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Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-2 and KC Induce Chemokine Production by Mouse Astrocytes
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Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-2 and KC Induce Chemokine Production by Mouse Astrocytes

Yi Luo, Falko R. Fischer, Wayne W. Hancock and Martin E. Dorf
The Journal of immunology (1950), Vol.165(7), pp.4015-4023
10/01/2000
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.7.4015
PMID: 11034412

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Abstract

Astrocytes are specialized cells of the CNS that are implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis and experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. In acute and relapsing-remitting experimental allergic encephalomyelitis, the neutrophil chemoattractant CXC chemokines macrophage-inflammatory protein (MIP)-2 and KC are associated with reactive astrocytes in the parenchyma. In vitro treatment of primary astrocyte cultures with nanomolar concentrations of MIP-2 or KC markedly up-regulated expression of the monocyte/T cell chemoattractants monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, inflammatory protein-10, and RANTES by a mechanism that includes stabilization of mRNA. Production of TNF-α and IL-6 transcripts were also noted, as was autocrine induction of MIP-2 and KC message. In addition, low levels of MIP-1α and MIP-1β were induced following treatment with MIP-2 or KC. These effects are specific to astrocytes as MIP-2 treatment of microglial cells failed to elicit chemokine production. The astrocyte chemokine receptor for MIP-2 has 2.5 nM affinity for ligand. Astrocytes from CXCR2-deficient mice still respond to KC and MIP-2, indicating the presence of an alternative or novel high affinity receptor for these ligands. We propose that this KC/MIP-2 chemokine cascade may contribute to the persistence of mononuclear cell infiltration in demyelinating autoimmune diseases.

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