title: Chemokines induce migration and changes in actin polymerization in adult rat brain microglia and a human fetal microglial cell line in vitro.
abstract: Microglia, the resident macrophages of the central nervous system, are the primary cells to respond to injury in the brain, both in inflammation, e.g., in multiple sclerosis, and trauma. Chemokines are potential mediators of microglial cell recruitment to sites of injury; thus, the ability of microglia to migrate in response to a number of chemokines was assessed. The chemokines monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha, macrophage inflammatory protein 1beta, RANTES (regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and secreted), interleukin 8, and IP-10 (interferon gamma inducible protein-10), induce migration and changes in the distribution of f-actin in adult rat microglia and a human microglial cell line, CHME3, in vitro. Both cell types show a significant migration response, above control levels, to all the chemokines tested in a typical dose-dependent manner. These chemokines also induced a reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton of the cells. This study indicates that chemokines play an important role in the recruitment of microglia to areas of central nervous system inflammation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Science, Sheffield Hallam University, England.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Woodroofe
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001704:Biopolymers; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D018946:Chemokine CCL5 / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D018925:Chemokines / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D017628:Microglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D001704:Biopolymers; D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D018946:Chemokine CCL5; D018925:Chemokines; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins