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Cunningham ME, Meehan GR, Robinson S, Yao D, McGonigal R, Willison HJ. Perisynaptic Schwann cells phagocytose nerve terminal debris in a mouse model of Guillain-Barré syndrome. J Peripher Nerv Syst 2020; 25:143-151. [PMID: 32250537 PMCID: PMC8299349 DOI: 10.1111/jns.12373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In mouse models of acute motor axonal neuropathy, anti-ganglioside antibodies (AGAbs) bind to motor axons, notably the distal nerve, and activate the complement cascade. While complement activation is well studied in this model, the role of inflammatory cells is unknown. Herein we aimed to investigate the contribution of phagocytic cells including macrophages, neutrophils and perisynaptic Schwann cells (pSCs) to distal nerve pathology. To observe this, we first created a subacute injury model of sufficient duration to allow inflammatory cell recruitment. Mice were injected intraperitoneally with an anti-GD1b monoclonal antibody that binds strongly to mouse motor nerve axons. Subsequently, mice received normal human serum as a source of complement. Dosing was titrated to allow humane survival of mice over a period of 3 days, yet still induce the characteristic neurological impairment. Behaviour and pathology were assessed in vivo using whole-body plethysmography and post-sacrifice by immunofluorescence and flow cytometry. ex vivo nerve-muscle preparations were used to investigate the acute phagocytic role of pSCs following distal nerve injury. Following complement activation at distal intramuscular nerve sites in the diaphragm macrophage localisation or numbers are not altered, nor do they shift to a pro- or anti-inflammatory phenotype. Similarly, neutrophils are not significantly recruited. Instead, ex vivo nerve-muscle preparations exposed to AGAb plus complement reveal that pSCs rapidly become phagocytic and engulf axonal debris. These data suggest that pSCs, rather than inflammatory cells, are the major cellular vehicle for axonal debris clearance following distal nerve injury, in contrast to larger nerve bundles where macrophage-mediated clearance predominates.
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- Madeleine E. Cunningham
- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life SciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowUK
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- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life SciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowUK
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- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life SciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowUK
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- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life SciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowUK
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- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life SciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowUK
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- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life SciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowUK
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Piccinin S, Di Angelantonio S, Piccioni A, Volpini R, Cristalli G, Fredholm BB, Limatola C, Eusebi F, Ragozzino D. CX3CL1-induced modulation at CA1 synapses reveals multiple mechanisms of EPSC modulation involving adenosine receptor subtypes. J Neuroimmunol 2010; 224:85-92. [PMID: 20570369 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2010] [Accepted: 05/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We characterized the role of adenosine receptor (AR) subtypes in the modulation of glutamatergic neurotransmission by the chemokine fractalkine (CX3CL1) in mouse hippocampal CA1 neurons. CX(3)CL1 causes a reversible depression of excitatory postsynaptic current (EPSC), which is abolished by the A(3)R antagonist MRS1523, but not by A(1)R (DPCPX) or A(2A)R (SCH58261) antagonists. Consistently, CX3CL1-induced EPSC depression is absent in slices from A(3)R(-/-) but not A(1)R(-/-) or A(2A)R(-/-) mice. Further, A(3)R stimulation causes similar EPSC depression. In cultured neurons, CX3CL1-induced depression of AMPA current shows A(1)R-A(3)R pharmacology. We conclude that glutamatergic depression induced by released adenosine requires the stimulation of different ARs.
