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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
Most pathologies of the brain have an inflammatory component, associated with the release of cytokines such as interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) from resident and infiltrating cells. The IL-1 type I receptor (IL-1RI) initiates a signalling cascade but the type II receptor (IL-1RII) acts as a decoy receptor. Here we have investigated the expression of IL-1beta, IL-1RI and IL-1RII in distinct inflammatory lesions in the rat brain. IL-1beta was injected into the brain to generate an inflammatory lesion in the absence of neuronal cell death whereas neuronal death was specifically induced by the microinjection of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA). Using TaqMan RT-PCR and ELISA, we observed elevated de novo IL-1beta synthesis 2 h after the intracerebral microinjection of IL-1beta; this de novo IL-1beta remained elevated 24 h later. There was a concomitant increase in IL-1RI mRNA but a much greater increase in IL-1RII mRNA. Immunostaining revealed that IL-1RII was expressed on brain endothelial cells and on infiltrating neutrophils. In contrast, although IL-1beta and IL-1RI were elevated to similar levels in response to NMDA challenge, the response was delayed and IL-1RII mRNA expression was unchanged. The lesion-specific expression of IL-1 receptors suggests that the receptors are differentially regulated in a manner not directly related to the endogenous level of IL-1 in the CNS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0953-816X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1205-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Chemokines, CXC, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Encephalitis, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-N-Methylaspartate, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Receptors, Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Receptors, Interleukin-1 Type I, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Receptors, Interleukin-1 Type II, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Statistics, Nonparametric, pubmed-meshheading:15813930-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential regulation of type I and type II interleukin-1 receptors in focal brain inflammation.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK. docagne@cajal.csic.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't