Wallerian degeneration after crush or chronic constriction injury of rodent sciatic nerve is associated with a depletion of endoneurial interleukin-10 protein

Exp Neurol. 2004 Jul;188(1):187-91. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2004.02.011.

Abstract

We used enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA), immunohistochemistry (IHC), and quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to determine whether interleukin (IL)-10 protein is changed after unilateral crush or chronic constriction injury (CCI) of mouse or rat sciatic nerve and whether IL-10 protein and mRNA are differentially regulated. In the mouse sciatic nerve, IL-10 protein declined rapidly to 10-20% of baseline early after crush or CCI, while the IL10 mRNA was up-regulated with a maximum on Days 1 and 3. In the rat sciatic nerve, IL-10 protein was significantly reduced on Day 3 after CCI, and IL-10 mRNA was up-regulated in both models. These results suggest that changes of the local cytokine network during wallerian degeneration include an early deficiency of the antiinflammatory cytokine IL-10 despite up-regulation at the mRNA level.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Axons / metabolism
  • Axons / pathology
  • Chronic Disease
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Disease Progression
  • Down-Regulation / genetics
  • Female
  • Inflammation / genetics
  • Inflammation / immunology
  • Inflammation / metabolism
  • Interleukin-10 / deficiency
  • Interleukin-10 / genetics
  • Interleukin-10 / metabolism*
  • Ligation
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Nerve Crush
  • Peripheral Nerves / cytology
  • Peripheral Nerves / metabolism*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / genetics
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / immunology
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / metabolism*
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Reaction Time / genetics
  • Sciatic Nerve / metabolism*
  • Sciatic Nerve / pathology
  • Sciatic Nerve / physiopathology
  • Sciatic Neuropathy / genetics
  • Sciatic Neuropathy / immunology
  • Sciatic Neuropathy / metabolism*
  • Up-Regulation / genetics
  • Wallerian Degeneration / genetics
  • Wallerian Degeneration / immunology
  • Wallerian Degeneration / metabolism*

Substances

  • RNA, Messenger
  • Interleukin-10