Aviptadil- Class Effect of a Synthetic Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide as a Treatment Option in COVID-19 Patients with Severe Respiratory Failure

Chakraborty, Debasis; Choudhury, Shouvik; Lahiry, Sandeep

doi:10.4103/ijrc.ijrc_127_21

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“…Moreover, Aviptadil, a SynVIP has been shown to be effective in the treatment of sepsis‐ related severe respiratory failure and some other lung injuries. Ttrials are still ongoing to clarify the effectiveness of this drug in the treatment of COVID 19 (Lahiry et al, 2022).…”

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Microglia cells treated with synthetic vasoactive intestinal peptide or transduced with LentiVIP protect neuronal cells against degeneration

Goksu,

Kocanci,

Akinci

et al. 2024

Eur J of Neuroscience

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A common pathological hallmark of neurodegenerative disorders is neuronal cell death, accompanied by neuroinflammation and oxidative stress. The vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is a pleiotropic peptide that combines neuroprotective and immunomodulatory actions. The gene therapy field shows long‐term promise for treating a wide range of neurodegenerative diseases (ND). In this study, we aimed to investigate the in vitro efficacy of transduction of microglia using lentiviral gene therapy vectors encoding VIP (LentiVIP). Additionally, we tested the protective effects of the secretome derived from LentiVIP‐infected “immortalized human” microglia HMC3 cells, and cells treated with Synthetic VIP (SynVIP), against toxin‐induced neurodegeneration. First, LentiVIP, which stably expresses VIP, was generated and purified. VIP secretion in microglial conditioned media (MG CM) for LentiVIP‐infected HMC3 microglia cells was confirmed. Microglia cells were activated with lipopolysaccharide, and groups were formed as follows: 1) Control, 2) SynVIP‐treated, or 3) LentiVIP‐transduced. These MG CM were applied on an in vitro neurodegenerative model formed by differentiated (d)‐SH‐SY5Y cells. Then, cell survival analysis and apoptotic nuclear staining, besides measurement of oxidative/inflammatory parameters in CM of cells were performed. Activated MG CM reduced survival rates of both control and toxin‐applied (d)‐SH‐SY5Y cells, whereas LentiVIP‐infected MG CM and SynVIP‐treated ones exhibited better survival rates. These findings were supported by apoptotic nuclear evaluations of (d)‐SH‐SY5Y cells, alongside oxidative/inflammatory parameters in their CM. LentiVIP seems worthy of further studies for the treatment of ND because of the potential of gene therapy to treat diseases effectively with a single injection.

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