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Rezaie P, Hanisch UK. History of Microglia. ADVANCES IN NEUROBIOLOGY 2024; 37:15-37. [PMID: 39207684 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55529-9_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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The term 'microglia' was first introduced into the scientific literature a century ago. The various eras of microglial research have been defined not only by the number of reports subsequently generated but, more critically, also by the concepts that have shaped our present-day views and understanding of microglia. Key methods, technologies, and models, as well as seminal discoveries made possible through their deployment have enabled breakthroughs, and now pave the way for lines of investigation that could not have been anticipated even a decade ago. Advances in our understanding of the microglial origin, forms, and functions have relied fundamentally on parallel developments in immunology. As the 'neuro-immune' cells of the brain, microglia are now under the spotlight in various disciplines. This chapter surveys the gradual processes and precipitous events that helped form ideas concerning the developmental origin of microglia and their roles in health and disease. It first covers the dawning phase during which the early pioneers of microglial research discovered cellular entities and already assigned functions to them. Following a recess period, the 1960s brought about a renaissance of active interest, with the development of tools and models-and fundamental notions on microglial contributions to central nervous system (CNS) pathologies. These seminal efforts laid the foundation for the awakening of a sweeping research era beginning in the 1980s and spurred on by a blast of immunological discoveries. Finally, this chapter stresses the advancements in molecular, genetic, and imaging approaches to the study of microglia with the turn of the millennium, enabling insights into virtually all facets of microglial physiology. Moving forward, it is clear that the future holds substantial promise for further discoveries. The next epoch in the history of microglial research has just begun.
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- Payam Rezaie
- School of Life, Health & Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
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Implications of fractalkine on glial function, ablation and glial proteins/receptors/markers—understanding its therapeutic usefulness in neurological settings: a narrative review. FUTURE JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES 2022. [DOI: 10.1186/s43094-022-00446-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background
Fractalkine (CX3CL1) is a chemokine predominantly released by neurons. As a signaling molecule, CX3CL1 facilitates talk between neurons and glia. CX3CL1 is considered as a potential target which could alleviate neuroinflammation. However, certain controversial results and ambiguous role of CX3CL1 make it inexorable to decipher the overall effects of CX3CL1 on the physiopathology of glial cells.
Main body of the abstract
Implications of cross-talk between CX3CL1 and different glial proteins/receptors/markers will give a bird eye view of the therapeutic significance of CX3CL1. Keeping with the need, this review identifies the effects of CX3CL1 on glial physiopathology, glial ablation, and gives a wide coverage on the effects of CX3CL1 on certain glial proteins/receptors/markers.
Short conclusion
Pinpoint prediction of the therapeutic effect of CX3CL1 on neuroinflammation needs further research. This is owing to certain obscure roles and implications of CX3CL1 on different glial proteins/receptors/markers, which are crucial under neurological settings. Further challenges are imposed due to the dichotomous roles played by CX3CL1. The age-old chemokine shows many newer scopes of research in near future. Thus, overall assessment of the effect of CX3CL1 becomes crucial prior to its administration in neuroinflammation.
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Ahn JJ, Islam Y, Miller RH. Cell type specific isolation of primary astrocytes and microglia from adult mouse spinal cord. J Neurosci Methods 2022; 375:109599. [PMID: 35460698 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2022.109599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 03/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Astrocytes and microglia are essential cellular elements of the CNS that are critical for normal development, function, and injury responses. Both cell types are highly pleiotropic and respond rapidly to environmental changes, making them challenging to characterize. One approach is to develop efficient isolation paradigms of distinct cell populations, allowing for characterization of their roles in distinct CNS regions and in pathological states. NEW METHOD We have developed an efficient and reliable protocol for isolation of astrocytes and microglia from the adult mouse spinal cord, which can be easily manipulated for immediate or future analyses. This method involves (1) rapid tissue dissociation; (2) cell release after myelin debris removal; (3) magnetic-activated cell sorting; and (4) optional downstream molecular and functional analyses. RESULTS High levels of viability and purity of the cells were confirmed after isolation. More importantly, characterization of cells verified their ability to proliferate and respond to external stimuli for potential use in downstream molecular and functional assays. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD(S) Long-term culture of cells isolated from neonatal animals and cell type specific isolation from the brain have been successful; however, isolation of spinal cord cells from adult mice has been challenging due to the large amount of myelin and limited size of the tissue compared to the brain. Our method allows for efficient isolation of astrocytes and microglia from spinal cord alone and includes simple modifications to allow for various downstream applications. CONCLUSIONS This technique will be a valuable tool to better understand the functions of astrocytes and microglia in spinal cord function and pathology.
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- Julie J Ahn
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, George Washington University, 2300 I Street NW, Ross Hall 736, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, George Washington University, 2300 I Street NW, Ross Hall 736, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, George Washington University, 2300 I Street NW, Ross Hall 736, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
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Advances in Visualizing Microglial Cells in Human Central Nervous System Tissue. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12050603. [PMID: 35625531 PMCID: PMC9138569 DOI: 10.3390/biom12050603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Neuroinflammation has recently been identified as a fundamentally important pathological process in most, if not all, CNS diseases. The main contributor to neuroinflammation is the microglia, which constitute the innate immune response system. Accurate identification of microglia and their reactivity state is therefore essential to further our understanding of CNS pathophysiology. Many staining techniques have been used to visualise microglia in rodent and human tissue, and immunostaining is currently the most frequently used. Historically, identification of microglia was predominantly based on morphological structure, however, recently there has been a reliance on selective antigen expression, and microglia-specific markers have been identified providing increased certainty that the cells observed are in fact microglia, rather than the similar yet distinct macrophages. To date, the most microglia-specific markers are P2Y12 and TMEM119. However, other microglia-related markers can also be useful for demonstrating activation state, phagocytic state, and for neuroimaging purposes in longitudinal studies. Overall, it is important to be aware of the microglia-selectivity issues of the various stains and immunomarkers used by researchers to distinguish microglia in CNS tissue to avoid misinterpretation.
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Marazziti D, Buccianelli B, Palermo S, Parra E, Arone A, Beatino MF, Massa L, Carpita B, Barberi FM, Mucci F, Dell’Osso L. The Microbiota/Microbiome and the Gut-Brain Axis: How Much Do They Matter in Psychiatry? Life (Basel) 2021; 11:life11080760. [PMID: 34440503 PMCID: PMC8401073 DOI: 10.3390/life11080760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The functioning of the central nervous system (CNS) is the result of the constant integration of bidirectional messages between the brain and peripheral organs, together with their connections with the environment. Despite the anatomical separation, gut microbiota, i.e., the microorganisms colonising the gastrointestinal tract, is highly related to the CNS through the so-called "gut-brain axis". The aim of this paper was to review and comment on the current literature on the role of the intestinal microbiota and the gut-brain axis in some common neuropsychiatric conditions. The recent literature indicates that the gut microbiota may affect brain functions through endocrine and metabolic pathways, antibody production and the enteric network while supporting its possible role in the onset and maintenance of several neuropsychiatric disorders, neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative disorders. Alterations in the gut microbiota composition were observed in mood disorders and autism spectrum disorders and, apparently to a lesser extent, even in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related conditions, as well as in schizophrenia. Therefore, gut microbiota might represent an interesting field of research for a better understanding of the pathophysiology of common neuropsychiatric disorders and possibly as a target for the development of innovative treatments that some authors have already labelled "psychobiotics".
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- Donatella Marazziti
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Section of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (B.B.); (S.P.); (E.P.); (A.A.); (M.F.B.); (L.M.); (B.C.); (F.M.B.); (L.D.)
- Unicamillus—Saint Camillus International University of Medical and Health Sciences, 00131 Rome, Italy
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Section of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (B.B.); (S.P.); (E.P.); (A.A.); (M.F.B.); (L.M.); (B.C.); (F.M.B.); (L.D.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Section of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (B.B.); (S.P.); (E.P.); (A.A.); (M.F.B.); (L.M.); (B.C.); (F.M.B.); (L.D.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Section of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (B.B.); (S.P.); (E.P.); (A.A.); (M.F.B.); (L.M.); (B.C.); (F.M.B.); (L.D.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Section of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (B.B.); (S.P.); (E.P.); (A.A.); (M.F.B.); (L.M.); (B.C.); (F.M.B.); (L.D.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Section of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (B.B.); (S.P.); (E.P.); (A.A.); (M.F.B.); (L.M.); (B.C.); (F.M.B.); (L.D.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Section of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (B.B.); (S.P.); (E.P.); (A.A.); (M.F.B.); (L.M.); (B.C.); (F.M.B.); (L.D.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Section of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (B.B.); (S.P.); (E.P.); (A.A.); (M.F.B.); (L.M.); (B.C.); (F.M.B.); (L.D.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Section of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (B.B.); (S.P.); (E.P.); (A.A.); (M.F.B.); (L.M.); (B.C.); (F.M.B.); (L.D.)
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- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy;
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Section of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (B.B.); (S.P.); (E.P.); (A.A.); (M.F.B.); (L.M.); (B.C.); (F.M.B.); (L.D.)
