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JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
Volume 95, Issue 2, Pages 324-330Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03364.x
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glial cells; IL-1 receptors; IL-1 signalling; neurons; novel receptors
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- Medical Research Council [G9219675] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G9219675] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G9219675] Funding Source: Medline
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Members of the interleukin-1 (IL-1) family of cytokines are key mediators in the regulation of host defence responses and the development of inflammation in response to acute and chronic injury to the brain. Two major agonists, IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta, bind to a membrane receptor complex composed of the type-1 IL-1 receptor (IL-1RI) and the accessory protein (IL-1RAcP). The discovery of new orphan members of the IL-1 receptor superfamily (including ST2/T1, IL-1Rrp2, TIGIRR1 and -2, SIGGIR, IL-18R alpha and IL-18R beta) has increased speculation that alternative IL-1 ligands signalling pathways exist in the brain. We demonstrate here that all the IL-1R-like orphan receptors are expressed by many brain cell types including astrocytes, microglia, oligodendrocytic progenitor cells and neurons. IL-18R beta expression was significantly increased in response to treatment of mixed glia with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in vitro, whereas expression of IL-1Rrp2 and TIGIRR1 was reduced. Furthermore, IL-18R beta, IL-1Rrp2, but not TIGIRR1 expression, was increased in the brain in vivo in response to peripheral administration of LPS or middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCA). These results suggest possible roles for newly identified members of the IL-1 receptor family in CNS diseases.
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