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Djurišić M. Immune receptors and aging brain. Biosci Rep 2024; 44:BSR20222267. [PMID: 38299364 PMCID: PMC10866841 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20222267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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Aging brings about a myriad of degenerative processes throughout the body. A decrease in cognitive abilities is one of the hallmark phenotypes of aging, underpinned by neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration occurring in the brain. This review focuses on the role of different immune receptors expressed in cells of the central and peripheral nervous systems. We will discuss how immune receptors in the brain act as sentinels and effectors of the age-dependent shift in ligand composition. Within this 'old-age-ligand soup,' some immune receptors contribute directly to excessive synaptic weakening from within the neuronal compartment, while others amplify the damaging inflammatory environment in the brain. Ultimately, chronic inflammation sets up a positive feedback loop that increases the impact of immune ligand-receptor interactions in the brain, leading to permanent synaptic and neuronal loss.
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- Maja Djurišić
- Departments of Biology, Neurobiology, and Bio-X, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A
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Sprissler R, Hammer M, Labiner D, Joshi N, Alan A, Weinand M. Leukocyte differential gene expression prognostic value for high versus low seizure frequency in temporal lobe epilepsy. BMC Neurol 2024; 24:16. [PMID: 38166692 PMCID: PMC10759702 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-023-03459-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND This study was performed to test the hypothesis that systemic leukocyte gene expression has prognostic value differentiating low from high seizure frequency refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHODS A consecutive series of patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy was studied. Based on a median baseline seizure frequency of 2.0 seizures per month, low versus high seizure frequency was defined as ≤ 2 seizures/month and > 2 seizures/month, respectively. Systemic leukocyte gene expression was analyzed for prognostic value for TLE seizure frequency. All differentially expressed genes were analyzed, with Ingenuity® Pathway Analysis (IPA®) and Reactome, to identify leukocyte gene expression and biological pathways with prognostic value for seizure frequency. RESULTS There were ten males and six females with a mean age of 39.4 years (range: 16 to 62 years, standard error of mean: 3.6 years). There were five patients in the high and eleven patients in the low seizure frequency cohorts, respectively. Based on a threshold of twofold change (p < 0.001, FC > 2.0, FDR < 0.05) and expression within at least two pathways from both Reactome and Ingenuity® Pathway Analysis (IPA®), 13 differentially expressed leukocyte genes were identified which were all over-expressed in the low when compared to the high seizure frequency groups, including NCF2, HMOX1, RHOB, FCGR2A, PRKCD, RAC2, TLR1, CHP1, TNFRSF1A, IFNGR1, LYN, MYD88, and CASP1. Similar analysis identified four differentially expressed genes which were all over-expressed in the high when compared to the low seizure frequency groups, including AK1, F2R, GNB5, and TYMS. CONCLUSIONS Low and high seizure frequency TLE are predicted by the respective upregulation and downregulation of specific leukocyte genes involved in canonical pathways of neuroinflammation, oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation, GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid) inhibition, and AMPA and NMDA receptor signaling. Furthermore, high seizure frequency-TLE is distinguished prognostically from low seizure frequency-TLE by differentially increased specific leukocyte gene expression involved in GABA inhibition and NMDA receptor signaling. High and low seizure frequency patients appear to represent two mechanistically different forms of temporal lobe epilepsy based on leukocyte gene expression.
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- Ryan Sprissler
- Center for Applied Genetics and Genomic Medicine, RII, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
- University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Clarkson BD, Grund EM, Standiford MM, Mirchia K, Westphal MS, Muschler LS, Howe CL. CD8+ T cells recognizing a neuron-restricted antigen injure axons in a model of multiple sclerosis. J Clin Invest 2023; 133:e162788. [PMID: 37676734 PMCID: PMC10617772 DOI: 10.1172/jci162788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
Abstract
CD8+ T cells outnumber CD4+ cells in multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions associated with disease progression, but the pathogenic role and antigenic targets of these clonally expanded effectors are unknown. Based on evidence that demyelination is necessary but not sufficient for disease progression in MS, we previously hypothesized that CNS-infiltrating CD8+ T cells specific for neuronal antigens directly drive the axonal and neuronal injury that leads to cumulative neurologic disability in patients with MS. We now show that demyelination induced expression of MHC class I on neurons and axons and resulted in presentation of a neuron-specific neoantigen (synapsin promoter-driven chicken ovalbumin) to antigen-specific CD8+ T cells (anti-ovalbumin OT-I TCR-transgenic T cells). These neuroantigen-specific effectors surveilled the CNS in the absence of demyelination but were not retained. However, upon induction of demyelination via cuprizone intoxication, neuroantigen-specific CD8+ T cells proliferated, accumulated in the CNS, and damaged neoantigen-expressing neurons and axons. We further report elevated neuronal expression of MHC class I and β2-microglobulin transcripts and protein in gray matter and white matter tracts in tissue from patients with MS. These findings support a pathogenic role for autoreactive anti-axonal and anti-neuronal CD8+ T cells in MS progression.
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- Benjamin D.S. Clarkson
- Department of Neurology
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
- Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology
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- Department of Neurology
- Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology
- Division of Experimental Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Kellogg CM, Pham K, Machalinski AH, Porter HL, Blankenship HE, Tooley KB, Stout MB, Rice HC, Sharpe AL, Beckstead MJ, Chucair-Elliott AJ, Ocañas SR, Freeman WM. Microglial MHC-I induction with aging and Alzheimer's is conserved in mouse models and humans. GeroScience 2023; 45:3019-3043. [PMID: 37393197 PMCID: PMC10643718 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-023-00859-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023] Open
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Major histocompatibility complex I (MHC-I) CNS cellular localization and function is still being determined after previously being thought to be absent from the brain. MHC-I expression has been reported to increase with brain aging in mouse, rat, and human whole tissue analyses, but the cellular localization was undetermined. Neuronal MHC-I is proposed to regulate developmental synapse elimination and tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we report that across newly generated and publicly available ribosomal profiling, cell sorting, and single-cell data, microglia are the primary source of classical and non-classical MHC-I in mice and humans. Translating ribosome affinity purification-qPCR analysis of 3-6- and 18-22-month-old (m.o.) mice revealed significant age-related microglial induction of MHC-I pathway genes B2m, H2-D1, H2-K1, H2-M3, H2-Q6, and Tap1 but not in astrocytes and neurons. Across a timecourse (12-23 m.o.), microglial MHC-I gradually increased until 21 m.o. and then accelerated. MHC-I protein was enriched in microglia and increased with aging. Microglial expression, and absence in astrocytes and neurons, of MHC-I-binding leukocyte immunoglobulin-like (Lilrs) and paired immunoglobin-like type 2 (Pilrs) receptor families could enable cell -autonomous MHC-I signaling and increased with aging in mice and humans. Increased microglial MHC-I, Lilrs, and Pilrs were observed in multiple AD mouse models and human AD data across methods and studies. MHC-I expression correlated with p16INK4A, suggesting an association with cellular senescence. Conserved induction of MHC-I, Lilrs, and Pilrs with aging and AD opens the possibility of cell-autonomous MHC-I signaling to regulate microglial reactivation with aging and neurodegeneration.
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- Collyn M Kellogg
- Genes and Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13Th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Genes and Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13Th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Genes and Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13Th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Genes and Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13Th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Genes and Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13Th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Genes and Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13Th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Genes and Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13Th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Genes and Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13Th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
- Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
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Hobson BD, Stanley AT, De Los Santos MB, Culbertson B, Mosharov EV, Sims PA, Sulzer D. Conserved and cell type-specific transcriptional responses to IFN-γ in the ventral midbrain. Brain Behav Immun 2023; 111:277-291. [PMID: 37100211 PMCID: PMC10460506 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2023.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Dysregulated inflammation within the central nervous system (CNS) contributes to neuropathology in infectious, autoimmune, and neurodegenerative disease. With the exception of microglia, major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins are virtually undetectable in the mature, healthy central nervous system (CNS). Neurons have generally been considered incapable of antigen presentation, and although interferon gamma (IFN-γ) can elicit neuronal MHC class I (MHC-I) expression and antigen presentation in vitro, it has been unclear whether similar responses occur in vivo. Here we directly injected IFN-γ into the ventral midbrain of mature mice and analyzed gene expression profiles of specific CNS cell types. We found that IFN-γ upregulated MHC-I and associated mRNAs in ventral midbrain microglia, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and GABAergic, glutamatergic, and dopaminergic neurons. The core set of IFN-γ-induced genes and their response kinetics were similar in neurons and glia, but with a lower amplitude of expression in neurons. A diverse repertoire of genes was upregulated in glia, particularly microglia, which were the only cells to undergo cellular proliferation and express MHC classII (MHC-II) and associated genes. To determine if neurons respond directly via cell-autonomous IFN-γ receptor (IFNGR) signaling, we produced mutant mice with a deletion of the IFN-γ-binding domain of IFNGR1 in dopaminergic neurons, which resulted in a complete loss of dopaminergic neuronal responses to IFN-γ. Our results demonstrate that IFN-γ induces neuronal IFNGR signaling and upregulation of MHC-I and related genes in vivo, although the expression level is low compared to oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, and microglia.
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- Benjamin D Hobson
- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States; Medical Scientist Training Program, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States; Division of Molecular Therapeutics, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States; Division of Molecular Therapeutics, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States; Division of Molecular Therapeutics, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, United States
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- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States; Medical Scientist Training Program, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States; Division of Molecular Therapeutics, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, United States
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- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States; Sulzberger Columbia Genome Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD, United States.
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States; Department of Pharmacology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States; Division of Molecular Therapeutics, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, United States; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD, United States.
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Kellogg CM, Pham K, Machalinski AH, Porter HL, Blankenship HE, Tooley K, Stout MB, Rice HC, Sharpe AL, Beckstead MJ, Chucair-Elliott AJ, Ocañas SR, Freeman WM. Microglial MHC-I induction with aging and Alzheimer's is conserved in mouse models and humans. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.03.07.531435. [PMID: 36945372 PMCID: PMC10028873 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.07.531435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
Abstract
Major Histocompatibility Complex I (MHC-I) CNS cellular localization and function is still being determined after previously being thought to be absent from the brain. MHC-I expression has been reported to increase with brain aging in mouse, rat, and human whole tissue analyses but the cellular localization was undetermined. Neuronal MHC-I is proposed to regulate developmental synapse elimination and tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here we report that across newly generated and publicly available ribosomal profiling, cell sorting, and single-cell data, microglia are the primary source of classical and non-classical MHC-I in mice and humans. Translating Ribosome Affinity Purification-qPCR analysis of 3-6 and 18-22 month old (m.o.) mice revealed significant age-related microglial induction of MHC-I pathway genes B2m , H2-D1 , H2-K1 , H2-M3 , H2-Q6 , and Tap1 but not in astrocytes and neurons. Across a timecourse (12-23 m.o.), microglial MHC-I gradually increased until 21 m.o. and then accelerated. MHC-I protein was enriched in microglia and increased with aging. Microglial expression, and absence in astrocytes and neurons, of MHC-I binding Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like (Lilrs) and Paired immunoglobin-like type 2 (Pilrs) receptor families could enable cell-autonomous MHC-I signaling and increased with aging in mice and humans. Increased microglial MHC-I, Lilrs, and Pilrs were observed in multiple AD mouse models and human AD data across methods and studies. MHC-I expression correlated with p16INK4A , suggesting an association with cellular senescence. Conserved induction of MHC-I, Lilrs, and Pilrs with aging and AD opens the possibility of cell-autonomous MHC-I signaling to regulate microglial reactivation with aging and neurodegeneration.
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- Collyn M. Kellogg
- Genes & Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK USA
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK USA
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- Genes & Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK USA
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- Genes & Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK USA
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- Genes & Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Genes & Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK USA
- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging & Metabolism Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging & Metabolism Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK USA
- Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK USA
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- Genes & Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK USA
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- Genes & Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK USA
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK USA
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- Genes & Human Disease Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK USA
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK USA
- Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK USA
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Stone ET, Pinto AK. T Cells in Tick-Borne Flavivirus Encephalitis: A Review of Current Paradigms in Protection and Disease Pathology. Viruses 2023; 15:958. [PMID: 37112938 PMCID: PMC10146733 DOI: 10.3390/v15040958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
Abstract
The family Flaviviridae is comprised of a diverse group of arthropod-borne viruses that are the etiological agents of globally relevant diseases in humans. Among these, infection with several of these flaviviruses-including West Nile virus (WNV), Zika virus (ZIKV), Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), and Powassan virus (POWV)-can result in neuroinvasive disease presenting as meningitis or encephalitis. Factors contributing to the development and resolution of tick-borne flavivirus (TBEV, POWV) infection and neuropathology remain unclear, though many recently undertaken studies have described the virus-host interactions underlying encephalitic disease. With access to neural tissues despite the selectively permeable blood-brain barrier, T cells have emerged as one notable contributor to neuroinflammation. The goal of this review is to summarize the recent advances in tick-borne flavivirus immunology-particularly with respect to T cells-as it pertains to the development of encephalitis. We found that although T cell responses are rarely evaluated in a clinical setting, they are integral in conjunction with antibody responses to restricting the entry of TBFV into the CNS. The extent and means by which they can drive immune pathology, however, merits further study. Understanding the role of the T cell compartment in tick-borne flavivirus encephalitis is instrumental for improving vaccine safety and efficacy, and has implications for treatments and interventions for human disease.
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63103, USA
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Witt KD. Role of MHC class I pathways in Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen presentation. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023; 13:1107884. [PMID: 37009503 PMCID: PMC10050577 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1107884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
Abstract
MHC class I antigen processing is an underappreciated area of nonviral host–pathogen interactions, bridging both immunology and cell biology, where the pathogen’s natural life cycle involves little presence in the cytoplasm. The effective response to MHC-I foreign antigen presentation is not only cell death but also phenotypic changes in other cells and stimulation of the memory cells ready for the next antigen reoccurrence. This review looks at the MHC-I antigen processing pathway and potential alternative sources of the antigens, focusing on Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) as an intracellular pathogen that co-evolved with humans and developed an array of decoy strategies to survive in a hostile environment by manipulating host immunity to its own advantage. As that happens via the selective antigen presentation process, reinforcement of the effective antigen recognition on MHC-I molecules may stimulate subsets of effector cells that act earlier and more locally. Vaccines against tuberculosis (TB) could potentially eliminate this disease, yet their development has been slow, and success is limited in the context of this global disease’s spread. This review’s conclusions set out potential directions for MHC-I-focused approaches for the next generation of vaccines.
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- Karolina D. Witt
- Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: Karolina D. Witt,
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Expression of HLA class I is associated with immune cell infiltration and patient outcome in breast cancer. Sci Rep 2022; 12:20367. [PMID: 36437379 PMCID: PMC9701770 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-24890-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Downregulation of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I is one mechanism of escaping anti-tumor immunity by tumor cells. This study was conducted to compare HLA class I expression in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive breast carcinoma (IBC) and to evaluate its association with immune cell infiltration of the tumors and clinical outcome of the patients. A total of 830 cases comprising 288 DCIS and 542 IBC were included in this study. Immunohistochemistry for HLA class I expression was performed using HLA-ABC in tissue microarrays and was analyzed in relation to clinicopathologic characteristics of tumors and infiltration of CD4+, CD8+, and FOXP3+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) subsets and PD-L1+ immune cells. As a whole, there was no difference in HLA class I expression between DCIS and IBC when dichotomized into high or low expression. However, in the HR-negative group, a high level of HLA class I expression was more frequent in IBC than DCIS. On the contrary, in the HR-positive group, a complete loss of HLA class I expression was more frequently observed in IBC than DCIS. High HLA class I expression level was generally associated with aggressive clinicopathologic features of IBC and was associated with high CD4+, CD8+, and FOXP3+ TIL and PD-L1+ immune cell infiltration in both DCIS and IBC. In survival analyses, HLA class I expression was not associated with clinical outcome in DCIS and IBC as a whole; however, low HLA class I expression was associated with poor clinical outcome in HR-negative IBC, especially in triple-negative subtype. In conclusion, this study showed that HLA class I expression increased in association with increased immune cell infiltration during in situ to invasive transition of HR-negative breast cancer, and HLA class I down-regulation had a prognostic value in HR-negative breast cancer.
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Interferon-beta induces major histocompatibility complex of class I (MHC-I) expression and a proinflammatory phenotype in cultivated human astrocytes. Differentiation 2022; 128:43-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2022.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Du H, Cai W. Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome associated with neuroblastoma: Insights into antitumor immunity. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2022; 69:e29949. [PMID: 36094353 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.29949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is a rare neurological disorder. Half of these cases occur in children with neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma patients with OMS usually have better oncological outcomes than those without OMS even after stratification by tumor stage and age, indicating that factors mediating OMS may also inhibit tumor cell proliferation. Although the mechanisms underlying OMS remain undefined, the cytokines and lymphocytes alterations in the cerebrospinal fluid support the concept that it is a pattern of neuroinflammation due to an autoimmune effect. The presence of lymphoid follicles consisting of follicular dendritic cells, CD20+ B lymphocytes, CD3+ T lymphocytes, and CD68+ macrophages in the tumor microenvironment in OMS-associated neuroblastoma support the autoimmune nature of this disorder. This review focuses on the clinical and genetic features of OMS-associated neuroblastoma, and we update readers on immune features of neuroblastoma with or without OMS to gain insights into antitumor immunity as it relates to tumor biology and prognosis.
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- Hongmei Du
- Department of Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Chandrasekaran S, Kochanowsky JA, Merritt EF, Lagas JS, Swannigan A, Koshy AA. IFN-γ stimulated murine and human neurons mount anti-parasitic defenses against the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4605. [PMID: 35941154 PMCID: PMC9360015 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32225-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Dogma holds that Toxoplasma gondii persists in neurons because neurons cannot clear intracellular parasites, even with IFN-γ stimulation. As several recent studies questioned this idea, here we use primary murine neuronal cultures from wild type and transgenic mice in combination with IFN-γ stimulation and parental and transgenic parasites to reassess IFN-γ dependent neuronal clearance of intracellular parasites. We find that neurons respond to IFN-γ and that a subset of neurons clear intracellular parasites via immunity regulated GTPases. Whole neuron reconstructions from mice infected with parasites that trigger neuron GFP expression only after full invasion reveal that ~50% of these T. gondii-invaded neurons no longer harbor parasites. Finally, IFN-γ stimulated human pluripotent stem cell derived neurons show an ~50% decrease in parasite infection rate when compared to unstimulated cultures. This work highlights the capability of human and murine neurons to mount cytokine-dependent anti-T. gondii defense mechanisms in vitro and in vivo.
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- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
- University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Undergraduate Biology Research Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Undergraduate Research Opportunities Consortium, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
- Department of Neurology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
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Discovering the Triad between Nav1.5, Breast Cancer, and the Immune System: A Fundamental Review and Future Perspectives. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12020310. [PMID: 35204811 PMCID: PMC8869595 DOI: 10.3390/biom12020310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Revised: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Nav1.5 is one of the nine voltage-gated sodium channel-alpha subunit (VGSC-α) family members. The Nav1.5 channel typically carries an inward sodium ion current that depolarises the membrane potential during the upstroke of the cardiac action potential. The neonatal isoform of Nav1.5, nNav1.5, is produced via VGSC-α alternative splicing. nNav1.5 is known to potentiate breast cancer metastasis. Despite their well-known biological functions, the immunological perspectives of these channels are poorly explored. The current review has attempted to summarise the triad between Nav1.5 (nNav1.5), breast cancer, and the immune system. To date, there is no such review available that encompasses these three components as most reviews focus on the molecular and pharmacological prospects of Nav1.5. This review is divided into three major subsections: (1) the review highlights the roles of Nav1.5 and nNav1.5 in potentiating the progression of breast cancer, (2) focuses on the general connection between breast cancer and the immune system, and finally (3) the review emphasises the involvements of Nav1.5 and nNav1.5 in the functionality of the immune system and the immunogenicity. Compared to the other subsections, section three is pretty unexploited; it would be interesting to study this subsection as it completes the triad.
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Bellinger DL, Lorton D. Sympathetic Nerves and Innate Immune System in the Spleen: Implications of Impairment in HIV-1 and Relevant Models. Cells 2022; 11:cells11040673. [PMID: 35203323 PMCID: PMC8870141 DOI: 10.3390/cells11040673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The immune and sympathetic nervous systems are major targets of human, murine and simian immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-1, MAIDS, and SIV, respectively). The spleen is a major reservoir for these retroviruses, providing a sanctuary for persistent infection of myeloid cells in the white and red pulps. This is despite the fact that circulating HIV-1 levels remain undetectable in infected patients receiving combined antiretroviral therapy. These viruses sequester in immune organs, preventing effective cures. The spleen remains understudied in its role in HIV-1 pathogenesis, despite it hosting a quarter of the body’s lymphocytes and diverse macrophage populations targeted by HIV-1. HIV-1 infection reduces the white pulp, and induces perivascular hyalinization, vascular dysfunction, tissue infarction, and chronic inflammation characterized by activated epithelial-like macrophages. LP-BM5, the retrovirus that induces MAIDS, is a well-established model of AIDS. Immune pathology in MAIDs is similar to SIV and HIV-1 infection. As in SIV and HIV, MAIDS markedly changes splenic architecture, and causes sympathetic dysfunction, contributing to inflammation and immune dysfunction. In MAIDs, SIV, and HIV, the viruses commandeer splenic macrophages for their replication, and shift macrophages to an M2 phenotype. Additionally, in plasmacytoid dendritic cells, HIV-1 blocks sympathetic augmentation of interferon-β (IFN-β) transcription, which promotes viral replication. Here, we review viral–sympathetic interactions in innate immunity and pathophysiology in the spleen in HIV-1 and relevant models. The situation remains that research in this area is still sparse and original hypotheses proposed largely remain unanswered.
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Shen Y, Zhang J. Tight Regulation of Major Histocompatibility Complex I for the Spatial and Temporal Expression in the Hippocampal Neurons. Front Cell Neurosci 2021; 15:739136. [PMID: 34658795 PMCID: PMC8517433 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2021.739136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The expression and function of immune molecules, such as major histocompatibility complex (MHC), within the developing and adult brain have been discovered over the past few years. Studies utilizing classical class I MHC knockout animals suggest that these molecules, in fact, play essential roles in the establishment, function, and modification of synapses in the CNS. Altered neuronal expression of class I MHC, as has been reported in pathological conditions, leads to aberrations in neuronal development and repair. In the hippocampus, cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate synaptic plasticity have heretofore been extensively studied. It is for this reason that multiple studies directed at better understanding the expression, regulation, and function of class I MHC within the hippocampus have been undertaken. Since several previous reviews have addressed the roles of class I MHC in the formation and function of hippocampal connections, the present review will focus on describing the spatial and temporal expression of class I MHC in developing, healthy adult, and aging hippocampus. Herein, we also review current literatures exploring mechanisms that regulate class I MHC expression in murine hippocampus. With this review, we aim to facilitate a deeper mechanistic understanding into the complex tight regulation of MHC I expression in hippocampus, which are needed as we explore the potential for targeting MHC I for therapeutic intervention in normal aging and in neurodegenerative diseases in the future.
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- Yuqing Shen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular and Functional Imaging, Medical School, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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Murtadha AH, Azahar IIM, Sharudin NA, Has ATC, Mokhtar NF. Influence of nNav1.5 on MHC class I expression in breast cancer. J Biosci 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12038-021-00196-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Pitsch J, van Loo KMJ, Gallus M, Dik A, Kamalizade D, Baumgart AK, Gnatkovsky V, Müller JA, Opitz T, Hicking G, Naik VN, Wachsmuth L, Faber C, Surges R, Kurts C, Schoch S, Melzer N, Becker AJ. CD8 + T-Lymphocyte-Driven Limbic Encephalitis Results in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Ann Neurol 2021; 89:666-685. [PMID: 33368582 DOI: 10.1002/ana.26000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Limbic encephalitis (LE) comprises a spectrum of inflammatory changes in affected brain structures including the presence of autoantibodies and lymphoid cells. However, the potential of distinct lymphocyte subsets alone to elicit key clinicopathological sequelae of LE potentially inducing temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) with chronic spontaneous seizures and hippocampal sclerosis (HS) is unresolved. METHODS Here, we scrutinized pathogenic consequences emerging from CD8+ T cells targeting hippocampal neurons by recombinant adeno-associated virus-mediated expression of the model-autoantigen ovalbumin (OVA) in CA1 neurons of OT-I/RAG1-/- mice (termed "OVA-CD8+ LE model"). RESULTS Viral-mediated antigen transfer caused dense CD8+ T cell infiltrates confined to the hippocampal formation starting on day 5 after virus transduction. Flow cytometry indicated priming of CD8+ T cells in brain-draining lymph nodes preceding hippocampal invasion. At the acute model stage, the inflammatory process was accompanied by frequent seizure activity and impairment of hippocampal memory skills. Magnetic resonance imaging scans at day 7 of the OVA-CD8+ LE model revealed hippocampal edema and blood-brain barrier disruption that converted into atrophy until day 40. CD8+ T cells specifically targeted OVA-expressing, SIINFEKL-H-2Kb -positive CA1 neurons and caused segmental apoptotic neurodegeneration, astrogliosis, and microglial activation. At the chronic model stage, mice exhibited spontaneous recurrent seizures and persisting memory deficits, and the sclerotic hippocampus was populated with CD8+ T cells escorted by NK cells. INTERPRETATION These data indicate that a CD8+ T-cell-initiated attack of distinct hippocampal neurons is sufficient to induce LE converting into TLE-HS. Intriguingly, the role of CD8+ T cells exceeds neurotoxic effects and points to their major pathogenic role in TLE following LE. ANN NEUROL 2021;89:666-685.
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- Julika Pitsch
- Section for Translational Epilepsy Research, Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Section for Translational Epilepsy Research, Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Epileptology, Neurology, Medical University Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Section for Translational Epilepsy Research, Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Section for Translational Epilepsy Research, Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Center for Rare Diseases Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Section for Translational Epilepsy Research, Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Section for Translational Epilepsy Research, Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Glia in Neurodegeneration: The Housekeeper, the Defender and the Perpetrator. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21239188. [PMID: 33276471 PMCID: PMC7730416 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21239188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Over the past decade, research has unveiled the intimate relationship between neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. Microglia and astrocytes react to brain insult by setting up a multimodal inflammatory state and act as the primary defenders and executioners of neuroinflammatory structural and functional changes. Microglia and astrocytes also play critical roles in the maintenance of normal brain function. This intricate balance of homeostatic and neuroinflammatory functions can influence the onset and the course of neurodegenerative diseases. The emergent role of the microglial-astrocytic axis in neurodegenerative disease presents many druggable targets that may have broad therapeutic benefits across neurodegenerative disease. Here, we provide a brief review of the basal function of both microglia and astrocytes, how they are changed in disease states, the significant differences between mouse and human glia, and use of human induced pluripotent stem cells derived from patients to study cell autonomous changes in human astrocytes and microglia.
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Truong AD, Hong Y, Ly VD, Nguyen HT, Nguyen CT, Vu HT, Chu NT, Van Hoang T, Thanh Tran HT, Dang HV, Hong YH. Interleukin-dependent modulation of the expression of MHC class I and MHC class II genes in chicken HD11 cells. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2020; 110:103729. [PMID: 32387556 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2020.103729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Interleukins (ILs) regulate cell surface antigens known as activation markers, which have distinct functional roles. However, the regulation of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I, MHC class II, and related genes by cytokines in chickens is not well understood. In the present study, we evaluated the influence of certain recently discovered chicken interleukins-i.e., IL-11, IL-12B, IL-17A, IL-17B, IL-26, and IL-34-on the expression and regulation of genes related to MHC class I, MHC class II, and the associated proteins in an HD11 chicken macrophage cell line. We used quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), immunocytochemical, and flow cytometric analyses to assess dose- and time-dependent expression in the HD11 cell line and found that the ILs induced MHC class I, MHC class II, and associated protein. As NF-κB is actively involved in cell activation and is constitutively activated in many immune cells, we also determined whether NF-κB regulates MHC class I, MHC class II, and related gene expression in the HD11 cell line. The NF-κB inhibitor sulfasalazine (Sz) dose-dependently inhibited MHC class I and MHC class II in the HD11 cell line. Sz also downregulated the expression of MHC class I, MHC class II, and the associated proteins in the IL-induced HD11 cell line. The expression of MHC class I, MHC class II, and associated genes was accompanied by the Sz-sensitive degradation of the p65 (RelA) and p50 subunits of NF-κB and IκBα. Our results indicate that the different effects of each IL on the expression of genes related to MHC class I, MHC class II, and the associated proteins are involved with the regulation of the dose and duration of antigenic peptide presentation and, thus, also influence Th1, Th2, and Th17 production.
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- Anh Duc Truong
- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, 17546, Republic of Korea; Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, National Institute of Veterinary Research, 86 Truong Chinh, Dong Da, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, 17546, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, National Institute of Veterinary Research, 86 Truong Chinh, Dong Da, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, National Institute of Veterinary Research, 86 Truong Chinh, Dong Da, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, National Institute of Veterinary Research, 86 Truong Chinh, Dong Da, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, 17546, Republic of Korea; Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, National Institute of Veterinary Research, 86 Truong Chinh, Dong Da, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, National Institute of Veterinary Research, 86 Truong Chinh, Dong Da, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, National Institute of Veterinary Research, 86 Truong Chinh, Dong Da, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, National Institute of Veterinary Research, 86 Truong Chinh, Dong Da, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, National Institute of Veterinary Research, 86 Truong Chinh, Dong Da, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, 17546, Republic of Korea.
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Garancher A, Suzuki H, Haricharan S, Chau LQ, Masihi MB, Rusert JM, Norris PS, Carrette F, Romero MM, Morrissy SA, Skowron P, Cavalli FMG, Farooq H, Ramaswamy V, Jones SJM, Moore RA, Mungall AJ, Ma Y, Thiessen N, Li Y, Morcavallo A, Qi L, Kogiso M, Du Y, Baxter P, Henderson JJ, Crawford JR, Levy ML, Olson JM, Cho YJ, Deshpande AJ, Li XN, Chesler L, Marra MA, Wajant H, Becher OJ, Bradley LM, Ware CF, Taylor MD, Wechsler-Reya RJ. Tumor necrosis factor overcomes immune evasion in p53-mutant medulloblastoma. Nat Neurosci 2020; 23:842-853. [PMID: 32424282 PMCID: PMC7456619 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-020-0628-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Many immunotherapies act by enhancing the ability of cytotoxic T cells to kill tumor cells. Killing depends on T cell recognition of antigens presented by class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC-I) proteins on tumor cells. In this study, we showed that medulloblastomas lacking the p53 tumor suppressor do not express surface MHC-I and are therefore resistant to immune rejection. Mechanistically, this is because p53 regulates expression of the peptide transporter Tap1 and the aminopeptidase Erap1, which are required for MHC-I trafficking to the cell surface. In vitro, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) or lymphotoxin-β receptor agonist can rescue expression of Erap1, Tap1 and MHC-I on p53-mutant tumor cells. In vivo, low doses of TNF prolong survival and synergize with immune checkpoint inhibitors to promote tumor rejection. These studies identified p53 as a key regulator of immune evasion and suggest that TNF could be used to enhance sensitivity of tumors to immunotherapy.
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- Alexandra Garancher
- Tumor Initiation & Maintenance Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer Immunology Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center and the Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Tumor Initiation & Maintenance Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Tumor Initiation & Maintenance Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Tumor Initiation & Maintenance Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer Immunology Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center and the Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer Immunology Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center and the Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
- Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Charbonneau Cancer Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Haematology/Oncology and Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, Canada
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- Division of Clinical Studies, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Brain Tumor Program, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Program of Precision Medicine PDOX Modeling of Pediatric Tumors, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Brain Tumor Program, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Brain Tumor Program, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Program of Precision Medicine PDOX Modeling of Pediatric Tumors, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Brain Tumor Program, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego - Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of California San Diego - Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Tumor Initiation & Maintenance Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Brain Tumor Program, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Program of Precision Medicine PDOX Modeling of Pediatric Tumors, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Clinical Studies, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, Canada
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- Division of Molecular Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer Immunology Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center and the Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer Immunology Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center and the Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Tumor Initiation & Maintenance Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Yshii L, Bost C, Liblau R. Immunological Bases of Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration and Therapeutic Implications. Front Immunol 2020; 11:991. [PMID: 32655545 PMCID: PMC7326021 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) is a rare immune-mediated disease that develops mostly in the setting of neoplasia and offers a unique prospect to explore the interplay between tumor immunity and autoimmunity. In PCD, the deleterious adaptive immune response targets self-antigens aberrantly expressed by tumor cells, mostly gynecological cancers, and physiologically expressed by the Purkinje neurons of the cerebellum. Highly specific anti-neuronal antibodies in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid represent key diagnostic biomarkers of PCD. Some anti-neuronal antibodies such as anti-Yo autoantibodies (recognizing the CDR2/CDR2L proteins) are only associated with PCD. Other anti-neuronal antibodies, such as anti-Hu, anti-Ri, and anti-Ma2, are detected in patients with PCD or other types of paraneoplastic neurological manifestations. Importantly, these autoantibodies cannot transfer disease and evidence for a pathogenic role of autoreactive T cells is accumulating. However, the precise mechanisms responsible for disruption of self-tolerance to neuronal self-antigens in the cancer setting and the pathways involved in pathogenesis within the cerebellum remain to be fully deciphered. Although the occurrence of PCD is rare, the risk for such severe complication may increase with wider use of cancer immunotherapy, notably immune checkpoint blockade. Here, we review recent literature pertaining to the pathophysiology of PCD and propose an immune scheme underlying this disabling disease. Additionally, based on observations from patients' samples and on the pre-clinical model we recently developed, we discuss potential therapeutic strategies that could blunt this cerebellum-specific autoimmune disease.
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- Lidia Yshii
- INSERM U1043, CNRS UMR 5282, Université Toulouse III, Center for Pathophysiology Toulouse Purpan, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM U1043, CNRS UMR 5282, Université Toulouse III, Center for Pathophysiology Toulouse Purpan, Toulouse, France.,Department of Immunology, Purpan University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM U1043, CNRS UMR 5282, Université Toulouse III, Center for Pathophysiology Toulouse Purpan, Toulouse, France.,Department of Immunology, Purpan University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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Benkhoucha M, Senoner I, Lalive PH. c-Met is expressed by highly autoreactive encephalitogenic CD8+ cells. J Neuroinflammation 2020; 17:68. [PMID: 32075650 PMCID: PMC7031922 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-019-1676-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background CD8+ T lymphocytes are critical mediators of neuroinflammatory diseases. Understanding the mechanisms that govern the function of this T cell population is crucial to better understanding central nervous system autoimmune disease pathology. We recently identified a novel population of highly cytotoxic c-Met-expressing CD8+ T lymphocytes and found that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) limits effective murine cytotoxic T cell responses in cancer models. Here, we examined the role of c-Met-expressing CD8+ T cells by using a MOG35–55 T cell-mediated EAE model. Methods Mice were subcutaneously immunized with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein peptide (MOG)35–55 in complete Freund’s adjuvant (CFA). Peripheral and CNS inflammation was evaluated at peak disease and chronic phase, and c-Met expression by CD8 was evaluated by flow cytometry and immunofluorescence. Molecular, cellular, and killing function analysis were performed by real-time PCR, ELISA, flow cytometry, and killing assay. Results In the present study, we observed that a fraction of murine effector CD8+ T cells expressed c-Met receptor (c-Met+CD8+) in an experimental autoimmune encephalitis (EAE) model. Phenotypic and functional analysis of c-Met+CD8+ T cells revealed that they recognize the encephalitogenic epitope myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein37–50. We demonstrated that this T cell population produces higher levels of interferon-γ and granzyme B ex vivo and that HGF directly restrains the cytolytic function of c-Met+CD8+ T cells in cell-mediated cytotoxicity reactions Conclusions Altogether, our findings suggest that the HGF/c-Met pathway could be exploited to modulate CD8+ T cell-mediated neuroinflammation.
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- Mahdia Benkhoucha
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. .,Department of Neurosciences, Division of Neurology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Flood L, Korol SV, Ekselius L, Birnir B, Jin Z. Interferon-γ potentiates GABA A receptor-mediated inhibitory currents in rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. J Neuroimmunol 2019; 337:577050. [PMID: 31505410 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2019.577050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The neural transmission and plasticity can be differentially modulated by various elements of the immune system. Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) is a "pro-inflammatory" cytokine mainly produced by T lymphocytes, activates its corresponding receptor and plays important roles under both homeostatic and inflammatory conditions. However, the impact of IFN-γ on the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-mediated currents in the hippocampus, a major brain region involved in the cognitive function, has not been investigated. Here we detected abundant expression of both IFN-γ receptor subunit gene transcripts (Ifngr1 and Ifngr2) in the rat hippocampus by quantitative PCR. In addition, we pre-incubated rat hippocampal slices with IFN-γ (100 ng/ml) and recorded GABA-activated spontaneous and miniature postsynaptic inhibitory currents (sIPSCs and mIPSCs) and tonic currents in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons by the whole-cell patch-clamp method. The pre-incubation with IFN-γ increased the frequency but not the mean amplitude, rise time or decay time of both sIPSCs and mIPSCs in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons, suggesting a presynaptic effect of IFN-γ. Moreover, the GABA-activated tonic currents were enhanced by IFN-γ. In conclusion, the potentiation of GABAergic currents in hippocampal neurons by IFN-γ may contribute to the disturbed neuronal excitability and cognitive dysfunction during neuroinflammation.
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- Louise Flood
- Department of Neuroscience, Division of Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Division of Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Division of Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Division of Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of NingXia Medical University, Yinchuan, NingXia, China.
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Rabenstein M, Unverricht-Yeboah M, Keuters MH, Pikhovych A, Hucklenbroich J, Vay SU, Blaschke S, Ladwig A, Walter HL, Beiderbeck M, Fink GR, Schroeter M, Kriehuber R, Rueger MA. Transcranial Current Stimulation Alters the Expression of Immune-Mediating Genes. Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 13:461. [PMID: 31708742 PMCID: PMC6824260 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Despite its extensive use in clinical studies, the molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) remain to be elucidated. We previously described subacute effects of tDCS on immune- and stem cells in the rat brain. To investigate the more immediate effects of tDCS regulating those cellular responses, we treated rats with a single session of either anodal or cathodal tDCS, and analyzed the gene expression by microarray; sham-stimulated rats served as control. Anodal tDCS increased expression of several genes coding for the major histocompatibility complex I (MHC I), while cathodal tDCS increased the expression of the immunoregulatory protein osteopontin (OPN). We confirmed the effects of gene upregulation by immunohistochemistry at the protein level. Thus, our data show a novel mechanism for the actions of tDCS on immune- and inflammatory processes, providing a target for future therapeutic studies.
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- Monika Rabenstein
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Radiation Biology Unit, Department of Safety and Radiation Protection, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany.,A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany.,Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany.,Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Radiation Biology Unit, Department of Safety and Radiation Protection, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany.,Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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Demock M, Kornguth S. A Mechanism for the Development of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy From Persistent Traumatic Brain Injury. J Exp Neurosci 2019; 13:1179069519849935. [PMID: 31205424 PMCID: PMC6537483 DOI: 10.1177/1179069519849935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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A mechanism that describes the progression of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to end-stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is offered in this article. This mechanism is based upon the observed increase in the concentration of both tau protein and of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I proteins; the HLA increase is expressed on the cell membrane of neural cells. These events follow the inflammatory responses caused by the repetitive TBI. Associated inflammatory changes include macrophage entry into the brain parenchyma from increased permeability of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and microglial activation at the base of the sulci. The release of interferon gamma from the microglia and macrophages induces the marked increased expression of HLA class I proteins by the neural cells and subsequent redistribution of the tau proteins to the glial and neuronal surface. In those individuals with highly expressed HLA class I C, the high level of HLA binds tau protein electrostatically. The ionic region of HLA class I C (amino acid positions 50-90) binds to the oppositely charged ionic region of tau (amino acid positions 93-133). These interactions thereby shift the cellular localization of the tau and orient the tau spatially so that the cross-linking sites of tau (275-280 and 306-311) are aligned. This alignment facilitates the cross-linking of tau to form the intracellular and extracellular microfibrils of tau, the primary physiological characteristic of tauopathy. Following endocytosis of the membrane HLA/tau complex, these microfibrils accumulate and produce a tau-storage-like disease. Therefore, tauopathy is the secondary collateral process of brain injury, resulting from the substantial increase in tau and HLA expression on neural cells. This proposed mechanism suggests several potential targets for mitigating the clinical progression of TBI to CTE.
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- Melissa Demock
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Departments of Neurology and Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.,Departments of Neurology and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Yshii L, Pignolet B, Mauré E, Pierau M, Brunner-Weinzierl M, Hartley O, Bauer J, Liblau R. IFN-γ is a therapeutic target in paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration. JCI Insight 2019; 4:127001. [PMID: 30944244 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.127001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Paraneoplastic neurological disorders result from an autoimmune response against neural self-antigens that are ectopically expressed in neoplastic cells. In paraneoplastic disorders associated to autoantibodies against intracellular proteins, such as paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD), current data point to a major role of cell-mediated immunity. In an animal model, in which a neo-self-antigen was expressed in both Purkinje neurons and implanted breast tumor cells, immune checkpoint blockade led to complete tumor control at the expense of cerebellum infiltration by T cells and Purkinje neuron loss, thereby mimicking PCD. Here, we identify 2 potential therapeutic targets expressed by cerebellum-infiltrating T cells in this model, namely α4 integrin and IFN-γ. Mice with PCD were treated with anti-α4 integrin antibodies or neutralizing anti-IFN-γ antibodies at the onset of neurological signs. Although blocking α4 integrin had little or no impact on disease development, treatment using the anti-IFN-γ antibody led to almost complete protection from PCD. These findings strongly suggest that the production of IFN-γ by cerebellum-invading T cells plays a major role in Purkinje neuron death. Our successful preclinical use of neutralizing anti-IFN-γ antibody for the treatment of PCD offers a potentially new therapeutic opportunity for cancer patients at the onset of paraneoplastic neurological disorders.
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- Lidia Yshii
- Centre de Physiopathologie Toulouse-Purpan (CPTP), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Inserm, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Physiopathologie Toulouse-Purpan (CPTP), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Inserm, UPS, Toulouse, France.,Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Physiopathologie Toulouse-Purpan (CPTP), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Inserm, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Experimental Pediatrics, University Hospital, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pediatrics, University Hospital, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroimmunology, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre de Physiopathologie Toulouse-Purpan (CPTP), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Inserm, UPS, Toulouse, France
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Kornguth S, Rutledge N. Integration of Biomarkers Into a Signature Profile of Persistent Traumatic Brain Injury Involving Autoimmune Processes Following Water Hammer Injury From Repetitive Head Impacts. Biomark Insights 2018; 13:1177271918808216. [PMID: 30397383 PMCID: PMC6207974 DOI: 10.1177/1177271918808216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assemble an algorithm that will describe a "Signature" predictive of an individual's vulnerability to persistent traumatic brain injury (TBI). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Studies of athletes and warriors who are subjected to repeated head impacts with rapid acceleration/deceleration forces are used to assist in the diagnosis and management of TBI-affected individuals. Data from multiple areas, including clinical, anatomical, magnetic resonance imaging, cognitive function, and biochemical analyses, are integrated to provide a Signature of persistent TBI. RESULTS Studies to date indicate that susceptibility to TBI results from an interaction between host genetic and structural vulnerability factors and force and torque of impact on the head and torso. The host factors include molecular markers affecting immune and inflammatory responses to stress/insult as well as anatomical features such as the degree of transcortical fiber projections and vascular malformations. The host response to forceful impact includes the release of intracellular neural proteins and nucleic acids into the cerebrospinal fluid and vascular compartment as well as mobilization of cytokines and macrophages into the central nervous system with subsequent activation of microglia and inflammatory responses including autoimmune processes. Maximum impact to the base of the sulci via a "water hammer effect" is consistent with the localization of microvascular and inflammatory responses in the affected brain region. CONCLUSIONS An assessment of an individuals' predisposition to persistent TBI with delayed cognitive deficits and behavioral changes requires an understanding of host vulnerability (genetic factors and brain structure) and external stressors (force and torque of impact as well as repetitive head injury and time interval between impacts). An algorithm that has utility in predicting vulnerability to TBI will include qualitative and quantitative measures of the host factors weighted against post impact markers of neural injury. Implementation of the resulting "Signature" of vulnerability at early stages of injury will help inform athletes and warriors, along with commanders and management, of the risk/benefit approaches that will markedly diminish health care costs to the nation and suffering to this population. This report attempts to define a strategy to create such an algorithm.
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- Steven Kornguth
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
- Department of Neurology, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin and Austin Radiological Association, Austin, TX, USA
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Ellwardt E, Pramanik G, Luchtman D, Novkovic T, Jubal ER, Vogt J, Arnoux I, Vogelaar CF, Mandal S, Schmalz M, Barger Z, Ruiz de Azua I, Kuhlmann T, Lutz B, Mittmann T, Bittner S, Zipp F, Stroh A. Maladaptive cortical hyperactivity upon recovery from experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Nat Neurosci 2018; 21:1392-1403. [DOI: 10.1038/s41593-018-0193-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 06/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Gustafsson JR, Katsioudi G, Degn M, Ejlerskov P, Issazadeh-Navikas S, Kornum BR. DNMT1 regulates expression of MHC class I in post-mitotic neurons. Mol Brain 2018; 11:36. [PMID: 29970123 PMCID: PMC6029374 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-018-0380-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Major Histocompability Complex I (MHC-I) molecules present cellularly derived peptides to the adaptive immune system. Generally MHC-I is not expressed on healthy post-mitotic neurons in the central nervous system, but it is known to increase upon immune activation such as viral infections and also during neurodegenerative processes. MHC-I expression is known to be regulated by the DNA methyltransferase DNMT1 in non-neuronal cells. Interestingly DNMT1 expression is high in neurons despite these being non-dividing. This suggests a role for DNMT1 in neurons beyond the classical re-methylation of DNA after cell division. We thus investigated whether DNMT1 regulates MHC-I in post-mitotic neurons. For this we used primary cultures of mouse cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs). Our results showed that knockdown of DNMT1 in CGNs caused upregulation of some, but not all subtypes of MHC-I genes. This effect was synergistically enhanced by subsequent IFNγ treatment. Overall MHC-I protein level was not affected by knockdown of DNMT1 in CGNs. Instead our results show that the relative MHC-I expression levels among the different MHC subtypes is regulated by DNMT1 activity. In conclusion, we show that while the mouse H2-D1/L alleles are suppressed in neurons by DNMT1 activity under normal circumstances, the H2-K1 allele is not. This finding is particularly important in two instances. One: in the context of CNS autoimmunity with epitope presentation by specific MHC-I subtypes where this allele specific regulation might become important; and two: in amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS) where H2-K but not H2-D protects motor neurons from ALS astrocyte-induced toxicity in a mouse model of ALS.