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Diaz-Jimenez D, Kolb JP, Cidlowski JA. Glucocorticoids as Regulators of Macrophage-Mediated Tissue Homeostasis. Front Immunol 2021; 12:669891. [PMID: 34079551 PMCID: PMC8165320 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.669891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Our immune system has evolved as a complex network of cells and tissues tasked with maintaining host homeostasis. This is evident during the inflammatory responses elicited during a microbial infection or traumatic tissue damage. These responses seek to eliminate foreign material or restore tissue integrity. Even during periods without explicit disturbances, the immune system plays prominent roles in tissue homeostasis. Perhaps one of the most studied cells in this regard is the macrophage. Tissue-resident macrophages are a heterogenous group of sensory cells that respond to a variety of environmental cues and are essential for organ function. Endogenously produced glucocorticoid hormones connect external environmental stress signals with the function of many cell types, producing profound changes in immune cells, including macrophages. Here, we review the current literature which demonstrates specific effects of glucocorticoids in several organ systems. We propose that tissue-resident macrophages, through glucocorticoid signaling, may play an underappreciated role as regulators of organ homeostasis.
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- David Diaz-Jimenez
- Molecular Endocrinology Group, Signal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- Molecular Endocrinology Group, Signal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- Molecular Endocrinology Group, Signal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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Ohm DT, Fought AJ, Martersteck A, Coventry C, Sridhar J, Gefen T, Weintraub S, Bigio E, Mesulam M, Rogalski E, Geula C. Accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles and activated microglia is associated with lower neuron densities in the aphasic variant of Alzheimer's disease. Brain Pathol 2021; 31:189-204. [PMID: 33010092 PMCID: PMC7855834 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) and amyloid-ß plaques (AP) that comprise Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology are associated with neurodegeneration and microglial activation. Activated microglia exist on a dynamic spectrum of morphologic subtypes that include resting, surveillant microglia capable of converting to activated, hypertrophic microglia closely linked to neuroinflammatory processes and AD neuropathology in amnestic AD. However, quantitative analyses of microglial subtypes and neurons are lacking in non-amnestic clinical AD variants, including primary progressive aphasia (PPA-AD). PPA-AD is a language disorder characterized by cortical atrophy and NFT densities concentrated to the language-dominant hemisphere. Here, a stereologic investigation of five PPA-AD participants determined the densities and distributions of neurons and microglial subtypes to examine how cellular changes relate to AD neuropathology and may contribute to cortical atrophy. Adjacent series of sections were immunostained for neurons (NeuN) and microglia (HLA-DR) from bilateral language and non-language regions where in vivo cortical atrophy and Thioflavin-S-positive APs and NFTs were previously quantified. NeuN-positive neurons and morphologic subtypes of HLA-DR-positive microglia (i.e., resting [ramified] microglia and activated [hypertrophic] microglia) were quantified using unbiased stereology. Relationships between neurons, microglia, AD neuropathology, and cortical atrophy were determined using linear mixed models. NFT densities were positively associated with hypertrophic microglia densities (P < 0.01) and inversely related to neuron densities (P = 0.01). Hypertrophic microglia densities were inversely related to densities of neurons (P < 0.01) and ramified microglia (P < 0.01). Ramified microglia densities were positively associated with neuron densities (P = 0.02) and inversely related to cortical atrophy (P = 0.03). Our findings provide converging evidence of divergent roles for microglial subtypes in patterns of neurodegeneration, which includes hypertrophic microglia likely driving a neuroinflammatory response more sensitive to NFTs than APs in PPA-AD. Moreover, the accumulation of both NFTs and activated hypertrophic microglia in association with low neuron densities suggest they may collectively contribute to focal neurodegeneration characteristic of PPA-AD.
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- Daniel T. Ohm
- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s DiseaseNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
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- Department of Preventive MedicineNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s DiseaseNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s DiseaseNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s DiseaseNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s DiseaseNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s DiseaseNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s DiseaseNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
- Department of PathologyNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s DiseaseNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
- Department of NeurologyNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s DiseaseNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s DiseaseNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
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Single-cell mass cytometry of microglia in major depressive disorder reveals a non-inflammatory phenotype with increased homeostatic marker expression. Transl Psychiatry 2020; 10:310. [PMID: 32917850 PMCID: PMC7486938 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-020-00992-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Stress-induced disturbances of brain homeostasis and neuroinflammation have been implicated in the pathophysiology of mood disorders. In major depressive disorder (MDD), elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines can be found in peripheral blood, but very little is known about the changes that occur directly in the brain. Microglia are the primary immune effector cells of the central nervous system and exquisitely sensitive to changes in the brain microenvironment. Here, we performed the first single-cell analysis of microglia from four different post-mortem brain regions (frontal lobe, temporal lobe, thalamus, and subventricular zone) of medicated individuals with MDD compared to controls. We found no evidence for the induction of inflammation-associated molecules, such as CD11b, CD45, CCL2, IL-1β, IL-6, TNF, MIP-1β (CCL4), IL-10, and even decreased expression of HLA-DR and CD68 in microglia from MDD cases. In contrast, we detected increased levels of the homeostatic proteins P2Y12 receptor, TMEM119 and CCR5 (CD195) in microglia from all brain regions of individuals with MDD. We also identified enrichment of non-inflammatory CD206hi macrophages in the brains of MDD cases. In sum, our results suggest enhanced homeostatic functions of microglia in MDD.
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Quantitative immunohistochemical analysis of myeloid cell marker expression in human cortex captures microglia heterogeneity with anatomical context. Sci Rep 2020; 10:11693. [PMID: 32678124 PMCID: PMC7366669 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68086-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Current immunohistochemical methods of studying microglia in the post-mortem human brain do not capture the heterogeneity of microglial function in response to damage and disease. We therefore investigated the expression of eight myeloid cell proteins associated with changes in function alongside Iba1. To study the myeloid cells we used immunohistochemistry on post-mortem human middle temporal gyrus sections from neurologically normal individuals. First we investigated co-labelling between the classical 'activation' marker, HLA-DR and each of the other markers of interest. Significant co-labelling between HLA-DR with CD206, CD32, CD163, or L-Ferritin was observed, although complete overlap of expression of HLA-DR with aforementioned markers was not observed. A qualitative assessment also demonstrated that perivascular macrophages expressed higher levels of the markers of interest we investigated than microglia, suggesting perivascular macrophages show a more phagocytic and antigen presentation state in the human brain. To determine whether the markers of interest were expressed in different functional states, the immunoreactivity for each marker was qualitatively assessed on microglial morphologies. Degenerating marker, L-Ferritin, was specific for dystrophic microglia. We demonstrate that microglial heterogeneity can be investigated in immunohistochemically stain post-mortem human tissue by integrating the single-cell abundance of proteins and cell morphology to infer function.
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Gefen T, Kim G, Bolbolan K, Geoly A, Ohm D, Oboudiyat C, Shahidehpour R, Rademaker A, Weintraub S, Bigio EH, Mesulam MM, Rogalski E, Geula C. Activated Microglia in Cortical White Matter Across Cognitive Aging Trajectories. Front Aging Neurosci 2019; 11:94. [PMID: 31139072 PMCID: PMC6527736 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Activation of microglia, the primary mediators of inflammation in the brain, is a major component of gliosis and neuronal loss in a number of age-related neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The role of activated microglia in white matter, and its relationship with cognitive decline during aging are unknown. The current study evaluated microglia densities in the white matter of postmortem specimens from cognitively normal young adults, cognitively normal older adults, and cognitive “SuperAgers,” a unique group of individuals over age 80 whose memory test scores are at a level equal to or better than scores of 50-to-65-year-olds. Whole hemisphere sections from cognitively normal old, young, and “SuperAgers” were used to quantify densities of human leukocyte antigen-D related (HLA-DR)-positive activated microglia underlying five cortical regions. Statistical findings showed a significant main effect of group on differences in microglia density where cognitively normal old showed highest densities. No difference between SuperAgers and young specimens were detected. In two autopsied SuperAgers with MRI FLAIR scans available, prominent hyperintensities in periventricular regions were observed, and interestingly, examination of corresponding postmortem sections showed only sparse microglia densities. In conclusion, activated microglia appear to respond to age-related pathologic changes in cortical white matter, and this phenomenon is largely spared in SuperAgers. Findings offer insights into the relationship between white matter neuroinflammatory changes and cognitive integrity during aging.
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- Tamar Gefen
- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.,Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.,Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.,Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.,Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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Neuregulin-1 Fosters Supportive Interactions between Microglia and Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells. Stem Cells Int 2019; 2019:8397158. [PMID: 31089334 PMCID: PMC6476022 DOI: 10.1155/2019/8397158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 12/31/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Microglia play diverse roles in homeostasis and pathology of the central nervous system (CNS). Their response to injury or insult is critical for initiating neuroinflammation and tissue damage as well as resolution of inflammation and wound healing. Changes to the microenvironment of microglia appear to be a key determinant of their phenotype and their role in the endogenous repair process in the injured or diseased CNS. Our recent findings have identified a positive role for neuregulin-1 (Nrg-1) in regulating immune response in spinal cord injury and focal demyelinating lesions. We show that increasing the tissue availability of Nrg-1 after injury can promote endogenous repair by modulating neuroinflammation. In the present study, we sought to elucidate the specific role of Nrg-1 in regulating microglial activity and more importantly their influence on the behavior of neural stem/progenitor cells (NPCs). Using injury-relevant in vitro systems, we demonstrate that Nrg-1 attenuates the expression of proinflammatory mediators in activated microglia. Moreover, we provide novel evidence that availability of Nrg-1 can restore the otherwise suppressed phagocytic ability of proinflammatory microglia. Interestingly, the presence of Nrg-1 in the microenvironment of proinflammatory microglia mitigates their inhibitory effects on NPC proliferation. Nrg-1 treated proinflammatory microglia also augment mobilization of NPCs, while they had no influence on their suppressive effects on NPC differentiation. Mechanistically, we show that Nrg-1 enhances the interactions of proinflammatory microglia and NPCs, at least in part, through reduction of TNF-α expression in microglia. These findings provide new insights into the endogenous regulation of microglia-NPC interactions and identify new potential targets for optimizing this important crosstalk during the regenerative process after CNS injury and neuroinflammatory conditions.
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Giles DA, Duncker PC, Wilkinson NM, Washnock-Schmid JM, Segal BM. CNS-resident classical DCs play a critical role in CNS autoimmune disease. J Clin Invest 2018; 128:5322-5334. [PMID: 30226829 DOI: 10.1172/jci123708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS), induced by the adoptive transfer of myelin-reactive CD4+ T cells into naive syngeneic mice. It is widely used as a rodent model of multiple sclerosis (MS). The development of EAE lesions is initiated when transferred CD4+ T cells access the CNS and are reactivated by local antigen-presenting cells (APCs) bearing endogenous myelin peptide/MHC class II complexes. The identity of the CNS-resident, lesion-initiating APCs is widely debated. Here we demonstrate that classical dendritic cells (cDCs) normally reside in the meninges, brain, and spinal cord in the steady state. These cells are unique among candidate CNS APCs in their ability to stimulate naive, as well as effector, myelin-specific T cells to proliferate and produce proinflammatory cytokines directly ex vivo. cDCs expanded in the meninges and CNS parenchyma in association with disease progression. Selective depletion of cDCs led to a decrease in the number of myelin-primed donor T cells in the CNS and reduced the incidence of clinical EAE by half. Based on our findings, we propose that cDCs, and the factors that regulate them, be further investigated as potential therapeutic targets in MS.
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- David A Giles
- Holtom-Garrett Program in Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology.,Graduate Program in Immunology, and.,Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Holtom-Garrett Program in Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology.,Graduate Program in Immunology, and
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- Holtom-Garrett Program in Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology.,Graduate Program in Immunology, and.,Neurology Service, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Herrera E, Agudo-Barriuso M, Murcia-Belmonte V. Cranial Pair II: The Optic Nerves. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2018; 302:428-445. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.23922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Eloísa Herrera
- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Miguel Hernández, CSIC-UMH); Av. Santiago Ramón y Cajal, s/n., 03550 Sant Joan d'Alacant Alicante Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina; Universidad de Murcia, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria-Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca); Murcia Spain
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Miguel Hernández, CSIC-UMH); Av. Santiago Ramón y Cajal, s/n., 03550 Sant Joan d'Alacant Alicante Spain
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Sheth C, Prescot A, Bueler E, DiMuzio J, Legarreta M, Renshaw PF, Yurgelun-Todd D, McGlade E. Alterations in anterior cingulate cortex myoinositol and aggression in veterans with suicidal behavior: A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2018; 276:24-32. [PMID: 29723775 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2018.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 04/21/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Studies investigating the neurochemical changes that correspond with suicidal behavior (SB) have not yielded conclusive results. Suicide correlates such as aggression have been used to explore risk factors for SB. Yet the neurobiological basis for the association between aggression and SB is unclear. Aggression and SB are both prevalent in veterans relative to civilian populations. The current study evaluated the relationship between brain chemistry in the anterior (ACC) and the posterior cingulate cortex (POC), as well as the relationship between aggression and SB in a veteran population using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS). Single-voxel MRS data at 3 Tesla (T) were acquired from the ACC and POC voxels using a 2-dimensional J-resolved point spectroscopy sequence and quantified using the ProFit algorithm. Participants also completed a structured diagnostic interview and a clinical battery. Our results showed that the myoinositol (mI)/H2O ratio in the ACC and POC was significantly higher in veterans who reported SB when compared to veterans who did not. The two groups did not differ significantly with regard to other metabolites. Second, verbal aggression and SB measures positively correlated with mI/H2O in the ACC. Finally, verbal aggression mediated the relationship between mI/H2O in the ACC and SB.
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- Chandni Sheth
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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- Department of Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRREC), Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRREC), Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRREC), Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRREC), Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRREC), Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRREC), Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Kim G, Bolbolan K, Gefen T, Weintraub S, Bigio EH, Rogalski E, Mesulam MM, Geula C. Atrophy and microglial distribution in primary progressive aphasia with transactive response DNA-binding protein-43 kDa. Ann Neurol 2018; 83:1096-1104. [PMID: 29665116 PMCID: PMC6105542 DOI: 10.1002/ana.25240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To quantitatively determine the density and distribution of activated microglia across cortical regions and hemispheres in the brains of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) participants with pathological diagnoses of frontotemporal lobar degeneration with transactive response DNA-binding protein-43 (TDP-43) inclusions and to examine the relationships between microglial densities, patterns of focal atrophy, (TDP-43) inclusions, and clinical phenotype. METHODS Activated microglia and TDP-43 inclusions were visualized in whole-hemisphere brain sections using immunohistochemical methods from five participants with PPA-TDP. Unbiased stereology was used to bilaterally quantify human leuckocyte antigen/D related-positive activated microglia and TDP-43 inclusions across five language-related regions. Density and distribution of both markers were compared across cortical regions and hemispheres, and their relationships to patterns of focal atrophy and clinical phenotype were determined. RESULTS Activated microglia displayed asymmetric distribution favoring the language-dominant hemisphere, consistent with greater postmortem and/or in vivo atrophy in that hemisphere, in PPA-TDP. In one participant with no asymmetric atrophy, quantitative distribution of microglia also lacked asymmetry. Patterns of microglial activation also showed variation that favored areas of high atrophy in regions affiliated with language function, demonstrating concordance between patterns of microglial activation, atrophy, and clinical phenotype. TDP-43 also showed higher inclusion densities in areas of high atrophy than in regions with low atrophy, but no clear relationship with microglia density at a regional level. INTERPRETATION The initial activation of microglia is most likely a response to cortical abnormalities in PPA-TDP, which contribute to atrophy. The patterns of microglial activation, TDP-43 inclusion deposition, atrophy, and clinical phenotype suggest that activated microglia may make unique contributions to cortical thinning and TDP-43 inclusion formation. Ann Neurol 2018;83:1096-1104.
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- Garam Kim
- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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Ohm DT, Kim G, Gefen T, Rademaker A, Weintraub S, Bigio EH, Mesulam MM, Rogalski E, Geula C. Prominent microglial activation in cortical white matter is selectively associated with cortical atrophy in primary progressive aphasia. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2018; 45:216-229. [PMID: 29679378 DOI: 10.1111/nan.12494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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AIMS Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a clinical syndrome characterized by selective language impairments associated with focal cortical atrophy favouring the language dominant hemisphere. PPA is associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and significant accumulation of activated microglia. Activated microglia can initiate an inflammatory cascade that may contribute to neurodegeneration, but their quantitative distribution in cortical white matter and their relationship with cortical atrophy remain unknown. We investigated white matter activated microglia and their association with grey matter atrophy in 10 PPA cases with either AD or FTLD-TDP pathology. METHODS Activated microglia were quantified with optical density measures of HLA-DR immunoreactivity in two regions with peak cortical atrophy, and one nonatrophied region within the language dominant hemisphere of each PPA case. Nonatrophied contralateral homologues of the language dominant regions were examined for hemispheric asymmetry. RESULTS Qualitatively, greater densities of activated microglia were observed in cortical white matter when compared to grey matter. Quantitative analyses revealed significantly greater densities of activated microglia in the white matter of atrophied regions compared to nonatrophied regions in the language dominant hemisphere (P < 0.05). Atrophied regions of the language dominant hemisphere also showed significantly more activated microglia compared to contralateral homologues (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS White matter activated microglia accumulate more in atrophied regions in the language dominant hemisphere of PPA. While microglial activation may constitute a response to neurodegenerative processes in white matter, the resultant inflammatory processes may also exacerbate disease progression and contribute to cortical atrophy.
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- D T Ohm
- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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O'Loughlin E, Madore C, Lassmann H, Butovsky O. Microglial Phenotypes and Functions in Multiple Sclerosis. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2018; 8:8/2/a028993. [PMID: 29419406 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a028993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Microglia are the resident immune cells that constantly survey the central nervous system. They can adapt to their environment and respond to injury or insult by altering their morphology, phenotype, and functions. It has long been debated whether microglial activation is detrimental or beneficial in multiple sclerosis (MS). Recently, the two opposing yet connected roles of microglial activation have been described with the aid of novel microglial markers, RNA profiling, and in vivo models. In this review, microglial phenotypes and functions in the context of MS will be discussed with evidence from both human pathological studies, in vitro and in vivo models. Microglial functional diversity-phagocytosis, antigen presentation, immunomodulation, support, and repair-will also be examined in detail. In addition, this review discusses the emerging evidence for microglia-related targets as biomarkers and therapeutic targets for MS.
