Related Articles Upregulation of chemokine receptor expression by IL-10/IL-4 in adult neural stem cells. Exp Mol Pathol. 2008 Aug 6; Authors: Guan Y, Jiang Z, Ciric B, Rostami AM, Zhang GX It has been shown that adoptively transferred adult neural stem cells (NSCs) ameliorate experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) by differentiating into myelin-forming cells. However, NSC migration into the lesion foci is inefficient and relatively slow, resulting in only modest therapeutic effect. A possible reason for the inefficient migration of NSCs could be the production of anti-inflammatory cytokines by these cells, which might in turn suppress their migration. To address this question we established subventricular zone-derived NSC neurospheres and determined the influence of IL-10 and IL-4 on chemokine receptor expression by these cells, and on their migration in response to chemokines relevant to EAE pathogenesis. We found that treatment with IL-4 and IL-10 upregulates surface adhesion molecule LFA-1 and chemokine receptors CXCR4 and CCR5 on NSCs. IL-10-treated NSCs exhibited significantly higher chemotaxis to the ligands of the above chemokine receptors than untreated cells. Treatment of NSC with IL-4 also resulted in a higher chemotaxis of these cells to RANTES. Thus, in vitro pretreatment with cytokines may be a useful approach to facilitate migration of NSCs into CNS inflammatory foci, producing stronger therapeutic effects. This ...
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