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NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
Volume 27, Issue 9, Pages 1298-1307Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.06.008
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demyelination; remyelination; ageing; cytokines; chemokines; inflammation
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- Multiple Sclerosis Society [689] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
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CNS remyelination occurs more rapidly in young adult rats than in old rats. Since the inflammatory response initiated by demyelination is an important trigger for remyelination, we address whether ageing changes in remyelination are associated with changes in the inflammatory response. Using a toxin model of demyelination, where the inflammatory response largely comprises macrophages, we show that there is a delay in both recruitment and activation of OX-42+ and macrophage scavenger receptor B+ macrophages following demyclination in older rats (10-13 months) compared to young rats (8-10 weeks). This difference is associated with a slower onset of increased expression of several chemokine mRNAs. However, many inflammatory cytokines have similar mRNA expression patterns, with the exception of IL-1 beta, IL-6 and TNF-alpha, which have prolonged expression in the older animals. Differences in IL-1 beta mRNA expression, a cytokine specifically implicated in CNS remyelination, are not reflected in differences in protein expression detected by immunocytochemistry. These data relate the age-associated delay in remyelination efficiency to changes in the macrophage and inflammatory mediator response to demyelination. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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