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The cytokine TNF is an important factor in the regulation of neuronal apoptotic cell death. TNF mRNA expression in blood mononuclear cells is corre lated with disease activity in relapsing remitting MS, while high IL 6 levels in the CNS correlate with the development of EAE in rats. IL 6 is detected in acute and chronic active MS plaques from the brain of patients. Transgenic mice ARQ 197 availability overexpressing IL 6 develop acute neurodegenerative pathology, including ataxia, tremor and seizures suggestive of a profound effect of this cytokine on many components of the CNS. Astrocytes are also producers of a variety of cytok ines including IL 1, IL 6 and TNF. Given this, there is little doubt that activated glia cells can inflict significant damage on neighbouring cells in MS.<br><br> The effects of DMF AZD0530 ic50 in EAE give rise to the hypothe sis that the therapeutical benefit of DMF might be at least partly due to an influence on the glial, especially micro glial environment. Our study therefore addresses the question if DMF might influence the release of the afore mentioned inflammatory mediators from activated microglial cells and astrocytes in vitro. Since nitric oxide and IL 1B are induced at the protein level in macrophages and microglia through the activation of ERK pathway, we moreover investigated if DMF modu lates this signalling pathway. Furthermore, the role of nuclear factor erythroid 2 related factor 2, a tran scription factor implicated in neuroprotection, was also determined. Methods Microglial cell culture For all experiments Wistar rats were used, which were bred and kept under constant conditions in the animal house of the University of Kiel.<br><br> Microglial cells were prepared from rostral mesenceph ali and cerebral hemispheres of 2 day old Wistar rats with slight modifications as described previously. AMN-107 641571-10-0 Meninges, hippocampi and choroid plexus were removed from the brains and cortices and mesencephali were minced, mechanically dissociated by trituration using fire polished Pasteur pipettes, followed by enzymatic digestion with trypsin and DNAse I. Suspended mixed brain cells were plated in culture flask in 10 ml growth medium, supplemented with 10% FBS, 1% penicillin streptomycin. All cells were cultured in a humidified atmosphere enriched with 5% CO2. Free floating microglial cells were collected from the medium of primary cell cultures from neonatal rat cerebral cortex after 10 days as detailed else where.<br><br> Prior to replating microglial cells for the different experiments, cell number and viability was estimated by trypan blue exclusion. Viable cells were seeded onto 96 well microtiter plates or 12 well culture plates and grown for 24 hours at 37 C in a humidified atmosphere enriched with 5% CO2. Astroglial cell cultures were prepared according to a slightly modified method of McCarthy and De Vellis from brains of 2 day old Wistar rats as described previ ously. This method allowed the preparation of nearly pure cultures of astrocytes with a microglial cell portion, identified by immunocytochemical OX 42 staining, of 0. 5%. In brief, cerebral hemispheres were freed from the meninges, the hippocampus, and the choroid plexus.