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Depletion and Reconstitution of Macrophages in Mice
Published on: August 1, 2012
Suppression of macrophage infiltration into the conjunctiva by clodronate liposomes in experimental immune-mediated
Atsuki Fukushima1, Akemi Ozaki, Waka Ishida
1Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Ophthalmology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku-city, 783-8505 Japan. fukusima@med.kochi-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
Macrophages infiltrate the conjunctiva in severe cases of allergic conjunctivitis (AC) such as atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC). We established experimental immune-mediated blepharoconjunctivitis (EC) in Brown Norway (BN) rats as a model for severe types of AC. We investigated whether macrophage infiltration in the conjunctiva in this EC model is inhibited by clodronate liposomes (CL2MDP-lip). The numbers of ED1-positive but not ED2-positive macrophages in the conjunctivas were increased by the induction of EC. Subconjunctival injection of CL2MDP-lip decreased the number of ED2-positive but not ED1-positive macrophages in the conjunctivas of naive rats. CL2MDP-lip did not affect macrophages in the spleen. Subconjunctival injection of CL2MDP-lip into EC-developing BN rats decreased the number of ED2-positive macrophages at all the time points. ED1-positive cell infiltration was inhibited when treatment was administered just prior to OVA challenge. Intravenous injection of CL2MDP-lip decreased the number of ED2-positive cells in the conjunctiva. Thus, we conclude that CL2MDP-lip inhibits infiltration of macrophages into the conjunctiva within 24 h of antigen challenge.
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