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Takahashi N, Sakurai T, Davis KL, Buxbaum JD. Linking oligodendrocyte and myelin dysfunction to neurocircuitry abnormalities in schizophrenia. Prog Neurobiol 2010; 93:13-24. [PMID: 20950668 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2010.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2010] [Revised: 09/03/2010] [Accepted: 09/30/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Multiple lines of evidence in schizophrenia, from brain imaging, studies in postmortem brains, and genetic association studies, have implicated oligodendrocyte and myelin dysfunction in this disease. Recent studies suggest that oligodendrocyte and myelin dysfunction leads to changes in synaptic formation and function, which could lead to cognitive dysfunction, a core symptom of schizophrenia. Furthermore, there is accumulating data linking oligodendrocyte and myelin dysfunction with dopamine and glutamate abnormalities, both of which are found in schizophrenia. These findings implicate oligodendrocyte and myelin dysfunction as a primary change in schizophrenia, not only as secondary consequences of the illness or treatment. Strategies targeting oligodendrocyte and myelin abnormalities could therefore provide therapeutic opportunities for patients suffering from schizophrenia.
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- Nagahide Takahashi
- Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders and the Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Siffrin V, Radbruch H, Glumm R, Niesner R, Paterka M, Herz J, Leuenberger T, Lehmann SM, Luenstedt S, Rinnenthal JL, Laube G, Luche H, Lehnardt S, Fehling HJ, Griesbeck O, Zipp F. In Vivo Imaging of Partially Reversible Th17 Cell-Induced Neuronal Dysfunction in the Course of Encephalomyelitis. Immunity 2010; 33:424-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2010.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2009] [Revised: 07/07/2010] [Accepted: 08/31/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Marte A, Cavallero A, Morando S, Uccelli A, Raiteri M, Fedele E. Alterations of glutamate release in the spinal cord of mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Neurochem 2010; 115:343-52. [PMID: 20649849 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06923.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We have investigated the spontaneous and the depolarisation-induced release of [(3)H]D-aspartate ([(3)H]D-ASP), a non-metabolisable analogue of glutamate, in spinal cord slices, synaptosomes and gliosomes from mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) at 13, 21 and 55 days post-immunisation (d.p.i.), representing onset, peak and chronic phases of the pathology. At 13 and 21 d.p.i., the KCl-evoked, calcium-dependent overflow of [(3)H]D-ASP in spinal cord slices was significantly lower (30-40%), whereas at 55 d.p.i. it was significantly higher (30%), than that elicited in matched controls. When the release was measured from spinal cord synaptosomes and gliosomes in superfusion, a different picture emerged. The spontaneous and the KCl(15 mM)-induced release of [(3)H]D-ASP were significantly increased both in synaptosomes (17% and 45%, respectively) and gliosomes (26% and 25%, respectively) at 21, but not at 13, d.p.i. At 55 d.p.i., the KCl-induced [(3)H]D-ASP release was significantly increased (40%) only in synaptosomes. Finally, uptake of [(3)H]D-ASP was markedly (50-60%) increased in spinal cord synaptosomes, but not in gliosomes, obtained from EAE mice at 21 d.p.i., whereas no differences could be detected at 13 d.p.i. Our data indicate that glutamatergic neurotransmission is altered in the spinal cord of EAE mice.
