TNF-ALPHA SUPPRESSES CR3-MEDIATED MYELIN REMOVAL BY MACROPHAGES

被引:33
作者
BRUCK, W
BRUCK, Y
FRIEDE, RL
机构
[1] Department of Neuropathology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen
关键词
MYELIN PHAGOCYTOSIS; MACROPHAGE; COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR TYPE-3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA (TNF-ALPHA);
D O I
10.1016/0165-5728(92)90085-Y
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Mononuclear cells of the monocyte/macrophage system play an important role in myelin ingestion during Wallerian degeneration. The present in vitro study clarifies the role in this process of two macrophage-secreted cytokines, TNF-alpha and interleukin-1. Treatment with TNF-alpha massively reduced the amount of myelin ingested by macrophages via their complement receptor type 3 (CR3). Anti-TNF-alpha antibodies reversed the effect. Immunofluorescence of macrophages indicated that TNF-alpha caused a reduced expression of the CR3 by phagocytic cells. Further experiments revealed an interaction of TNF-alpha with its receptor on the macrophage cell membrane. Interleukin-1 had no effect on myelin ingestion in the in vitro system used in these experiments.
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页数:9
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