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An association study of IL2RA polymorphisms with cerebral palsy in a Chinese population. BMC Med Genomics 2022; 15:208. [PMID: 36195861 PMCID: PMC9531349 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-022-01350-5] [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: 05/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Cerebral palsy (CP), the most common physical disability of childhood, is a nonprogressive movement disorder syndrome. Eighty percent of cases are considered idiopathic without a clear cause. Evidence has shown that cytokine abnormalities are widely thought to contribute to CP. Methods An association between 6 SNPs (rs12244380, rs2025345, rs12722561, rs4749926, rs2104286 and rs706778) in IL2RA (interleukin 2 receptor subunit alpha) and CP was investigated using a case–control method based on 782 CP cases and 778 controls. The allele, genotype and haplotype frequencies of SNPs were assessed using the SHEsis program. Subgroup analyses based on complications and clinical subtypes were also conducted. Results Globally, no differences in genotype or allele frequencies for any SNPs remained significant after Bonferroni correction between patients and controls, except rs706778, which deviated from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium and was excluded from further analyses. However, subgroup analysis revealed a significant association of rs2025345 with spastic tetraplegia (P genotype = 0.048 after correction) and rs12722561 with CP accompanied by global developmental delay (P allele = 0.045 after correction), even after Bonferroni correction. Conclusions These findings indicated that genetic variations in IL2RA are significantly associated with CP susceptibility in the Chinese Han population, suggesting that IL2RA is likely involved in the pathogenesis of CP. Further investigation with a larger sample size in a multiethnic population is needed to confirm the association.
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Chen Z, Sui G, Wang L, Yang C, Wang F. High-fat diet induced hippocampal CREB dysfunction, cognitive impairment and depression-like behaviors via downregulation of interleukin-2 in the mice. Metab Brain Dis 2022; 37:1163-1174. [PMID: 35290547 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-022-00938-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inhibition of hippocampal CREB signaling contributed to obesity-induced cognitive impairment. But, the potential mechanism by which obesity inhibits hippocampal CREB signaling is not clear. The aim of this study was to explore whether interleukin-2 played a intermediary role in this pathogenic effect in a high-fat diet model. METHODS C57BL/6J interleukin-2+/+ wild-type and interleukin-2-/- knockout mice were fed a standard diet or high-fat diet for 12 weeks. After that, cognitive function was assessed by Morris water maze and Y maze. Depression-like behaviors were determined using sucrose preference test and tail suspension test. Expression of p-CREB and interleukin-2 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and hippocampus was measured using western blotting and qRT-PCR. RESULTS In the interleukin-2+/+ wild-type mice, a high-fat diet inhibited the expression of interleukin-2 and p-CREB both in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells and hippocampus. The high-fat diet also caused cognitive impairment and depression-like behaviors in these mice. In the interleukin-2-/- knockout mice, there was no significant depression of interleukin-2. A high-fat diet can only aggravate the p-CREB signaling dysfunction in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells, but not in the hippocampus. Meanwhile, the high-fat diet can not cause the cognitive impairment and depression-like behaviors in these mice. CONCLUSIONS A high-fat diet induced hippocampal CREB dysfunction, cognitive impairment and depression-like behaviors partly through downregulation of interleukin-2 in the mice.
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- Zheng Chen
- Department of Psychology, Tianjin Anding Hospital, 300074, Tianjin, China.
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychology, Tianjin Anding Hospital, 300074, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Geriatrics Institute, 300052, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Tianjin Anding Hospital, 300074, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Psychology, Tianjin Anding Hospital, 300074, Tianjin, China.
- Department of Geriatrics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Geriatrics Institute, 300052, Tianjin, China.
