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Innate immune reaction in response to seizures: implications for the neuropathology associated with epilepsy.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15193289     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In the present study, the expression of pro-inflammatory transcripts was assessed across the brain of mice having undertaken pilocarpine-induced seizures. Pilocarpine-induced marked neurodegeneration and demyelination in multiple regions of the forebrain. The pattern of genes encoding toll-like receptor type 2 (TLR2) and I kappa B alpha (index of NF-kappa B activation) was associated with the neurodegenerating areas, but this was not the case for the mRNA encoding other inflammatory proteins. Scattered tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-expressing cells were found across brain, whereas the signals for monocyte-chemoattractant protein-1 and microsomal prostaglandin mPGES E synthase were robust in thalamus and cerebral cortex and weak in the hippocampus and amygdala. TLR2 and TNF-alpha transcripts were expressed mainly in microglia/macrophages. Cyclooxygenase-2 was induced specifically in the hippocampus and piriform cortex. A low increase in interleukin-12 mRNA was detected in the brain, but the signal for interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) remained undetectable. Although pro-inflammatory markers were induced in a different manner across the CNS, their patterns were not characteristic of those caused by other inflammatory challenges, such as endotoxin. These data suggest a different mechanism involved in regulating the innate immune reaction in response to seizures and could have direct implications for the neuropathology associated with epilepsy.
Authors:
Nicolas P Turrin; Serge Rivest
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurobiology of disease     Volume:  16     ISSN:  0969-9961     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurobiol. Dis.     Publication Date:  2004 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-06-14     Completed Date:  2004-08-13     Revised Date:  2010-06-10    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9500169     Medline TA:  Neurobiol Dis     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  321-34     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, CHUL Research Center, Laval University, Quebec, Canada G1V 4G2.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Brain / immunology*,  pathology,  physiopathology
Cell Death / immunology
Cyclooxygenase 2
Cytokines / immunology
Demyelinating Diseases / immunology,  pathology
Epilepsy / chemically induced,  immunology*,  pathology*
Gene Expression / immunology
Intramolecular Oxidoreductases / genetics
Isoenzymes / genetics
Male
Membrane Glycoproteins / genetics
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains
Muscarinic Agonists
Neuroimmunomodulation / immunology*
Neurons / pathology
Phenotype
Pilocarpine
Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / genetics
RNA, Messenger / analysis
Receptors, Cell Surface / genetics
Toll-Like Receptor 2
Toll-Like Receptors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cytokines; 0/Isoenzymes; 0/Membrane Glycoproteins; 0/Muscarinic Agonists; 0/RNA, Messenger; 0/Receptors, Cell Surface; 0/Toll-Like Receptor 2; 0/Toll-Like Receptors; 92-13-7/Pilocarpine; EC 1.14.99.1/Cyclooxygenase 2; EC 1.14.99.1/Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; EC 5.3.-/Intramolecular Oxidoreductases; EC 5.3.99.3/prostaglandin-E synthase
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Epilepsy Curr. 2006 Jan-Feb;6(1):11-3   [PMID:  16477316 ]

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