Detection of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA in macrophages by magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Macrophages are key components of the inflammatory response to tissue injury, but their activities can exacerbate neuropathology. High-resolution magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to identify metabolite levels in perchloric acid extracts of cultured cells of the RAW 264.7 murine macrophage li...
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| author | Stuckey, D Anthony, D Lowe, J Miller, J Palm, WM Styles, P Perry, V Blamire, A Sibson, N |
| author_facet | Stuckey, D Anthony, D Lowe, J Miller, J Palm, WM Styles, P Perry, V Blamire, A Sibson, N |
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| description | Macrophages are key components of the inflammatory response to tissue injury, but their activities can exacerbate neuropathology. High-resolution magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to identify metabolite levels in perchloric acid extracts of cultured cells of the RAW 264.7 murine macrophage line under resting and lipopolysaccharide-activated conditions. Over 25 metabolites were identified including gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), an inhibitory neurotransmitter not previously reported to be present in macrophages. The presence of GABA was also demonstrated in extracts of human peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages. This finding suggests that there may be communication between damaged central nervous system (CNS) tissue and recruited macrophages and resident microglia, which could help orchestrate the immune response. On activation, lactate, glutamine, glutamate, and taurine levels were elevated significantly, and GABA and alanine were reduced significantly. Strong resonances from glutathione, evident in the macrophage two-dimensional 1H spectrum, suggest that this may have potential as a noninvasive marker of macrophages recruited to the CNS, as it is only present at low levels in normal brain. Alternatively, a specific combination of spectroscopic changes, such as lactate, alanine, glutathione, and polyamines, may prove to be the most accurate means of detecting macrophage recruitment to the CNS. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:231d0e3a-d0d7-487c-81d3-5893488800b72022-03-26T11:42:28ZDetection of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA in macrophages by magnetic resonance spectroscopy.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:231d0e3a-d0d7-487c-81d3-5893488800b7EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2005Stuckey, DAnthony, DLowe, JMiller, JPalm, WMStyles, PPerry, VBlamire, ASibson, NMacrophages are key components of the inflammatory response to tissue injury, but their activities can exacerbate neuropathology. High-resolution magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to identify metabolite levels in perchloric acid extracts of cultured cells of the RAW 264.7 murine macrophage line under resting and lipopolysaccharide-activated conditions. Over 25 metabolites were identified including gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), an inhibitory neurotransmitter not previously reported to be present in macrophages. The presence of GABA was also demonstrated in extracts of human peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages. This finding suggests that there may be communication between damaged central nervous system (CNS) tissue and recruited macrophages and resident microglia, which could help orchestrate the immune response. On activation, lactate, glutamine, glutamate, and taurine levels were elevated significantly, and GABA and alanine were reduced significantly. Strong resonances from glutathione, evident in the macrophage two-dimensional 1H spectrum, suggest that this may have potential as a noninvasive marker of macrophages recruited to the CNS, as it is only present at low levels in normal brain. Alternatively, a specific combination of spectroscopic changes, such as lactate, alanine, glutathione, and polyamines, may prove to be the most accurate means of detecting macrophage recruitment to the CNS. |
| spellingShingle | Stuckey, D Anthony, D Lowe, J Miller, J Palm, WM Styles, P Perry, V Blamire, A Sibson, N Detection of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA in macrophages by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. |
| title | Detection of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA in macrophages by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. |
| title_full | Detection of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA in macrophages by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. |
| title_fullStr | Detection of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA in macrophages by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Detection of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA in macrophages by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. |
| title_short | Detection of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA in macrophages by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. |
| title_sort | detection of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gaba in macrophages by magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
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