期刊
BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 1054, 期 2, 页码 152-158出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.06.085
关键词
neural progenitor; inflammation; microglia; cytokine; differentiation
Neural progenitor cells (NPCs) in developing and adult CNS are capable of giving rise to various neuronal and glial cell populations. Neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus has been found to be inhibited by a proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin-6 (IL-6), suggesting that activated microglia in the inflamed brain may control neurogenesis. Yet, little is known about the effect of microglia-derived factors on the cell fate of embryonic NPCs. In this study, we show that neurons with beta III-tubulin immunoreactivity in the NPC culture were reduced by the condition media collected from microglia treated with endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS/M-CM). Treatment with pentoxifylline (PTX), an inhibitor for tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) secretion from LPS-activated microglia, blocked the reduction of beta III-tubulin(+) cells in NPC culture. Furthennore, treatment of NPCs with interleukin-18 (IL-18), a recently discovered proinflammatory cytokine, also decreased the number of beta III-tubulin(+) cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Surprisingly, we also observed that the remaining beta III-tubulin(+), cells in the LPS/M-CM-treated culture exhibited more branching neurites. Thus, the activated microglia-derived cytokines, TNF-alpha and IL-18, may either inhibit the neuronal differentiation or induce neuronal cell death in the NPC culture, whereas these cells may also produce factors to improve the neurite branching in the NPC culture. (c) 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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