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- Elaine O'Loughlin
- Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.,Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Kim G, Vahedi S, Gefen T, Weintraub S, Bigio EH, Mesulam MM, Geula C. Asymmetric TDP pathology in primary progressive aphasia with right hemisphere language dominance. Neurology 2018; 90:e396-e403. [PMID: 29305438 PMCID: PMC5791793 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000004891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To quantitatively examine the regional densities and hemispheric distribution of the 43-kDa transactive response DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) inclusions, neurons, and activated microglia in a left-handed patient with right hemisphere language dominance and logopenic-variant primary progressive aphasia (PPA). METHODS Phosphorylated TDP-43 inclusions, neurons, and activated microglia were visualized with immunohistochemical and histologic methods. Markers were quantified bilaterally with unbiased stereology in language- and memory-related cortical regions. RESULTS Clinical MRI indicated cortical atrophy in the right hemisphere, mostly in the temporal lobe. Significantly higher densities of TDP-43 inclusions were present in right language-related temporal regions compared to the left or to other right hemisphere regions. The memory-related entorhinal cortex (ERC) and language regions without significant atrophy showed no asymmetry. Activated microglia displayed extensive asymmetry (R > L). A substantial density of neurons remained in all areas and showed no hemispheric asymmetry. However, perikaryal size was significantly smaller in the right hemisphere across all regions except the ERC. To demonstrate the specificity of this finding, sizes of residual neurons were measured in a right-handed case with PPA and were found to be smaller in the language-dominant left hemisphere. CONCLUSIONS The distribution of TDP-43 inclusions and microglial activation in right temporal language regions showed concordance with anatomic distribution of cortical atrophy and clinical presentation. The results revealed no direct relationship between density of TDP-43 inclusions and activated microglia. Reduced size of the remaining neurons is likely to contribute to cortical atrophy detected by MRI. These findings support the conclusion that there is no obligatory relationship between logopenic PPA and Alzheimer pathology.
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- Garam Kim
- From the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- From the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- From the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- From the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- From the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- From the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- From the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
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The Role of Microglia in Diabetic Retinopathy: Inflammation, Microvasculature Defects and Neurodegeneration. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19010110. [PMID: 29301251 PMCID: PMC5796059 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19010110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 12/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Diabetic retinopathy is a common complication of diabetes mellitus, which appears in one third of all diabetic patients and is a prominent cause of vision loss. First discovered as a microvascular disease, intensive research in the field identified inflammation and neurodegeneration to be part of diabetic retinopathy. Microglia, the resident monocytes of the retina, are activated due to a complex interplay between the different cell types of the retina and diverse pathological pathways. The trigger for developing diabetic retinopathy is diabetes-induced hyperglycemia, accompanied by leukostasis and vascular leakages. Transcriptional changes in activated microglia, mediated via the nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NFκB) and extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathways, results in release of various pro-inflammatory mediators, including cytokines, chemokines, caspases and glutamate. Activated microglia additionally increased proliferation and migration. Among other consequences, these changes in microglia severely affected retinal neurons, causing increased apoptosis and subsequent thinning of the nerve fiber layer, resulting in visual loss. New potential therapeutics need to interfere with these diabetic complications even before changes in the retina are diagnosed, to prevent neuronal apoptosis and blindness in patients.
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Brisch R, Steiner J, Mawrin C, Krzyżanowska M, Jankowski Z, Gos T. Microglia in the dorsal raphe nucleus plays a potential role in both suicide facilitation and prevention in affective disorders. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2017; 267:403-415. [PMID: 28229240 PMCID: PMC5509773 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-017-0774-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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An involvement of the central serotonergic system has constantly been reported in the pathogenesis of suicide. The dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) is the main source of serotonergic innervation of forebrain limbic structures disturbed in suicidal behaviour, in which an abnormal microglia reaction seems to play a role. In our present study, the density of microglia immunostained for the HLA-DR antigen was evaluated in the DRN. These analyses were carried out on paraffin-embedded brains from 24 suicidal and 21 non-suicidal patients; among them, 27 depressed (15 major depressive disorder and 12 bipolar disorder) and 18 schizophrenia (9 residual and 9 paranoid) patients and 22 matched controls without mental disorders. Only the non-suicidal depressed subgroup revealed significantly lower microglial reaction, i.e., a decreased density of HLA-DR positive microglia versus both depressed suicide victims and controls. The effect was not related to antidepressant or antipsychotic medication, as the former correlated positively with microglial density in non-suicidal depressed patients, and the latter had no effect. Moreover, the comparison of these results with previously published data from our workgroup in the same cohort (Krzyżanowska et al. in Psychiatry Res 241:43-46, 4) suggested a positive impact of microglia on ribosomal DNA transcription in DRN neurons in the non-suicidal depressed subgroup, but not in depressed suicidal cases. Therefore, the interaction between microglia and neurons in the DRN may be potentially involved in opposite ways regarding suicide facilitation and prevention in the tested subgroups of depressed patients.
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- Ralf Brisch
- 0000 0001 0531 3426grid.11451.30Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, ul. Dębowa 23, 80-204 Gdańsk, Poland
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- 0000 0001 1018 4307grid.5807.aDepartment of Psychiatry, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- 0000 0001 1018 4307grid.5807.aInstitute of Neuropathology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- 0000 0001 0531 3426grid.11451.30Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, ul. Dębowa 23, 80-204 Gdańsk, Poland
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- 0000 0001 0531 3426grid.11451.30Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, ul. Dębowa 23, 80-204 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, ul. Dębowa 23, 80-204, Gdańsk, Poland. .,Department of Psychiatry, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany. .,Department of Zoology/Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Down-regulation of IKKβ expression in glioma-infiltrating microglia/macrophages is associated with defective inflammatory/immune gene responses in glioblastoma. Oncotarget 2016; 6:33077-90. [PMID: 26427514 PMCID: PMC4741750 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.5310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive malignancy associated with profound host immunosuppression. Microglia and macrophages infiltrating GBM acquire the pro-tumorigenic, M2 phenotype and support tumor invasion, proliferation, survival, angiogenesis and block immune responses both locally and systematically. Mechanisms responsible for immunological deficits in GBM patients are poorly understood. We analyzed immune/inflammatory gene expression in five datasets of low and high grade gliomas, and performed Gene Ontology and signaling pathway analyses to identify defective transcriptional responses. The expression of many immune/inflammatory response and TLR signaling pathway genes was reduced in high grade gliomas compared to low grade gliomas. In particular, we found the reduced expression of the IKBKB, a gene coding for IKKβ, which phosphorylates IκB proteins and represents a convergence point for most signal transduction pathways leading to NFκB activation. The reduced IKBKB expression and IKKβ levels in GBM tissues were demonstrated by qPCR, Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. The IKKβ expression was down-regulated in microglia/macrophages infiltrating glioblastoma. NFκB activation, prominent in microglia/macrophages infiltrating low grade gliomas, was reduced in microglia/macrophages in glioblastoma tissues. Down-regulation of IKBKB expression and NFκB signaling in microglia/macrophages infiltrating glioblastoma correlates with defective expression of immune/inflammatory genes and M2 polarization that may result in the global impairment of anti-tumor immune responses in glioblastoma.
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Prins M, Schul E, Geurts J, van der Valk P, Drukarch B, van Dam AM. Pathological differences between white and grey matter multiple sclerosis lesions. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2015. [PMID: 26200258 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating disease characterized by demyelination of the central nervous system (CNS), resulting in widespread formation of white matter lesions (WMLs) and grey matter lesions (GMLs). WMLs are pathologically characterized by the presence of immune cells that infiltrate the CNS, whereas these immune cells are barely present in GMLs. This striking pathological difference between WMLs and GMLs raises questions about the underlying mechanism. It is known that infiltrating leukocytes contribute to the generation of WMLs; however, since GMLs show a paucity of infiltrating immune cells, their importance in GML formation remains to be determined. Here, we review pathological characteristics of WMLs and GMLs, and suggest some possible explanations for the observed pathological differences. In our view, cellular and molecular characteristics of WM and GM, and local differences within WMLs and GMLs (in particular, in glial cell populations and the molecules they express), determine the pathway to demyelination. Further understanding of GML pathogenesis, considered to contribute to chronic MS, may have a direct impact on the development of novel therapeutic targets to counteract this progressive neurological disorder.
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- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Sloma EA, Creneti CT, Erb HN, Miller AD. Characterization of Inflammatory Changes Associated with Canine Oligodendroglioma. J Comp Pathol 2015; 153:92-100. [PMID: 26145723 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2015.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Revised: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Oligodendroglioma is a common glial tumour in the dog. In human neuropathology, the immune cell microenvironment of gliomas has been investigated; however, the nature of the inflammatory cells within canine gliomas is currently unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the nature of the immune cells and determine an association between the inflammatory cells and tumour grade. Thirty-four (18 of grade II and 16 of grade III) formalin-fixed and paraffin wax-embedded samples of canine oligodendroglioma were evaluated by light microscopy and immunohistochemistry for expression of CD3, PAX5, Iba-1, HLA-DR, Mac387 and CD31. Variations in immune cell recruitment and activation were evident in all cases. Infiltrating CD3(+) T lymphocytes were common in most cases. PAX5(+) B lymphocytes were less common and restricted to perivascular cuffs within or around the tumour. Iba-1(+) cells were common within the tumour and formed a dense infiltrate around the tumour in a subset of cases. HLA-DR(+) cells were common within the tumour and in a subset of cases formed perivascular cuffs. Iba-1(+) cells typically had prominent ramified processes suggestive of activated microglia, while the HLA-DR(+) cells had a more rounded morphology typical of amoeboid microglia. Rare Mac387(+) macrophages were found in the tumour parenchyma, while increased numbers of Mac387(+) monocytes were noted within the vasculature. No association or significance was established between the immune cell infiltrate and the grade of the tumour (all P ≥0.16). This study establishes that there is a robust population of immune cells within canine oligodendrogliomas and indicates that further study is needed to determine the role of these cells in tumour pathogenesis and progression.
