By using a double-label immunohistochemistry technique, we demonstrated the presence of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in acute and chronic active plaques from the brain of six patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). IL-6 was mainly associated with astrocytes and rarely with macrophages or mononuclear infiltrating cells. The pattern of distribution for IL-6 immunoreactivity was similar to that of HLA-DR expression, but the two molecules almost never colocalized on the same cell. Our data indicate that in MS central nervous system IL-6 is predominantly located within resident glial cells which are concentrated at the sites of ongoing demyelination and immune activation. Although IL-6 exhibits several proinflammatory activities, indirect evidence suggests that the cytokine may also play an immunomodulatory role in inflammatory demyelinating disorders.

Maimone, D., Guazzi, G.C., Annunziata, P. (1997). IL-6 detection in multiple sclerosis brain. JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 146(1), 59-65 [10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00283-3].

IL-6 detection in multiple sclerosis brain

ANNUNZIATA, P.
1997-01-01

Abstract

By using a double-label immunohistochemistry technique, we demonstrated the presence of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in acute and chronic active plaques from the brain of six patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). IL-6 was mainly associated with astrocytes and rarely with macrophages or mononuclear infiltrating cells. The pattern of distribution for IL-6 immunoreactivity was similar to that of HLA-DR expression, but the two molecules almost never colocalized on the same cell. Our data indicate that in MS central nervous system IL-6 is predominantly located within resident glial cells which are concentrated at the sites of ongoing demyelination and immune activation. Although IL-6 exhibits several proinflammatory activities, indirect evidence suggests that the cytokine may also play an immunomodulatory role in inflammatory demyelinating disorders.
1997
Maimone, D., Guazzi, G.C., Annunziata, P. (1997). IL-6 detection in multiple sclerosis brain. JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 146(1), 59-65 [10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00283-3].
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