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He Y, Bo Q, Mao Z, Yang J, Liu M, Wang H, Kastin AJ, Pan W, Wang C, Sun Z. Reduced Serum Levels of Soluble Interleukin-15 Receptor α in Schizophrenia and Its Relationship to the Excited Phenotype. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:842003. [PMID: 35356722 PMCID: PMC8959406 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.842003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Our previous studies documented that interleukin-15 receptor α (IL-15Rα) knockout (KO) mice exhibited hyperactivity, memory impairment, and desperate behavior, which are core features of schizophrenia and depression. Due to the overlapping symptomology and pathogenesis observed for schizophrenia and depression, the present study attempted to determine whether IL-15Rα was associated with the risk of schizophrenia or depression. One hundred fifty-six participants, including 63 schizophrenia patients, 29 depressive patients, and 64 age-matched healthy controls, were enrolled in the study. We investigated the circulating levels of soluble IL-15Rα and analyzed potential links between the IL-15Rα levels and clinical symptoms present in schizophrenia or depressive patients. We observed reduced serum IL-15Rα levels in schizophrenia patients, but not depressive patients compared with controls. Moreover, a significant negative association was observed between the circulating IL-15Rα levels and excited phenotypes in the schizophrenia patients. The IL-15Rα KO mice displayed pronounced pre-pulse inhibition impairment, which was a typical symptom of schizophrenia. Interestingly, the IL-15Rα KO mice exhibited a remarkable elevation in the startle amplitude in the startle reflex test compared to wild type mice. These results demonstrated that serum levels of soluble IL-15Rα were reduced in schizophrenia and highlighted the relationship of IL-15Rα and the excited phenotype in schizophrenia patients and mice.
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- Yi He
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
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- BioPotentials Consult, Sedona, AZ, United States
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Thomas N, Armstrong CW, Hudaib AR, Kulkarni J, Gurvich C. A network meta-analysis of stress mediators in suicide behaviour. Front Neuroendocrinol 2021; 63:100946. [PMID: 34481858 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2021.100946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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UNLABELLED Stress homeostatic mediators are the most consistently anomalous biomarkers observed in suicide and may therefore point to a common 'core biology' of stress susceptibility, and suicidal behaviour. Previously reported meta-analyses have demonstrated aberrant levels of stress cortisol and inflammatory cytokines in suicide patients compared to controls, and significant associations between the stress regulator FK506-binding protein 51 (FKBP5) gene and suicidal behaviour. Although these independent studies were investigated as separate entities in suicide, stress mediators interact in a dynamic system, collectively giving rise to system changes physiologically, and ultimately psychologically and behaviourally. It is therefore important to study the dynamic network these stress mediators. Network meta-analysis allows for the simultaneous comparison of more than two biological mediators, and for comparisons to be made between mediators that have not been directly compared before, using previously reported, pooled meta data. Such network approaches may help study the complex biological phenomena of suicide and may provide better prediction of biological risk of suicidal states. METHODS This study aimed to establish the comparative relationships between key stress mediators in suicidal patients compared to non-suicidal controls using a random-effects network meta-analysis approach.. The key stress mediators included cortisol, six inflammatory markers (interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-4 (IL-4), interleukin-2 (IL-2), tumour necrosis factor-a (TNF-α), interferon (IFN-y) and transforming growth factor β (TGF-β), and the FKBP5 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) allele. Data was derived from three previously published meta-analysis. The study population comprised of 1348 suicidal patients, defined as suicide attempters, completers, or patients with severe suicidal ideation, and 1750 non-suicidal controls, defined as healthy controls and psychiatric patients without suicidal ideation or previous attempts. RESULTS Pair-wise indirect effects of stress mediators in suicide compared to controls demonstrated that relative to the effect of the FKBP5 risk SNP allele on suicide risk, the magnitude of differences (suicide vs control) for the levels of IL-2 (SMD -0.72; 95% CI, -0.135 to -0.09 and IL-4 (SMD -0.71; 95% CI, -1.34 to -0.08) were significantly smaller (with 95% confidence intervals not crossing the null). The comparative relationships between stress mediators in suicidal behaviour demonstrates that the dynamic stress network relationship is dysregulated in suicide patients when compared to controls. CONCLUSIONS This model suggests that a genetic stress susceptibility with downstream abnormal cortisol stress axis functioning, together with anomalous interactions between the inflammatory system, may be one of the neurobiological correlates of suicide behaviour. This biological state may leave the individual physiologically susceptible and unable to cope with environmental stressors, which is consistent with the stress-diathesis hypothesis of suicide behaviour.
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- Natalie Thomas
- Department of Biochemistry & Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia; Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Australia.