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- E A Sloma
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Anatomic Pathology, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Anatomic Pathology, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences (HNE), Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Anatomic Pathology, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Down syndrome individuals with Alzheimer's disease have a distinct neuroinflammatory phenotype compared to sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging 2015; 36:2468-74. [PMID: 26103884 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Revised: 05/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability and is primarily caused by the triplication of chromosome 21. The overexpression of amyloid precursor protein gene may be sufficient to drive Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology that is observed in virtually all individuals with DS by the age of 40 years. There is relatively little information about inflammation in the DS brain and how the genetics of DS may alter inflammatory responses and modify the course of AD pathogenesis in this disorder. Using the macrophage classification system of M1, M2a, M2b, and M2c inflammatory phenotypes, we have shown that the early stages of AD are associated with a bias toward an M1 or M2a phenotype. In later stages of AD, markers of M1, M2a and M2c are elevated. We now report the inflammatory phenotype in a DS autopsy series to compare this with the progression in sporadic AD. Tissue from young DS cases (under 40 years of age, pre-AD) show a bias toward M1 and M2b states with little M2a or M2c observed. Older DS cases (over 40 with AD pathology) show a distinct bias toward an M2b phenotype. Importantly, this is distinct from sporadic AD where the M2b phenotype has been rarely, if ever observed in postmortem studies. Stimulated by immune complex activation of microglial cells and toll-like receptor activation, the M2b phenotype represents a unique neuroinflammatory state in diseased brain and may have significant implications for therapeutic intervention for persons with DS.
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Streit WJ, Xue QS, Tischer J, Bechmann I. Microglial pathology. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2014; 2:142. [PMID: 25257319 PMCID: PMC4180960 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-014-0142-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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This paper summarizes pathological changes that affect microglial cells in the human brain during aging and in aging-related neurodegenerative diseases, primarily Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It also provides examples of microglial changes that have been observed in laboratory animals during aging and in some experimentally induced lesions and disease models. Dissimilarities and similarities between humans and rodents are discussed in an attempt to generate a current understanding of microglial pathology and its significance during aging and in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer dementia (AD). The identification of dystrophic (senescent) microglia has created an ostensible conflict with prior work claiming a role for activated microglia and neuroinflammation during normal aging and in AD, and this has raised a basic question: does the brain’s immune system become hyperactive (inflamed) or does it become weakened (senescent) in elderly and demented people, and what is the impact on neuronal function and cognition? Here we strive to reconcile these seemingly contradictory notions by arguing that both low-grade neuroinflammation and microglial senescence are the result of aging-associated free radical injury. Both processes are damaging for microglia as they synergistically exhaust this essential cell population to the point where the brain’s immune system is effete and unable to support neuronal function.
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The role of microglia in diabetic retinopathy. J Ophthalmol 2014; 2014:705783. [PMID: 25258680 PMCID: PMC4166427 DOI: 10.1155/2014/705783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Revised: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/31/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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There is growing evidence that chronic inflammation plays a role in both the development and progression of diabetic retinopathy. There is also evidence that molecules produced as a result of hyperglycemia can activate microglia. However the exact contribution of microglia, the resident immune cells of the central nervous system, to retinal tissue damage during diabetes remains unclear. Current data suggest that dysregulated microglial responses are linked to their deleterious effects in several neurological diseases associated with chronic inflammation. As inflammatory cytokines and hyperglycemia disseminate through the diabetic retina, microglia can change to an activated state, increase in number, translocate through the retina, and themselves become the producers of inflammatory and apoptotic molecules or alternatively exert anti-inflammatory effects. In addition, microglial genetic variations may account for some of the individual differences commonly seen in patient's susceptibility to diabetic retinopathy.
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Prins M, Dutta R, Baselmans B, Brevé JJP, Bol JGJM, Deckard SA, van der Valk P, Amor S, Trapp BD, de Vries HE, Drukarch B, van Dam AM. Discrepancy in CCL2 and CCR2 expression in white versus grey matter hippocampal lesions of Multiple Sclerosis patients. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2014; 2:98. [PMID: 25149422 PMCID: PMC4158064 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-014-0098-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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A remarkable pathological difference between grey matter lesions (GML) and white matter lesions (WML) in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients is the paucity of infiltrating leukocytes in GML. To better understand these pathological differences, we hypothesize that the chemokine monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1 or CCL2), of importance for leukocyte migration, and its receptor CCR2 are more abundantly expressed in WML than in GML of MS patients. To this end, we analyzed CCL2 and CCR2 expression in the hippocampus, comprising WML and GML,of post-mortem MS patients, and of control subjects. CCL2 and CCR2 mRNA were significantly increased in demyelinated MS hippocampus. Semi-quantification of CCL2 and CCR2 immunoreactivity showed that CCL2 is present in astrocytes only in active WML. CCR2 is upregulated in monocytes/macrophages or amoeboid microglia in active WML, and in ramified microglia in active GML, although to a lesser extent. As a follow-up, we observed a significantly increased CCL2 production by WM-, but not GM-derived astrocytes upon stimulation with bz-ATP in vitro. Finally, upon CCL2 stimulation, GM-derived microglia significantly increased their proliferation rate. We conclude that within hippocampal lesions, CCL2 expression is mainly restricted to WML, whereas the receptor CCR2 is upregulated in both WML and GML. The relative absence of CCL2 in GML may explain the lack of infiltrating immune cells in this type of lesions. We propose that the divergent expression of CCL2 and CCR2 in WML and GML explains or contributes to the differences in WML and GML formation in MS.
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- Marloes Prins
- />Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, VU University Medical Center, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 Amsterdam, BT The Netherlands
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- />Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Cleveland, OH USA
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- />Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, VU University Medical Center, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 Amsterdam, BT The Netherlands
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- />Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, VU University Medical Center, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 Amsterdam, BT The Netherlands
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- />Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, VU University Medical Center, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 Amsterdam, BT The Netherlands
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- />Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Cleveland, OH USA
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- />Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- />Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- />Neuroimmunology Unit, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and The London, School of Medicine and Dentistry, VU University Medical Center, London, UK
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- />Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Cleveland, OH USA
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- />Department of Molecular Cell Biology & Immunology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- />Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, VU University Medical Center, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 Amsterdam, BT The Netherlands
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- />Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, VU University Medical Center, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 Amsterdam, BT The Netherlands
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Rodgers KM, Deming YK, Bercum FM, Chumachenko SY, Wieseler JL, Johnson KW, Watkins LR, Barth DS. Reversal of established traumatic brain injury-induced, anxiety-like behavior in rats after delayed, post-injury neuroimmune suppression. J Neurotrauma 2014; 31:487-97. [PMID: 24041015 PMCID: PMC3934516 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.3090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Abstract Traumatic brain injury (TBI) increases the risk of neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly anxiety disorders. Yet, there are presently no therapeutic interventions to prevent the development of post-traumatic anxiety or effective treatments once it has developed. This is because, in large part, of a lack of understanding of the underlying pathophysiology. Recent research suggests that chronic neuroinflammatory responses to injury may play a role in the development of post-traumatic anxiety in rodent models. Acute peri-injury administration of immunosuppressive compounds, such as Ibudilast (MN166), have been shown to prevent reactive gliosis associated with immune responses to injury and also prevent lateral fluid percussion injury (LFPI)-induced anxiety-like behavior in rats. There is evidence in both human and rodent studies that post-traumatic anxiety, once developed, is a chronic, persistent, and drug-refractory condition. In the present study, we sought to determine whether neuroinflammation is associated with the long-term maintenance of post-traumatic anxiety. We examined the efficacy of an anti-inflammatory treatment in decreasing anxiety-like behavior and reactive gliosis when introduced at 1 month after injury. Delayed treatment substantially reduced established LFPI-induced freezing behavior and reactive gliosis in brain regions associated with anxiety and continued neuroprotective effects were evidenced 6 months post-treatment. These results support the conclusion that neuroinflammation may be involved in the development and maintenance of anxiety-like behaviors after TBI.
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- Krista M. Rodgers
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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Reardon DA, Wucherpfennig KW, Freeman G, Wu CJ, Chiocca EA, Wen PY, Curry WT, Mitchell DA, Fecci PE, Sampson JH, Dranoff G. An update on vaccine therapy and other immunotherapeutic approaches for glioblastoma. Expert Rev Vaccines 2013; 12:597-615. [PMID: 23750791 DOI: 10.1586/erv.13.41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Outcome for glioblastoma (GBM), the most common primary CNS malignancy, remains poor. The overall survival benefit recently achieved with immunotherapeutics for melanoma and prostate cancer support evaluation of immunotherapies for other challenging cancers, including GBM. Much historical dogma depicting the CNS as immunoprivileged has been replaced by data demonstrating CNS immunocompetence and active interaction with the peripheral immune system. Several glioma antigens have been identified for potential immunotherapeutic exploitation. Active immunotherapy studies for GBM, supported by preclinical data, have focused on tumor lysate and synthetic antigen vaccination strategies. Results to date confirm consistent safety, including a lack of autoimmune reactivity; however, modest efficacy and variable immunogenicity have been observed. These findings underscore the need to optimize vaccination variables and to address challenges posed by systemic and local immunosuppression inherent to GBM tumors. Additional immunotherapy strategies are also in development for GBM. Future studies may consider combinatorial immunotherapy strategies with complimentary actions.
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- David A Reardon
- Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA.
