Journal article
Induction of opioid receptor-mediated macrophage chemotactic activity after neonatal brain injury
The Journal of immunology (1950), v 154(12), pp 6571-6581
15 Jun 1995
PMID: 7759891
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Abstract
Macrophages have a prominent role in the injury response of the brain, yet the molecular mechanisms that control their invasion to the site of neuronal degeneration is unknown. After removal of the posterior cortex at birth, there is massive and specific targeting of nonresident macrophages to axotomized neurons in the lateral thalamus. The present study has identified an injury-induced, brain-derived chemotactic factor (BDCF) capable of eliciting chemotactic responses from resident peritoneal macrophages and brain macrophages. Conditioned media collected from tissue slices containing the axotomized central nervous system neurons exhibit BDCF activity. Initial experiments indicated that BDCF is a small peptide and, thus, we used specific pharmacologic reagents to characterize further BDCF activity. Naloxone, a pan opioid receptor antagonist, completely blocks BDCF activity. Although both kappa and mu opioid receptor antagonists failed to modify BDCF-induced macrophage chemotaxis, two specific delta receptor antagonists blocked BDCF. Analysis of BDCF by reverse phase HPLC and RIA revealed peak chemotactic activity in fractions consistent with the presence of an opioid peptide. The results suggest that cells in the brain respond to neuronal injury by producing and releasing opioids that can initiate a specific macrophage response.
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- Title
- Induction of opioid receptor-mediated macrophage chemotactic activity after neonatal brain injury
- Creators
- C E MilliganL WebsterE T PirosC J EvansT J CunninghamP Levitt
- Publication Details
- The Journal of immunology (1950), v 154(12), pp 6571-6581
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Neurobiology and Anatomy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1995RC61000041
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0029005072
- Other Identifier
- 991019183958604721
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