title: Production of cytotoxic factor for oligodendrocytes by stimulated astrocytes.
abstract: Stimulation of rat astrocytes in vitro by calcium ionophore A23187 and/or lipopolysaccharide results in the generation of a cytotoxic factor that is functionally similar to the previously described macrophage-derived cytotoxic factor, tumor necrosis factor. Like the macrophage product, the astrocyte cytotoxic factor kills murine L 929 cell targets. In addition, it kills rat oligodendrocytes, the myelin-producing cells of the central nervous system. Human recombinant tumor necrosis factor also has cytotoxic activity directed against rat oligodendrocytes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000502:physiology*; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000503:physiopathology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000502:physiology*; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D003603:Cytotoxins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000001:Calcimycin