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Selenica MLB, Alvarez JA, Nash KR, Lee DC, Cao C, Lin X, Reid P, Mouton PR, Morgan D, Gordon MN. Diverse activation of microglia by chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 overexpression in brain. J Neuroinflammation 2013; 10:86. [PMID: 23866683 PMCID: PMC3726363 DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-10-86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 (CCL2) is a monocyte chemoattractant protein that mediates macrophage recruitment and migration during peripheral and central nervous system (CNS) inflammation. Methods To determine the impact of CCL2 in inflammation in vivo and to elucidate the CCL2-induced polarization of activated brain microglia, we delivered CCL2 into the brains of wild-type mice via recombinant adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (rAAV-9) driven by the chicken β-actin promoter. We measured microglial activation using histological and chemical measurement and recruitment of monocytes using histology and flow cytometry. Results The overexpression of CCL2 in the CNS induced significant activation of brain resident microglia. CD45 and major histocompatibility complex class II immunoreactivity significantly increased at the sites of CCL2 administration. Histological characterization of the microglial phenotype revealed the elevation of “classically activated” microglial markers, such as calgranulin B and IL-1β, as well as markers associated with “alternative activation” of microglia, including YM1 and arginase 1. The protein expression profile in the hippocampus demonstrated markedly increased levels of IL-6, GM-CSF and eotaxin (CCL-11) in response to CCL2, but no changes in the levels of other cytokines, including TNF-α and IFN-γ. Moreover, real-time PCR analysis confirmed increases in mRNA levels of gene transcripts associated with neuroinflammation following CCL2 overexpression. Finally, we investigated the chemotactic properties of CCL2 in vivo by performing adoptive transfer of bone marrow–derived cells (BMDCs) isolated from donor mice that ubiquitously expressed green fluorescent protein. Flow cytometry and histological analyses indicated that BMDCs extravasated into brain parenchyma and colabeled with microglial markers. Conclusion Taken together, our results suggest that CCL2 strongly activates resident microglia in the brain. Both pro- and anti-inflammatory activation of microglia were prominent, with no bias toward the M1 or M2 phenotype in the activated cells. As expected, CCL2 overexpression actively recruited circulating monocytes into the CNS. Thus, CCL2 expression in mouse brain induces microglial activation and represents an efficient method for recruitment of peripheral macrophages.
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- Maj-Linda B Selenica
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Byrd Alzheimer Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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Inflammatory effects of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus infection in the CNS of mice. J Neurosci 2012; 32:1545-59. [PMID: 22302798 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5123-11.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The A/VN/1203/04 strain of the H5N1 influenza virus is capable of infecting the CNS of mice and inducing a number of neurodegenerative pathologies. Here, we examined the effects of H5N1 on several pathological aspects affected in parkinsonism, including loss of the phenotype of dopaminergic neurons located in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc), expression of monoamines and indolamines in brain, alterations in SNpc microglia number and morphology, and expression of cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors. We find that H5N1 induces a transient loss of the dopaminergic phenotype in SNpc and now report that this loss recovers by 90 d after infection. A similar pattern of loss and recovery was seen in monoamine levels of the basal ganglia. The inflammatory response in lung and different regions of the brain known to be targets of the H5N1 virus (brainstem, substantia nigra, striatum, and cortex) were examined at 3, 10, 21, 60, and 90 d after infection. In each of these brain regions, we found a significant increase in the number of activated microglia that lasted at least 90 d. We also quantified expression of IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-6, IL-9, IL-10, IL-12(p70), IL-13, TNF-α, IFN-γ, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, macrophage colony-stimulating factor, eotaxin, interferon-inducible protein 10, cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant, monocyte chemotactic protein-1, macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP) 1α, MIP-1β, and VEGF, and found that the pattern and levels of expression are dependent on both brain region and time after infection. We conclude that H5N1 infection in mice induces a long-lasting inflammatory response in brain and may play a contributing factor in the development of pathologies in neurodegenerative disorders.
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Alexopoulos GS, Morimoto SS. The inflammation hypothesis in geriatric depression. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2011; 26:1109-18. [PMID: 21370276 PMCID: PMC3160498 DOI: 10.1002/gps.2672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2010] [Accepted: 11/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND A large body of research has focused on "mediating mechanisms" and predisposing brain abnormalities to geriatric depression, but little is known about its etiology. This paper examines whether age-related and comorbid disease-related immune deregulation is an etiologic contributor to geriatric depression. METHODS This article reviews findings on neuroinflammation during the aging process and depression as well as studies of anti-inflammatory actions of classical antidepressants and antidepressant actions of anti-inflammatory agents. RESULTS Aging results in increased peripheral immune responses, impaired peripheral-CNS immune communication, and a shift of the CNS into a pro-inflammatory state. These exaggerated and prolonged immune responses may lead to changes in the function of emotional and cognitive networks pertinent to geriatric depression and to behavioral changes reminiscent of the depressive and cognitive symptoms of geriatric depression. Some antidepressants may reduce the expression of inflammation markers. Limited data suggest that some anti-inflammatory agents may have antidepressant properties. CONCLUSIONS A synthesis of available findings suggests that aging-related and comorbid disease-related inflammatory processes may promote changes in the neural systems predisposing to geriatric depression or facilitating metabolic changes that mediate depressive syndromes. The "inflammation hypothesis" in geriatric depression cannot be tested in its entirety, but it can lead to testable hypotheses and data on mechanisms by which inflammatory processes promote geriatric depression. The significance of such an effort is that it may lead to a novel treatment development model bringing to bear recent advances of anti-inflammatory pharmacology to the treatment of depressed elderly patients.
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Sosa RA, Forsthuber TG. The critical role of antigen-presentation-induced cytokine crosstalk in the central nervous system in multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2011; 31:753-68. [PMID: 21919736 PMCID: PMC3189551 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2011.0052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2011] [Accepted: 06/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that has been extensively studied using the animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). It is believed that CD4(+) T lymphocytes play an important role in the pathogenesis of this disease by mediating the demyelination of neuronal axons via secretion of proinflammatory cytokines resulting in the clinical manifestations. Although a great deal of information has been gained in the last several decades about the cells involved in the inflammatory and disease mediating process, important questions have remained unanswered. It has long been held that initial neuroantigen presentation and T cell activation events occur in the immune periphery and then translocate to the CNS. However, an increasing body of evidence suggests that antigen (Ag) presentation might initiate within the CNS itself. Importantly, it has remained unresolved which antigen presenting cells (APCs) in the CNS are the first to acquire and present neuroantigens during EAE/MS to T cells, and what the conditions are under which this takes place, ie, whether this occurs in the healthy CNS or only during inflammatory conditions and what the related cytokine microenvironment is comprised of. In particular, the central role of interferon-γ as a primary mediator of CNS pathology during EAE has been challenged by the emergence of Th17 cells producing interleukin-17. This review describes our current understanding of potential APCs in the CNS and the contribution of these and other CNS-resident cells to disease pathology. Additionally, we discuss the question of where Ag presentation is initiated and under what conditions neuroantigens are made available to APCs with special emphasis on which cytokines may be important in this process.
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- Rebecca A Sosa
- Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas 78249, USA
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Zotova E, Holmes C, Johnston D, Neal JW, Nicoll JAR, Boche D. Microglial alterations in human Alzheimer's disease following Aβ42 immunization. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2011; 37:513-24. [PMID: 21166690 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2010.01156.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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AIMS In Alzheimer's disease (AD), microglial activation prompted by the presence of amyloid has been proposed as an important contributor to the neurodegenerative process. Conversely following Aβ immunization, phagocytic microglia have been implicated in plaque removal, potentially a beneficial effect. We have investigated the effects of Aβ42 immunization on microglial activation and the relationship with Aβ42 load in human AD. METHODS Immunostaining against Aβ42 and microglia (CD68 and HLA-DR) was performed in nine immunized AD cases (iAD - AN1792, Elan Pharmaceuticals) and eight unimmunized AD (cAD) cases. RESULTS Although the Aβ42 load (% area stained of total area examined) was lower in the iAD than the cAD cases (P=0.036), the CD68 load was higher (P=0.046). In addition, in the iAD group, the CD68 level correlated with the Aβ42 load, consistent with the immunization upregulating microglial phagocytosis when plaques are present. However, in two long-surviving iAD patients in whom plaques had been extensively cleared, the CD68 load was less than in controls. HLA-DR quantification did not show significant difference implying that the microglial activation may have related specifically to their phagocytic function. CD68 and HLA-DR loads in the pons were similar in both groups, suggesting that the differences in microglial activation in the cortex were due to the presence of AD pathology. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that Aβ42 immunization modifies the function of microglia by increasing their phagocytic activity and when plaques have been cleared, the level of phagocytosis is decreased below that seen in unimmunized AD.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alzheimer Disease/immunology
- Alzheimer Disease/pathology
- Alzheimer Disease/therapy
- Alzheimer Vaccines/immunology
- Amyloid beta-Peptides/immunology
- Amyloid beta-Peptides/therapeutic use
- Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor/metabolism
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/metabolism
- Brain/immunology
- Brain/metabolism
- Brain/pathology
- Clinical Trials, Phase I as Topic
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Microglia/immunology
- Microglia/metabolism
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Middle Aged
- Plaque, Amyloid/pathology
- Plaque, Amyloid/therapy
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- E Zotova
- Division of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK.
