Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 38, Issue 30, Pages 6722-6736Publisher
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0324-18.2018
Keywords
adoptive transfer; cerebral ischemia; lipopolysaccharide; monocytes; neuroprotection
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- National Institutes of Health [NS34179, NS081179]
- American Heart Association [16SDG30970036]
- Feil Family Foundation
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Exposure to low-dose lipopolysaccharide (LPS) before cerebral ischemia is neuroprotective in stroke models, a phenomenon termed preconditioning (PC). Although it is well established that LPS-PC induces central and peripheral immune responses, the cellular mechanisms modulating ischemic injury remain unclear. Here, we investigated the role of immune cells in the brain protection afforded by PC and tested whether monocytes may be reprogrammed by ex vivo LPS exposure, thus modulating inflammatory injury after cerebral ischemia in male mice. Wefound that systemic injection of low-dose LPS induces a Ly6C(hi) monocyte response that protects the brain after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in mice. Remarkably, adoptive transfer of monocytes isolated from preconditioned mice into naive mice 7 h after transient MCAO reduced brain injury. Gene expression and functional studies showed that IL-10, inducible nitric oxide synthase, and CCR2 in monocytes are essential for neuroprotection. This protective activity was elicited even if mouse or human monocytes were exposed ex vivo to LPS and then injected into male mice after stroke. Cell-tracking studies showed that protective monocytes are mobilized from the spleen and reach the brain and meninges, where they suppress postischemic inflammation and neutrophil influx into the brain parenchyma. Our findings unveil a previously unrecognized subpopulation of splenic monocytes capable of protecting the brain with an extended therapeutic window and provide the rationale for cell therapies based on the delivery of autologous or allogeneic protective monocytes in patients after ischemic stroke.
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