PMID- 17284607 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070517 LR - 20181113 IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 104 IP - 7 DP - 2007 Feb 13 TI - Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 mediates retinal detachment-induced photoreceptor apoptosis. PG - 2425-30 AB - Photoreceptor apoptosis is a major cause of visual loss in retinal detachment (RD) and several other visual disorders, but the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Recently, increased expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) was reported in vitreous humor samples of patients with RD and diabetic retinopathy as well as in the brain tissues of patients with neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis. Here we report that MCP-1 plays a critical role in mediating photoreceptor apoptosis in an experimental model of RD. RD led to increased MCP-1 expression in the Muller glia and increased CD11b+ macrophage/microglia in the detached retina. An MCP-1 blocking antibody greatly reduced macrophage/microglia infiltration and RD-induced photoreceptor apoptosis. Confirming these results, MCP-1 gene-deficient mice showed significantly reduced macrophage/microglia infiltration after RD and very little photoreceptor apoptosis. In primary retinal mixed cultures, MCP-1 was cytotoxic for recoverin+ photoreceptors, and this toxicity was eliminated through immunodepleting macrophage/microglia from the culture. In vivo, deletion of the gene encoding CD11b/CD18 nearly eliminated macrophage/microglia infiltration to the retina after RD and the loss of photoreceptors. Thus, MCP-1 expression and subsequent macrophage/microglia infiltration and activation are critical for RD-induced photoreceptor apoptosis. This pathway may be an important therapeutic target for preventing photoreceptor apoptosis in RD and other CNS diseases that share a common etiology. FAU - Nakazawa, Toru AU - Nakazawa T AD - Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, and Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. FAU - Hisatomi, Toshio AU - Hisatomi T FAU - Nakazawa, Chifuyu AU - Nakazawa C FAU - Noda, Kosuke AU - Noda K FAU - Maruyama, Kazuichi AU - Maruyama K FAU - She, Haicheng AU - She H FAU - Matsubara, Akihisa AU - Matsubara A FAU - Miyahara, Shinsuke AU - Miyahara S FAU - Nakao, Shintaro AU - Nakao S FAU - Yin, Yuqin AU - Yin Y FAU - Benowitz, Larry AU - Benowitz L FAU - Hafezi-Moghadam, Ali AU - Hafezi-Moghadam A FAU - Miller, Joan W AU - Miller JW LA - eng GR - K08 AI050775/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - EY014104/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - AI50775/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - EY05690/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EY005690/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 EY014104/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20070206 PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Macrophage-1 Antigen) SB - IM CIN - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Feb 13;104(7):2033-4. PMID: 17284591 MH - *Apoptosis MH - Cell Movement MH - *Chemokine CCL2 MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Humans MH - Macrophage-1 Antigen/physiology MH - Macrophages/physiology MH - Microglia/physiology MH - Photoreceptor Cells/*pathology MH - Retinal Detachment/*etiology/*pathology PMC - PMC1892947 COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2007/02/08 09:00 MHDA- 2007/05/18 09:00 PMCR- 2007/08/13 CRDT- 2007/02/08 09:00 PHST- 2007/02/08 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/05/18 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/02/08 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2007/08/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 0608167104 [pii] AID - 4985 [pii] AID - 10.1073/pnas.0608167104 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Feb 13;104(7):2425-30. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0608167104. Epub 2007 Feb 6.