Many factors are involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and inflammatory-immunlogic activation seems to play a major role. One strategy for treatment of AD has been to use acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors to increase the levels of acetylcholine and enhancing cholinergic activity in the affected regions of the brain. Cholinergic compounds modulate the immune system, therefore secretion, by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), of cytokines was investigated in age-matched controls and in AD patients. Cytokines released by PBMC from AD patients enrolled as pre-treatment patients (T0) and as post-treatment with AchEI (T1), were detected by ELISA assay. The result showed an increase in oncostatin M, interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) secretion in AD patients compared to healthy controls, and a decrease of cytokine levels in each AD patients treated for 1 month with an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AchEI). In conclusion, the results of this study show that the complex pathology in AD may be reflected in a pattern of altered cytokine secretion from PBMC

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors effects on oncostatin-M, interleukin-1beta and interleukin-6 release from lymphocytes of Alzheimer's disease patients

REALE, Marcella;GAMBI, Francesco;GAMBI, Domenico
2005-01-01

Abstract

Many factors are involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and inflammatory-immunlogic activation seems to play a major role. One strategy for treatment of AD has been to use acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors to increase the levels of acetylcholine and enhancing cholinergic activity in the affected regions of the brain. Cholinergic compounds modulate the immune system, therefore secretion, by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), of cytokines was investigated in age-matched controls and in AD patients. Cytokines released by PBMC from AD patients enrolled as pre-treatment patients (T0) and as post-treatment with AchEI (T1), were detected by ELISA assay. The result showed an increase in oncostatin M, interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) secretion in AD patients compared to healthy controls, and a decrease of cytokine levels in each AD patients treated for 1 month with an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AchEI). In conclusion, the results of this study show that the complex pathology in AD may be reflected in a pattern of altered cytokine secretion from PBMC
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