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Neuroscience Letters

Volume 211, Issue 1, 14 June 1996, Pages 13-16
Neuroscience Letters

Interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6 and transforming growth factor-α levels are elevated in ventricular cerebrospinal fluid in juvenile parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease

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Abstract

Interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, epidermal growth factor (EGF), and transforming growth factor (TGF)-α were measured for the first time in ventricular cerebrospinal fluid (VCSF) from control non-parkinsonian patients, patients with juvenile parkinsonism (JP) and patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) by highly sensitive sandwich enzyme immunoassays. All cytokines were detectable in VCSF from control and parkinsonian patients, and the concentrations were much higher than those in lumbar CFS. The concentrations of IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4 and TGF-α in VCSF were higher in JP than those in controls (P < 0.05). In contrast, the concentrations of IL-2 and IL-6 in VCSF from patients with PD were higher than those from control patients (P < 0.05). These results agree with our previous reports, in which the cytokine levels were elevated in the striatal dopaminergic region of the brain from patients with PD. Since VCSF is produced in the ventricles, the alteration of cytokines in VCSF may reflect the changes of cytokines in the brain. Because cytokines play an important role as mitogens and neurotrophic factors in the brain, the increases in cytokines as a compensatory response may occur in the brain of patients of JP or PD during the progress of neurodegeneration. Increase in cytokines may contribute not only as a compensatory response but as a primary initiating trigger for the neurodegeneration.

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    This work is supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research of Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan (to T. Nagatsu).

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    We thank Dr. S. Tanaka and Ms. M. Katsuura (Hoechst Japan Ltd.) for kindly providing anti-EGF and anti-TGF-α antibodies.

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