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Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages Express Functional CGRP Receptors and Respond to CGRP by Increasing Transcription of c-fos and IL-6 mRNA

Cellular Immunology, ISSN: 0008-8749, Vol: 209, Issue: 2, Page: 140-148
2001
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a sensory neuropeptide with inflammatory and immunoregulatory properties. CGRP inhibits IL-7 responses by B cell precursors by direct and indirect mechanisms. We recently found that CGRP induces IL-6 and TNF-α in long-term bone marrow cultures and that IL-6 and TNF-α also inhibit IL-7 responses. Because these are heterogeneous cultures, it was not clear which cells produced IL-6 and TNF-α. To determine whether bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM) were the source, we did studies to determine whether BMDMs express mRNAs for CGRP receptors and whether CGRP induces c-fos, IL-6, and TNF-α mRNA. We found that BMDMs express mRNAs for CRLR and RAMP1, the minimal components for CGRP receptors. CGRP also stimulated dose- and time-dependent increases in c-fos and IL-6. In contrast, CGRP did not induce TNF-α in BMDMs. These results suggest that BMDMs are a source of CGRP-induced IL-6 in bone marrow.

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