Abstract
Cranial radiation therapy causes a progressive decline in cognitive function that is linked to impaired neurogenesis. Chronic inflammation accompanies radiation injury, suggesting that inflammatory processes may contribute to neural stem cell dysfunction. Here, we show that neuroinflammation alone inhibits neurogenesis and that inflammatory blockade with indomethacin, a common nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, restores neurogenesis after endotoxin-induced inflammation and augments neurogenesis after cranial irradiation.
MeSH Terms
Animals
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/pharmacology
Antigens, CD/metabolism
Apoptosis
Cell Differentiation
Cells, Cultured
Coculture Techniques
Culture Media, Conditioned
Cytokine Receptor gp130
Cytokines/physiology
Dentate Gyrus/cytology,drug effects,physiology,radiation effects
Female
Gamma Rays
Hippocampus/cytology,drug effects,physiology,radiation effects
In Situ Nick-End Labeling
Indomethacin/pharmacology
Inflammation/drug therapy,physiopathology
Interleukin-6/pharmacology,physiology
Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
Mice
Microglia/physiology
Mitotic Index
Neurons/drug effects,physiology,radiation effects
Rats
Rats, Inbred F344
Receptors, Interleukin-6/metabolism
Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology
Signal Transduction
Stem Cells/physiology
Chemicals
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Antigens, CD
Culture Media, Conditioned
Cytokines
Il6st protein, mouse
Il6st protein, rat
Interleukin-6
Lipopolysaccharides
Membrane Glycoproteins
Receptors, Interleukin-6
Recombinant Proteins
Cytokine Receptor gp130
Indomethacin
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Monje Michelle L
Stanford University, Department of Neurosurgery, MSLS P309, Mail Code 5487, 1201 Welch Road, Stanford, CA 94305-5487, USA.
Toda Hiroki
Palmer Theo D