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- Antonella Marte
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Fallarino F, Volpi C, Fazio F, Notartomaso S, Vacca C, Busceti C, Bicciato S, Battaglia G, Bruno V, Puccetti P, Fioretti MC, Nicoletti F, Grohmann U, Di Marco R. Metabotropic glutamate receptor-4 modulates adaptive immunity and restrains neuroinflammation. Nat Med 2010; 16:897-902. [PMID: 20657581 DOI: 10.1038/nm.2183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 06/21/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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High amounts of glutamate are found in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis, an inflammatory disease marked by progressive demyelination. Glutamate might affect neuroinflammation via effects on immune cells. Knockout mice lacking metabotropic glutamate receptor-4 (mGluR4) were markedly vulnerable to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE, a mouse model of multiple sclerosis) and developed responses dominated by interleukin-17-producing T helper (T(H)17) cells. In dendritic cells (DCs) from those mice, defective mGluR4 signaling-which would normally decrease intracellular cAMP formation-biased T(H) cell commitment to the T(H)17 phenotype. In wild-type mice, mGluR4 was constitutively expressed in all peripheral DCs, and this expression increased after cell activation. Treatment of wild-type mice with a selective mGluR4 enhancer increased EAE resistance via regulatory T (T(reg)) cells. The high amounts of glutamate in neuroinflammation might reflect a counterregulatory mechanism that is protective in nature and might be harnessed therapeutically for restricting immunopathology in multiple sclerosis.
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- Francesca Fallarino
- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Jana A, Pahan K. Sphingolipids in multiple sclerosis. Neuromolecular Med 2010; 12:351-61. [PMID: 20607622 DOI: 10.1007/s12017-010-8128-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2010] [Accepted: 06/26/2010] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune demyelinating disease of the CNS. Oligodendrocytes, the myelin-forming cells of the central nervous system (CNS), are target cells in MS. Although the etiology of MS is poorly known, new insights suggest oligodendrocyte apoptosis as one of the critical events followed by glial activation and infiltration of lymphocytes and macrophages. A major breakthrough in delineation of the mechanism of cell death, perivascular cuffing, and glial activation came from elucidation of the sphingolipid signal transduction pathway. The sphingolipid signal transduction pathway induces apoptosis, differentiation, proliferation, and growth arrest depending upon cell and receptor types, and downstream targets. Sphingomyelin, a major component of myelin membrane formed by mature oligodendrocytes, is abundant in the CNS and ceramide, its primary catabolic product released by activation of either neutral or acidic sphingomyelinase, serves as a potential lipid second messenger or mediator molecule modulating diverse cellular signaling pathways. Similarly, under certain conditions, sphingosine produced from ceramide by ceramidase is phosphorylated by sphingosine kinases to sphingosine-1 phosphate, another potent second messenger molecule. Both ceramide and sphingosine-1 phosphate regulate life and death of many cell types including brain cells and participate in pathogenic processes of MS. In this review, we have made an honest attempt to compile recent findings made by others and us relating to the role of sphingolipids in the disease process of MS.
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- Arundhati Jana
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Cohn Research Building, Suite 320, 1735 West Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Spain RI, Cameron MH, Bourdette D. Recent developments in multiple sclerosis therapeutics. BMC Med 2009; 7:74. [PMID: 19968863 PMCID: PMC3224941 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-7-74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2009] [Accepted: 12/07/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Multiple sclerosis, the most common neurologic disorder of young adults, is traditionally considered to be an inflammatory, autoimmune, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Based on this understanding, the initial therapeutic strategies were directed at immune modulation and inflammation control. These approaches, including high-dose corticosteroids for acute relapses and long-term use of parenteral interferon-beta, glatiramer acetate or natalizumab for disease modification, are at best moderately effective. Growing evidence supports that, while an inflammatory pathology characterizes the early relapsing stage of multiple sclerosis, neurodegenerative pathology dominates the later progressive stage of the disease. Multiple sclerosis disease-modifying therapies currently in development attempt to specifically target the underlying pathology at each stage of the disease, while avoiding frequent self-injection. These include a variety of oral medications and monoclonal antibodies to reduce inflammation in relapsing multiple sclerosis and agents intended to promote neuroprotection and neurorepair in progressive multiple sclerosis. Although newer therapies for relapsing MS have the potential to be more effective and easier to administer than current therapies, they also carry greater risks. Effective treatments for progressive multiple sclerosis are still being sought.