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MESH Headings
- Adenosine A1 Receptor Antagonists
- Adenosine A2 Receptor Antagonists
- Adenosine A3 Receptor Antagonists
- Animals
- CA1 Region, Hippocampal/immunology
- CA1 Region, Hippocampal/metabolism
- CA1 Region, Hippocampal/ultrastructure
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CX3CL1/physiology
- Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/genetics
- Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Neural Inhibition/genetics
- Neural Inhibition/immunology
- Organ Culture Techniques
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Presynaptic Terminals/immunology
- Presynaptic Terminals/metabolism
- Receptor, Adenosine A1/deficiency
- Receptor, Adenosine A1/physiology
- Receptor, Adenosine A3/deficiency
- Receptor, Adenosine A3/physiology
- Receptors, Adenosine A2/deficiency
- Receptors, Adenosine A2/physiology
- Receptors, Purinergic P1/deficiency
- Receptors, Purinergic P1/genetics
- Receptors, Purinergic P1/physiology
- Synaptic Transmission/genetics
- Synaptic Transmission/immunology
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- S Piccinin
- Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti & Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Farmacologia Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Richard Petty
- Department of Neurology, Southern General Hospital, 1345 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK.
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Buchwald B, Zhang G, Vogt-Eisele AK, Zhang W, Ahangari R, Griffin JW, Hatt H, Toyka KV, Sheikh KA. Anti-ganglioside antibodies alter presynaptic release and calcium influx. Neurobiol Dis 2007; 28:113-21. [PMID: 17720506 PMCID: PMC2094038 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2007.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2007] [Revised: 06/28/2007] [Accepted: 07/01/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome is often associated with IgG anti-GM1 and -GD1a antibodies. The pathophysiological basis of antibody-mediated selective motor nerve dysfunction remains unclear. We investigated the effects of IgG anti-GM1 and -GD1a monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) on neuromuscular transmission and calcium influx in hemidiaphragm preparations and in cultured neurons, respectively, to elucidate mechanisms of Ab-mediated muscle weakness. Anti-GM1 and -GD1a mAbs depressed evoked quantal release to a significant yet different extent, without affecting postsynaptic currents. At equivalent concentrations, anti-GD1b, -GT1b, or sham mAbs did not affect neuromuscular transmission. At fourfold higher concentration, an anti-GD1b mAb (specificity described in immune sensory neuropathies) induced completely reversible blockade. In neuronal cultures, anti-GM1 and -GD1a mAbs significantly reduced depolarization-induced calcium influx. In conclusion, different anti-ganglioside mAbs induce distinct effects on presynaptic transmitter release by reducing calcium influx, suggesting that this is one mechanism of antibody-mediated muscle weakness in AMAN.
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- Brigitte Buchwald
- Research Group Neurophysiology, Section Neurology, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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Theodore S, Cass WA, Nath A, Steiner J, Young K, Maragos WF. Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-alpha signaling prevents human immunodeficiency virus-1 protein Tat and methamphetamine interaction. Neurobiol Dis 2006; 23:663-8. [PMID: 16828290 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2006.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2006] [Revised: 04/25/2006] [Accepted: 05/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Our previous studies demonstrated that the psychostimulant methamphetamine (MA) and the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) protein Tat interacted to cause enhanced dopaminergic neurotoxicity. The present study examined whether tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) mediates the interaction between Tat and MA. In Sprague-Dawley rats, injections of Tat caused a small but significant increase in striatal TNF-alpha level, whereas MA resulted in no change. The increase in TNF-alpha induced by Tat + MA was not significantly different from that induced by Tat alone. Temporal analysis of TNF-alpha levels revealed a 50-fold increase 4 h after Tat administration. In C57BL/6 mice, Tat + MA induced a 50% decline in striatal dopamine levels, which was significantly attenuated in mice lacking both receptors for TNF-alpha. TNF-alpha synthesis inhibitors significantly attenuated Tat + MA neurotoxicity in hippocampal neuronal culture. The results suggest that Tat-induced elevation of TNF-alpha may predispose the dopaminergic terminals to subsequent damage by MA.
