title: The role of the mouse macrophage scavenger receptor in myelin phagocytosis.
abstract: Myelin phagocytosis during Wallerian degeneration and immune-mediated demyelination depends on the action of mononuclear cells of the monocyte/macrophage system. The present study investigated the role of the macrophage scavenger receptor, a trimeric membrane glycoprotein, in myelin uptake by macrophages. Two in vitro models of myelin phagocytosis were used: an organ culture model of mouse peripheral nerves exposed to cocultured macrophages and a quantitative flow cytometric assay. Different concentrations of the monoclonal rat anti-mouse scavenger receptor antibody (2F8) were applied to these systems to selectively block the macrophage scavenger receptor. Concentration-dependent effects on macrophage migration and myelin uptake were seen when the macrophage scavenger receptor was blocked by the antibody 2F8. Low concentrations reduced myelin phagocytosis by the invading macrophages; higher concentrations completely abolished macrophage invasion of the nerves. Using a quantitative flow cytometric assay it was also shown that the 2F8 antibody inhibits phagocytosis of myelin in a dose-dependent manner. These data indicate that the macrophage scavenger receptor is involved in myelin phagocytosis by macrophages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, University of Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: van der Laan
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Dijkstra
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brück
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000276:immunology; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000276:immunology*; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000276:immunology*; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051116:Receptors, Scavenger; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D014855:Wallerian Degeneration / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D051116:Receptors, Scavenger