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- Rebecca I Spain
- Oregon Health & Science University, Department of Neurology, CR120, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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The link between inflammation, synaptic transmission and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis. Cell Death Differ 2009; 17:1083-91. [DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2009.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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McLaughlin KA, Chitnis T, Newcombe J, Franz B, Kennedy J, McArdel S, Kuhle J, Kappos L, Rostasy K, Pohl D, Gagne D, Ness JM, Tenembaum S, O'Connor KC, Viglietta V, Wong SJ, Tavakoli NP, de Seze J, Idrissova Z, Khoury SJ, Bar-Or A, Hafler DA, Banwell B, Wucherpfennig KW. Age-dependent B cell autoimmunity to a myelin surface antigen in pediatric multiple sclerosis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:4067-76. [PMID: 19687098 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0801888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) typically manifests in early to mid adulthood, but there is increasing recognition of pediatric-onset MS, aided by improvements in imaging techniques. The immunological mechanisms of disease are largely unexplored in pediatric-onset MS, in part because studies have historically focused on adult-onset disease. We investigated autoantibodies to myelin surface Ags in a large cohort of pediatric MS cases by flow cytometric labeling of transfectants that expressed different myelin proteins. Although Abs to native myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) were uncommon among adult-onset patients, a subset of pediatric patients had serum Abs that brightly labeled the MOG transfectant. Abs to two other myelin surface Ags were largely absent. Affinity purification of MOG Abs as well as competition of binding with soluble MOG documented their binding specificity. Such affinity purified Abs labeled myelin and glial cells in human CNS white matter as well as myelinated axons in gray matter. The prevalence of such autoantibodies was highest among patients with a very early onset of MS: 38.7% of patients less than 10 years of age at disease onset had MOG Abs, compared with 14.7% of patients in the 10- to 18-year age group. B cell autoimmunity to this myelin surface Ag is therefore most common in patients with a very early onset of MS.
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- Katherine A McLaughlin
- Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Machová E, O'Regan S, Newcombe J, Meunier FM, Prentice J, Dove R, Lisá V, Dolezal V. Detection of choline transporter-like 1 protein CTL1 in neuroblastoma x glioma cells and in the CNS, and its role in choline uptake. J Neurochem 2009; 110:1297-309. [PMID: 19519661 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06218.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Choline is an essential nutrient necessary for synthesis of membrane phospholipids, cell signalling molecules and acetylcholine. The aim of this study was to detect and characterize the choline transporter-like 1 (CTL1/SLC44A1) protein in CNS tissues and the hybrid neuroblastoma x glioma cell line NG108-15, which synthesizes acetylcholine and has high affinity choline transport but does not express the cholinergic high affinity choline transporter 1. The presence of CTL1 protein in NG108-15 cells was confirmed using our antibody G103 which recognizes the C-terminal domain of human CTL1. Three different cognate small interfering RNAs were used to decrease CTL1 mRNA in NG108-15 cells, causing lowered CTL1 protein expression, choline uptake and cell growth. None of the small interfering RNAs influenced carnitine transport, demonstrating the absence of major non-specific effects. In parental C6 cells knockdown of CTL1 also reduced high affinity choline transport. Our results support the concept that CTL1 protein is necessary for the high affinity choline transport which supplies choline for cell growth. The presence of CTL1 protein in rat and human CNS regions, where it is found in neuronal, glial and endothelial cells, suggests that malfunction of this transporter could have important implications in nervous system development and repair following injury, and in neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Eva Machová
- Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Beschorner R, Pantazis G, Jeibmann A, Boy J, Meyermann R, Mittelbronn M, Schittenhelm J. Expression of EAAT-1 distinguishes choroid plexus tumors from normal and reactive choroid plexus epithelium. Acta Neuropathol 2009; 117:667-75. [PMID: 19283393 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-009-0519-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2008] [Revised: 03/05/2009] [Accepted: 03/05/2009] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Microscopic distinction of normal choroid plexus (CP) from choroid plexus tumors (CPT) may be difficult, especially in small samples of well-differentiated CP papillomas. So far, there are no established markers that reliably distinguish normal and neoplastic CP epithelium. Recently, a correlation between expression/function of glial glutamate transporters EAAT-1 (GLAST) and EAAT-2 (Glt-1) and tumor proliferation has been reported. Furthermore, we previously found that CPTs frequently express EAAT-1, but not EAAT-2. We now compared expression of EAAT-1, EAAT-2 and GFAP in non-neoplastic CP (n = 68) and CPT (n = 79) by immunohistochemistry. Tissue of normal CP was obtained from 50 autopsy cases (20 normal and 30 pathologic brains) and 18 neurosurgical specimens that included 17 fetal, 21 pediatric and 30 adult cases. In non-neoplastic postnatal CP (n = 51), focal expression of EAAT-1 was found in only two pediatric cases (4%). In CPT, expression of EAAT-1 was found in 64 of 79 (81%) tumor samples and was significantly age-dependent (P < 0.0001). Hence, EAAT-1 expression distinguishes neoplastic from normal CP, both in children (P = 0.0032) and in adults (P < 0.0001). Immunostaining for EAAT-2 in selected samples from cases of different ages showed that normal CP (n = 15) or CPT (n = 16) lacked EAAT-2 expression. GFAP expression was found in 3 of 32 (10%) normal CP and in 28 of 73 (38%) tumor samples. In conclusion, in contrast to neoplastic CP samples, expression of EAAT-1 is exceptionally rare in non-neoplastic CP. Thus, EAAT-1 is superior to GFAP as a helpful diagnostic tool in CP samples.
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Witte ME, Bø L, Rodenburg RJ, Belien JA, Musters R, Hazes T, Wintjes LT, Smeitink JA, Geurts JJG, De Vries HE, van der Valk P, van Horssen J. Enhanced number and activity of mitochondria in multiple sclerosis lesions. J Pathol 2009; 219:193-204. [DOI: 10.1002/path.2582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Geurts JJG, Stys PK, Minagar A, Amor S, Zivadinov R. Gray matter pathology in (chronic) MS: modern views on an early observation. J Neurol Sci 2009; 282:12-20. [PMID: 19249061 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2008] [Revised: 01/14/2009] [Accepted: 01/22/2009] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Involvement of the gray matter (GM) in the pathology of multiple sclerosis (MS) was already recognized in the early days of MS research, but the detection of (cortical) GM lesions under the microscope and with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques was initially suboptimal and could only recently be enhanced. The visualization of GM lesions in vivo opens new doors for studies focusing on clinical, especially cognitive, effects of GM pathology, as well as for monitoring of neuroprotective treatment. However, so far little is known about what causes GM pathology. In this review, several pathogenetic mechanisms will be discussed, affecting the MS brain both from the 'outside-in' and from the 'inside-out'. Also, the use and reliability of MRI atrophy measures as a monitoring tool for GM damage in the therapeutic setting will be reviewed.
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- Jeroen J G Geurts
- Dept. of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Grey matter pathology in clinically early multiple sclerosis: evidence from magnetic resonance imaging. J Neurol Sci 2009; 282:5-11. [PMID: 19201002 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2008] [Revised: 01/08/2009] [Accepted: 01/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In multiple sclerosis (MS) it is emerging that the most visible element of pathology, white matter (WM) lesions, represents only a fraction of the disease burden borne by the brain; non-lesional WM is also damaged, as is the grey matter (GM). Evidence is also accruing that GM damage may be a major determinant of longer-term outcomes in MS, and that such damage occurs from the earliest clinical stages of the disease. In this review, we focus on the early stages of relapse onset MS, considering the nature, extent and evolution of GM pathology, as determined using magnetic resonance imaging.