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Inflammatory processes are likely to play a causal role in geriatric depression. Geriatric depression occurs in the context of illnesses in which inflammatory processes are part of the pathogenesis. Both aging and depression are associated with immune responses, and the connectivity among mood-regulating structures may be modulated by inflammatory responses. Geriatric depression exacerbates the symptoms of comorbid disorders. Geriatric depression often occurs in persons exposed to chronic stress, a state precipitating geriatric depression and triggering proinflammatory responses. The successful treatment of comorbid conditions that increase central nervous system inflammatory responses has general health benefits and should be part of clinical practice.
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Heimberger AB, Sampson JH. Immunotherapy coming of age: what will it take to make it standard of care for glioblastoma? Neuro Oncol 2011; 13:3-13. [PMID: 21149252 PMCID: PMC3018912 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noq169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2010] [Accepted: 09/16/2010] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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With the recent approval by the FDA of an immunotherapy for prostate cancer and another positive immunotherapy trial in melanoma, immunotherapy may finally be coming of age. So what will it take for it to become part of the standard treatment for glioblastoma? To put this question into perspective, we summarize critical background information in neuro-immunology, address immunotherapy clinical trial design, and discuss a number of extrinsic factors that will impact the development of immunotherapy in neuro-oncology.
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- Amy B Heimberger
- Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 442, FC7.3021, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA.
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Dystrophic (senescent) rather than activated microglial cells are associated with tau pathology and likely precede neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathol 2009; 118:475-85. [PMID: 19513731 PMCID: PMC2737117 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-009-0556-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 513] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2009] [Revised: 06/02/2009] [Accepted: 06/02/2009] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The role of microglial cells in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) neurodegeneration is unknown. Although several works suggest that chronic neuroinflammation caused by activated microglia contributes to neurofibrillary degeneration, anti-inflammatory drugs do not prevent or reverse neuronal tau pathology. This raises the question if indeed microglial activation occurs in the human brain at sites of neurofibrillary degeneration. In view of the recent work demonstrating presence of dystrophic (senescent) microglia in aged human brain, the purpose of this study was to investigate microglial cells in situ and at high resolution in the immediate vicinity of tau-positive structures in order to determine conclusively whether degenerating neuronal structures are associated with activated or with dystrophic microglia. We used a newly optimized immunohistochemical method for visualizing microglial cells in human archival brain together with Braak staging of neurofibrillary pathology to ascertain the morphology of microglia in the vicinity of tau-positive structures. We now report histopathological findings from 19 humans covering the spectrum from none to severe AD pathology, including patients with Down’s syndrome, showing that degenerating neuronal structures positive for tau (neuropil threads, neurofibrillary tangles, neuritic plaques) are invariably colocalized with severely dystrophic (fragmented) rather than with activated microglial cells. Using Braak staging of Alzheimer neuropathology we demonstrate that microglial dystrophy precedes the spread of tau pathology. Deposits of amyloid-beta protein (Aβ) devoid of tau-positive structures were found to be colocalized with non-activated, ramified microglia, suggesting that Aβ does not trigger microglial activation. Our findings also indicate that when microglial activation does occur in the absence of an identifiable acute central nervous system insult, it is likely to be the result of systemic infectious disease. The findings reported here strongly argue against the hypothesis that neuroinflammatory changes contribute to AD dementia. Instead, they offer an alternative hypothesis of AD pathogenesis that takes into consideration: (1) the notion that microglia are neuron-supporting cells and neuroprotective; (2) the fact that development of non-familial, sporadic AD is inextricably linked to aging. They support the idea that progressive, aging-related microglial degeneration and loss of microglial neuroprotection rather than induction of microglial activation contributes to the onset of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease. The results have far-reaching implications in terms of reevaluating current treatment approaches towards AD.
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Despite aggressive multi-modality therapy including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, the prognosis for patients with malignant primary brain tumors remains very poor. Moreover, the non-specific nature of conventional therapy for brain tumors often results in incapacitating damage to surrounding normal brain and systemic tissues. Thus, there is an urgent need for the development of therapeutic strategies that precisely target tumor cells while minimizing collateral damage to neighboring eloquent cerebral cortex. The rationale for using the immune system to target brain tumors is based on the premise that the inherent specificity of immunologic reactivity could meet the clear need for more specific and precise therapy. The success of this modality is dependent on our ability to understand the mechanisms of immune regulation within the central nervous system (CNS), as well as counter the broad defects in host cell-mediated immunity that malignant gliomas are known to elicit. Recent advances in our understanding of tumor-induced and host-mediated immunosuppressive mechanisms, the development of effective strategies to combat these suppressive effects, and a better understanding of how to deliver immunologic effector molecules more efficiently to CNS tumors have all facilitated significant progress toward the realization of true clinical benefit from immunotherapeutic treatment of malignant gliomas.
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- Duane A Mitchell
- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Duke, NC 27710, USA.
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Getts DR, Terry RL, Getts MT, Müller M, Rana S, Shrestha B, Radford J, Van Rooijen N, Campbell IL, King NJC. Ly6c+ "inflammatory monocytes" are microglial precursors recruited in a pathogenic manner in West Nile virus encephalitis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 205:2319-37. [PMID: 18779347 PMCID: PMC2556789 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20080421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In a lethal West Nile virus (WNV) model, central nervous system infection triggered a threefold increase in CD45int/CD11b+/CD11c− microglia at days 6–7 postinfection (p.i.). Few microglia were proliferating, suggesting that the increased numbers were derived from a migratory precursor cell. Depletion of “circulating” (Gr1−(Ly6Clo)CX3CR1+) and “inflammatory” (Gr1hi/Ly6Chi/CCR2+) classical monocytes during infection abrogated the increase in microglia. C57BL/6 chimeras reconstituted with cFMS–enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) bone marrow (BM) showed large numbers of peripherally derived (GFP+) microglia expressing GR1+(Ly6C+) at day 7 p.i., suggesting that the inflammatory monocyte is a microglial precursor. This was confirmed by adoptive transfer of labeled BM (Ly6Chi/CD115+) or circulating inflammatory monocytes that trafficked to the WNV-infected brain and expressed a microglial phenotype. CCL2 is a chemokine that is highly expressed during WNV infection and important in inflammatory monocyte trafficking. Neutralization of CCL2 not only reduced the number of GFP+ microglia in the brain during WNV infection but prolonged the life of infected animals. Therefore, CCL2-dependent inflammatory monocyte migration is critical for increases in microglia during WNV infection and may also play a pathogenic role during WNV encephalitis.
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- Daniel R Getts
- The Discipline of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
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Stoll M, Capper D, Dietz K, Warth A, Schleich A, Schlaszus H, Meyermann R, Mittelbronn M. Differential microglial regulation in the human spinal cord under normal and pathological conditions. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2006; 32:650-61. [PMID: 17083479 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2006.00774.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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As the primary intrinsic immune effector cells of the central nervous system, microglia are involved in virtually all pathological processes of the brain and spinal cord including inflammatory, neurodegenerative, traumatic, neoplastic and vascular diseases. Despite this important role, there is a lack of data concerning microglial distribution and protein expression in the human spinal cord. In this study, we immunohistochemically investigated 10 normal human spinal cords to establish reference data and compared these results with 15 pathological human spinal cords deriving from distinct pathologies. Each spinal cord was evaluated at eight different levels for three white and two grey matter areas for both constitutive (MHC-II, CD68, IL-16, AIF-1, LCA, CD4) and reactive (MRP-8, MRP-14) microglial antigens. Whereas previous studies revealed significant regional differences in microglial distribution and protein expression in human brain, normal spinal cord displayed a uniform expression pattern, reaching levels of up to 17% MHC-II positive cells of the total cell population. This datum formed the basis for the further evaluation of microglia expression levels in pathological spinal cords, where levels of up to 45% positive cells were observed. Our results represent important reference values for future neuropathological diagnostic and therapeutical approaches in spinal cord pathologies.
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- M Stoll
- Institute of Brain Research, University of Tuebingen, Medical School, Tuebingen, Germany
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Kort JJ, Kawamura K, Fugger L, Weissert R, Forsthuber TG. Efficient presentation of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein peptides but not protein by astrocytes from HLA-DR2 and HLA-DR4 transgenic mice. J Neuroimmunol 2006; 173:23-34. [PMID: 16386804 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2005.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2005] [Accepted: 11/16/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The role of astrocytes in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) is not well understood. Astrocytes may modulate the activity of pathogenic T cells by presenting myelin antigens in combination with pro- or anti-inflammatory signals. Astrocytes have been shown to present myelin basic protein (MBP) and proteolipid protein (PLP) to T cells, but it has remained unresolved whether astrocytes present myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), which has been implicated as an important autoantigen in MS. Here, we asked whether astrocytes presented MOG to T cells. To closer model presentation of human MOG by astrocytes in MS patients, we generated astrocytes from transgenic mice expressing the MS-associated MHC class II alleles HLA-DR2 (DRB1*1501) and HLA-DR4 (DRB1*0401). The results show that IFN-gamma-activated HLA-DR2 and HLA-DR4 expressing astrocytes efficiently presented immunodominant and subdominant MOG peptides to T cells. The hierarchy of the presented MOG epitopes was comparable to that of professional APCs, including dendritic cells and microglia. Importantly, astrocytes were poor at processing and presenting native MOG protein. Furthermore, astrocytes induced a mixed Th1/Th2 cytokine response in MOG-specific T cells, whereas dendritic cells induced a predominantly Th1 cell response. Collectively, the results suggest that astrocytes may modulate anti-MOG T cell responses in the CNS.
