downregulatory effect on glycolysis and tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle metabolism in RSV-infected AMs. However, it increased itaconic acid production, a metabolite derived from citrate through activating immune responsive gene 1 (IRG1), and further inhibiting succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) activity. While the suppression of SDH activity orchestrated a cascading downregulation of Hif-1α/NLRP3 signaling, ultimately causing AMs polarization from M1 to M2 phenotypes.
CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrated quercetin stimulated IRG1-mediated itaconic acid anabolism and further inhibited SDH/Hif-1α/NLRP3 signaling pathway, which led to M1 to M2 polarization of AMs so as to ameliorate RSV-induced lung inflammation.
目的:本研究旨在阐明槲皮素对RSV感染的抗炎作用机制。
方法:BALB/c小鼠鼻内感染RSV,口服槲皮素(30、60、120mg/kg/d)3天。此外,利用小鼠肺泡巨噬细胞(MH-S细胞)的体外感染模型被用来验证所提出的机制.
结果:槲皮素对RSV感染的AMs的糖酵解和三羧酸(TCA)循环代谢表现出下调作用。然而,它增加了衣康酸的产量,通过激活免疫反应基因1(IRG1)从柠檬酸盐衍生的代谢物,并进一步抑制琥珀酸脱氢酶(SDH)活性。虽然SDH活性的抑制协调了Hif-1α/NLRP3信号的级联下调,最终导致从M1到M2表型的AM极化。
结论:我们的研究表明槲皮素刺激IRG1介导的衣康酸合成代谢,并进一步抑制SDH/Hif-1α/NLRP3信号通路,这导致AMs的M1到M2极化,从而改善RSV诱导的肺部炎症。