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JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY
Volume 68, Issue 3, Pages 227-240Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e318197eca7
Keywords
Blood-brain barrier; Chemokines; Endothelium; Inflammation; Multiple sclerosis
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- Multiple Sclerosis Society [630] Funding Source: Medline
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Leukocyte migration into the central nervous system (CNS) is mediated by chemokines expressed oil CNS endothelial cell surfaces. This study investigated the production of chemokines and expression of chemokine receptors by human brain endothelial cells (HBECs) in vitro and in situ. Four chemokines (CCL2, CCL5. CXCL8, and CXCL10) were demonstrated by immunochemistry in endothelial cells in brain samples from patients With Multiple sclerosis. CXCL8 and CCL2 were constitutively released and increased by primary HBECs and the brain endothelial cell line hCEMC/D3 in response to tumor necrosis factor and/or interferon gamma CXCL10 and CCL5 were undetectable in resting endothelial cells but were secreted in response to these proinflammatory cytokines. Tumor necrosis factor strongly increased the production of CCL2, CCL5, and CXCL8; interferon gamma upregulated CXCL10 exclusively. CCL3 was not secreted by HBECs and seemed to be confined to astrocytes in situ. The chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR3 were expressed by HBECs both in vitro and in Situ: CXCR3 was upregulated in response to cytokine stimulation in vitro. In contrast, CXCR3 expression was reduced in noninflammatory (silent) Multiple sclerosis lesions. The particularly high levels of CXCL10 and CXCL8 expressed by brain endothelium may contribute to the predominant TH1-type inflammatory response observed in chronic inflammatory conditions such as multiple sclerosis.
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