Proteinase-activated receptor 1 (par1) elicits immunomodulatory effects in a mouse model of nonbacterial prostatitis

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2012
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The prostate is an accessory reproductive gland that is found in all male mammals. This gland is prone to infection, inflammation, and cancer, making it one of the most disease-prone tissues in the body. Specifically, the role of Proteinase-Activated Receptor 1 (PARl) has not been addressed in the context of nonbacterial prostatitis. In this study, P ARl and P AR2 were localized primarily to the apical prostatic epithelium in C57BL/6 mice. Instillation of the PARl agonist TFLLR-NH2 into the mouse prostate significantly diminished dinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (DNBS)-induced prostatitis. Furthermore, TFLLR-NH2 also elicited non-PARl-rnediated imrnunornodulatory effects that were protective against DNBS-induced prostatitis. TFLLR-NH2 directly up-regulated anti­inflammatory IL-10 production and the source of this IL-10 elevation was not macrophage-driven. Overall, these findings support an immunomodulatory role for P ARI in the mouse prostate and may present a pharmacological therapy for nonbacterial prostatitis.
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Bibliography: p. 156-185
Some pages are in colour.
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Stanton, M. M. (2012). Proteinase-activated receptor 1 (par1) elicits immunomodulatory effects in a mouse model of nonbacterial prostatitis (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4913
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