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JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY
Volume 190, Issue 1-2, Pages 34-43Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2007.07.017
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endothelial cells; transcription factor; adhesion; transmigration
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An important step in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis is adhesion and transmigration of encephalitogenic T cells across brain endothelial cells (EC) which strongly relies on interaction with EC-expressed adhesion molecules. We provide molecular evidence that the transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR gamma) is a negative regulator of brain EC inflammation. The PPAR gamma agonist pioglitazone reduces transendothelial migration of encephalitogenic T cells across TNF alpha-stimulated brain EC. This effect is clearly PPAR gamma mediated, as lentiviral PPAR gamma overexpression in brain EC results in selective abrogation of inflammation-induced ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 upregulation and subsequent adhesion and transmigration of T cells. We therefore propose that PPAR gamma in brain EC may be exploited to target detrimental EC-T cell interactions under inflammatory conditions. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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