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GLIA
Volume 51, Issue 4, Pages 266-278Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20203
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pigment epithelium-derived factor; NF kappa B; activation markers; chemokines; macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha
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Many studies have shown that pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) has neurotrophic effects on retinal cells and hippocampal, spinal cord, and cerebellar granule cell neurons, but much less work has examined the effects of PEDF on glia. In this study, we show that PEDF changes microglial morphology within 1 h of exposure, to a more deactivated form, while having no effect on the expression of such activation markers as OX-42 and ED-1. In contrast, urea activates acid phosphatase, and PEDF blocks that activation. PEDF also activates NF kappa B, accompanied by the induction of mRNAs and proteins for the chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha, MIP-2, and MIP-3 alpha. All the chemokines stimulate acid phosphatase activity, and high doses of MIP-2 and MIP-3 alpha), alter the morphology of the microglia at 1 h after treatment. These results suggest that the use of PEDF for clinical treatments, such as for retinal neovascularization, brain injury, or ischemia, should be undertaken with caution because of the possibility of induction of inflammation caused by microglial or other immune cell migration in response to the chemokines induced by PEDF. (C) 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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