Neuroprotective effects of interleukin-10 following excitotoxic spinal cord injury
Neuroprotective effects of interleukin-10 following excitotoxic spinal cord injury
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DOI:
10.1006/exnr.1999.7173
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发表时间:
1999-10-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Yezierski, RP
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作者:
Brewer, KL;Bethea, JR;Yezierski, RP
Intraspinal injection of quisqualic acid (QUIS) produces excitotoxic injury with pathological characteristics similar to those associated with ischemic and traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). Inflammatory responses appear to be a major component of the secondary neuronal injury initiated by SCI and play a role in the pathogenesis of QUIS-induced injury. IL-10 is a potent antiinflammatory cytokine that has been shown to reduce inflammation and improve functional outcome in human and animal models of inflammatory diseases. We propose the administration of IL-10 following excitotoxic SCI will attenuate the inflammatory response, thus resulting in increased neuronal survival. Female, Sprague-Dawley rats were given intraspinal injections of QUIS followed by either intraspinal (5 ng, n = 8) or systemic injections (5 mu g, n = 14) of IL-10. Survival times were varied (2-3 days) in order to produce a range of injury states and inflammatory involvement. When administered intraspinally, IL-10 significantly exacerbated the QUIS damage (P < 0.05), resulting in an 11.2% increase in lesion volume. When given systemically, IL-10 significantly decreased lesion volume by 18.1% in the more advanced injury (P < 0.05), but did not effect the more acute injury. These divergent effects were attributed to the modest inflammatory response in the short-term injury compared to the more robust inflammatory response in the more chronic injury. In conclusion, reducing the inflammatory response to SCI by systemic administration of IL-10 resulted in a significant reduction in neuronal damage, suggesting that targeting injury-induced inflammation may be an effective treatment strategy for acute SCI. (C) 1999 Academic Press.