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- Department of Biochemistry & Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Australia
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- Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Australia
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- Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Australia
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Maniskas ME, Mack AF, Morales-Scheihing D, Finger C, Zhu L, Paulter R, Urayama A, McCullough LD, Manwani B. Sex differences in a murine model of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. Brain Behav Immun Health 2021; 14:100260. [PMID: 34589766 PMCID: PMC8474688 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 04/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is one of the common causes of lobar intracerebral hemorrhage and vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) in the aging population. Increased amyloid plaque deposition within cerebral blood vessels, specifically the smooth muscle layer, is linked to increased cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) and impaired cognition in CAA. Studies in Alzheimer's disease (AD) have shown that amyloid plaque pathology is more prevalent in the brains of elderly women (2/3rd of the dementia population) compared with men, however, there is a paucity of studies on sex differences in CAA. The objective of this study was to discern the sexual dichotomies in CAA. We utilized male and female Tg-SwDI mice (mouse model of CAA) at 12-14 months of age for this study. We evaluated sex differences in CMBs, cognitive function and inflammation. Cognition was assessed using Y-maze (spatial working memory) and Fear Conditioning (contextual memory). CMBs were quantified by ex vivo brain MRI scans. Inflammatory cytokines in brain were quantified using ELISA. Our results demonstrated that aging Tg-SwDI female mice had a significantly higher burden of CMBs on MRI as compared to males. Interestingly, these aging Tg-SwDI female mice also had significantly impaired spatial and contextual memory on Y maze and Fear Conditioning respectively. Furthermore, female mice had significantly lower circulating inflammatory cytokines, IL-1α, IL-2, IL-9, and IFN-γ, as compared to males. Our results demonstrate that aging female Tg-SwDI mice are more cognitively impaired and have higher number of CMBs, as compared to males at 12-14 months of age. This may be secondary to reduced levels of neural repair cytokines (IL-1α, IL-2, IL-9 and IFN-γ) involved in sex specific inflammatory signaling in CAA.
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- Michael E. Maniskas
- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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Qian J, Wang X, Cao J, Zhang W, Lu C, Chen X. Dihydromyricetin attenuates D-galactose-induced brain aging of mice via inhibiting oxidative stress and neuroinflammation. Neurosci Lett 2021; 756:135963. [PMID: 34022267 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.135963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Aging-related especially brain aging-related diseases are heavy health care burdens worldwide. Natural products with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties have been studied to prevent brain aging pathogenesis. In the present study we investigated the potential mechanism of dihydromyricetin (DMY), isolated from Ampelopsis grossedentata, against D-galactose (D-Gal)-triggered brain aging of mice. Mice were randomly assigned into five groups (n = 20): control group, D-gal (150 mg/kg) group, D-gal (150 mg/kg) + Puerarin group, D-gal (150 mg/kg) + DMY (168 mg/kg) and D-gal (150 mg/kg) + DMY (42 mg/kg). Morris water maze (MWM) was used to assess spatial cognition and oxidative stress and inflammation index such as advanced glycation end products (AGEs), malondialdehyde (MDA), IL-2 and IL-6 were detected by ELISA. Cellular senescence marker was detected by Western blotting analysis. We found that DMY (42 mg/kg) showed strong neuroprotective effects, evidenced by improved spatial cognition and might be attributed to the alleviated damage of hippocampal neurons. In addition, DMY also suppressed the D-Gal-induced senescence of hippocampal neurons by inhibiting the expressions of p53, p21, and p16. Furthermore, DMY restored the activity of catalase and exhibited a potent inhibitory effect on lipid peroxidation, AGEs and MDA of D-Gal-exposed mice. Moreover, DMY decreased the abundance of IL-6 but increased the abundance of IL-2 of D-Gal-exposed mice. These findings indicated that DMY might protect against brain aging caused by chronic D-Gal exposure by modulating oxidative stress and inflammation-related senescence of hippocampal neurons.
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- Jianan Qian
- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nantong First People's Hospital, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, No.6 Haierxiang North Road Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, China.