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- Shaji Theodore
- Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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Fishman PS, Matthews CC, Parks DA, Box M, Fairweather NF. Immunization does not interfere with uptake and transport by motor neurons of the binding fragment of tetanus toxin. J Neurosci Res 2006; 83:1540-3. [PMID: 16557581 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The nontoxic binding domain of tetanus toxin (fragment C or TTC) readily undergoes retrograde axonal transport from an intramuscular injection site. This property has led to investigation of TTC as a possible vector for delivering therapeutic proteins to motor neurons. However, the vast majority of individuals in the developed world have been vaccinated with tetanus toxoid and have circulating antitetanus antibodies that cross-react with TTC and may block the delivery of a TTC-linked therapeutic protein. However, it is uncertain whether the immune response is capable of completely neutralizing an intramuscular depot of protein prior to its internalization by presynaptic nerve terminals, where it is inaccessible to antibody. We have evaluated uptake of rhodamine-labeled TTC following intramuscular injection in normal animals and animals vaccinated with tetanus toxoid prior to injection of fluorescently labeled TTC. All animals demonstrated uptake of TTC, with fluorescence appropriately localized to the hypoglossal nerve and nucleus. The distribution and intensity of fluorescence within neurons and processes were indistinguishable between the two groups and were characteristic of TTC. Vaccinated animals showed levels of uptake of TTC into the brain comparable to those of immunologically naïve animals as measured by quantitative fluorimetry. All vaccinated animals had protective levels of antitetanus antibodies as measured by ELISA. Uptake of TTC by nerve terminals from an intramuscular depot is an avid and rapid process and is not blocked by vaccination associated with protection from tetanus toxin.
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- Paul S Fishman
- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Kleopa KA, Elman LB, Lang B, Vincent A, Scherer SS. Neuromyotonia and limbic encephalitis sera target mature Shaker-type K+ channels: subunit specificity correlates with clinical manifestations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 129:1570-84. [PMID: 16613892 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Autoantibodies to Shaker-type (Kv1) K+ channels are now known to be associated with three syndromes. Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability is the chief manifestation of acquired neuromyotonia; the combination of neuromyotonia with autonomic and CNS involvement is called Morvan's syndrome (MoS); and CNS manifestations without peripheral involvement is called limbic encephalitis (LE). To determine the cellular basis of these clinical manifestations, we immunostained mouse neural tissues with sera from patients with neuromyotonia (n = 10), MoS (n = 2) or LE (n = 5), comparing with specific antibodies to relevant K+ channel subunits. Fourteen of 17 patients' sera were positive for Kv1.1, Kv1.2 or Kv1.6 antibodies by immunoprecipitation of 125I-alpha-dendrotoxin-labelled rabbit brain K+ channels. Most sera (11 out of 17) labelled juxtaparanodes of peripheral myelinated axons, co-localizing with Kv1.1 and Kv1.2. In the CNS, all sera tested (n = 12) co-localized with one or more areas of high Kv1.1, Kv1.2 or Kv1.6 channel expression: 10 out of 12 sera co-localized with Kv1.1 and Kv1.2 at spinal cord juxtaparanodes or cerebellar layers, while 3 out of 12 sera co-localized additionally (n = 2) or exclusively (n = 1) with Kv1.6 subunits in Purkinje cells, motor and hippocampal neurons. However, only sera from LE patients labelled the hippocampal areas that are enriched in excitatory, Kv1.1-positive axon terminals. All sera (17 out of 17) labelled one or more of these Kv1 subunits when expressed at the cell membrane of transfected HeLa cells, but not when they were retained in the endoplasmic reticulum. Again, LE sera labelled Kv1.1 subunits more prominently than did MoS or neuromyotonia sera, suggesting an association between higher Kv1.1 specificity and limbic manifestations. In contrast, neuromyotonia sera bound more strongly to Kv1.2 subunits than to Kv1.1 or Kv1.6. These studies support the hypothesis that antibodies to mature surface membrane-expressed Shaker-type K+ channels cause acquired neuromyotonia, MoS and LE, and suggest that future assays based on immunofluorescence of cells expressing individual Kv1 subunits will prove more sensitive than the immunoprecipitation assay. Although more than one type of antibody is often detectable in individual sera, higher affinity for certain subunits or subunit combinations may determine the range of clinical manifestations.
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- Kleopas A Kleopa
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus, PA, USA.
