title: Macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory neurological diseases.
abstract: The level of macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha), a newly discovered cytokine of chemokine family, was determined in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 18 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and from control patients with other neurological disorders by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The concentration of MIP-1 alpha in CSF was significantly elevated in MS in relapse (4.4 pg/ml) compared with non-inflammatory neurological disease control samples (0.3 pg/ml) (p < 0.0002). These concentrations in MS patients correlated well with leukocyte cell counts and protein content in CSF (r = 0.845, p < 0.0001; r = 0.853, p < 0.0001, respectively). In other inflammatory neurological disorders such as Behçet's disease and HTLV-1 associated myelopathy, significantly increased CSF levels of MIP-1 alpha were also observed. Chemokines are reported to play an important role in an early event of inflammation such as lymphocyte traffic. This report is the first study which confirmed the involvement of a chemokine in MS and other inflammatory neurological disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miyagishi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukazawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tashiro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D016207:Cytokines / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015846:Monokines / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D016207:Cytokines; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins; D015846:Monokines