Inhibition of inflammatory mediator release from microglia can treat ischemic/hypoxic brain injury

Interleukin-1α and interleukin-1β aggravate neuronal injury by mediating the inflammatory reaction following ischemic/hypoxic brain injury. It remains unclear whether interleukin-1α and interleukin-1β are released by microglia or astrocytes. This study prepared hippocampal slices that were subsequen...

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Published in:Neural regeneration research 2013-05, Vol.8 (15), p.1157-1168
Main Authors: Wang, Huaibo, Guo, Weitao, Liu, Hongliang, Zeng, Rong, Lu, Mingnan, Chen, Ziqiu, Xiao, Qixian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenosine triphosphate
Apoptosis
Cytokines
Cytoplasm
Dehydrogenases
Glucose
Hypoxia
Investigations
Ischemia
Membranes
Morphology
Nervous system
Traumatic brain injury
Tumor necrosis factor-TNF
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Summary:Interleukin-1α and interleukin-1β aggravate neuronal injury by mediating the inflammatory reaction following ischemic/hypoxic brain injury. It remains unclear whether interleukin-1α and interleukin-1β are released by microglia or astrocytes. This study prepared hippocampal slices that were subsequently subjected to oxygen and glucose deprivation. Hematoxylin-eosin staining verified that neurons exhibited hypoxic changes. Results of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay found that interleukin-1α and interleukin-1β participated in this hypoxic process. Moreover, when hypoxic injury occurred in the hippocampus, the release of interleukin-1α and interleukin-1β was mediated by the P2X4 receptor and P2X7 receptor. Immunofluorescence staining revealed that during ischemia/hypoxia, the P2X4 receptor, P2X7 receptor, interleukin-1α and interleukin-1β expression was detectable in rat hippocampal microglia, but only P2X4 receptor and P2X7 receptor expression was detected in astrocytes. Results suggested that the P2X4 receptor and P2X7 receptor, respectively, mediated interleukin-1α and interleukin-1β released by microglia, resulting in hippocampal ischemic/hypoxic injury. Astrocytes were activated, but did not synthesize or release interleukin-1α and interleukin-1β.
ISSN:1673-5374
1876-7958