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Heneka MT, O'Banion MK, Terwel D, Kummer MP. Neuroinflammatory processes in Alzheimer's disease. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2010; 117:919-47. [PMID: 20632195 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-010-0438-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 318] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2010] [Accepted: 06/16/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Generation of neurotoxic amyloid beta peptides and their deposition along with neurofibrillary tangle formation represent key pathological hallmarks in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent evidence suggests that inflammation may be a third important component which, once initiated in response to neurodegeneration or dysfunction, may actively contribute to disease progression and chronicity. Various neuroinflammatory mediators including complement activators and inhibitors, chemokines, cytokines, radical oxygen species and inflammatory enzyme systems are expressed and released by microglia, astrocytes and neurons in the AD brain. Degeneration of aminergic brain stem nuclei including the locus ceruleus and the nucleus basalis of Meynert may facilitate the occurrence of inflammation in their projection areas given the antiinflammatory and neuroprotective action of their key transmitters norepinephrine and acetylcholine. While inflammation has been thought to arise secondary to degeneration, recent experiments demonstrated that inflammatory mediators may stimulate amyloid precursor protein processing by various means and therefore can establish a vicious cycle. Despite the fact that some aspects of inflammation may even be protective for bystander neurons, antiinflammatory treatment strategies should therefore be considered. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have been shown to reduce the risk and delay the onset to develop AD. While, the precise molecular mechanism underlying this effect is still unknown, a number of possible mechanisms including cyclooxygenase 2 or gamma-secretase inhibition and activation of the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma may alone or, more likely, in concert account for the epidemiologically observed protection.
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- Michael T Heneka
- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurosciences, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
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Toll-like receptors play an important role in the innate immune response, although emerging evidence indicates their role in brain injury and neurodegeneration. Alcohol abuse induces brain damage and can sometimes lead to neurodegeneration. We recently found that ethanol can promote TLR4 signaling in glial cells by triggering the induction of inflammatory mediators and causing cell death, suggesting that the TLR4 response could be an important mechanism of ethanol-induced neuroinflammation. This study aims to establish the potential role of TLR4 in both ethanol-induced glial activation and brain damage. Here we report that TLR4 is critical for ethanol-induced inflammatory signaling in glial cells since the knockdown of TLR4, by using both small interfering RNA or cells from TLR4-deficient mice, abolished the activation of microtubule-associated protein kinase and nuclear factor-kappaB pathways and the production of inflammatory mediators by astrocytes. Our results demonstrate, for the first time, that whereas chronic ethanol intake upregulates the immunoreactive levels of CD11b (microglial marker) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (astrocyte marker), and also increases caspase-3 activity and inducible nitric oxide synthase, COX-2, and cytokine levels [interleukin (IL)-1beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, IL-6] in the cerebral cortex of female wild-type mice, TLR4 deficiency protects against ethanol-induced glial activation, induction of inflammatory mediators, and apoptosis. Our findings support the critical role of the TLR4 response in the neuroinflammation, brain injury, and possibly in the neurodegeneration induced by chronic ethanol intake.
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Millward JM, Holst PJ, Høgh-Petersen M, Thomsen AR, Christensen JP, Owens T. The murine gammaherpesvirus-68 chemokine-binding protein M3 inhibits experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Neuroimmunol 2010; 224:45-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2010] [Accepted: 05/04/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Lo MK, Miller D, Aljofan M, Mungall BA, Rollin PE, Bellini WJ, Rota PA. Characterization of the antiviral and inflammatory responses against Nipah virus in endothelial cells and neurons. Virology 2010; 404:78-88. [PMID: 20552729 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Nipah virus (NiV) is a highly pathogenic paramyxovirus which causes fatal encephalitis in up to 75% of infected humans. Endothelial cells and neurons are important cellular targets in the pathogenesis of this disease. In this study, viral replication and the innate immune responses to NiV in these cell types were measured. NiV infected endothelial cells generated a functionally robust IFN-beta response, which correlated with localization of the NiV W protein to the cytoplasm. There was no antiviral response detected in infected neuronal cells. NiV infection of endothelial cells induced a significant increase in secreted inflammatory chemokines, which corresponded with the increased ability of infected cell supernatants to induce monocyte and T-lymphocyte chemotaxis. These results suggest that pro-inflammatory chemokines produced by NiV infected primary endothelial cells in vitro is consistent with the prominent vasculitis observed in infections, and provide initial molecular insights into the pathogenesis of NiV in physiologically relevant cells types.
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- Michael K Lo
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Herpesvirus Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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Minnikanti S, Pereira MGAG, Jaraiedi S, Jackson K, Costa-Neto CM, Li Q, Peixoto N. In vivo electrochemical characterization and inflammatory response of multiwalled carbon nanotube-based electrodes in rat hippocampus. J Neural Eng 2010; 7:16002. [PMID: 20054103 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/7/1/016002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Stimulating neural electrodes are required to deliver charge to an environment that presents itself as hostile. The electrodes need to maintain their electrical characteristics (charge and impedance) in vivo for a proper functioning of neural prostheses. Here we design implantable multi-walled carbon nanotubes coating for stainless steel substrate electrodes, targeted at wide frequency stimulation of deep brain structures. In well-controlled, low-frequency stimulation acute experiments, we show that multi-walled carbon nanotube electrodes maintain their charge storage capacity (CSC) and impedance in vivo. The difference in average CSCs (n = 4) between the in vivo (1.111 mC cm(-2)) and in vitro (1.008 mC cm(-2)) model was statistically insignificant (p > 0.05 or P-value = 0.715, two tailed). We also report on the transcription levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1beta and TLR2 receptor as an immediate response to low-frequency stimulation using RT-PCR. We show here that the IL-1beta is part of the inflammatory response to low-frequency stimulation, but TLR2 is not significantly increased in stimulated tissue when compared to controls. The early stages of neuroinflammation due to mechanical and electrical trauma induced by implants can be better understood by detection of pro-inflammatory molecules rather than by histological studies. Tracking of such quantitative response profits from better analysis methods over several temporal and spatial scales. Our results concerning the evaluation of such inflammatory molecules revealed that transcripts for the cytokine IL-1beta are upregulated in response to low-frequency stimulation, whereas no modulation was observed for TLR2. This result indicates that the early response of the brain to mechanical trauma and low-frequency stimulation activates the IL-1beta signaling cascade but not that of TLR2.
