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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 323, Issue 2, Pages 85-88Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02534-4
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astrocytes; glia; Huntington disease; Parkinson disease; Poly-[D,L-lactide-co-glycolide] microspheres; microglia
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Biodegradable microspheres made with poly-[D,L-lactide-co-glycolide] represent an evolving technology for drug delivery into the central nervous system. Even though these microspheres have been shown to be engulfed by astrocytes in vitro, the purpose of the present study was to track the fate of biodegradable microspheres in vivo. This was accomplished using microspheres containing the fluorescent dye coumarin-6 followed 1 day, 1 week and 1 month after intracerebral injections of this material were made into the rat brain. Using dual color immunohistochemistry and antisera against glial fibrillary acidic protein for astrocytes versus phosphotyrosine for microglia, results demonstrate that phagocytosis of small coumarin-containing microspheres <7.5 mum in diameter was primarily by microglia in vivo during the first week post-injection. In contrast, only a small minority of these microspheres appeared to be engulfed by astrocytes. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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