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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
Many neurological insults are accompanied by a marked acute inflammatory reaction, involving the activation of microglia. Using a model of exogenous application of fluorescence-labeled BV2 microglia in pathophysiologically relevant concentrations onto organotypic hippocampal slice cultures, we investigated the specific effects of microglia on neuronal damage after ischemic injury. Neuronal cell death after oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) was determined by propidium iodide incorporation and Nissl staining. Migration and interaction with neurons were analyzed by time resolved 3-D two-photon microscopy. We show that microglia protect against OGD-induced neuronal damage and engage in close physical cell-cell contact with neurons in the damaged brain area. Neuroprotection and migration of microglia were not seen with integrin regulator CD11a-deficient microglia or HL-60 granulocytes. The induction of migration and neuron-microglia interaction deep inside the slice was markedly increased under OGD conditions. Lipopolysaccharide-prestimulated microglia failed to provide neuroprotection after OGD. Pharmacological interference with microglia function resulted in a reduced neuroprotection. Microglia proved to be neuroprotective even when applied up to 4 h after OGD, thus defining a "protective time window." In acute injury such as trauma or stroke, appropriately activated microglia may primarily have a neuroprotective role. Anti-inflammatory treatment within the protective time window of microglia would therefore be counterintuitive.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1530-6860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
714-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Anisomycin, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Anoxia, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Antigens, CD11a, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Brain Ischemia, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Granulocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-HL-60 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Microglia, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Minocycline, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16473887-Rats, Wistar
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Microglia provide neuroprotection after ischemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Project Group Neuropharmacology, Magdeburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't