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JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-014-0232-1
Keywords
Chemokine receptor; CX3CR1; Cytokine; Fractalkine; Inflammation; Microglia; Stroke recovery
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Funding
- Swedish Research Council [2011-2684, 2011-2652]
- EU 7th work program through the European Stroke Network [201024]
- Hans-Christian and Alice Wachtmeister Foundation
- Swedish Brain Fund
- Thorsten och Elsa Segerfalk stiftelse
- European-Neurological-Society-Fellowship
- Stiftung-Felgenhauer
- Crafoord Foundation
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Background: Recovery of lost neurological function after stroke is limited and dependent on multiple mechanisms including inflammatory processes. Selective pharmacological modulation of inflammation might be a promising approach to improve stroke outcome. Methods: We used 1,1'-[1,4-phenylenebis(methylene)] bis[1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane] (AMD3100), an antagonist to the C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) and potential allosteric agonist to CXCR7, administered to mice twice daily from day 2 after induction of photothrombosis (PT). In addition to functional outcome, the dynamics of post-stroke microglia response were monitored in vivo by 2-photon-laser-microscopy in heterozygous transgenic CX(3)CR1-green fluorescent protein (GFP) mice (CX(3)CR1(GFP/+)) and complemented with analyses for fractalkine (FKN) and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Results: We found a significantly enhanced recovery and modified microglia activation without affecting infarct size in mice treated with AMD3100 after PT. AMD3100 treatment significantly reduced the number of microglia in the peri-infarct area accompanied by stabilization of soma size and ramified cell morphology. Within the ischemic infarct core of AMD3100 treated wild-type mice we obtained significantly reduced levels of the endogenous CX(3)CR1 ligand FKN and the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-1 beta and IL-6. Interestingly, in CX(3)CR1-deficient mice (homozygous transgenic CX(3)CR1-GFP mice) subjected to PT, the levels of FKN were significantly lower compared to their wild-type littermates. Moreover, AMD3100 treatment did not induce any relevant changes of cytokine levels in CX(3)CR1 deficient mice. Conclusion: After AMD3100 treatment, attenuation of microglia activation contributes to enhanced recovery of lost neurological function in experimental stroke possibly due to a depression of FKN levels in the brain. We further hypothesize that this mechanism is dependent on a functional receptor CX(3)CR1.
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