title: Deletion of macrophage migration inhibitory factor worsens stroke outcome in female mice.
abstract: Sex is an important factor in the response to ischemic insults in both the laboratory and the clinic. Inflammation and cell death are points where sex-specific pathways diverge in stroke, and serum estrogen level status affect the response to inflammation. The cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is detrimental in experimental stroke models in male animals. However MIF is known to have sex-specific actions on inflammation and wound healing. The role of MIF in the ischemic female brain has not been evaluated. A transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO/90min) model was used to induce stroke in male, intact female, and ovariectomized female wildtype (WT) and MIF knockout (KO) mice. Infarct size was quantified 72h after stroke. Protein and cytokine levels were assessed post stroke. Female MIF KO mice had significantly larger strokes compared to WT females (mean hemispheric infarct±SEM: 63%±2% versus 29%±3%; n=8; p<0.05). Ovariectomized female MIF KO mice also had larger infarcts than ovariectomized WT littermates (70%±3% versus 47%±4%; n=11; p<0.05). In males, however, infarct size was equivalent between MIF KO and WT mice (63%±2% versus 67%±3%; n=9; p=0.25). There were no significant differences in cytokine levels at 6h post-infarct between mice of either genotype in brain. MIF KO females displayed more microglial activation (ionized calcium binding adaptor molecule 1 (Iba1) immunofluorescence) after stroke than did WT mice or MIF KO males. The larger infarcts in MIF KO females were associated with an early increase in mitochondrial localization of Jun activation domain-binding protein 1 (JAB1). Loss of MIF exacerbated injury in the female brain after experimental stroke, which was independent of changes in pro-inflammatory cytokine levels. This response is sex-specific, and is in part independent of physiological serum levels of estrogen.
authors: Department of Neurology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA. turtzolc@mail.nih.gov
authors: L Christine
authors: LC
authors: Turtzo
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Li
authors: Rebecca
authors: R
authors: Persky
authors: Sharon
authors: S
authors: Benashski
authors: Gillian
authors: G
authors: Weston
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Bucala
authors: Venugopal Reddy
authors: VR
authors: Venna
authors: Louise D
authors: LD
authors: McCullough
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D007125:Immunogenetics; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors
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