Journal
NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 100, Issue 2-3, Pages 129-140Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000367849
Keywords
Inflammation; Excitotoxicity; Stress; Minocycline; NF-kappa B
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- NIH [F31 NS063491, R01 NS059918]
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Background/Aims: Stress exacerbates neuron loss in many CNS injuries via the actions of adrenal glucocorticoid (GC) hormones. For some injuries, this GC endangerment of neurons is accompanied by greater immune cell activation in the CNS, a surprising outcome given the potent immunosuppressive properties of GCs. Methods: To determine whether the effects of GCs on inflammation contribute to neuron death or result from it, we tested whether nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs could protect neurons from GCs during kainic acid excitotoxicity in adrenalectomized male rats. We next measured GC effects on (1) chemokine production (CCL2 and CINC-1), (2) signals that suppress immune activation (CX3CL1, CD22, CD200, and TGF-beta), and (3) NF-kappa B activity. Results: Concurrent treatment with minocycline, but not indomethacin, prevented GC endangerment. GCs did not substantially affect CCL2, CINC-1, or baseline NF-kappa B activity, but they did suppress CX3CL1, CX3CR1, and CD22 expression in the hippocampus factors that normally restrain inflammatory responses. Conclusions: These findings demonstrate that cellular inflammation is not necessarily suppressed by GCs in the injured hippocannpus; instead, GCs may worsen hippocampal neuron death, at least in part by increasing the neurotoxicity of CNS inflammation. (C) 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel
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