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Halstead SK, Morrison I, O'Hanlon GM, Humphreys PD, Goodfellow JA, Plomp JJ, Willison HJ. Anti-disialosyl antibodies mediate selective neuronal or Schwann cell injury at mouse neuromuscular junctions. Glia 2006; 52:177-89. [PMID: 15968629 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The human paralytic neuropathy, Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) is associated with autoantibodies specific for disialosyl epitopes on gangliosides GQ1b, GT1a, and GD3. Since these gangliosides are enriched in synaptic membranes, anti-ganglioside antibodies may target neuromuscular junctions (NMJs), thereby contributing to disease symptoms. We have shown previously that at murine NMJs, anti-disialosyl antibodies induce an alpha-latrotoxin-like effect, electrophysiologically characterized by transient massive increase of spontaneous neurotransmitter release followed by block of evoked release, resulting in paralysis of the muscle preparation. Morphologically, motor nerve terminal damage, as well as perisynaptic Schwann cell (pSC) death is observed. The relative contributions of neuronal and pSC injury to the paralytic effect and subsequent repair are unknown. In this study, we have examined the ability of subsets of anti-disialosyl antibodies to discriminate between the neuronal and glial elements of the NMJ and thereby induce either neuronal injury or pSC death. Most antibodies reactive with GD3 induced pSC death, whereas antibody reactivity with GT1a correlated with the extent of nerve terminal injury. Motor nerve terminal injury resulted in massive uncontrolled exocytosis with paralysis. However, pSC ablation induced no acute (within 1 h) electrophysiological or morphological changes to the underlying nerve terminal. These data suggest that at mammalian NMJs, acute pSC injury or ablation has no major deleterious influence on synapse function. Our studies provide evidence for highly selective targeting of mammalian NMJ membranes, based on ganglioside composition, that can be exploited for examining axonal-glial interactions both in disease states and in normal NMJ homeostasis.
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- Susan K Halstead
- Department of Neurology, Division of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Glasgow, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland
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Immunoglobulin G (IgG) samples isolated from the sera of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and control patients were injected intraperitoneally into mice. After 24 h the mice were processed for immune electron microscopic immunohistochemistry to localize IgG in their nervous system. The injected ALS IgG was observed in the axon terminals of the lower motor neurons (MNs), localized to the microtubules and enriched in the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER). In post-mortem spinal cord samples from ALS patients, IgG was similarly detected in the vicinity of the microtubules and in the RER of the MNs. IgG was neither found in the corresponding structures of MNs of mice injected with the control human IgG nor in post-mortem human control spinal cord samples. The data suggest that multiple antibodies directing to different structures of the MNs may play a role in their degeneration in ALS.
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- J I Engelhardt
- Department of Neurology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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Buchwald B, Ahangari R, Weishaupt A, Toyka KV. Presynaptic effects of immunoglobulin G from patients with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome: Their neutralization by intravenous immunoglobulins. Muscle Nerve 2005; 31:487-94. [PMID: 15685615 DOI: 10.1002/mus.20269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) treatment improves muscle strength in Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS), but its specific mode of action is unknown. We have delineated its mode of action on neuromuscular blocking properties of LEMS IgG. The effect of sera and purified IgG from six patients with LEMS on evoked quantal release was investigated after direct application to the motor nerve terminal by the perfused macro-patch-clamp electrode in mouse hemidiaphragms. The effect of LEMS IgG was analyzed alone and after coincubation with different concentrations of IVIg or its Fab fragments. All LEMS sera and purified LEMS IgG fractions taken before IVIg treatment inhibited evoked quantal release in a dose-dependent manner. When LEMS IgG was coincubated with a therapeutic IVIg preparation, presynaptic inhibitory activity of LEMS IgG was diminished in a dose-dependent fashion. Monovalent Fab fragments were as effective in neutralizing the activity of LEMS IgG as whole IVIg. These direct neutralizing effects of IVIg may explain its therapeutic efficacy.
