PMID- 23394540 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131030 LR - 20191027 IS - 1996-3181 (Electronic) IS - 1871-5273 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Mar TI - Albumin induces neuroprotection against ischemic stroke by altering Toll-like receptor 4 and regulatory T cells in mice. PG - 220-7 AB - The objective of this study was to characterize the effect of albumin therapy on the expression of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR 4), anti-inflammation cytokines and CD4(+)CD25(+)forkhead box P3 (Foxp3)(+) regulatory T lymphocytes (Treg cells) in the ischemic brain and peripheral immune system after Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion (MCAO). Adult male Kunming mice were subjected to MCAO, the suture was withdrawn 2 h later followed by an intravenous administration of 25% albumin (1.25 g/kg) or saline (5 ml/kg) through caudal vein. We demonstrated that albumin administration elevated the serum albumin level supranormally at 6 h and 24 h after MCAO in mice. In addition, we showed that both in the ischemic brain and in the spleen, albumin administration significantly depressed the increase of TLR 4 mRNA expression by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (QRT-PCR), and significantly increase the anti-inflammatory related interleukin-10 (IL-10) and transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1) mRNA expression by transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) after MCAO. In the spleen, compared to sham group, strong TLR 4 immunoreactivity was noted in the saline group; while compared to saline group, albumin administration markedly reduced the immunoreactivity of TLR 4 after MCAO by immunohistochemistry. Moreover, albumin administration significantly increased the percentage of Treg in spleen CD4(+) cells by flow cytometry. In conclusion, the decrease of TLR 4 expression and the increase of Treg cell, IL-10, and TGF-beta1 expression may partly contribute to the neuroprotective effect of albumin therapy on MCAO induced immune inflammatory responses. FAU - Wang, Min AU - Wang M AD - Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China. FAU - Wang, Yongming AU - Wang Y FAU - He, Jing AU - He J FAU - Wei, Siyu AU - Wei S FAU - Zhang, Na AU - Zhang N FAU - Liu, Fengyong AU - Liu F FAU - Liu, Xin AU - Liu X FAU - Kang, Yi AU - Kang Y FAU - Yao, Xiaomei AU - Yao X LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United Arab Emirates TA - CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets JT - CNS & neurological disorders drug targets JID - 101269155 RN - 0 (Albumins) RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Serum Albumin) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 4) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta1) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) SB - IM MH - Albumins/*therapeutic use MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/metabolism MH - Brain/drug effects/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery/blood/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Interleukin-10/genetics/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred Strains MH - Neuroprotective Agents/*therapeutic use MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Serum Albumin/metabolism MH - Spleen/drug effects/metabolism MH - Statistics, Nonparametric MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/*drug effects MH - Time Factors MH - Toll-Like Receptor 4/genetics/*metabolism MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta1/genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2013/02/12 06:00 MHDA- 2013/10/31 06:00 CRDT- 2013/02/12 06:00 PHST- 2012/05/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/07/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/07/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/02/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/02/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/10/31 06:00 [medline] AID - CDTCNSND-EPUB-20130204-22 [pii] AID - 10.2174/18715273113129990058 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2013 Mar;12(2):220-7. doi: 10.2174/18715273113129990058.