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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
Volume 105, Issue 2, Pages 111-120Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(00)00346-0
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cytokines; cell-cell interactions; multiple sclerosis; macrophage; microglia; lymphocyte
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Cognate interactions between human adult microglia and activated T lymphocytes induce the production of inflammatory cytokines. Since this interaction can occur in a non-antigen-dependent manner, it is relevant to a variety of CNS diseases where activated T cells, regardless of specificities, come into contact with microglia; these disorders include multiple sclerosis, trauma, stroke and Alzheimer's disease. A model cell line would facilitate studies of the engagement between T cells and human adult microglia, since the latter are difficult to obtain in substantial quantity or frequency. This study shows that the PMA/IFN gamma -treated U937 cell line shows similarities to microglia in its interaction with activated T lymphocytes, in that the production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-4, IL-IO and IL-12 is induced. Morphological features and mechanisms of cytokine production resemble those observed in microglia-T cell co-cultures since CTLA-4 and CD40-CD40L blockades reduce TNF-cr and IL-10 levels, while anti-CD23 inhibits IL-10 only in U937-T cell interactions. We propose that PMA/IFN gamma -treated U937 cells can serve as a model of human adult microglia to study cytokine generation in response to interactions with activated T cells. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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