Comparison of the immunological properties of rat cerebral and aortic endothelium

Journal of Neuroimmunology
D MaleJ Rahman

Abstract

The immunological properties of cerebral microvascular endothelium were directly compared with those of an extra-cerebral endothelium in vitro. Lymphocyte adhesion to cerebral endothelium is normally low, but is sensitive to induction by interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha). Conversely adhesion to aortic endothelium is normally much higher but it is only marginally sensitive to induction by cytokines. Adhesion to both cell types is Ca2+ and Mg2+ dependent. Mitogen-activated lymphocytes bind more strongly to both endothelia, but adhesion to aortic endothelium is not enhanced further by activation of the endothelium. The observed low binding of lymphocytes to brain endothelium and its rapid induction by cytokines suggest a mechanism to explain why lymphocyte accumulation in brain is normally very low but rapidly increases during immune responses. Both cell types express similar levels of class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules, and this is enhanced by IFN gamma with similar responsiveness to different levels of IFN gamma. MHC class II molecules are absent from these cells but may be induced: although both endothelia respond to similar levels of cytokines, the surface density i...Continue Reading

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