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- Saugandhika Minnikanti
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Neural Engineering Laboratory, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
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Hazama Y, S. Kurokawa M, Chiba S, Tadokoro M, Imai T, Kondo Y, Nakatsuji N, Suzuki T, Hashimoto T, Suzuki N. SDF1/CXCR4 contributes to neural regeneration in hemiplegic mice with a monkey ES-cell-derived neural graft. Inflamm Regen 2010. [DOI: 10.2492/inflammregen.30.193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injuries are implicated in a large array of pathological conditions such as myocardial infarction, cerebral stroke, and hepatic, renal, and intestinal ischemia, as well as following cardiovascular and transplant surgeries. The hallmark of these pathologies is excessive inflammation. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are recognized as one of the main contributors to pathogen-induced inflammation and, more recently, injury-induced inflammation. Endogenous ligands such as low-molecular hyaluronic acid, fibronectin, heat shock protein 70, and heparin sulfate were all found to be cleaved in the inflamed tissue and to activate TLR2 and TLR4, initiating an inflammatory response even in the absence of pathogens and infiltrating immune cells. In this review, we discuss the contribution of TLR activation in hepatic, renal, cerebral, intestinal, and myocardial I/R injuries. A greater understanding of the role of TLRs in I/R injuries may aid in the development of specific TLR-targeted therapeutics to treat these conditions.
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Viscomi MT, Florenzano F, Latini L, Molinari M. Remote cell death in the cerebellar system. THE CEREBELLUM 2009; 8:184-91. [PMID: 19387761 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-009-0107-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2009] [Accepted: 03/31/2009] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Functional impairment after focal CNS lesion is highly dependent on damage that occurs in regions that are remote but functionally connected to the primary lesion site. This pattern is particularly evident in the cerebellar system, in which functional interactions between the cerebellar cortex, deep cerebellar nuclei, and precerebellar stations are of paramount importance. Diffuse degeneration after development of a focal CNS lesion has been associated with poor outcomes in several pathologies, such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, and brain trauma. A greater understanding of the mechanisms that underlie the spread of death signals from focal lesions, however, can aid in identifying a neuroprotective approach for CNS pathologies. To this end, studies on degenerative mechanisms in the inferior olive and pontine nuclei after focal cerebellar damage have been a valuable asset in which pharmacological approaches have been tested. In this review, we focus on mechanisms of remote cell death in cerebellar circuits, analyzing the neuroprotective effects of inflammation-modulating drugs in particular.
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- M T Viscomi
- Experimental Neurorehabilitation Lab, Santa Lucia Foundation IRCCS, 00143 Rome, Italy
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Fux M, van Rooijen N, Owens T. Macrophage-independent T cell infiltration to the site of injury-induced brain inflammation. J Neuroimmunol 2009; 203:64-72. [PMID: 18653241 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2008] [Revised: 06/17/2008] [Accepted: 06/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We have addressed the role of macrophages in glial response and T cell entry to the CNS after axonal injury, by using intravenous injection of clodronate-loaded mannosylated liposomes, in C57BL6 mice. As expected, clodronate-liposome treatment resulted in depletion of peripheral macrophages which was confirmed by F4/80- and MOMA-1(-) stainings in spleen. Sequential clodronate-liposome treatment 4, 2 and 0 days before axotomy resulted in significant reduction of infiltrating CD45(high) CD11b+ macrophages in the hippocampus at 1, 2 and 3 days post-lesion, measured by flow cytometry. There was a slight delay in the expansion of CD45(dim) CD11+ microglia in clodronate-liposome treated mice, but macrophage depletion had no effect on the percentage of infiltrating T cells in the lesion-reactive hippocampus. Lesion-induced TNFalpha mRNA expression was not affected by macrophage depletion, suggesting that activated glial cells are the primary source of this cytokine in the axonal injury-reactive brain. This identifies a potentially important distinction from inflammatory autoimmune infiltration in EAE, where macrophages are a prominent source of TNFalpha and their depletion prevents parenchymal T cell infiltration and disease.
