Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2019 Oct 09;10:683. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00683. eCollection 2019.
Melanocortin Regulation of Inflammation.
Frontiers in endocrinology
Wei Wang, Dong-Yu Guo, Yue-Jun Lin, Ya-Xiong Tao
Affiliations
Affiliations
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiamen Huli Guoyu Clinic, Co., Ltd., Xiamen, China.
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States.
PMID: 31649620
PMCID: PMC6794349 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00683
Abstract
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), and α-, β-, and γ-melanocyte-stimulating hormones (α-, β-, γ-MSH), collectively known as melanocortins, together with their receptors (melanocortin receptors), are components of an ancient modulatory system. The clinical use of ACTH in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis started in 1949, originally thought that the anti-inflammatory action was through hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and glucocorticoid-dependent. Subsequent decades have witnessed extensive attempts in unraveling the physiology and pharmacology of the melanocortin system. It is now known that ACTH, together with α-, β-, and γ-MSHs, also possess glucocorticoid-independent anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects by activating the melanocortin receptors expressed in the brain or peripheral immune cells. This review will briefly introduce the melanocortin system and highlight the action of melanocortins in the regulation of immune functions from
Copyright © 2019 Wang, Guo, Lin and Tao.
Keywords: immune modulation; melanocortin; melanocortin receptor; signaling; therapeutics
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