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dc.creatorShanshiashvili,Lali
dc.creatorTsitsilashvili,Elene
dc.creatorDabrundashvili,Nino
dc.creatorKalandadze,Irine
dc.creatorMikeladze,David
dc.date2017-01-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-02T21:22:36Z
dc.date.available2019-05-02T21:22:36Z
dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602017000100203
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/82681
dc.descriptionAbstract Background Macrophages are a functionally heterogeneous cell population and depending on microenvironments they polarize in two main groups: M1 and M2. Glutamic acid and glutamate receptors may participate in the regulation of macrophage plasticity. To investigate the role of glutamatergic systems in macrophages physiology, we performed the transfection of mGluR5 cDNAs into RAW-264.7 cells. Results Comparative analysis of modified (RAW-mGluR5 macrophages) and non-modified macrophages (RAW-macrophages) has shown that the RAW-mGluR5 macrophages absorbed more glutamate than control cells and the amount of intracellular glutamate correlated with the expression of excitatory amino acid transporters -2 (EAAT-2). Besides, our results have shown that RAW-mGluR5 macrophages expressed a higher level of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPAR-γ) and secreted more IL-10, high mobility group box 1 proteins (HMGB1) and Galectin-3 than control RAW-macrophages. Conclusions We propose that elevation of intracellular glutamate and expression of mGluR5 may initiate the metabolic rearrangement in macrophages that could contribute to the formation of an immunosuppressive phenotype.
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dc.publisherSociedad de Biología de Chile
dc.relation10.1186/s40659-017-0110-2
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceBiological Research v.50 2017
dc.subjectMacrophages
dc.subjectMetabotropic glutamate receptors
dc.subjectInflammation
dc.subjectHMGB1
dc.subjectIL-10
dc.titleMetabotropic glutamate receptor 5 may be involved in macrophage plasticity


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