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- Michaela Fux
- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, Winsloewparken 25, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark
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Babcock AA, Toft-Hansen H, Owens T. Signaling through MyD88 regulates leukocyte recruitment after brain injury. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 181:6481-90. [PMID: 18941239 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.9.6481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Injury to the CNS provokes an innate inflammatory reaction that engages infiltrating leukocytes with the capacity to repair and/or exacerbate tissue damage. The initial cues that orchestrate leukocyte entry remain poorly defined. We have used flow cytometry to investigate whether MyD88, an adaptor protein that transmits signals from TLRs and receptors for IL-1 and IL-18, regulates leukocyte infiltration into the stab-injured entorhinal cortex (EC) and into sites of axonal degeneration in the denervated hippocampus. We have previously established the kinetics of leukocyte entry into the denervated hippocampus. We now show that significant leukocyte entry into the EC occurs within 3-12 h of stab injury. Whereas T cells showed small, gradual increases over 8 days, macrophage infiltration was pronounced and peaked within 12-24 h. MyD88 deficiency significantly reduced macrophage and T cell recruitment to the stab-injured EC and the denervated hippocampus at 5 days post-injury. Whereas macrophage and T cell entry remained impaired into the denervated hippocampus of MyD88-deficient mice at 8 days, leukocyte infiltration into the stab-injured EC was restored to levels observed in wild-type mice. Transcripts for TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and CCL2, which increased >50-fold after stab injury in C57BL/6 mice at the time of peak expression, were severely reduced in injured MyD88 knockout mice. Leukocyte recruitment and gene expression were unaffected in TLR2-deficient or TLR4 mutant mice. No significant differences in gene expression were observed in mice lacking IL-1R or IL-18R. These data show that MyD88-dependent signaling mediates proinflammatory gene expression and leukocyte recruitment after CNS injury.
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- Alicia A Babcock
- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
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Khorooshi R, Babcock AA, Owens T. NF-kappaB-driven STAT2 and CCL2 expression in astrocytes in response to brain injury. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 181:7284-91. [PMID: 18981150 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.10.7284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tissue response to injury includes expression of genes encoding cytokines and chemokines. These regulate entry of immune cells to the injured tissue. The synthesis of many cytokines and chemokines involves NF-kappaB and signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT). Injury to the CNS induces glial response. Astrocytes are the major glial population in the CNS. We examined expression of STATs and the chemokine CCL2 and their relationship to astroglial NF-kappaB signaling in the CNS following axonal transection. Double labeling with Mac-1/CD11b and glial fibrillary acidic protein revealed that STAT2 up-regulation and phosphorylation colocalized exclusively to astrocytes, suggesting the involvement of STAT2 activating signals selectively in astroglial response to injury. STAT1 was also up-regulated and phosphorylated but not exclusively in astrocytes. Both STAT2 up-regulation and phosphorylation were NF-kappaB -dependent since they did not occur in the lesion-reactive hippocampus of transgenic mice with specific inhibition of NF-kappaB activation in astrocytes. We further showed that lack of NF-kappaB signaling significantly reduced injury-induced CCL2 expression as well as leukocyte infiltration. Our results suggest that NF-kappaB signaling in astrocytes controls expression of both STAT2 and CCL2, and thus regulates infiltration of leukocytes into lesion-reactive hippocampus after axonal injury. Taken together, these findings indicate a central role for astrocytes in directing immune-glial interaction in the CNS injury response.
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- Reza Khorooshi
- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Neurons have long held the spotlight as the central players of the nervous system, but we must remember that we have equal numbers of astrocytes and neurons in the brain. Are these cells only filling up the space and passively nurturing the neurons, or do they also contribute to information transfer and processing? After several years of intense research since the pioneer discovery of astrocytic calcium waves and glutamate release onto neurons in vitro, the neuronal-glial studies have answered many questions thanks to technological advances. However, the definitive in vivo role of astrocytes remains to be addressed. In addition, it is becoming clear that diverse populations of astrocytes coexist with different molecular identities and specialized functions adjusted to their microenvironment, but do they all belong to the umbrella family of astrocytes? One population of astrocytes takes on a new function by displaying both support cell and stem cell characteristics in the neurogenic niches. Here, we define characteristics that classify a cell as an astrocyte under physiological conditions. We will also discuss the well-established and emerging functions of astrocytes with an emphasis on their roles on neuronal activity and as neural stem cells in adult neurogenic zones.
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Ruhlen RL, Sun GY, Sauter ER. Black Cohosh: Insights into its Mechanism(s) of Action. INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE INSIGHTS 2008. [DOI: 10.4137/117863370800300002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The Women's Health Initiative found that combination estrogen and progesterone hormone replacement therapy increases breast cancer and cardiovascular disease risk, which compelled many women to seek herbal alternatives such as black cohosh extract (BCE) to relieve their menopausal symptoms. While several clinical trials document the efficacy of BCE in alleviating menopausal symptoms, preclinical studies to determine how BCE works have yielded conflicting results. Part of this is because there is not a universally accepted method to standardize the dose of black cohosh triterpenes, the presumed active ingredients in the extract. Although the mechanism by which BCE relieves symptoms is unknown, several hypotheses have been proposed: it acts 1) as a selective estrogen receptor modulator, 2) through serotonergic pathways, 3) as an antioxidant, or 4) on inflammatory pathways. We found that while the most prominent triterpene in BCE, 23-epi-26-deoxyactein, suppresses cytokine-induced nitric oxide production in brain microglial cells, the whole BCE extract actually enhanced this pathway. A variety of activities have been reported for black cohosh and its compounds, but the absorption and tissue distribution of these compounds is unknown.
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- Rachel L. Ruhlen
- From the Departments of Surgery, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A
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- Biochemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A
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- From the Departments of Surgery, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A
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Zagli G, Tarantini F, Bonizzoli M, Di Filippo A, Peris A, De Gaudio AR, Geppetti P. Altered pharmacology in the Intensive Care Unit patient. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2008; 22:493-501. [PMID: 18684127 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2008.00623.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Critically ill patients, not infrequently present alterations of physiological parameters that determine the success/failure of therapeutic interventions as well as the final outcome. Sepsis and polytrauma are two of the most common and complex syndromes occurring in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and affect drug absorption, disposition, metabolism and elimination. Pharmacological management of ICU patients requires consideration of the unique pharmacokinetics associated with these clinical conditions and the likely occurrence of drug interaction. Rational adjustment in drug choice and dosing contributes to the appropriateness of treatment of those patients.