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- Brigitte Buchwald
- Department of Neurology, Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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Ishii M, Miyashita T, Tsuchiya K, Ueda K, Umemura A, Honda T. HISTOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION AND ULTRASTRUCTURAL FEATURES OF IMMUNOREACTIVE TERMINALS AGAINST RT97, A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TO A 200 kD NEUROFILAMENT, IN THE SPINAL DORSAL HORN OF A RAT. Fukushima J Med Sci 2004; 50:65-74. [PMID: 15779572 DOI: 10.5387/fms.50.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Localization and ultrastructural features of immunoreactive fibers and terminals against RT-97, a mouse monoclonal antibody that recognizes subunit of a 200-kD neurofilament, were examined in the spinal dorsal horn of adult rats. Under a light-microscope, many RT-97 immunoreactive fibers were detected in the dorsal root, collaterals of the dorsal root in the dorsal funiculus, and laminae III and IV in the dorsal horn. Few immunoreactive fibers were found in laminae I and II. Electron microscopic observation demonstrated that almost all RT-97 immunoreactive fibers in the dorsal root were myelinated, and unmyelinated fibers immunonegative. The immunoreactive fibers entered into the dorsal horn passing through the collaterals of the dorsal root along the superficial gray lamina. In the dorsal horn, these fibers ascended into and then terminated in lamina II. RT-97 immunoreactive central terminals were semicircular or ellipsoid in appearance and contained many flat-type presynaptic vesicles. Some terminals made synaptic contact with dendritic profiles in lamina II. Our present results indicate that RT-97 is a useful marker for ultrastructural examination of terminals served by non-nociceptive A-fibers.
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- Maiko Ishii
- Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Japan
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Mott RT, Ait-Ghezala G, Town T, Mori T, Vendrame M, Zeng J, Ehrhart J, Mullan M, Tan J. Neuronal expression of CD22: Novel mechanism for inhibiting microglial proinflammatory cytokine production. Glia 2004; 46:369-79. [PMID: 15095367 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Although considered an immunologically privileged site, the central nervous system (CNS) can display significant inflammatory responses, which may play a pathogenic role in a number of neurological diseases. Microglia appear to be particularly important for initiating and sustaining CNS inflammation. These cells exist in a quiescent form in the normal CNS, but acquire macrophage-like properties (including active phagocytosis, upregulation of proteins necessary for antigen presentation, and production of proinflammatory cytokines) after stimulation with inflammatory substances such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Recent studies have focused on elucidating the role of neurons in the regulation of microglial inflammatory responses. In the present study, we demonstrate, using neuron-microglial cocultures, that neurons are capable of inhibiting LPS-induced tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) production by microglia. This inhibition appears to be dependent on secretion of substances at axon terminals, as treatment with the presynaptic calcium channel blocker omega-conotoxin abolishes this inhibitory effect. Moreover, we show that conditioned medium from neuronal cultures similarly inhibits microglial TNF-alpha production, which provides additional evidence that neurons secrete inhibitory substances. We previously demonstrated that the transmembrane protein-tyrosine phosphatase CD45 plays an important role in negatively regulating microglial activation. The recent characterization of CD22 as an endogenous ligand of this receptor led us to investigate whether neurons express this protein. Indeed, we were able to demonstrate CD22 mRNA and protein expression in cultured neurons and mouse brain, using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and antibody-based techniques. Furthermore, we show that neurons secrete CD22, which functions as an inhibitor of microglial proinflammatory cytokine production.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Brain/immunology
- Brain/physiopathology
- Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology
- Cell Adhesion Molecules
- Cell Communication/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Coculture Techniques
- Culture Media, Conditioned/pharmacology
- Cytokines/biosynthesis
- Cytokines/immunology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Feedback, Physiological/immunology
- Lectins/genetics
- Lectins/immunology
- Lectins/metabolism
- Leukocyte Common Antigens/immunology
- Ligands
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Mice
- Microglia/cytology
