PMID- 20051242 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100312 LR - 20171116 IS - 1090-2430 (Electronic) IS - 0014-4886 (Linking) VI - 222 IP - 1 DP - 2010 Mar TI - Deficiency of the negative immune regulator B7-H1 enhances inflammation and neuropathic pain after chronic constriction injury of mouse sciatic nerve. PG - 153-60 LID - 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.12.026 [doi] AB - Peripheral nerve injury induces a profound local inflammatory response that involves T cells and macrophages and augments the generation of neuropathic pain. The mechanisms underlying immune cell activation or inhibition in the peripheral nervous system, however, are unknown. The co-inhibitory molecule B7-H1 (PD-L1, CD274) attenuates immune cell proliferation and cytokine production and protects from inflammation-induced tissue damage. We analyzed the temporal gene expression profile of B7-H1 and different cytokines after chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve, a lesion paradigm inducing neuropathic pain, by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry in B7-H1(-/-) mice and wild-type (WT) controls. B7-H1 mRNA was markedly induced in WT nerves after CCI, and macrophages could be identified as major B7-H1 source. The proinflammatory mediators tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) displayed a strong, but transient expression in degenerating nerves on day 1 after CCI in WT mice, while a biphasic expression peak on day 1 and day 28 was found in B7-H1(-/-) mice. Overall, TNFalpha and MCP-1 levels in B7-H1-deficient nerves dramatically exceeded those in WT controls. In contrast, induction of the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin(IL)-10 was restricted to WT nerves. The observation that B7-H1 deficiency enhances inflammation upon CCI was further corroborated by immunohistochemistry showing increased numbers of T cells and macrophages in injured nerves from B7-H1(-/-) mice. Interestingly, mechanical hyperalgesia was more pronounced in the absence of B7-H1. Our study identifies B7-H1 as an important suppressor of the inflammatory response and neuropathic pain occurring after peripheral nerve injury. CI - Copyright 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Uceyler, Nurcan AU - Uceyler N AD - Department of Neurology, University of Wurzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 11, 97080 Wurzburg, Germany. FAU - Gobel, Kerstin AU - Gobel K FAU - Meuth, Sven G AU - Meuth SG FAU - Ortler, Sonja AU - Ortler S FAU - Stoll, Guido AU - Stoll G FAU - Sommer, Claudia AU - Sommer C FAU - Wiendl, Heinz AU - Wiendl H FAU - Kleinschnitz, Christoph AU - Kleinschnitz C LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100104 PL - United States TA - Exp Neurol JT - Experimental neurology JID - 0370712 RN - 0 (B7-1 Antigen) RN - 0 (B7-H1 Antigen) RN - 0 (CD11b Antigen) RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Cd274 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) SB - IM MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - B7-1 Antigen MH - B7-H1 Antigen MH - CD11b Antigen/metabolism MH - Chemokine CCL2/genetics/metabolism MH - Constriction MH - Gene Expression Regulation/*genetics MH - Hyperalgesia/etiology/genetics MH - Interleukin-10/metabolism MH - Macrophages/metabolism MH - Male MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/*deficiency MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Pain Measurement/methods MH - Pain Threshold/physiology MH - Peptides/*deficiency MH - Physical Stimulation/methods MH - Sciatic Neuropathy/*immunology/*metabolism/physiopathology MH - Time Factors MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2010/01/07 06:00 MHDA- 2010/03/13 06:00 CRDT- 2010/01/07 06:00 PHST- 2009/10/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/12/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/12/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/01/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/01/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/03/13 06:00 [medline] AID - S0014-4886(09)00519-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.12.026 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Neurol. 2010 Mar;222(1):153-60. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.12.026. Epub 2010 Jan 4.