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Gill A, Birdsey-Benson A, Jones BL, Henderson LP, Madden DR. Correlating AMPA receptor activation and cleft closure across subunits: crystal structures of the GluR4 ligand-binding domain in complex with full and partial agonists. Biochemistry 2009; 47:13831-41. [PMID: 19102704 DOI: 10.1021/bi8013196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AMPA receptors are glutamate-gated ion channels that are essential mediators of synaptic signals in the central nervous system. They form tetramers that are assembled as combinations of subunits GluR1-4, each of which contains a ligand-binding domain (LBD). Crystal structures of the GluR2 LBD have revealed an agonist-binding cleft, which is located between two lobes and which acts like a Venus flytrap. In general, agonist efficacy is correlated with the extent of cleft closure. However, recent observations show that cleft closure is not the sole determinant of the relative efficacy for glutamate receptors. In addition, these studies have focused on the GluR2 subunit, which is the specific target of a physiologically important RNA-editing modification in vivo. We therefore sought to test the generality of the cleft closure-efficacy correlation for other AMPA-R subunits. Here, we present crystal structures of the GluR4(flip) LBD in complex with both full and partial agonists. As for GluR2, both agonists stabilize a closed-cleft conformation, and the partial agonist induces a smaller cleft closure than the full agonist. However, a detailed analysis of LBD-kainate interactions reveals the importance of subtle backbone conformational changes in the ligand-binding pocket in determining the magnitude of agonist-associated conformational changes. Furthermore, the GluR4 subunit exhibits a different correlation between receptor activation and LBD cleft closure than does GluR2.
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- Avinash Gill
- Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, 7200 Vail Building, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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Minagar A, Steven Alexander J, Kelley RE, Harper M, Jennings MH. Proteomic Analysis of Human Cerebral Endothelial Cells Activated by Glutamate/MK-801: Significance in Ischemic Stroke Injury. J Mol Neurosci 2008; 38:182-92. [DOI: 10.1007/s12031-008-9149-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2008] [Accepted: 08/29/2008] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Hinson SR, Roemer SF, Lucchinetti CF, Fryer JP, Kryzer TJ, Chamberlain JL, Howe CL, Pittock SJ, Lennon VA. Aquaporin-4-binding autoantibodies in patients with neuromyelitis optica impair glutamate transport by down-regulating EAAT2. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 205:2473-81. [PMID: 18838545 PMCID: PMC2571922 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20081241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO)-immunoglobulin G (IgG) is a clinically validated serum biomarker that distinguishes relapsing central nervous system (CNS) inflammatory demyelinating disorders related to NMO from multiple sclerosis. This autoantibody targets astrocytic aquaporin-4 (AQP4) water channels. Clinical, radiological, and immunopathological data suggest that NMO-IgG might be pathogenic. Characteristic CNS lesions exhibit selective depletion of AQP4, with and without associated myelin loss; focal vasculocentric deposits of IgG, IgM, and complement; prominent edema; and inflammation. The effect of NMO-IgG on astrocytes has not been studied. In this study, we demonstrate that exposure to NMO patient serum and active complement compromises the membrane integrity of CNS-derived astrocytes. Without complement, astrocytic membranes remain intact, but AQP4 is endocytosed with concomitant loss of Na+-dependent glutamate transport and loss of the excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2) . Our data suggest that EAAT2 and AQP4 exist in astrocytic membranes as a macromolecular complex. Transport-competent EAAT2 protein is up-regulated in differentiating astrocyte progenitors and in nonneural cells expressing AQP4 transgenically. Marked reduction of EAAT2 in AQP4-deficient regions of NMO patient spinal cord lesions supports our immunocytochemical and immunoprecipitation data. Thus, binding of NMO-IgG to astrocytic AQP4 initiates several potentially neuropathogenic mechanisms: complement activation, AQP4 and EAAT2 down-regulation, and disruption of glutamate homeostasis.
