Immunohistochemical analysis of brain macrophages in adrenoleukodystrophy

Using a panel of monoclonal antibodies directed against antigenic determinants present at the surface of mononuclear cells, we characterized the macrophage infiltration in frozen brain specimens from a patient with adrenoleukodystrophy by immunohistochemical staining. This study demonstrated that macrophages were the main infiltrating cells in the white matter and that there was a wide variability in their phenotype according to their location: they stained very strongly with Leu-M5, EBM11, Leu-M3, To5 and 2LPM 19 C in the perivascular cuffs, whereas they stained principally with Leu-M5 and EBM11 and to a lesser extent with To5 and 2LPM19c in the white matter. In addition to the expression of MHC class II and CD4 molecules, macrophages exhibited strong labelling with 7G7B6, a monoclonal antibody raised against IL2 receptors. These results attest that macrophages, which infiltrate the brain parenchyma have various phenotypes, and very likely different states of activation, and suggest that interleukin-2 plays an important role during this activation.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1989

Erschienen:

1989

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Neuropediatrics - 20(1989), 4 vom: 30. Nov., Seite 202-6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Boutin, B [VerfasserIn]
Matsuguchi, L [VerfasserIn]
Lebon, P [VerfasserIn]
Ponsot, G [VerfasserIn]
Arthuis, C [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antigens, Differentiation
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 12.02.1990

Date Revised 19.11.2015

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM025894978