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- Giovanni Zagli
- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
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Berbaum K, Shanmugam K, Stuchbury G, Wiede F, Körner H, Münch G. Induction of novel cytokines and chemokines by advanced glycation endproducts determined with a cytometric bead array. Cytokine 2008; 41:198-203. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2007.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2007] [Revised: 10/17/2007] [Accepted: 11/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Choi K, Choi C. Differential regulation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase and NF-κB pathway by caffeic acid phenethyl ester in astroglial and monocytic cells. J Neurochem 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.5193.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Li K, Dai D, Yao L, Gu X, Luan K, Tian W, Zhao Y, Wang B. Association between the macrophage inflammatory protein-l alpha gene polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease in the Chinese population. Neurosci Lett 2008; 433:125-8. [PMID: 18242850 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2007] [Accepted: 01/02/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Genetic polymorphisms in chemokine receptor and their natural ligand genes have been shown to modify the disease progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Human macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1alpha) is a chemotactic cytokine which plays a considerable role in AD pathogenesis, but its genetic contribution to AD has never been investigated. Recently, a biallelic dinucleotide microsatellite repeat (TA repeat) polymorphism has been found in the MIP-1alpha gene promoter region at position -906. We investigated whether this promoter polymorphism of MIP-1alpha gene might be responsible for susceptibility to AD in a Chinese population, utilizing a clinically well-defined group of 138 sporadic AD patients and 180 age-matched controls. We also examined the combined gene effects between the MIP-1alpha and apolipoprotein E (APOE) genes. The overall distribution of MIP-1alpha-906 alleles and genotypes was significantly different between AD cases and controls (P<0.05). The odds ratio for AD associated with the (TA)(6)/(TA)(6) versus non-(TA)(6)/(TA)(6) genotype was 1.893 (95% CI=1.208-2.967), while that for APOE varepsilon4 and MIP-1alpha (TA)(6)/(TA)(6) carriers was 7.140 (95% CI=3.222-15.823). In addition, we found that serum MIP-1alpha levels in patients with (TA)(6)/(TA)(6) genotype were increased significantly when compared with non-(TA)(6)/(TA)(6) genotype. The results indicate that the MIP-1alpha-906 (TA)(6)/(TA)(6) genotype, either by itself or interacting with the APOE varepsilon4 gene seems to be a genetic risk factor for AD. This genotype is associated with elevated serum MIP-1alpha levels in patients, which can contribute to increase the inflammatory process occurring in AD.
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- Keshen Li
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
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Stenzel W, Soltek S, Sanchez-Ruiz M, Akira S, Miletic H, Schlüter D, Deckert M. Both TLR2 and TLR4 are required for the effective immune response in Staphylococcus aureus-induced experimental murine brain abscess. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2007; 172:132-45. [PMID: 18165267 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.070567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play central roles in the innate reaction to bacterial products and transmit specific immune responses against these pathogens. TLRs are expressed on numerous cell types, including innate immune cells, and on astrocytes, neurons, and microglial cells of the central nervous system (CNS). Lipoproteins and lipopolysaccharides are specifically recognized by TLR2 and TLR4, respectively. We examined the in vivo role of TLR2 and TLR4 in Staphylococcus aureus-induced brain abscess. Phenotypically, 87% of TLR2(-/-) mice and 43% of TLR4(-/-) mice died whereas all wild-type (WT) mice recovered. Clearance of bacteria from the CNS was significantly delayed in TLR2(-/-) mice compared with TLR4(-/-) and WT animals. Recruitment of granulocytes and macrophages to the CNS, as well as microglial activation and expansion, was up-regulated in TLR2(-/-) mice. Although inflammation persisted especially in the CNS of TLR2(-/-) mice, but also of TLR4(-/-) mice, WT mice terminated the infection more effectively. Collectively, these data show that the immune response to experimental S. aureus-induced brain abscess depends crucially on the recognition of S. aureus by TLR2 but that TLR4 is also required for an optimal intracerebral immune response in this disorder.
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- Werner Stenzel
- Department of Neuropathology, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, D-50931 Köln, Germany.
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Choi K, Choi C. Differential regulation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase and NF-kappaB pathway by caffeic acid phenethyl ester in astroglial and monocytic cells. J Neurochem 2007; 105:557-64. [PMID: 18088368 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05193.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE), an active component of propolis extracts, has been known for its specific inhibition of nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) and subsequent anti-inflammatory activity. In this study, we report that (i) CAPE exerts its anti-inflammatory action (inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-induced expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and CC chemokine ligand-2) via NF-kappaB inhibition by two distinct molecular mechanisms in a cell-specific manner: CAPE inhibited downstream pathways of inhibitor kappaB (IkappaB) degradation in monocytic cells, while activation of upstream IkappaB kinase was suppressed by CAPE pre-treatment in astroglial cells; and (ii) CAPE paradoxically activates the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway, which might be responsible for its pro-apoptotic action and divergent regulation of proinflammatory mediators such as CXC chemokine ligand-8.