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- Shannon R Hinson
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Melzer N, Meuth SG, Torres-Salazar D, Bittner S, Zozulya AL, Weidenfeller C, Kotsiari A, Stangel M, Fahlke C, Wiendl H. A beta-lactam antibiotic dampens excitotoxic inflammatory CNS damage in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3149. [PMID: 18773080 PMCID: PMC2522272 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2008] [Accepted: 08/15/2008] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In multiple sclerosis (MS) and its animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), impairment of glial “Excitatory Amino Acid Transporters” (EAATs) together with an excess glutamate-release by invading immune cells causes excitotoxic damage of the central nervous system (CNS). In order to identify pathways to dampen excitotoxic inflammatory CNS damage, we assessed the effects of a β-lactam antibiotic, ceftriaxone, reported to enhance expression of glial EAAT2, in “Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein” (MOG)-induced EAE. Ceftriaxone profoundly ameliorated the clinical course of murine MOG-induced EAE both under preventive and therapeutic regimens. However, ceftriaxone had impact neither on EAAT2 protein expression levels in several brain areas, nor on the radioactive glutamate uptake capacity in a mixed primary glial cell-culture and the glutamate-induced uptake currents in a mammalian cell line mediated by EAAT2. Moreover, the clinical effect of ceftriaxone was preserved in the presence of the EAAT2-specific transport inhibitor, dihydrokainate, while dihydrokainate alone caused an aggravated EAE course. This demonstrates the need for sufficient glial glutamate uptake upon an excitotoxic autoimmune inflammatory challenge of the CNS and a molecular target of ceftriaxone other than the glutamate transporter. Ceftriaxone treatment indirectly hampered T cell proliferation and proinflammatory INFγ and IL17 secretion through modulation of myelin-antigen presentation by antigen-presenting cells (APCs) e.g. dendritic cells (DCs) and reduced T cell migration into the CNS in vivo. Taken together, we demonstrate, that a β-lactam antibiotic attenuates disease course and severity in a model of autoimmune CNS inflammation. The mechanisms are reduction of T cell activation by modulation of cellular antigen-presentation and impairment of antigen-specific T cell migration into the CNS rather than or modulation of central glutamate homeostasis.
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- Nico Melzer
- Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (NM); (HW)
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- Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (NM); (HW)
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- Jeroen J G Geurts
- Department of Radiology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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P2x7 deficiency suppresses development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Neuroinflammation 2008; 5:33. [PMID: 18691411 PMCID: PMC2518548 DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-5-33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2008] [Accepted: 08/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background The purinergic receptor P2x7 is expressed on myeloid cells as well as on CNS glial cells, and P2x7 activation has been shown to increase both glial and T-cell activation. These properties suggest a role in the development of autoimmune disease including multiple sclerosis. Methods The animal model of MS, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) using myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) peptide residues 35–55 was induced in wildtype C57BL6 mice and in P2x7 deficient mice ('P2x7 mice') that were backcrossed to C57BL6 mice. Disease progression was monitored by appearance of clinical signs, immunocytochemical staining to assess brain inflammation and neuronal damage, and by measurement of Tcell cytokine production. Results The incidence of EAE disease in P2x7 mice was reduced 4-fold compared to the wildtype mice; however the P2x7 mice that became ill had similar days of onset and clinical scores as the wildtype mice. Splenic T-cells isolated from P2x7 null mice produced greater IFNγ and IL-17 (from 3 to 12 fold greater levels) than wildtype cells, however cytokine production from P2x7 derived cells was not increased by a selective P2x7 agonist as was cytokine production from wildtype cells. Although infiltrating cells were detected in brains of both the P2x7 and wildtype mice, astroglial activation and axonal damage was reduced versus wildtype mice, and the distribution of astroglial activation was markedly distinct in the two strains. In contrast, microglial activation was similar in the two strains. Conclusion P2x7 deficiency resulted in compensatory changes leading to increased T-cell cytokine production, and activated T-cells were detected in the brains of P2x7 null mice with no clinical signs. However, the greatly reduced incidence of disease suggests that an initiating event is absent in these mice, and points to a role for astroglial P2x7 in development of EAE disease.