- Microglia/drug effects
- Microglia/immunology
- Neurons/immunology
- Neurons/metabolism
- Presynaptic Terminals/immunology
- Presynaptic Terminals/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 2
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/immunology
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- Ryan T Mott
- Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Wirguin I, Ifergane G, Almog Y, Lieberman D, Bersudsky M, Herishanu YO. Presynaptic neuromuscular transmission block in Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with anti-GQ1b antibodies. Neuromuscul Disord 2002; 12:292-3. [PMID: 11801402 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-8966(01)00296-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- I Wirguin
- Department of Neurology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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Ikemoto A, Nakamura S, Akiguchi I, Hirano A. Differential expression between synaptic vesicle proteins and presynaptic plasma membrane proteins in the anterior horn of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Acta Neuropathol 2002; 103:179-87. [PMID: 11810185 DOI: 10.1007/s004010100449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2001] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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This study concerns the immunohistochemical investigation of synaptic proteins in the anterior horn of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Antibodies against synapsin 1 and synaptophysin (i.e. synaptic vesicle proteins), and those against syntaxin and the synaptosomal-associated, 25 kDa protein, SNAP25 (i.e. presynaptic plasma membrane proteins) were used for immunostaining, respectively. Lumbar spinal cords from five ALS and eight control patients were examined. In the controls, all four synaptic proteins exhibited fine granular immunoreactivities, distributed throughout the spinal gray matter almost uniformly. In contrast, in all five ALS patients, two of the synaptic vesicle proteins examined decreased in the anterior horn neuropil diffusely, while in the same lumbar segments of these cases the immunoreactivities of the two presynaptic plasma membrane proteins showed no apparent decrease, or were only mildly diminished in the same gray matter area. These results indicate that, during the presynaptic terminal degeneration in the anterior horn of ALS, synaptic vesicle involvement may precede that of the presynaptic plasma membrane.
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- Akito Ikemoto
- Laboratory of Anatomic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
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Lewis DA, Cruz DA, Melchitzky DS, Pierri JN. Lamina-specific deficits in parvalbumin-immunoreactive varicosities in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia: evidence for fewer projections from the thalamus. Am J Psychiatry 2001; 158:1411-22. [PMID: 11532725 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.158.9.1411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Neuronal number in the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus, the principal source of thalamic projections to the prefrontal cortex, has been reported to be lower in subjects with schizophrenia. The authors tested the hypothesis that schizophrenia is associated with a selective deficit in a marker of thalamic axon terminals in the middle layers of the prefrontal cortex, the primary zone of termination of thalamic axons. METHOD The densities of parvalbumin-immunoreactive varicosities (putative axon terminals) were determined in the superficial and middle layers of prefrontal cortex area 9 from 20 matched pairs of subjects with schizophrenia and normal comparison subjects. In order to determine the specificity of these observations, similar studies were conducted in subjects with major depressive disorder and in monkeys after 9-12 months of haloperidol treatment. RESULTS The relative densities of parvalbumin-immunoreactive varicosities did not differ between schizophrenic and comparison subjects in the superficial layers. However, in the middle layers, mean varicosity density was significantly lower (24% difference) in the subjects with schizophrenia. In contrast, neither subjects with major depressive disorder nor haloperidol-treated monkeys exhibited a middle-layer density of parvalbumin-immunoreactive varicosities that was lower than that of their matched comparison groups. CONCLUSIONS Although not definitive, these findings are consistent with the hypothesis of fewer projections from the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus to the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenic subjects and thus converge with other lines of evidence demonstrating an abnormality in thalamo-prefrontal cortical circuitry in persons with schizophrenia.