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- Julie Ry Gustafsson
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Sleep Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Nordre Ringvej 57, 2600, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Sleep Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Nordre Ringvej 57, 2600, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Sleep Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Nordre Ringvej 57, 2600, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Sleep Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Nordre Ringvej 57, 2600, Glostrup, Denmark. .,Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Danish Center for Sleep Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark. .,Molecular Sleep Laboratory, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Fragkoudis R, Dixon-Ballany CM, Zagrajek AK, Kedzierski L, Fazakerley JK. Following Acute Encephalitis, Semliki Forest Virus is Undetectable in the Brain by Infectivity Assays but Functional Virus RNA Capable of Generating Infectious Virus Persists for Life. Viruses 2018; 10:v10050273. [PMID: 29783708 PMCID: PMC5977266 DOI: 10.3390/v10050273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Alphaviruses are mosquito-transmitted RNA viruses which generally cause acute disease including mild febrile illness, rash, arthralgia, myalgia and more severely, encephalitis. In the mouse, peripheral infection with Semliki Forest virus (SFV) results in encephalitis. With non-virulent strains, infectious virus is detectable in the brain, by standard infectivity assays, for around ten days. As we have shown previously, in severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice, infectious virus is detectable for months in the brain. Here we show that in MHC-II-/- mice, with no functional CD4 T-cells, infectious virus is also detectable in the brain for long periods. In contrast, in the brains of CD8-/- mice, virus RNA persists but infectious virus is not detectable. In SCID mice infected with SFV, repeated intraperitoneal administration of anti-SFV immune serum rapidly reduced the titer of infectious virus in the brain to undetectable, however virus RNA persisted. Repeated intraperitoneal passive transfer of immune serum resulted in maintenance of brain virus RNA, with no detectable infectious virus, for several weeks. When passive antibody transfer was stopped, antibody levels declined and infectious virus was again detectable in the brain. In aged immunocompetent mice, previously infected with SFV, immunosuppression of antibody responses many months after initial infection also resulted in renewed ability to detect infectious virus in the brain. In summary, antiviral antibodies control and determine whether infectious virus is detectable in the brain but immune responses cannot clear this infection from the brain. Functional virus RNA capable of generating infectious virus persists and if antibody levels decline, infectious virus is again detectable.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/blood
- Antibodies, Viral/immunology
- Antibodies, Viral/therapeutic use
- Brain/immunology
- Brain/virology
- Cell Line
- Cricetinae
- Cyclophosphamide/pharmacology
- Encephalitis, Viral/immunology
- Encephalitis, Viral/virology
- Immune Sera/immunology
- Immune Sera/isolation & purification
- Immunity, Cellular/drug effects
- Immunosuppressive Agents/pharmacology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Mice, SCID
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- RNA, Viral/immunology
- Semliki forest virus/growth & development
- Semliki forest virus/immunology
- Semliki forest virus/physiology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Viral Plaque Assay
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- Rennos Fragkoudis
- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.
- The School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire LE12 5RD, UK.
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and the Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 792 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne 3000, Australia.
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and the Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 792 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne 3000, Australia.
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Kornguth S, Rutledge N, Perlaza G, Bray J, Hardin A. A Proposed Mechanism for Development of CTE Following Concussive Events: Head Impact, Water Hammer Injury, Neurofilament Release, and Autoimmune Processes. Brain Sci 2017; 7:E164. [PMID: 29257064 PMCID: PMC5742767 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci7120164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
During the past decade, there has been an increasing interest in early diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) that lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The subjects involved range from soldiers exposed to concussive injuries from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to a significant number of athletes involved in repetitive high force impacts. Although the forces from IEDs are much greater by a magnitude than those from contact sports, the higher frequency associated with contact sports allows for more controlled assessment of the mechanism of action. In our study, we report findings in university-level women soccer athletes followed over a period of four and a half years from accession to graduation. Parameters investigated included T1-, T2-, and susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance images (SWI), IMPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing), and C3 Logix behavioral and physiological assessment measures. The MRI Studies show several significant findings: first, a marked increase in the width of sulci in the frontal to occipital cortices; second, an appearance of subtle hemorrhagic changes at the base of the sulci; third was a sustained reduction in total brain volume in several soccer players at a developmental time when brain growth is generally seen. Although all of the athletes successfully completed their college degree and none exhibited long term clinical deficits at the time of graduation, the changes documented by MRI represent a clue to the pathological mechanism following an injury paradigm. The authors propose that our findings and those of prior publications support a mechanism of injury in CTE caused by an autoimmune process associated with the release of neural proteins from nerve cells at the base of the sulcus from a water hammer injury effect. As evidence accumulates to support this hypothesis, there are pharmacological treatment strategies that may be able to mitigate the development of long-term disability from TBI.
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- Steven Kornguth
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
- Department of Neurology Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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- Research Imaging Center, Austin Radiological Association, Austin, TX 78705, USA.
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- Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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- Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
- Department of Population Health, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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- Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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McGregor C, Riordan A, Thornton J. Estrogens and the cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia: Possible neuroprotective mechanisms. Front Neuroendocrinol 2017; 47:19-33. [PMID: 28673758 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2017.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Revised: 06/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Schizophrenia is a complex neuropsychiatric illness with marked sex differences. Women have later onset and lesser symptoms, which has led to the hypothesis that estrogens are protective in schizophrenia. Cognitive dysfunction is a hallmark of the disease and the symptom most correlated with functional outcome. Here we describe a number of mechanisms by which estrogens may be therapeutic in schizophrenia, with a focus on cognitive symptoms. We review the relationship between estrogens and brain derived neurotrophic factor, neuroinflammation, NMDA receptors, GABA receptors, and luteinizing hormone. Exploring these pathways may enable novel treatments for schizophrenia and a greater understanding of this devastating disease.
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- Claire McGregor
- Department of Neuroscience, Oberlin College, 119 Woodland St, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Oberlin College, 119 Woodland St, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Oberlin College, 119 Woodland St, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA
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Brain interference: Revisiting the role of IFNγ in the central nervous system. Prog Neurobiol 2017; 156:149-163. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2017.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Miller KD, Rall GF. What Kaplan-Meier survival curves don't tell us about CNS disease. J Neuroimmunol 2017; 308:25-29. [PMID: 28187911 PMCID: PMC5474346 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2017.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Revised: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Central nervous system consequences of viral infections are rare, but when they do occur, they are often serious and clinically challenging to manage. Our awareness of the perils of neuroinvasion by viruses is growing: the recently appreciated impact of Ebola and Zika virus infections on CNS integrity, decreases in vaccination coverage for potentially neurotropic viruses such as measles, and increased neurovirulence of some influenza strains collectively highlight the need for a better understanding of the viral-neural interaction. Defining these interactions and how they result in neuropathogenesis is paramount for the development of better clinical strategies, especially given the limited treatment options that are available due to the unique physiology of the brain that limits migration of blood-borne molecules into the CNS parenchyma. In this perspective, we discuss some unique aspects of neuronal viral infections and immune-mediated control that impact the pathogenic outcomes of these infections. Further, we draw attention to an often overlooked aspect of neuropathogenesis research: that lack of overt disease, which is often equated with survival post-infection, likely only scratches the surface of the myriad ways by which neurotropic infections can impair CNS function.
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- Katelyn D Miller
- Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Program in Blood Cell Development and Function, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Program in Blood Cell Development and Function, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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Tet1 in Nucleus Accumbens Opposes Depression- and Anxiety-Like Behaviors. Neuropsychopharmacology 2017; 42:1657-1669. [PMID: 28074830 PMCID: PMC5518912 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2017.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Revised: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Depression is a leading cause of disease burden, yet current therapies fully treat <50% of affected individuals. Increasing evidence implicates epigenetic mechanisms in depression and antidepressant action. Here we examined a possible role for the DNA dioxygenase, ten-eleven translocation protein 1 (TET1), in depression-related behavioral abnormalities. We applied chronic social defeat stress, an ethologically validated mouse model of depression-like behaviors, and examined Tet1 expression changes in nucleus accumbens (NAc), a key brain reward region. We show decreased Tet1 expression in NAc in stress-susceptible mice only. Surprisingly, selective knockout of Tet1 in NAc neurons of adult mice produced antidepressant-like effects in several behavioral assays. To identify Tet1 targets that mediate these actions, we performed RNAseq on NAc after conditional deletion of Tet1 and found that immune-related genes are the most highly dysregulated. Moreover, many of these genes are also upregulated in the NAc of resilient mice after chronic social defeat stress. These findings reveal a novel role for TET1, an enzyme important for DNA hydroxymethylation, in the brain's reward circuitry in modulating stress responses in mice. We also identify a subset of genes that are regulated by TET1 in this circuitry. These findings provide new insight into the pathophysiology of depression, which can aid in future antidepressant drug discovery efforts.
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Hoornaert CJ, Le Blon D, Quarta A, Daans J, Goossens H, Berneman Z, Ponsaerts P. Concise Review: Innate and Adaptive Immune Recognition of Allogeneic and Xenogeneic Cell Transplants in the Central Nervous System. Stem Cells Transl Med 2017; 6:1434-1441. [PMID: 28244236 PMCID: PMC5442707 DOI: 10.1002/sctm.16-0434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2016] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Over the last 30 years, numerous allogeneic and xenogeneic cell grafts have been transplanted into the central nervous system (CNS) of mice and men in an attempt to cure neurological diseases. In the early studies, human or porcine embryonic neural cells were grafted in the striatum of animals or patients in an attempt to replace lost neurons. Although the immune-privileged status of the brain as a recipient organ was widely accepted, it rapidly became evident that CNS-grafted allogeneic and xenogeneic cells could be recognized and rejected by the immune system, resulting in poor neural graft survival and limited functional recovery. Since then, the CNS transplantation field has witnessed a sharp rise in the number of studies in which allogeneic and xenogeneic neural or mesenchymal stem cells (NSCs or MSCs, respectively) are transplanted, predominantly aiming at providing trophic stimulation and promoting endogenous repair of the brain. Interestingly, in many recent NSC and MSC-based publications functional improvement was used as the principal measure to evaluate the success of cell transplantation, while the fate of transplanted cells remained largely unreported. In this review, we first attempt to understand why primary neural cell isolates were largely substituted for NSCs and MSCs in cell grafting studies. Next, we review the current knowledge on the immune mechanisms involved in the recognition and rejection of allogeneic and xenogeneic cellular grafts in the CNS. Finally, we propose strategies to reduce graft immunogenicity and to improve graft survival in order to design improved cell-based CNS therapies. Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2017;6:1434-1441.