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Bartolotti N, Lazarov O. CREB signals as PBMC-based biomarkers of cognitive dysfunction: A novel perspective of the brain-immune axis. Brain Behav Immun 2019; 78:9-20. [PMID: 30641141 PMCID: PMC6488430 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
To date, there is no reliable biomarker for the assessment or determination of cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. Such a biomarker would not only aid in diagnostics, but could also serve as a measure of therapeutic efficacy. It is widely acknowledged that the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, namely, amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles, as well as their precursors and metabolites, are poorly correlated with cognitive function and disease stage and thus have low diagnostic or prognostic value. A lack of biomarkers is one of the major roadblocks in diagnosing the disease and in assessing the efficacy of potential therapies. The phosphorylation of cAMP Response Element Binding protein (pCREB) plays a major role in memory acquisition and consolidation. In the brain, CREB activation by phosphorylation at Ser133 and the recruitment of transcription cofactors such as CREB binding protein (CBP) is a critical step for the formation of memory. This set of processes is a prerequisite for the transcription of genes thought to be important for synaptic plasticity, such as Egr-1. Interestingly, recent work suggests that the expression of pCREB in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) positively correlates with pCREB expression in the postmortem brain of Alzheimer's patients, suggesting not only that pCREB expression in PBMC might serve as a biomarker of cognitive dysfunction, but also that the dysfunction of CREB signaling may not be limited to the brain in AD, and that a link may exist between the regulation of CREB in the blood and in the brain. In this review we consider the evidence suggesting a correlation between the level of CREB signals in the brain and blood, the current knowledge about CREB in PBMC and its association with CREB in the brain, and the implications and mechanisms for a neuro-immune cross talk that may underlie this communication. This Review will discuss the possibility that peripheral dysregulation of CREB is an early event in AD pathogenesis, perhaps as a facet of immune system dysfunction, and that this impairment in peripheral CREB signaling modifies CREB signaling in the brain, thus exacerbating cognitive decline in AD. A more thorough understanding of systemic dysregulation of CREB in AD will facilitate the search for a biomarker of cognitive function in AD, and also aid in the understanding of the mechanisms underlying cognitive decline in AD.
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- Nancy Bartolotti
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Parida R, Das S, Raju TR, Sathyaprabha TN. Human placental extract ameliorates cytokine and cytokine receptor signaling in the rat hippocampus upon Benzo[a]Pyrene exposure. J Chem Neuroanat 2019; 98:8-16. [PMID: 30862515 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2018] [Revised: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Benzo[alpha]Pyrene (B[a]P) causes toxicity via Cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) metabolic activity in the brain. Studies have shown that neuronal IL-2 and TNF-α are associated with the hippocampus development and regulation, but their association with the CYP1A1 activity remains unidentified. Limited action of human placental extract (HPE) in the activation of tissue repair and wound healing is known, but their role in B[a]P clearance in the hippocampus is not known so far. Our study has focused on two novel concepts: (1) association of CYP1A1 activity with the inflammatory response in the brain hippocampus and (2) role of HPE in the immunomodulatory mechanisms in the hippocampus upon B[a]P exposure at cytokine receptor and nuclear level. Intrathecal administration of different concentrations of B[a]P and HPE into male wistar rat pups has been conducted. An increased CYP1A1 activity was observed in the presence of 0.25 μM B[a]P alone but in case of HPE followed by 0.25 μM B[a]P, it was equal to control. Herein we report that 5 μl of 0.1 gm HPE followed by 0.25 μM B[a]P administration enabled down-regulation of IL-2 and TNF-α levels in the hippocampus thereby modulating TNFR2 and IL2Rγc signals via NF-κB activation. Besides, localization of IL-2, TNF-α, IL2Rγc, TNFR1 and TNFR2 in the CA1, CA3 and DG regions of the hippocampus are also depicted. Altogether, these findings will project the clinical importance of HPE in the neuroinflammation suppression in the hippocampus developed due to B[a]P toxicity.
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- Rajeshwari Parida
- Department of Neurophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, 560029, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Neurophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, 560029, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Neurophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, 560029, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Neurophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, 560029, Karnataka, India.
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Cao W, Zheng H. Peripheral immune system in aging and Alzheimer's disease. Mol Neurodegener 2018; 13:51. [PMID: 30285785 PMCID: PMC6169078 DOI: 10.1186/s13024-018-0284-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents an urgent public health mandate. AD is no longer considered a neural-centric disease; rather, a plethora of recent studies strongly implicate a critical role played by neuroinflammation in the pathogeneses of AD and other neurodegenerative conditions. A close functional connection between the immune system and central nervous system is increasingly recognized. In late-onset AD, aging represents the most significant risk factor. Here, from an immunological perspective, we summarize the prominent molecular and cellular changes in the periphery of aging individuals and AD patients. Moreover, we review the knowledge gained in the past several years that implicate specific arms of the peripheral immune system and other types of immune responses in modulating AD progression. Taken together, these findings collectively emphasize a dynamic role of a concert of brain-extrinsic, peripheral signals in the aging and degenerative processes in the CNS. We believe that a systematic view synthesizing the vast amounts of existing results will help guide the development of next-generation therapeutics and inform future directions of AD investigation.