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- Kyungsun Choi
- Laboratory of Computational Cell Biology, Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
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Watkins LR, Hutchinson MR, Milligan ED, Maier SF. "Listening" and "talking" to neurons: implications of immune activation for pain control and increasing the efficacy of opioids. BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS 2007; 56:148-69. [PMID: 17706291 PMCID: PMC2245863 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2007] [Revised: 06/21/2007] [Accepted: 06/26/2007] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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It is recently become clear that activated immune cells and immune-like glial cells can dramatically alter neuronal function. By increasing neuronal excitability, these non-neuronal cells are now implicated in the creation and maintenance of pathological pain, such as occurs in response to peripheral nerve injury. Such effects are exerted at multiple sites along the pain pathway, including at peripheral nerves, dorsal root ganglia, and spinal cord. In addition, activated glial cells are now recognized as disrupting the pain suppressive effects of opioid drugs and contributing to opioid tolerance and opioid dependence/withdrawal. While this review focuses on regulation of pain and opioid actions, such immune-neuronal interactions are broad in their implications. Such changes in neuronal function would be expected to occur wherever immune-derived substances come in close contact with neurons.
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- Linda R Watkins
- Department of Psychology and Center for Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0345, USA.
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Schmidt OI, Leinhase I, Hasenboehler E, Morgan SJ, Stahel PF. [The relevance of the inflammatory response in the injured brain]. DER ORTHOPADE 2007; 36:248, 250-8. [PMID: 17333066 DOI: 10.1007/s00132-007-1061-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Research efforts in recent years have defined traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a predominantly immunological and inflammatory disorder. This perception is based on the fact that the overwhelming neuroinflammatory response in the injured brain contributes to the development of posttraumatic edema and to neuropathological sequelae which are, in large part, responsible for the adverse outcome. While the "key" mediators of neuroinflammation, such as the cytokine cascade and the complement system, have been clearly defined by studies in experimental TBI models, their exact pathways of interaction and pathophysiological implications remain to be further elucidated. This lack of knowledge is partially due to the concept of a "dual role" of the neuroinflammatory response after TBI. This notion implies that specific inflammatory molecules may mediate diverse functions depending on their local concentration and kinetics of expression in the injured brain. The inflammation-induced effects range from beneficial aspects of neuroprotection to detrimental neurotoxicity. The lack of success in pushing anti-inflammatory therapeutic concepts from"bench to bedside" for patients with severe TBI strengthens the further need for advances in basic research on the molecular aspects of the neuroinflammatory network in the injured brain. The present review summarizes the current knowledge from experimental studies in this field of research and discusses potential future targets of investigation.
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- O I Schmidt
- Zentrum für Traumatologie, Fachbereich Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Klinikum Sankt Georg, Leipzig
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Crack PJ, Bray PJ. Toll-like receptors in the brain and their potential roles in neuropathology. Immunol Cell Biol 2007; 85:476-80. [PMID: 17667932 DOI: 10.1038/sj.icb.7100103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The explosion of the toll-like receptors (TLRs) over the past decade has touched almost every field of mammalian biology and neuroscience is not an exception. The current advent of research papers examining the TLRs in the central nervous system (CNS) signifies that these receptors are not only involved in peripheral innate immunity but may also play a role in the development and regulation of CNS inflammation, neurodegeneration and brain trauma. This review addresses the potential role of TLRs in the brain and how they may be involved in various neuropathologies.
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- Peter J Crack
- Department of Pharmacology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Paessler S, Yun NE, Judy BM, Dziuba N, Zacks MA, Grund AH, Frolov I, Campbell GA, Weaver SC, Estes DM. Alpha-beta T cells provide protection against lethal encephalitis in the murine model of VEEV infection. Virology 2007; 367:307-23. [PMID: 17610927 PMCID: PMC2067255 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2007] [Revised: 05/22/2007] [Accepted: 05/31/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of a chimeric alphavirus vaccine candidate in mice with selective immunodeficiencies. This vaccine candidate was highly attenuated in mice with deficiencies in the B and T cell compartments, as well as in mice with deficient gamma-interferon responsiveness. However, the level of protection varied among the strains tested. Wild type mice were protected against lethal VEEV challenge. In contrast, alpha/beta (αβ) TCR-deficient mice developed lethal encephalitis following VEEV challenge, while mice deficient in gamma/delta (γδ) T cells were protected. Surprisingly, the vaccine potency was diminished by 50% in animals lacking interferon-gamma receptor alpha chain (R1)-chain and a minority of vaccinated immunoglobulin heavy chain-deficient (μMT) mice survived challenge, which suggests that neutralizing antibody may not be absolutely required for protection. Prolonged replication of encephalitic VEEV in the brain of pre-immunized mice is not lethal and adoptive transfer experiments indicate that CD3+ T cells are required for protection.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Disease Models, Animal
- Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine/immunology
- Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine/metabolism
- Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine/physiology
- Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine/immunology
- Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine/pathology
- Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine/prevention & control
- Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine/virology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Safety
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Vaccination
- Vaccines, Attenuated/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, Attenuated/genetics
- Viral Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Viral Vaccines/genetics
- Viral Vaccines/immunology
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- Slobodan Paessler
- Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0609, USA.
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Chen K, Iribarren P, Huang J, Zhang L, Gong W, Cho EH, Lockett S, Dunlop NM, Wang JM. Induction of the formyl peptide receptor 2 in microglia by IFN-gamma and synergy with CD40 ligand. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:1759-66. [PMID: 17237425 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.3.1759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Human formyl peptide receptor (FPR)-like 1 (FPRL1) and its mouse homologue mFPR2 are functional receptors for a variety of exogenous and host-derived chemotactic peptides, including amyloid beta 1-42 (Abeta(42)), a pathogenic factor in Alzheimer's disease. Because mFPR2 in microglial cells is regulated by proinflammatory stimulants including TLR agonists, in this study we investigated the capacity of IFN-gamma and the CD40 ligand (CD40L) to affect the expression and function of mFPR2. We found that IFN-gamma, when used alone, induced mFPR2 mRNA expression in a mouse microglial cell line and primary microglial cells in association with increased cell migration in response to mFPR2 agonists, including Abeta(42). IFN-gamma also increased the endocytosis of Abeta(42) by microglial cells via mFPR2. The effect of IFN-gamma on mFPR2 expression in microglial cells was dependent on activation of MAPK and IkappaB-alpha. IFN-gamma additionally increased the expression of CD40 by microglial cells and soluble CD40L significantly promoted cell responses to IFN-gamma during a 6-h incubation period by enhancing the activation of MAPK and IkappaB-alpha signaling pathways. We additionally found that the effect of IFN-gamma and its synergy with CD40L on mFPR2 expression in microglia was mediated in part by TNF-alpha. Our results suggest that IFN-gamma and CD40L, two host-derived factors with increased concentrations in inflammatory central nervous system diseases, may profoundly affect microglial cell responses in the pathogenic process in which mFPR2 agonist peptides are elevated.