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- Chloé J Hoornaert
- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Miller KD, Schnell MJ, Rall GF. Keeping it in check: chronic viral infection and antiviral immunity in the brain. Nat Rev Neurosci 2016; 17:766-776. [PMID: 27811921 DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2016.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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It is becoming clear that the manner by which the immune response resolves or contains infection by a pathogen varies according to the tissue that is affected. Unlike many peripheral cell types, CNS neurons are generally non-renewable. Thus, the cytolytic and inflammatory strategies that are effective in controlling infections in the periphery could be damaging if deployed in the CNS. Perhaps for this reason, the immune response to some CNS viral infections favours maintenance of neuronal integrity and non-neurolytic viral control. This modified immune response - when combined with the unique anatomy and physiology of the CNS - provides an ideal environment for the maintenance of viral genomes, including those of RNA viruses. Therefore, it is possible that such viruses can reactivate long after initial viral exposure, contributing to CNS disease.
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- Katelyn D Miller
- Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.,Program in Blood Cell Development and Function, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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- Program in Blood Cell Development and Function, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
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Bombeiro AL, Thomé R, Oliveira Nunes SL, Monteiro Moreira B, Verinaud L, de Oliveira ALR. MHC-I and PirB Upregulation in the Central and Peripheral Nervous System following Sciatic Nerve Injury. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161463. [PMID: 27551751 PMCID: PMC4995013 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Major histocompatibility complex class one (MHC-I) antigen-presenting molecules participate in central nervous system (CNS) synaptic plasticity, as does the paired immunoglobulin-like receptor B (PirB), an MHC-I ligand that can inhibit immune-cells and bind to myelin axon growth inhibitors. Based on the dual roles of both molecules in the immune and nervous systems, we evaluated their expression in the central and peripheral nervous system (PNS) following sciatic nerve injury in mice. Increased PirB and MHC-I protein and gene expression is present in the spinal cord one week after nerve transection, PirB being mostly expressed in the neuropile region. In the crushed nerve, MHC-I protein levels increased 2 weeks after lesion (wal) and progressively decreased over the next eight weeks. The same kinetics were observed for infiltrating cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) but not for PirB expression, which continuously increased. Both MHC-I and PirB were found in macrophages and Schwann cells but rarely in axons. Interestingly, at 8 wal, PirB was mainly restricted to the myelin sheath. Our findings reinforce the participation of MHC-I and PirB in CNS plasticity events. In contrast, opposing expression levels of these molecules were found in the PNS, so that MHC-I and PirB seem to be mostly implicated in antigen presentation to CTLs and axon myelination, respectively.
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- André Luis Bombeiro
- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, CEP: 13083–865, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, CEP: 13083–865, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, CEP: 13083–865, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, CEP: 13083–865, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, CEP: 13083–865, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, CEP: 13083–865, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Tu C, Bu Y, Vujcic M, Shen S, Li J, Qu M, Hangauer D, Clements JL, Qu J. Ion Current-Based Proteomic Profiling for Understanding the Inhibitory Effect of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha on Myogenic Differentiation. J Proteome Res 2016; 15:3147-57. [PMID: 27480135 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Despite a demonstrated role for TNF-α in promoting muscle wasting and cachexia, the associated molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways of myoblast differentiation dysregulated by TNF-α remain poorly understood. This study presents well-controlled proteomic profiling as a means to investigate the mechanisms of TNF-α-regulated myogenic differentiation. Primary human muscle precursor cells (MPCs) cultured in growth medium (GM), differentiation medium (DM) to induce myogenic differentiation, and DM with 20 ng/mL of TNF-α (n = 5/group) were comparatively analyzed by an ion current-based quantitative platform consisting of reproducible sample preparation/on-pellet digestion, a long-column nano-LC separation, and ion current-based differential analysis. The inhibition of myogenic differentiation by TNF-α was confirmed by reduced formation of multinucleated myotubes and the recovered expression of altered myogenic proteins such as MYOD and myogenin during myogenic differentiation. Functional analysis and validation by immunoassay analysis suggested that the cooperation of NF-κB and STAT proteins is responsible for dysregulated differentiation in MPCs by TNF-α treatment. Increased MHC class I components such as HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, and beta-2-microglobulin were also observed in cultures in DM treated with TNF-α. Interestingly, inhibition of the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway during myogenic differentiation induced by serum starvation was not recovered by TNF-α treatment, which combined with previous reports, implies that this process may be an early event of myogenesis. This finding could lay the foundation for the potential use of statins in modulating myogenesis through cholesterol, for example, in stem cell-based myocardial infarction treatment, where differentiation of myoblasts and stem cells into force-generating mature muscle cells is a key step to the therapeutic capacity. In conclusion, the landscapes of altered transcription regulators, metabolic processes, and signaling pathways in MPCs are revealed in the regulation of myogenic differentiation by TNF-α, which is valuable for myogenic cellular therapeutics.
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- Chengjian Tu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo , 285 Kapoor Hall, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.,New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences , 701 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, New York 14203, United States
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- Athenex Pharmaceuticals, 1001 Main Street, Suite 600, Buffalo, New York 14203, United States
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- Athenex Pharmaceuticals, 1001 Main Street, Suite 600, Buffalo, New York 14203, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo , 285 Kapoor Hall, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.,New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences , 701 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, New York 14203, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo , 285 Kapoor Hall, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.,New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences , 701 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, New York 14203, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo , 285 Kapoor Hall, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.,Beijing University of Chinese Medicine , Beijing, 100029, China
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- Athenex Pharmaceuticals, 1001 Main Street, Suite 600, Buffalo, New York 14203, United States
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- Athenex Pharmaceuticals, 1001 Main Street, Suite 600, Buffalo, New York 14203, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo , 285 Kapoor Hall, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.,New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences , 701 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, New York 14203, United States
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Cytokine and Growth Factor Activation In Vivo and In Vitro after Spinal Cord Injury. Mediators Inflamm 2016; 2016:9476020. [PMID: 27418745 PMCID: PMC4935915 DOI: 10.1155/2016/9476020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Spinal cord injury results in a life-disrupting series of deleterious interconnected mechanisms encompassed by the primary and secondary injury. These events are mediated by the upregulation of genes with roles in inflammation, transcription, and signaling proteins. In particular, cytokines and growth factors are signaling proteins that have important roles in the pathophysiology of SCI. The balance between the proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory effects of these molecules plays a critical role in the progression and outcome of the lesion. The excessive inflammatory Th1 and Th17 phenotypes observed after SCI tilt the scale towards a proinflammatory environment, which exacerbates the deleterious mechanisms present after the injury. These mechanisms include the disruption of the spinal cord blood barrier, edema and ion imbalance, in particular intracellular calcium and sodium concentrations, glutamate excitotoxicity, free radicals, and the inflammatory response contributing to the neurodegenerative process which is characterized by demyelination and apoptosis of neuronal tissue.
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Nardo G, Trolese MC, Bendotti C. Major Histocompatibility Complex I Expression by Motor Neurons and Its Implication in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Front Neurol 2016; 7:89. [PMID: 27379008 PMCID: PMC4904147 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Neuronal expression of major histocompatibility complex I (MHCI)-related molecules in adults and during CNS diseases is involved in the synaptic plasticity and axonal regeneration with mechanisms either dependent or independent of their immune functions. Motor neurons are highly responsive in triggering the expression of MHCI molecules during normal aging or following insults and diseases, and this has implications in the synaptic controls, axonal regeneration, and neuromuscular junction stability of these neurons. We recently reported that MHCI and immunoproteasome are strongly activated in spinal motor neurons and their peripheral motor axon in a mouse model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) during the course of the disease. This response was prominent in ALS mice with slower disease progression in which the axonal structure and function was better preserved than in fast-progressing mice. This review summarizes and discusses our observations in the light of knowledge about the possible role of MHCI in motor neurons providing additional insight into the pathophysiology of ALS.
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- Giovanni Nardo
- Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neuroscience, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS , Milan , Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neuroscience, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS , Milan , Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neuroscience, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS , Milan , Italy
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Golombeck KS, Bönte K, Mönig C, van Loo KM, Hartwig M, Schwindt W, Widman G, Lindenau M, Becker AJ, Glatzel M, Elger CE, Wiendl H, Meuth SG, Lohmann H, Gross CC, Melzer N. Evidence of a pathogenic role for CD8(+) T cells in anti-GABAB receptor limbic encephalitis. NEUROLOGY-NEUROIMMUNOLOGY & NEUROINFLAMMATION 2016; 3:e232. [PMID: 27213174 PMCID: PMC4853055 DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000000232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To characterize the cellular autoimmune response in patients with γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)B receptor antibody-associated limbic encephalitis (GABAB-R LE). METHODS Patients underwent MRI, extensive neuropsychological assessment, and multiparameter flow cytometry of peripheral blood and CSF. RESULTS We identified a series of 3 cases of nonparaneoplastic GABAB-R LE and one case of paraneoplastic GABAB-R LE associated with small cell lung cancer. All patients exhibited temporal lobe epilepsy, neuropsychological deficits, and MRI findings typical of LE. Absolute numbers of CD19(+) B cells, CD138(+) CD19(+) plasma cells, CD4(+) T cells, activated HLADR(+) CD4(+) T cells, as well as CD8(+) T cells and HLADR(+) CD8(+) T cells did not differ in peripheral blood but were elevated in CSF of patients with GABAB-R LE compared to controls. Augmented absolute numbers of CD138(+) CD19(+) plasma cells and activated HLADR(+) CD8(+) T cells in CSF corresponded to higher overall neuropsychological and memory deficits in patients with GABAB-R LE. A histologic specimen of one patient following selective amygdalohippocampectomy revealed perivascular infiltrates of CD138(+) plasma cells and CD4(+) T cells, whereas cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells were detected within the brain parenchyma in close contact to neurons. CONCLUSION Our data suggest a pathogenic role for CD8(+) T cells in addition to the established role of plasma cell-derived autoantibodies in GABAB-R LE.
