Regulation of chemokines and chemokine receptors after experimental closed head injury

Viviane I. Otto, Philip F. Stahel*, Mario Rancan, Karin Kariya, Esther Shohami, Ido Yatsiv, Hans Pietro Eugster, Thomas Kossmann, Otmar Trentz, Maria C. Morganti-Kossmann

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Abstract

The expression of the chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2 and MIP-Iα and of their receptors CXCR2 and CCR5 was assessed in wild type (WT) and TNF/lymphotoxin-α knockout (TNF/LT-α-/-) mice subjected to closed head injury (CHI). At 4h after trauma intracerebral MIP-2 and MIP-Iα levels were increased in both groups with MIP-2 concentrations being significantly higher in WT than in TNF/LT-α-/animals (p<0.05). Thereafter, MIP-2 production declined rapidly, whereas MIP-lα remained elevated for 7 days. Expression of CXCR2 was confined to astrocytes and increased dramatically within 24h in both mouse types. Contrarily, CCR5 expression remained constitutively low and was mainly localized to microglia. These results show that after CHI, chemokines and their receptors are regulated differentially and with independent kinetics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2059-2064
Number of pages6
JournalNeuroReport
Volume12
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Jul 2001

Keywords

  • Chemokine receptors
  • Chemokines
  • Cytokines
  • Knockout mice
  • Neuroinflammation
  • Traumatic brain injury

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