PMID- 16997857 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070118 LR - 20171116 IS - 0741-5400 (Print) IS - 0741-5400 (Linking) VI - 80 IP - 6 DP - 2006 Dec TI - Depletion of MCP-1 increases development of herpetic stromal keratitis by innate immune modulation. PG - 1405-15 AB - Chemokines are important chemoattractant inflammatory molecules, but their interdependent network in disease pathogenesis remains unclear. Studies in mouse models have shown that herpetic stromal keratitis (SK) is produced by the consequence of a tissue-destructive immunoinflammatory reaction involving herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV) infection. Here we found that ocular HSV infection leads to increased expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), one of the major chemoattractants for immune cells that express CCR2, in the SK cornea. However, MCP-1 is unlikely to be a chemoattractant for infiltrating Gr-1(+), CD11b(+) cells in SK, as these cells are found to be CCR2 negative. Nevertheless, infection of MCP-1(-/-) mice resulted in more severe SK lesion severity compared with WT mice (P<0.01). We demonstrated that the loss of MCP-1 in the SK cornea caused a significant overexpression of macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2) (P<0.01) on days 2 and 4 postinfection and increased infiltration of inflammatory cells (Gr-1-high and CD11b(+)) expressing CXCR2, a receptor for MIP-2, into the cornea. Subsequently, increased infiltration of inflammatory cells accelerated by MIP-2 overexpression might result in the high production of inflammatory molecules, including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and IL-1beta in SK, as well as CpG oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN)-implanted eyes of MCP-1(-/-) mice. These results indicate that MCP-1 in the SK cornea might regulate the expression of other chemokines, as well as the infiltration of inflammatory cells and control development of SK. FAU - Kim, Bumseok AU - Kim B AD - Department of Microbiology and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0845, USA. FAU - Sarangi, Pranita P AU - Sarangi PP FAU - Lee, Yunsang AU - Lee Y FAU - Deshpande Kaistha, Shilpa AU - Deshpande Kaistha S FAU - Lee, Sujin AU - Lee S FAU - Rouse, Barry T AU - Rouse BT LA - eng GR - R01 EY05093/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20060922 PL - England TA - J Leukoc Biol JT - Journal of leukocyte biology JID - 8405628 RN - 0 (CCR2 protein, human) RN - 0 (CD11b Antigen) RN - 0 (Ccr2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL2) RN - 0 (Chemokines) RN - 0 (Cxcl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Gr-1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1beta) RN - 0 (Oligonucleotides) RN - 0 (Receptors, CCR2) RN - 0 (Receptors, Chemokine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CD11b Antigen/immunology MH - Chemokine CCL2/deficiency/*immunology/metabolism MH - Chemokine CXCL2 MH - Chemokines/biosynthesis/*immunology MH - Cornea/immunology/metabolism/virology MH - CpG Islands/immunology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/genetics/*immunology MH - Herpesvirus 1, Human/*immunology/metabolism MH - Inflammation/genetics/immunology/metabolism/virology MH - Interleukin-1beta/biosynthesis/immunology MH - Keratitis, Herpetic/genetics/*immunology/metabolism/virology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Oligonucleotides/immunology/pharmacology MH - Receptors, CCR2 MH - Receptors, Chemokine/immunology/metabolism MH - Time Factors EDAT- 2006/09/26 09:00 MHDA- 2007/01/19 09:00 CRDT- 2006/09/26 09:00 PHST- 2006/09/26 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/01/19 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/09/26 09:00 [entrez] AID - jlb.0406295 [pii] AID - 10.1189/jlb.0406295 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Leukoc Biol. 2006 Dec;80(6):1405-15. doi: 10.1189/jlb.0406295. Epub 2006 Sep 22.