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- Wei Cao
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Huffington Center on Aging, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Huffington Center on Aging, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Alves S, Churlaud G, Audrain M, Michaelsen-Preusse K, Fol R, Souchet B, Braudeau J, Korte M, Klatzmann D, Cartier N. Interleukin-2 improves amyloid pathology, synaptic failure and memory in Alzheimer's disease mice. Brain 2017; 140:826-842. [PMID: 28003243 DOI: 10.1093/brain/aww330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Interleukin-2 (IL-2)-deficient mice have cytoarchitectural hippocampal modifications and impaired learning and memory ability reminiscent of Alzheimer's disease. IL-2 stimulates regulatory T cells whose role is to control inflammation. As neuroinflammation contributes to neurodegeneration, we investigated IL-2 in Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, we investigated IL-2 levels in hippocampal biopsies of patients with Alzheimer's disease relative to age-matched control individuals. We then treated APP/PS1ΔE9 mice having established Alzheimer's disease with IL-2 for 5 months using single administration of an AAV-IL-2 vector. We first found decreased IL-2 levels in hippocampal biopsies of patients with Alzheimer's disease. In mice, IL-2-induced systemic and brain regulatory T cells expansion and activation. In the hippocampus, IL-2 induced astrocytic activation and recruitment of astrocytes around amyloid plaques, decreased amyloid-β42/40 ratio and amyloid plaque load, improved synaptic plasticity and significantly rescued spine density. Of note, this tissue remodelling was associated with recovery of memory deficits, as assessed in the Morris water maze task. Altogether, our data strongly suggest that IL-2 can alleviate Alzheimer's disease hallmarks in APP/PS1ΔE9 mice with established pathology. Therefore, this should prompt the investigation of low-dose IL-2 in Alzheimer's disease and other neuroinflammatory/neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Sandro Alves
- INSERM U1169/MIRCen CEA 92265 Fontenay aux Roses and Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Biotherapy (CIC-BTi) and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (i2B), F-75651, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM UMR-S 959, Immunology-Immunopathology-Immunotherapy, F-75013 Paris, France
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- INSERM U1169/MIRCen CEA 92265 Fontenay aux Roses and Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Division of Cellular Neurobiology, Zoological Institute, TU Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany.,Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, AG NIND, Inhoffenstr. 7, 38124 Brunswick, Germany
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- INSERM U1169/MIRCen CEA 92265 Fontenay aux Roses and Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
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- INSERM U1169/MIRCen CEA 92265 Fontenay aux Roses and Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
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- INSERM U1169/MIRCen CEA 92265 Fontenay aux Roses and Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Division of Cellular Neurobiology, Zoological Institute, TU Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany.,Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, AG NIND, Inhoffenstr. 7, 38124 Brunswick, Germany
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Biotherapy (CIC-BTi) and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (i2B), F-75651, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM UMR-S 959, Immunology-Immunopathology-Immunotherapy, F-75013 Paris, France
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- INSERM U1169/MIRCen CEA 92265 Fontenay aux Roses and Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
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Hsu NJ, Francisco NM, Keeton R, Allie N, Quesniaux VFJ, Ryffel B, Jacobs M. Myeloid and T Cell-Derived TNF Protects against Central Nervous System Tuberculosis. Front Immunol 2017; 8:180. [PMID: 28280495 PMCID: PMC5322283 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Tuberculosis of the central nervous system (CNS-TB) is a devastating complication of tuberculosis, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is crucial for innate immunity and controlling the infection. TNF is produced by many cell types upon activation, in particularly the myeloid and T cells during neuroinflammation. Here we used mice with TNF ablation targeted to myeloid and T cell (MT-TNF-/-) to assess the contribution of myeloid and T cell-derived TNF in immune responses during CNS-TB. These mice exhibited impaired innate immunity and high susceptibility to cerebral Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, a similar phenotype to complete TNF-deficient mice. Further, MT-TNF-/- mice were not able to control T cell responses and cytokine/chemokine production. Thus, our data suggested that collective TNF production by both myeloid and T cells are required to provide overall protective immunity against CNS-TB infection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nai-Jen Hsu
- Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa
| | - Nasiema Allie
- Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa
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- CNRS UMR7355, Experimental and Molecular Immunology and Neurogenetics , Orleans , France
| | - Bernhard Ryffel
- CNRS UMR7355, Experimental and Molecular Immunology and Neurogenetics , Orleans , France
| | - Muazzam Jacobs
- Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
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