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- Keqiang Chen
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Correa SG, Maccioni M, Rivero VE, Iribarren P, Sotomayor CE, Riera CM. Cytokines and the immune–neuroendocrine network: What did we learn from infection and autoimmunity? Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2007; 18:125-34. [PMID: 17347025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2007.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The initial view of the neuroendocrine-immune communication as the brake of immune activation is changing. Recent evidence suggests that the optimization of the body's overall response to infection could be actually the role of the immune-endocrine network. In gradually more complex organisms, the multiplicity of host-pathogen interfaces forced the development of efficient and protective responses. Molecules such as cytokines and Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are distributed both in the periphery and in the brain to participate in a coordinated adaptive function. When sustained release of inflammatory mediators occurs, as in autoimmune diseases, undesirable pathological consequences become evident with different manifestations and outcomes. Clearly, organisms are not well adapted to that disregulated condition yet, suggesting that additional partners within neuroendocrine-immune interactions might emerge from the evolutionary road.
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- Silvia G Correa
- Immunology, Department of Biochemical Chemistry, CIBICI (CONICET), Faculty of Chemical Sciences, National University of Cordoba, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, 5000 Cordoba, Argentina.
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Watkins LR, Hutchinson MR, Ledeboer A, Wieseler-Frank J, Milligan ED, Maier SF. Norman Cousins Lecture. Glia as the "bad guys": implications for improving clinical pain control and the clinical utility of opioids. Brain Behav Immun 2007; 21:131-46. [PMID: 17175134 PMCID: PMC1857294 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2006.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2006] [Revised: 10/03/2006] [Accepted: 10/04/2006] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Within the past decade, there has been increasing recognition that glia are far more than simply "housekeepers" for neurons. This review explores two recently recognized roles of glia (microglia and astrocytes) in: (a) creating and maintaining enhanced pain states such as neuropathic pain, and (b) compromising the efficacy of morphine and other opioids for pain control. While glia have little-to-no role in pain under basal conditions, pain is amplified when glia become activated, inducing the release of proinflammatory products, especially proinflammatory cytokines. How glia are triggered to become activated is a key issue, and appears to involve a number of neuron-to-glia signals including neuronal chemokines, neurotransmitters, and substances released by damaged, dying and dead neurons. In addition, glia become increasingly activated in response to repeated administration of opioids. Products of activated glia increase neuronal excitability via numerous mechanisms, including direct receptor-mediated actions, upregulation of excitatory amino acid receptor function, downregulation of GABA receptor function, and so on. These downstream effects of glial activation amplify pain, suppress acute opioid analgesia, contribute to the apparent loss of opioid analgesia upon repeated opioid administration (tolerance), and contribute to the development of opioid dependence. The potential implications of such glial regulation of pain and opioid actions are vast, suggestive that targeting glia and their proinflammatory products may provide a novel and effective therapy for controlling clinical pain syndromes and increasing the clinical utility of analgesic drugs.
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- Linda R Watkins
- Department of Psychology and the Center for Neuroscience, Muenzinger D-244, Campus Box 345, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0345, USA.
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Cho JY. Immunomodulatory effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) at the clinically available doses. Arch Pharm Res 2007; 30:64-74. [PMID: 17328244 DOI: 10.1007/bf02977780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) with cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitory activity are commonly used in various inflammatory diseases. In this study, to examine the immunomodulatory effects of well known NSAIDs at clinically available doses, macrophage- and T cell-mediated immune responses such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha release and nitric oxide (NO) production, cell-cell adhesion, phagocytic uptake and lymphocyte proliferation were investigated. NSAIDs tested significantly enhanced TNF-alpha release from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated RAW264.7 cells at certain concentrations (fenoprofen, indomethacin, piroxicam, aceclofenac, diclofenac and sulindac) or in a dose-dependent manner (aspirin and phenylbutazone). Of NSAIDs, phenylbutazone and aspirin most potently attenuated NO production, although sulindac was the only compound with cytoprotective activity against LPS-induced cytotoxicity. Most NSAIDs used displayed weak or no modulatory effects on phagocytic uptake and CD29- or CD43-mediated cell-cell adhesion. Interestingly, however, phenylbutazone itself triggered cell-cell clustering under normal culture conditions and enhanced the phagocytic activity. Aspirin and phenylbutazone also dose-dependently attenuated CD4+ T cell proliferation stimulated by concanavalin A (Con A) and CD8+ CTLL-2 cell proliferation induced by interleukin (IL)-2. Sulindac only blocked CTLL-2 cell proliferation. These results suggest that NSAIDs may differentially exert immunomodulatory effects on activated macrophages and lymphocytes, and some of the effects may enforce NSAID's therapeutic effect against inflammatory symptoms.
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- Jae Youl Cho
- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology and Korean Nutritional Science Institute, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea.
