Impact of small molecules on inflammatory messengers and growth factors in sepsis and severe SARS-CoV-2 infection/COVID-19
Mediator | Sepsis | COVID-19 | Lysosomotropic small molecules | |
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TNFα | ↑ | ↑/w/o | Target | ↓ |
IL-1β | ↑ | ↑/w/o | Target | ↓ |
IL-1RA | ↑ | ↑ | n.d. | Unknown |
IL-2 | ↑ | w/o | - | o |
IL-6 | ↑ | ↑ | Target | ↓↓ |
IL-7 | ↑ | ↑ | Target | ↓ |
IL-8 | ↑ | ↓/↑ | n.d. | Unknown |
IL-10 | ↑ | ↑ | Target° | ↑° |
IL-15 | ↑ | ↑ | - | o |
IL-17A | w/o | ↑/w/o | - | o |
IFN-γ | ↓/↑ | ↑ | n.d. | Unknown |
TGF-β | ↓/w/o | ↑ | - | o |
MCP-1/CCL2 | ↑ | ↑ | Target | ↓** |
CCL4 | ↑/w/o | w/o | Target | ↓↓ |
CCL5 | ↑ | ↑/w/o | - | o |
CCL22 | - | ↑ | - | o |
PTX3 | ↑ | ↑ | Target | ↓↓ |
CXCL2 | - | - | Target | ↓↓ |
CXCL3 | - | - | Target | ↓↓ |
CXCL10 | ↑ | ↑ | Target | ↓↓ |
C3/C3aR | ↓ | ↑/w/o | Target C3aR | o/↓+ |
C4 | ↓ | w/o | n.d. | Unknown |
C5b-C9 | ↑ | ↑ | n.d. | Unknown |
C5a/C5aR | ↑ | ↑ | Target C5aR | o/↓+ |
GM-CSF | ↓/↑ | ↓/↑ | n.d. | Unknown |
ICAM-1 | ↑ | ↑ | Target | ↓ |
VCAM1 | ↑ | ↑ | Target | ↓# |
PTGS2 | - | - | Target | ↓# |
Messenger/growth factor release depends on disease severity in sepsis [47–62] and severe SARS-CoV-2 infection/COVID-19 [3–9, 63–65]: increased (↑), decreased (↓), without (relevant) changes (w/o), (yet) unknown (-). Targets of lysosomotropic small molecules, inhibitors of endolysosomal acidification, and disruptors of lysosomal proton gradients are indicated as: target (Target), no target (-), or not determined (n.d.). Effects on gene expression [messenger RNA (mRNA)] in LPS stimulated human monomac 6 cells are indicated as: increased (↑), decreased (↓), no effect (o). Reference compound for small lysosomotropic molecules: NB 06 [22], plus literature data of fluvoxamine [66]#, amitriptyline [67]°, and ambroxol [68]**. + determined as C5 mRNA; IFN-γ: interferon-γ; TGF-β: transforming growth factor-β; MCP-1: monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; CCL2: C-C motif chemokine ligand 2; CXCL2: CXC motif chemokine ligand 2; ICAM-1: intercellular adhesion molecule-1; VCAM1: vascular cell adhesion molecule 1; PTGS2: prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2
We thank Edith Walther for her tremendous technical support in performing elaborate cell experiments and sample preparation in the initial stages of conceptual work. Tremendous support by Petra and Peter Bauer, Davina Miglietta, Lars Kaiser, the staff at Riesling Apotheke (Ellerstadt, Germany), Europa Apotheke, (Bensheim, Germany), and Apotheke im Markt (Heidelberg, Germany) is gratefully acknowledged.
MB conceived the work; MB, OS, RC, and HPD wrote the manuscript. All authors contributed to manuscript revision, read and approved the submitted version.
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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Funding from the Institute of Precision Medicine and the Institute for Applied Research (IAF, Furtwangen University, Schwenningen, Germany) is gratefully acknowledged. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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