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- D A Lewis
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Systemic injection of antibodies against acetylcholinesterase (AChE) induces complement-mediated destruction of preganglionic nerve terminals in paravertebral sympathetic ganglia, but spares other AChE-rich structures, such as nerve terminals in prevertebral sympathetic ganglia, parasympathetic ganglia, and the neuromuscular junction. This pattern of differing sensitivity to "AChE immunolesion" might be explained by a differing expression of proteins that serve to protect host cells from complement activation. Two major complement regulatory proteins in rats are Crry, which interferes with the assembly of C3 convertase, and CD59, which blocks formation of the terminal cytolytic membrane attack complex. The present study used immunohistochemistry to demonstrate an inverse relation between levels of CD59 and Crry expression and sensitivity to AChE immunolesion in several AChE-rich targets. Thus, the most sensitive structures, i.e., preganglionic nerve terminals in the adrenal gland and superior cervical ganglion (SCG), expressed undetectable levels of CD59 and Crry immunoreactivities. By contrast, AChE-rich, but antibody-resistant, cholinergic nerve terminals in the inferior mesenteric ganglia (IMG) and diaphragm muscle expressed significant amounts of CD59 and Crry. Such expression was functionally important because, after membrane-anchored CD59 was removed from explanted IMG with phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C, exposure to AChE antibody and complement caused greater immunolesion. It was concluded that differential expression of regulatory proteins in different parts of the nervous system influences regional vulnerability to complement mediated damage.
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MESH Headings
- Acetylcholinesterase/immunology
- Adrenal Glands/innervation
- Animals
- Antibodies/pharmacology
- Antigens, Surface
- CD59 Antigens/metabolism
- Complement System Proteins/metabolism
- Diaphragm/metabolism
- Ganglia, Parasympathetic/drug effects
- Ganglia, Parasympathetic/metabolism
- Ganglia, Parasympathetic/pathology
- Ganglia, Sympathetic/drug effects
- Ganglia, Sympathetic/immunology
- Ganglia, Sympathetic/pathology
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Vitro Techniques
- Male
- Neurons/drug effects
- Neurons/immunology
- Neurons/pathology
- Organ Specificity/drug effects
- Organ Specificity/immunology
- Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase
- Presynaptic Terminals/drug effects
- Presynaptic Terminals/immunology
- Presynaptic Terminals/pathology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Receptors, Complement/metabolism
- Spinal Cord/cytology
- Spinal Cord/metabolism
- Superior Cervical Ganglion/drug effects
- Superior Cervical Ganglion/immunology
- Superior Cervical Ganglion/pathology
- Sympathectomy, Chemical
- Type C Phospholipases/metabolism
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- H Tang
- Department of Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, 727 Guggenheim Building, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Takenoshita H, Shizuka-Ikeda M, Mitoma H, Song S, Harigaya Y, Igeta Y, Yaguchi M, Ishida K, Shoji M, Tanaka M, Mizusawa H, Okamoto K. Presynaptic inhibition of cerebellar GABAergic transmission by glutamate decarboxylase autoantibodies in progressive cerebellar ataxia. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2001; 70:386-9. [PMID: 11181864 PMCID: PMC1737259 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.70.3.386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Autoantibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) have been found in stiff-man syndrome, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, and progressive cerebellar ataxia. A patient with progressive cerebellar ataxia is described who was positive for GAD autoantibodies, and had Sjögren's syndrome. Immunohistochemical studies using CSF and serum samples from the patient showed immunoreactivities in axon terminals of cerebellar GABAergic neurons. A whole cell patch clamp technique recording from rat cerebellar slices showed that the CSF, presumably through GAD autoantibodies, presynaptically inhibited GABAergic transmission. Intravenous administration of immunoglobulin failed to improve clinical symptoms and immunoreactivities examined after therapy. The findings suggest that GAD autoantibodies play a pathogenic part in reducing GABA release in in vitro slices.
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- H Takenoshita
- Department of Neurology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
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Benatar M, Blaes F, Johnston I, Wilson K, Vincent A, Beeson D, Lang B. Presynaptic neuronal antigens expressed by a small cell lung carcinoma cell line. J Neuroimmunol 2001; 113:153-62. [PMID: 11137587 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(00)00431-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) is a tumour of neuroendocrine origin often found in association with autoimmune paraneoplastic neurological disorders. We established a SCLC cell line from a woman with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) who developed antibodies to both the P/Q-type voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCC) and the muscle acetycholine receptor (AChR). We used a range of techniques to establish which neuronal antigens were expressed in her tumour cell line. The results show that many proteins involved in exocytosis are present in the SCLC cells, and that depolarisation-dependent release of [(3)H]-serotonin is linked to calcium influx through P/Q-type VGCCs. In addition, some of the subunits encoding the AChR and both agrin and ARIA, molecules released from the motor nerve during development, were expressed. These results suggest that many potential antigenic targets are present in SCLC, and indicate a surprising 'motor nerve terminal'-like characteristic of this line.
