Shift from anti- to proinflammatory cytokine profiles in microglia through LPS- or IFN-gamma-mediated pathways.
In this study, cytokine mRNA profiles in microglia from newborn rats were detected by in situ hybridization. Under natural culture conditions, microglia expressed the immunosuppressive transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) and interleukin (IL) 10 to a greater degree than the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1 beta, IL-6, IL-12, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and TNF-alpha. High TGF-beta 1 and IL-10 levels could reflect one mechanism for immune privilege within the CNS under physiological conditions. Stimulation of microglia with LPS or IFN gamma resulted in strong up-regulation of proinflammatory cytokines, while TGF-beta 1 and IL-10 were down-regulated. These effects of LPS or IFN-gamma are anticipated to reflect immunopathogenic processes within the CNS.
Division of Neurology, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Hospital, Sweden.
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D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D002452:Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017628:Microglia / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew
D016207:Cytokines; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D007371:Interferon-gamma