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Immunomodulatory role of the corticotropin releasing factor

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Radulovic M. , Spiess J.

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

2001

tom 49

nr 1

33-38

Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) was originally identified as a hypothalamic peptide which stimulates secretion of the hypophyseal adrenocorticotropic hormone. CRF exhibits its actions through G protein-dependent seven-membrane-domain receptors. Two subtypes of CRF receptors (CRFR1 and CRFR2) have been characterized thus far. CRF and its receptors were found in a number of brain regions, where they function by neuromodulation, and also in several peripheral organs. Besides CRF, another naturally occurring CRF-like peptide, urocortin, has been characterized. In the immune system, CRF and CRFR1 have so far been detected at both mRNA and protein lelvels in several lymphoid organs and at sites of inflammation. Locally injected CRF was shown to modulate the severity of inflammation. This effect was not only a result of hemodynamic changes known to be induced by CRF or by activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary adrenal axis, as CRF-binding sites were also found on immune cells. CRF was shown to directly modulate secretion of cytokines and neuropeptides, proliferation, chemotaxis and degranulation of purified macrophage and lymphocyte populations in vitro . The presence of functional CRFR was more recently demonstrated also on polymorphonuclear cells and significant amounts of CRF were shown to be produced in lymphoid organs, or delivered to lymphoid organs by peripheral nerves. Taken together, the experimental results obtained so far strongly point to the importance of CRF as a signaling molecule in lymphoid tissues and at the sites of inflammation.