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Interleukin-33 Promotes Recruitment of Microglia/Macrophages in Response to Traumatic Brain Injury

Wicher, Grzegorz ; Wallenquist, Ulrika ; Lei, Ying ; Enoksson, Mattias ; Li, Xiaofei ; Fuchs, Barbara ; Abu Hamdeh, Sami ; Marklund, Niklas LU orcid ; Hillered, Lars and Nilsson, Gunnar , et al. (2017) In Journal of Neurotrauma 34(22). p.3173-3182
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a devastating condition, often leading to life-long consequences for patients. Even though modern neurointensive care has improved functional and cognitive outcomes, efficient pharmacological therapies are still lacking. Targeting peripherally derived, or resident inflammatory, cells that are rapid responders to brain injury is promising, but complex, given that the contribution of inflammation to exacerbation versus improved recovery varies with time post-injury. The injury-induced inflammatory response is triggered by release of alarmins, and in the present study we asked whether interleukin-33 (IL-33), an injury-associated nuclear alarmin, is involved in TBI. Here, we used samples from human TBI... (More)

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a devastating condition, often leading to life-long consequences for patients. Even though modern neurointensive care has improved functional and cognitive outcomes, efficient pharmacological therapies are still lacking. Targeting peripherally derived, or resident inflammatory, cells that are rapid responders to brain injury is promising, but complex, given that the contribution of inflammation to exacerbation versus improved recovery varies with time post-injury. The injury-induced inflammatory response is triggered by release of alarmins, and in the present study we asked whether interleukin-33 (IL-33), an injury-associated nuclear alarmin, is involved in TBI. Here, we used samples from human TBI microdialysate, tissue sections from human TBI, and mouse models of central nervous system injury and found that expression of IL-33 in the brain was elevated from nondetectable levels, reaching a maximum after 72 h in both human samples and mouse models. Astrocytes and oligodendrocytes were the main producers of IL-33. Post-TBI, brains of mice deficient in the IL-33 receptor, ST2, contained fewer microglia/macrophages in the injured region than wild-type mice and had an altered cytokine/chemokine profile in response to injury. These observations indicate that IL-33 plays a role in neuroinflammation with microglia/macrophages being cellular targets for this interleukin post-TBI.

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Journal of Neurotrauma
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34
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3173 - 3182
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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10.1089/neu.2016.4900
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  author       = {{Wicher, Grzegorz and Wallenquist, Ulrika and Lei, Ying and Enoksson, Mattias and Li, Xiaofei and Fuchs, Barbara and Abu Hamdeh, Sami and Marklund, Niklas and Hillered, Lars and Nilsson, Gunnar and Forsberg-Nilsson, Karin}},
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  series       = {{Journal of Neurotrauma}},
  title        = {{Interleukin-33 Promotes Recruitment of Microglia/Macrophages in Response to Traumatic Brain Injury}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2016.4900}},
  doi          = {{10.1089/neu.2016.4900}},
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