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Selective chemokine receptor usage by central nervous system myeloid cells in CCR2-red fluorescent protein knock-in mice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Monocyte subpopulations distinguished by differential expression of chemokine receptors CCR2 and CX3CR1 are difficult to track in vivo, partly due to lack of CCR2 reagents.

Methodology/principal findings

We created CCR2-red fluorescent protein (RFP) knock-in mice and crossed them with CX3CR1-GFP mice to investigate monocyte subset trafficking. In mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, CCR2 was critical for efficient intrathecal accumulation and localization of Ly6C(hi)/CCR2(hi) monocytes. Surprisingly, neutrophils, not Ly6C(lo) monocytes, largely replaced Ly6C(hi) cells in the central nervous system of these mice. CCR2-RFP expression allowed the first unequivocal distinction between infiltrating monocytes/macrophages from resident microglia.

Conclusion/significance

These results refine the concept of monocyte subsets, provide mechanistic insight about monocyte entry into the central nervous system, and present a novel model for imaging and quantifying inflammatory myeloid populations.

SUBMITTER: Saederup N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2965160 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Selective chemokine receptor usage by central nervous system myeloid cells in CCR2-red fluorescent protein knock-in mice.

Saederup Noah N Cardona Astrid E AE Croft Kelsey K Mizutani Makiko M Cotleur Anne C AC Tsou Chia-Lin CL Ransohoff Richard M RM Charo Israel F IF

PloS one 20101027 10

<h4>Background</h4>Monocyte subpopulations distinguished by differential expression of chemokine receptors CCR2 and CX3CR1 are difficult to track in vivo, partly due to lack of CCR2 reagents.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We created CCR2-red fluorescent protein (RFP) knock-in mice and crossed them with CX3CR1-GFP mice to investigate monocyte subset trafficking. In mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, CCR2 was critical for efficient intrathecal accumulation and localizatio ...[more]

PMID: 21060874

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Selective chemokine receptor usage by central nervous system myeloid cells in CCR2-red fluorescent protein knock-in mice.

Background

Methodology/principal findings

Conclusion/significance

Publications

Selective chemokine receptor usage by central nervous system myeloid cells in CCR2-red fluorescent protein knock-in mice.

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