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Inhibitory effects of 17β-estradiol on inflammatory cytokines released from lipopolysaccharide stimulated microglia

The bulletin of the Yamaguchi Medical School Volume 49 Issue 3-4 Page 87-94
published_at 2002-12
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Title
Inhibitory effects of 17β-estradiol on inflammatory cytokines released from lipopolysaccharide stimulated microglia
Creators Yamashita Hisaki
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Creator Keywords
estrogen inflammatory cytokines acute brain insults neuro-immuno modulation
Acute brain insults are decribed to be associated with activation of microglia, which produces cytokines. Inappropriate activation of microglia contributes to progressive neuronal damage and neurodegeneration. 17β-estradiol (17β-EST) is reported to be effective to prevent or to treat neurodegenerative diseases. Microglia have estrogen receptors, so that 17β-EST might affect inflammatory cytokines. In the present study, the concentration of cytokines in the supernatant of microglial culture activated by lipopolysaccharide with or without 17β-EST was measured. Interleukin-1β, tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin-6 were increased in the supernatant steeply from 3 hrs after lipopolysaccharide stimulation. Estrogen could restrain the release of those cytokines to approximately half of each level at least for 24 hrs, respectively. In conclusion, 17β-EST inhibited the release of inflammatory cytokines from lipopolysaccharide stimulated microglia. 17β-EST might play important roles in preventing acute brain damages via suppression of inflammatory cytokines.
Subjects
医学 ( Other)
Languages eng
Resource Type departmental bulletin paper
Publishers Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Date Issued 2002-12
File Version Version of Record
Access Rights open access
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[ISSN]0513-1812
[NCID]AA00594272
Schools 医学部