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Gonsette RE. Neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis: the role of oxidative stress and excitotoxicity. J Neurol Sci 2008; 274:48-53. [PMID: 18684473 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2008] [Accepted: 06/27/2008] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In multiple sclerosis (MS) disability results from neuronal and axonal loss, the hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases (ND). Neurodegeneration is initiated by microglia activation and mediated by oxidative stress and excitotoxicity. The same sequence of events has been consistently observed in MS. However, microglia activation correlates with a marked cell infiltration in MS but not in ND. In both pathological states, peroxynitrite is the common initiating factor of oxidative stress and excitotoxicity and is thus a potential interesting therapeutic target. Oxidative stress leads to multiple lipid and protein damages via peroxidation and nitration processes. The pathomechanisms of excitotoxicity are complex involving glutamate overload, ionic channel dysfunction, calcium overload, mitochondriopathy, proteolytic enzyme production and activation of apoptotic pathways. The inflammatory component in MS is important for the design of therapeutic strategies. Inflammation not only causes axonal and neuronal loss but it also initiates the degenerative cascade in the early stage of MS. Potent anti-inflammatory agents are now available and it is not unreasonable to think that an early blockade of inflammatory processes might also block associated degenerative mechanisms and delay disability progression. The development of neuroprotective drugs is more problematic. Indeed, given the multiple and parallel mechanisms involved in neurodegeneration, modulation of a single specific pathway will likely yield a partial benefit if any.
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- R E Gonsette
- National Centre for Multiple Sclerosis, B 1820 Melsbroek, Belgium.
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Neurodegeneration develops in association with inflammation and demyelination in multiple sclerosis. Available data suggest that the progressive neuroaxonal loss begins in the earliest stages of the disease and underlies the accumulation of clinical disability. The loss of neurons and their processes is driven by a complex molecular mechanism involving cellular and humoral immune histotoxicity, demyelination, reduced neurotrophic support, metabolic impairment, and altered intracellular processes. Here we survey available data concerning the role of autoreactive immunoglobulins in neurotoxicity. A better understanding of molecular pathways leading to immune-mediated neurodegeneration may have key importance in the successful treatment of the disease.
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Neuronal injury and loss are recognized features of neuroinflammatory disorders, including acute and chronic encephalitides and multiple sclerosis; destruction of astrocytes has been demonstrated in cases of Rasmussen encephalitis. Here, we show that innate immune cells (i.e. natural killer [NK] and gammadelta T cells) cause loss of neurons from primary human neuron-enriched cultures by destroying the supporting astrocytes. Interleukin 2-activated NK cells caused loss of astrocytes within 1 hour, whereas neurons were lost at 4 hours. Time-lapse imaging indicated that delayed neuron loss was due to early destruction of supporting astrocytes. Selective blocking of astrocyte death with anti-NKG2D antibodies reduced neuron loss, as did blocking of CD54 on astrocytes. gammadelta T cells also induced astrocyte cytotoxicity, leading to subsequent neuronal displacement. In astrocytes, NK cells caused caspase-dependent fragmentation of the intermediate filament proteins glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin, whereas anti-CD3-activated T cells produced fragmentation to a lesser extent and without measurable cytotoxicity. Glial fibrillary acidic protein fragmentation was also demonstrated in lysates from chronic multiple sclerosis plaques but not from normal control white matter. These data suggest that non-major histocompatibility complex-restricted immune effector cells may contribute to neuron loss in neuroinflammatory disorders indirectly through injury of glia.
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Zeis T, Schaeren-Wiemers N. Lame Ducks or Fierce Creatures? - The Role of Oligodendrocytes in Multiple Sclerosis. J Mol Neurosci 2008; 35:91-100. [DOI: 10.1007/s12031-008-9042-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2008] [Accepted: 01/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rousseaux CG. A Review of Glutamate Receptors II: Pathophysiology and Pathology. J Toxicol Pathol 2008. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.21.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Colin G. Rousseaux
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
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