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Methylprednisolone prevents rejection of intrastriatal grafts of xenogeneic embryonic neural tissue in adult rats
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- Duan, W M (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Neurobiologi,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Neurobiology,Lund University Research Groups
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- Brundin, P (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för experimentell medicinsk vetenskap,Medicinska fakulteten,Department of Experimental Medical Science,Faculty of Medicine
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- Grasbon-Frodl, Eva Maria (author)
- Lund University
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- Widner, H (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Neurologi, Lund,Sektion IV,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Regeneration in Movement Disorders,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Neurology, Lund,Section IV,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine,Lund University Research Groups
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- Elsevier BV, 1996
- 1996
- English 14 s.
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In: Brain Research. - : Elsevier BV. - 0006-8993. ; 712:2, s. 199-212
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Abstract
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- We studied the effects of high-dose methylprednisolone on the survival of intrastriatal neural xenografts and the host responses against them. Dissociated mesencephalic tissue from inbred mouse (CBA-strain) embryos was transplanted to the intact striatum of adult Sprague-Dawley rats. The rats received either daily injections of methylprednisolone (30 mg/kg), or cyclosporin A (10 mg/kg), or no immunosuppressive treatment. Two or six weeks after transplantation, there was good survival of xenografts in both the methylprednisolone- and cyclosporin A-treated rats. In contrast, the xenografts in untreated control rats were all rejected by six weeks. There was no marked difference in the degree of expression of MHC class I and II antigens and the accumulation of activated astrocytes and microglial cells/macrophages between the three groups. However, both methylprednisolone and cyclosporin A reduced infiltration of T lymphocytes to the transplantation sites. The expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (interferon-gamma, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-6) in and around the grafts was lower in the methylprednisolone- and cyclosporin A-treated groups than in untreated control rats. Although high-dose methylprednisolone caused significant body weight loss, we conclude that this treatment can prevent rejection of intrastriatal grafts of xenogeneic embryonic neural tissue in the adult.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Neurovetenskaper (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Neurosciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Animals
- Brain Chemistry
- Brain Tissue Transplantation
- CD4-CD8 Ratio
- Cytokines
- Female
- Fetal Tissue Transplantation
- Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
- Graft Rejection
- Graft Survival
- Immunohistochemistry
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Methylprednisolone
- Mice
- Neostriatum
- Pregnancy
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Complement
- Transplantation, Heterologous
- Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
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