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- Kristin S Golombeck
- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology (K.S.G., K.B., C.M., M.H., H.W., S.G.M., H.L., C.C.G., N.M.) and Clinical Radiology (W.S.), and Institute of Physiology I-Neuropathophysiology (S.G.M.), University of Münster; Departments of Epileptology (G.W., C.E.E.) and Neuropathology (K.M.v.L., A.J.B.), University of Bonn; Epilepsy Center Hamburg (M.L.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg; and Department of Neuropathology (M.G.), University of Hamburg, Germany
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Lv D, Shen Y, Peng Y, Liu J, Miao F, Zhang J. Neuronal MHC Class I Expression Is Regulated by Activity Driven Calcium Signaling. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135223. [PMID: 26263390 PMCID: PMC4532511 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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MHC class I (MHC-I) molecules are important components of the immune system. Recently MHC-I have been reported to also play important roles in brain development and synaptic plasticity. In this study, we examine the molecular mechanism(s) underlying activity-dependent MHC-I expression using hippocampal neurons. Here we report that neuronal expression level of MHC-I is dynamically regulated during hippocampal development after birth in vivo. Kainic acid (KA) treatment significantly increases the expression of MHC-I in cultured hippocampal neurons in vitro, suggesting that MHC-I expression is regulated by neuronal activity. In addition, KA stimulation decreased the expression of pre- and post-synaptic proteins. This down-regulation is prevented by addition of an MHC-I antibody to KA treated neurons. Further studies demonstrate that calcium-dependent protein kinase C (PKC) is important in relaying KA simulation activation signals to up-regulated MHC-I expression. This signaling cascade relies on activation of the MAPK pathway, which leads to increased phosphorylation of CREB and NF-κB p65 while also enhancing the expression of IRF-1. Together, these results suggest that expression of MHC-I in hippocampal neurons is driven by Ca2+ regulated activation of the MAPK signaling transduction cascade.
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- Dan Lv
- Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Melzer N, Budde T, Stork O, Meuth SG. Limbic Encephalitis: Potential Impact of Adaptive Autoimmune Inflammation on Neuronal Circuits of the Amygdala. Front Neurol 2015; 6:171. [PMID: 26284026 PMCID: PMC4522870 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Limbic encephalitis is characterized by adaptive autoimmune inflammation of the gray matter structures of the limbic system. It has recently been identified as a major cause of temporal lobe epilepsy accompanied by progressive declarative – mainly episodic – memory disturbance as well as a variety of rather poorly defined emotional and behavioral changes. While autoimmune inflammation of the hippocampus is likely to be responsible for declarative memory disturbance, consequences of autoimmune inflammation of the amygdala are largely unknown. The amygdala is central for the generation of adequate homoeostatic behavioral responses to emotionally significant external stimuli following processing in a variety of parallel neuronal circuits. Here, we hypothesize that adaptive cellular and humoral autoimmunity may target and modulate distinct inhibitory or excitatory neuronal networks within the amygdala, and thereby strongly impact processing of emotional stimuli and corresponding behavioral responses. This may explain some of the rather poorly understood neuropsychiatric symptoms in limbic encephalitis.
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- Nico Melzer
- Department of Neurology, University of Münster , Münster , Germany
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- Institute of Physiology I, University of Münster , Münster , Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg , Magdeburg , Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Münster , Münster , Germany ; Department of Neuropathophysiology, Institute of Physiology I, University of Münster , Münster , Germany
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Recent published findings have shown that many proteins discovered in the immune system and residing on immune cells with well established immune-related functions are also found in neurons of the central nervous system. These studies have uncovered a rich variety of neuronal functions attributed to these immune proteins. This review will focus on two key interacting protein complexes that previously were known for adaptive immune reactions, the major histocompatability complex and the T-cell receptor complex. We will review where these immune proteins are expressed in the CNS and their neuronal function.
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- Pragya Komal
- Department of Biology, Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Canada.
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Ehling P, Melzer N, Budde T, Meuth SG. CD8(+) T Cell-Mediated Neuronal Dysfunction and Degeneration in Limbic Encephalitis. Front Neurol 2015; 6:163. [PMID: 26236280 PMCID: PMC4502349 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 07/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Autoimmune inflammation of the limbic gray matter structures of the human brain has recently been identified as major cause of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with interictal temporal epileptiform activity and slowing of the electroencephalogram, progressive memory disturbances, as well as a variety of other behavioral, emotional, and cognitive changes. Magnetic resonance imaging exhibits volume and signal changes of the amygdala and hippocampus, and specific anti-neuronal antibodies binding to either intracellular or plasma membrane neuronal antigens can be detected in serum and cerebrospinal fluid. While effects of plasma cell-derived antibodies on neuronal function and integrity are increasingly becoming characterized, potentially contributing effects of T cell-mediated immune mechanisms remain poorly understood. CD8+ T cells are known to directly interact with major histocompatibility complex class I-expressing neurons in an antigen-specific manner. Here, we summarize current knowledge on how such direct CD8+ T cell–neuron interactions may impact neuronal excitability, plasticity, and integrity on a single cell and network level and provide an overview on methods to further corroborate the in vivo relevance of these mechanisms mainly obtained from in vitro studies.
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- Petra Ehling
- Department of Neurology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University of Münster , Münster , Germany ; Institute of Physiology I - Neuropathophysiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University , Münster , Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University of Münster , Münster , Germany
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- Institute of Physiology I, Westfälische Wilhelms-University , Münster , Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University of Münster , Münster , Germany ; Institute of Physiology I - Neuropathophysiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University , Münster , Germany
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Zhang A, Yu H, He Y, Shen Y, Zhang Y, Liu J, Fu B, Lv D, Miao F, Zhang J. Developmental expression and localization of MHC class I molecules in the human central nervous system. Exp Brain Res 2015; 233:2733-43. [PMID: 26169100 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-015-4345-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2014] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Recent animal studies have found neuronal expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I in the central nervous system (CNS). However, the developmental expression profiles of MHC class I in human CNS remain unclear. Here, we systemically evaluate the expression and subcellular localization of MHC class I molecules during human CNS development using immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence. Between the age of 20-33 gestational weeks (GW), MHC class I expression was relatively absent in the cerebral cortex with the exception of a few neurons; however, expression increased rapidly in the cochlear nuclei and in the cerebellar cortical Purkinje cells while increasing slowly in the substantia nigra. Expression was also detected in some nuclei and nerve fibers of the brain stem including the ambiguus nucleus, the locus coeruleus and the solitary tract as early as 20 GW and persisted through 33 GW. These early-stage neural cells with MHC class I protein expression later developed neuronal morphology. 30-33 GW is an important period of MHC class I expression in neurons, and during this period, MHC class I molecules were found to be enriched not only in neuronal cell bodies and neurites but also in nerve fibers and in the surrounding stroma. No expression was detected in the adult brain with exception of the cerebrovascular endothelium. MHC class I molecules displayed greater postsynaptic colocalization in cerebellar Purkinje cells, in the lateral geniculate nucleus and in the cochlear nuclei. These results demonstrate diverse spatiotemporal expression patterns for MHC class I molecules in the prenatal human CNS and strongly support the notion that MHC class I molecules play important roles in both CNS development and plasticity.
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- Aifeng Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Chinese Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Road, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu Province, China
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O'Brien MA, Power DG, Clover AJP, Bird B, Soden DM, Forde PF. Local tumour ablative therapies: Opportunities for maximising immune engagement and activation. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2014; 1846:510-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2014.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Revised: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ellwardt E, Zipp F. Molecular mechanisms linking neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in MS. Exp Neurol 2014; 262 Pt A:8-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Revised: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) invades the brain early during infection and generates a chronic inflammatory microenvironment that can eventually result in neurological disease, even in the absence of significant viral replication. Thus, HIV-1 infection of the brain has been characterized both as a neuroimmunological and neurodegenerative disorder. While the brain and central nervous system (CNS) have historically been regarded as immune privileged or immunologically quiescent, newer concepts of CNS immunity suggest an important if not defining role for innate immune responses generated by glial cells. Innate immunity may be the first line of defense against HIV infection of the brain and CNS, with multiple cellular elements providing responses that can be anti-viral and neuroprotective, but also potentially neurotoxic, impairing neurogenesis and promoting neuronal apoptosis. To investigate the effects of HIV exposure on neurogenesis and neuronal survival, we have studied the responses of human neuroepithelial progenitor (NEP) cells, which undergo directed differentiation into astrocytes and neurons in vitro. We identified a group of genes that were differentially expressed in NEP-derived cells during virus exposure. This included genes that are strongly related to interferon-induced responses and antigen presentation. Moreover, we observed that the host factor apolipoprotein E influences the innate immune response expressed by these cells, with a more robust response in the apolipoprotein E3/E3 genotype cultures compared to the apolipoprotein E3/E4 counterparts. Thus, neuroepithelial progenitors and their differentiated progeny recognize HIV and respond to it by mounting an innate immune response with a vigor that is influenced by the host factor apolipoprotein E.
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