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Babcock AA, Wirenfeldt M, Holm T, Nielsen HH, Dissing-Olesen L, Toft-Hansen H, Millward JM, Landmann R, Rivest S, Finsen B, Owens T. Toll-like receptor 2 signaling in response to brain injury: an innate bridge to neuroinflammation. J Neurosci 2006; 26:12826-37. [PMID: 17151286 PMCID: PMC6674840 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4937-05.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Reactive gliosis is a prominent feature of neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory disease in the CNS, yet the stimuli that drive this response are not known. There is growing appreciation that signaling through Toll-like receptors (TLRs), which is key to generating innate responses to infection, may have pathogen-independent roles. We show that TLR2 was selectively upregulated by microglia in the denervated zones of the hippocampus in response to stereotactic transection of axons in the entorhinal cortex. In mice lacking TLR2, there were transient, selective reductions in lesion-induced expression of cytokines and chemokines. Recruitment of T cells, but not macrophages, was delayed in TLR2-deficient mice, as well as in mice lacking TNFR1 (tumor necrosis factor receptor 1). TLR2 deficiency also affected microglial proliferative expansion, whereas all of these events were unaffected in TLR4-mutant mice. Consistent with the fact that responses in knock-out mice had all returned to wild-type levels by 8 d, there was no evidence for effects on neuronal plasticity at 20 d. These results identify a role for TLR2 signaling in the early glial response to brain injury, acting as an innate bridge to neuroinflammation.
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- Alicia A. Babcock
- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
- Neuroimmunology Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
- Neuroimmunology Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4
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- Neuroimmunology Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Research, University Hospital, 4031 Basel, Switzerland, and
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- Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Centre Hospitalier Université Laval Research Center, and Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Laval University, Quebec, Quebec, Canada G1V 4G2
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
- Neuroimmunology Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4
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Zhang R, Gascon R, Miller RG, Gelinas DF, Mass J, Lancero M, Narvaez A, McGrath MS. MCP-1 chemokine receptor CCR2 is decreased on circulating monocytes in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (sALS). J Neuroimmunol 2006; 179:87-93. [PMID: 16857270 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2006.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2006] [Revised: 05/19/2006] [Accepted: 06/12/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Recent studies suggest that monocyte activation may play a role in ALS pathogenesis. Therefore, monocyte CCR2, the receptor for monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), and plasma levels of MCP-1 were measured in 42 sALS patients, 38 healthy and 34 age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) controls. MCP-1 was elevated in both sALS and ARMD patients, but CCR2 levels were significantly decreased on sALS but not on ARMD monocytes. Loss of monocyte CCR2 expression was inversely correlated with degree of monocyte/macrophage activation in sALS and this decrease was unlikely due to receptor down-regulation given the ARMD results. Defective monocyte/macrophages may play an active role in sALS.
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- Rongzhen Zhang
- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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Recent evidence shows that transplantation of neural stem/precursor cells may protect the central nervous system from inflammatory damage through a 'bystander' mechanism that is alternative to cell replacement. This novel mechanism, which might improve the success of transplantation procedures, is exerted by undifferentiated neural stem cells, the functional characteristics of which are regulated by important stem cell regulators released by CNS-resident and blood-borne inflammatory cells. Here, we discuss this alternative bystander mechanism in the context of the atypical ectopic perivascular niche. We propose that it is the most challenging example of reciprocal therapeutic crosstalk between the inflamed CNS and systemically transplanted neural stem cells.
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- Gianvito Martino
- Neuroimmunology Unit, DIBIT, and Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milano, Italy.
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Amaral ME, Barbuio R, Milanski M, Romanatto T, Barbosa HC, Nadruz W, Bertolo MB, Boschero AC, Saad MJA, Franchini KG, Velloso LA. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha activates signal transduction in hypothalamus and modulates the expression of pro-inflammatory proteins and orexigenic/anorexigenic neurotransmitters. J Neurochem 2006; 98:203-12. [PMID: 16638016 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03857.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is known to participate in the wastage syndrome that accompanies cancer and severe infectious diseases. More recently, a role for TNF-alpha in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity has been shown. Much of the regulatory action exerted by TNF-alpha upon the control of energy stores depends on its action on the hypothalamus. In this study, we show that TNF-alpha activates canonical pro-inflammatory signal transduction pathways in the hypothalamus of rats. These signaling events lead to the transcriptional activation of an early responsive gene and to the induction of expression of cytokines and a cytokine responsive protein such as interleukin-1beta, interleukin-6, interleukin-10 and suppressor of cytokine signalling-3, respectively. In addition, TNF-alpha induces the expression of neurotransmitters involved in the control of feeding and thermogenesis. Thus, TNF-alpha may act directly in the hypothalamus inducing a pro-inflammatory response and the modulation of expression of neurotransmitters involved in energy homeostasis.
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- Maria E Amaral
- Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a family of pattern-recognition receptors expressed on cells of the innate immune system that allow for the recognition of conserved structural motifs on a wide array of pathogens, referred to as pathogen-associated molecular patterns, as well as some endogenous molecules. The recent emergence of studies examining TLRs in the central nervous system (CNS) indicates that these receptors not only play a role in innate immunity in response to infectious diseases but may also participate in CNS autoimmunity, neurodegeneration, and tissue injury. This review summarizes the experimental evidence demonstrating a role for TLRs in the context of CNS inflammation in both infectious and noninfectious conditions.
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- Tammy Kielian
- Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA.