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- Jens J Kort
- Institute of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
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Microglia participate in all phases of the multiple sclerosis (MS) disease process. As members of the innate immune system, these cells have evolved to respond to stranger/danger signals; such a response within the central nervous system (CNS) environment has the potential to induce an acute inflammatory response. Engagement of Toll-like receptors (TLRs), a major family of pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs), provides an important mechanism whereby microglia can interact with both exogenous and endogenous ligands within the CNS. Such interactions modulate the capacity of microglia to present antigens to cells of the adaptive immune system and thus contribute to the initiation and propagation of the more sophisticated antigen-directed responses. This inflammatory response introduces the potential for bidirectional feedback between CNS resident and infiltrating systemic cells. Such interactions acquire particular relevance in the era of therapeutics for MS because the infiltrating cells can be subjected to systemic immunomodulatory therapies known to change their functional properties. Phagocytosis by microglia/macrophages is a hallmark of the MS lesion; however, the extent of tissue damage and the type of cell death will dictate subsequent innate responses. Microglia/macrophages are armed with a battery of effector molecules, such as reactive nitrogen species, that may contribute to CNS tissue injury, specifically to the injury of oligodendrocytes that is associated with MS. A therapeutic challenge is to modulate the dynamic properties of microglia/macrophages so as to limit potentially damaging innate responses, to protect the CNS from injury, and to promote local recovery.
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- Carolyn Jack
- Neuroimmunology Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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van Beek J, van Meurs M, 't Hart BA, Brok HPM, Neal JW, Chatagner A, Harris CL, Omidvar N, Morgan BP, Laman JD, Gasque P. Decay-Accelerating Factor (CD55) Is Expressed by Neurons in Response to Chronic but Not Acute Autoimmune Central Nervous System Inflammation Associated with Complement Activation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 174:2353-65. [PMID: 15699172 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.4.2353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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There is compelling evidence that a unique innate immune response in the CNS plays a critical role in host defense and clearance of toxic cell debris. Although complement has been implicated in neuronal impairment, axonal loss, and demyelination, some preliminary evidence suggests that the initial insult consequently activates surrounding cells to signal neuroprotective activities. Using two different models of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, we herein demonstrate selective C1q complement activation on neuron cell bodies and axons. Interestingly, in brains with chronic but not acute experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, C3b opsonization of neuronal cell bodies and axons was consistently associated with robust neuronal expression of one of the most effective complement regulators, decay-accelerating factor (CD55). In contrast, levels of other complement inhibitors, complement receptor 1 (CD35), membrane cofactor protein (CD46), and CD59 were largely unaffected on neurons and reactive glial cells in both conditions. In vitro, we found that proinflammatory stimuli (cytokines and sublytic doses of complement) failed to up-regulate CD55 expression on cultured IMR32 neuronal cells. Interestingly, overexpression of GPI-anchored CD55 on IMR32 was capable of modulating raft-associated protein kinase activities without affecting MAPK activities and neuronal apoptosis. Critically, ectopic expression of decay-accelerating factor conferred strong protection of neurons against complement attack (opsonization and lysis). We conclude that increased CD55 expression by neurons may represent a key protective signaling mechanism mobilized by brain cells to withstand complement activation and to survive within an inflammatory site.
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- Johan van Beek
- Brain Inflammation Immunity Group (BIIG), Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
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Rogers J, Lue LF, Walker DG, Yan SD, Stern D, Strohmeyer R, Kovelowski CJ. Elucidating molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease in microglial cultures. ERNST SCHERING RESEARCH FOUNDATION WORKSHOP 2002:25-44. [PMID: 12066415 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-05073-6_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- J Rogers
- Sun Health Research Institute, P.O. Box 1278, Sun City, AZ 85351, USA.
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Wu DC, Tieu K, Cohen O, Choi DK, Vila M, Jackson-Lewis V, Teismann P, Przedborski S. Glial cell response: A pathogenic factor in Parkinson's disease. J Neurovirol 2002; 8:551-8. [PMID: 12476349 DOI: 10.1080/13550280290100905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). The loss of these neurons is associated with a glial response composed mainly of activated microglial cells and, to a lesser extent, of reactive astrocytes. This glial response may be the source of trophic factors and can protect against reactive oxygen species and glutamate. Alternatively, this glial response can also mediate a variety of deleterious events related to the production of pro-oxidant reactive species, proinflammatory prostaglandin, and cytokines. In this review, the authors discuss the potential protective and deleterious effects of glial cells in the SNpc of PD and examine how these factors may contribute to the pathogenesis of this disease.
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- Du Chu Wu
- Neuroscience Research, Movement Disorder Division, Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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Roher AE, Weiss N, Kokjohn TA, Kuo YM, Kalback W, Anthony J, Watson D, Luehrs DC, Sue L, Walker D, Emmerling M, Goux W, Beach T. Increased A beta peptides and reduced cholesterol and myelin proteins characterize white matter degeneration in Alzheimer's disease. Biochemistry 2002; 41:11080-90. [PMID: 12220172 DOI: 10.1021/bi026173d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Relative to the gray matter, there is a paucity of information regarding white matter biochemical alterations and their contribution to Alzheimer's disease (AD). Biochemical analyses of AD white matter combining size-exclusion, normal phase, and gas chromatography, immunoassays, and Western blotting revealed increased quantities of Abeta40 and Abeta42 in AD white matter accompanied by significant decreases in the amounts of myelin basic protein, myelin proteolipid protein, and 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase. In addition, the AD white matter cholesterol levels were significantly decreased while total fatty acid content was increased. In some instances, these white matter biochemical alterations were correlated with patient apolipoprotein E genotype, Braak stage, and gender. Our observations suggest that extensive white matter axonal demyelination underlies Alzheimer's pathology, resulting in loss of capacitance and serious disturbances in nerve conduction, severely damaging brain function. These white matter alterations undoubtedly contribute to AD pathogenesis and may represent the combined effects of neuronal degeneration, microgliosis, oligodendrocyte injury, microcirculatory disease, and interstitial fluid stasis. To accurately assess the success of future therapeutic interventions, it is necessary to have a complete appreciation of the full scope and extent of AD pathology.
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- Alex E Roher
- The Longtine Center for Molecular Biology and Genetics and Harold Civin Laboratory of Neuropathology, Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, Arizona 85351, USA.
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Gobin SJ, Montagne L, Van Zutphen M, Van Der Valk P, Van Den Elsen PJ, De Groot CJ. Upregulation of transcription factors controlling MHC expression in multiple sclerosis lesions. Glia 2001; 36:68-77. [PMID: 11571785 DOI: 10.1002/glia.1096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and class II in the CNS has received considerable interest because of its importance in neurodegenerative or inflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS). However, at the moment nothing is known about the expression patterns of transcription factors controlling MHC expression in MS lesions. Here, we performed an extensive immunohistochemical analysis on MS affected postmortem brain tissue to determine the cellular localization and distribution of different MHC-controlling transcription factors. We show that phagocytic macrophages in active demyelinating MS lesions displayed a moderate to strong immunostaining of the MHC-specific transcription factors RFX and CIITA, as well as the general transcription factors NF-kappaB, IRF1, STAT1, USF, and CREB, which was congruent with a strongly enhanced expression of HLA-DR, HLA-DQ, HLA-DP, and HLA class I. In the normal-appearing white matter (NAWM), clusters of activated microglial cells forming preactive lesions displayed an overall stronger expression level of these transcription factors, combined with a strong to intense level of MHC class I and class II immunostaining. In general, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes either did not express, or weakly expressed, these transcription factors, correlating with a lack of MHC class II and weak MHC class I expression. Together, the elevated expression level of transcription factors governing expression of MHC class I and class II molecules in activated microglial cells and phagocytic macrophages strongly suggests a general state of microglial cell activation in MS lesions.
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- S J Gobin
- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Serot JM, Béné MC, Foliguet B, Faure GC. Monocyte-derived IL-10-secreting dendritic cells in choroid plexus epithelium. J Neuroimmunol 2000; 105:115-9. [PMID: 10742552 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(99)00240-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Choroid plexuses form an interface between peripheral blood and cerebrospinal fluid. Dendritic-like cells have been reported in a few studies of choroid plexuses in man. Here we used electron microscopy and immunophenotyping to precise the morphologic features and phenotype of these cells. Examination of 10 human choroid plexuses evidenced intra-epithelial dendritic cells with a clear cytoplasm, reniform nucleus and long expansions. These cells express MHC Class II, CD11b, CD14, CD32, CD68 and IL-10, but not CD40, CD80 or CD86, suggesting an immunosuppressive role for these dendritic cells. Their sentinel position could make them participate to the immunological silence of the brain.
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- J M Serot
- Laboratoire d'Immunologie (GRIP) Faculté de Médecine, UHP Nancy I, BP 184, 54500, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France.
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Sheffield LG, Marquis JG, Berman NE. Regional distribution of cortical microglia parallels that of neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease. Neurosci Lett 2000; 285:165-8. [PMID: 10806312 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(00)01037-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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It has been postulated that microglia contribute to the development of neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We compared the distribution of microglia with that of NFT in both AD and non-AD cases. In AD cases, we found that the extent of area covered by Ricinus communic agglutinin-1 labeled microglia generally paralleled NFT frequency and distribution. Microglia occupied the greatest area in tangle-rich periallocortex/allocortex, a lesser area in association cortex, and the smallest area in tangle-poor primary cortex. Interestingly, this pattern was also present in non-AD cases where there were few to no NFT. These findings suggest that regional variations in microglial distribution may constitute, at least in part, a template for the development of NFT.
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- L G Sheffield
- Department of Pathology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 25, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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