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Scalabrino G, Peracchi M. New insights into the pathophysiology of cobalamin deficiency. Trends Mol Med 2006; 12:247-54. [PMID: 16690356 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2006.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2005] [Revised: 04/07/2006] [Accepted: 04/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cobalamin-deficient (Cbl-D) central neuropathy in the rat is associated with a locally increased expression of neurotoxic tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and a locally decreased expression of neurotrophic epidermal growth factor (EGF). These recent findings suggest that cobalamin oppositely regulates the expression of TNF-alpha and EGF, and raise the possibility that these effects might be independent of its coenzyme function. Furthermore, adult Cbl-D patients have high levels of TNF-alpha and low levels of EGF in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Serum levels of TNF-alpha and EGF of cobalamin-treated patients normalize concomitantly with haematological disease remission. These observations suggest that cobalamin deficiency induces an imbalance in TNF-alpha and EGF levels in biological fluids that might have a role in the pathogenesis of the damage caused by pernicious anaemia.
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- Giuseppe Scalabrino
- Institute of General Pathology and Centre of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Milan, Via Mangiagalli 31, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
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Bisser S, Ouwe-Missi-Oukem-Boyer ON, Toure FS, Taoufiq Z, Bouteille B, Buguet A, Mazier D. Harbouring in the brain: A focus on immune evasion mechanisms and their deleterious effects in malaria and human African trypanosomiasis. Int J Parasitol 2006; 36:529-40. [PMID: 16600243 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2005] [Revised: 01/27/2006] [Accepted: 02/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Malaria and human African trypanosomiasis represent the two major tropical vector-transmitted protozoan infections, displaying different prevalence and epidemiological patterns. Death occurs mainly due to neurological complications which are initiated at the blood-brain barrier level. Adapted host-immune responses present differences but also similarities in blood-brain barrier/parasite interactions for these diseases: these are the focus of this review. We describe and compare parasite evasion mechanisms, the initiating mechanisms of central nervous system pathology and major clinical and neuropathological features. Finally, we highlight the common immune mediated mechanisms leading to brain involvement. In both diseases neurological damage is caused mainly by cytokines (interferon-gamma, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and IL-10), nitric oxide and endothelial cell apoptosis. Such a comparative analysis is expected to be useful in the comprehension of disease mechanisms, which may in turn have implications for treatment strategies.
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- S Bisser
- Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Unité de parasitologie médicale, BP 769 Franceville, Gabon.
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le Blanc LMP, van Lieshout AWT, Adema GJ, van Riel PLCM, Verbeek MM, Radstake TRDJ. CXCL16 is elevated in the cerebrospinal fluid versus serum and in inflammatory conditions with suspected and proved central nervous system involvement. Neurosci Lett 2006; 397:145-8. [PMID: 16406320 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2005] [Revised: 12/02/2005] [Accepted: 12/04/2005] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In neuro-inflammatory diseases, activated T cells are thought to drive the inflammatory process. In this study, we investigated the potential role of three T cell attracting chemokines (CK) in neuro-inflammation. For this purpose, we measured levels of CXCL16, CCL17 and CCL18 in matched serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples of patients with different neurological diseases. Interestingly, CXCL16 levels were significantly elevated in the CSF and were higher in inflammatory disease than in controls, whereas CCL17 and CCL18 were absent in the CSF. CCL18 was only elevated in serum of SLE patients. These data suggest that attraction of activated memory type T cells by CXCL16 might play an important role in the orchestration of immune responses in the central nervous system.
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- Linda M P le Blanc
- Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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Marchetti B, Abbracchio MP. To be or not to be (inflamed) – is that the question in anti-inflammatory drug therapy of neurodegenerative disorders? Trends Pharmacol Sci 2005; 26:517-25. [PMID: 16126283 DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2005.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2005] [Revised: 07/14/2005] [Accepted: 08/12/2005] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A sustained inflammatory reaction is present in acute (e.g. stroke) and chronic (e.g. Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis) neurodegenerative disorders. Inflammation, which is fostered by both residential glial cells and blood-circulating cells that infiltrate the diseased brain, probably starts as a time- and site-specific defense mechanism that could later evolve into a destructive and uncontrolled reaction. In this article, we review the crucial dichotomy of brain inflammation, where failure to resolve an acute beneficial response could lead to a vicious and anarchic state of chronic activation. The possible use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the management of neurodegenerative diseases is discussed in light of recent data demonstrating a neuroprotective role of local innate and adaptive immune responses. Novel therapeutic approaches must rely on potentiation of endogenous anti-inflammatory pathways, identification of early markers of neuronal deterioration and a combination treatment involving immune modulation and anti-inflammatory therapies.
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- Bianca Marchetti
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Sassari Medical School, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.
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Felderhoff-Mueser U, Schmidt OI, Oberholzer A, Bührer C, Stahel PF. IL-18: a key player in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration? Trends Neurosci 2005; 28:487-93. [PMID: 16023742 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2005.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2005] [Revised: 06/08/2005] [Accepted: 06/30/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Interleukin (IL)-18 is a potent inflammatory cytokine of the IL-1 family. It is synthesized as an inactive precursor (pro-IL-18), which is cleaved into its functionally active form by caspase-1. Resident cells of the CNS express IL-18 and caspase-1 constitutively, thus providing a local IL-18-dependent immune response. Recent studies have highlighted a crucial role for IL-18 in mediating neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in the CNS under pathological conditions, such as bacterial and viral infection, autoimmune demyelinating disease, and hypoxic-ischemic, hyperoxic and traumatic brain injuries. This review provides a synopsis of the current knowledge of IL-18-dependent mechanisms of action during acute neurodegeneration in immature and adult brains.
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- Ursula Felderhoff-Mueser
- Department of Neonatology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité University Medical School, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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