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- M Benatar
- Neurosciences Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
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With its abundance of neurons and immunocytes, the gut is a potentially important site for the study of the interaction between the nervous and immune systems. In this electron microscopic study we have investigated the distribution of substance P (SP)- and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-immunoreactive (IR) nerve terminals and the immunocytes during experimental colitis in the rat. A mild colitis was induced by a luminal enema containing trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid. The most severe inflammation was detected after 2 days and the density and the distribution of the SP- and VIP-IR nerve terminals as well as the immunocompetent cells were studied at that time. Many SP- and VIP-IR nerve terminals were observed in a very close situation to the inflammatory cells. The number of VIP-IR nerve terminals slightly increased in the inflamed area. The gap between the axolemma of the nerve terminals and immunocytes was 20-200 nm. Some lymphocytes and plasma cells were also IR for SP in the inflamed area, whereas no IR immunocytes were observed in the control and in noninflamed area from the same animal. The very close apposition of the SP- and VIP-IR nerve terminals to the inflammatory cells as well as the presence of SP-IR immunocytes in inflamed area support the suggestion that bidirectional neuroimmunomodulation exists in the colon.
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- E Fehér
- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Mitoma H, Song SY, Ishida K, Yamakuni T, Kobayashi T, Mizusawa H. Presynaptic impairment of cerebellar inhibitory synapses by an autoantibody to glutamate decarboxylase. J Neurol Sci 2000; 175:40-4. [PMID: 10785255 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(00)00272-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), the enzyme responsible for converting glutamate to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), is a target of humoral autoimmunity in stiff-man syndrome and subacute cerebellar ataxia. Recently, we found that an anti-GAD autoantibody in the CSF of an ataxic patient selectively suppressed GABA-mediated transmission on cerebellar Purkinje cells without affecting glutamate-mediated transmission. Here, we examine the mechanism by which the autoantibody impaired the inhibitory transmission, using immunohistochemistry and whole-cell recording in rat cerebellar slices. The present results indicate that CSF immunoglobulins prepared from an ataxic patient acted on the presynaptic terminals of GABAergic interneurons and decreased GABA release onto Purkinje cells.
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- H Mitoma
- Mitoma Neurological Clinic, 1-2-10 Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Synucleins are abundant nerve terminal proteins of hitherto unknown function. In diseases with Lewy bodies, human alpha-synuclein concentrates in these lesions in the cell body and mutations in alpha-synuclein lead to heritable Parkinson's disease with Lewy bodies. This indicates that changes in the normal metabolism and axonal transport of alpha-synuclein is perturbed in these diseases. To investigate the normal axonal transport of synucleins we studied the rat visual system by nerve crush operations and metabolic labelling of the retinal ganglion cells followed by immunoprecipitation of nerve segments. We found by immunofluorescence microscopy of the crush-operated nerves that synucleins are transported by fast antero- and retrograde transport and colocalize with synaptophysin and SNAP-25 around the lesion. The metabolic labelling studies demonstrated that synucleins were moved through the nerve with all the rate components, the fast component and the slow components a and b, with component b predominating. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis revealed that both alpha- and beta-synuclein migrate through the nerve by slow component b in a ratio of 2:1.
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- P H Jensen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
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The prevalence and incidence of myasthenia gravis is higher than previously thought. A potentially immunodominant T cell has been defined. The specific voltage-gated calcium channel subtype that is targeted by antibodies in the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome has been identified, and there is further evidence for the pathogenic role of autoantibodies in some cases of fetal arthrogryposis and in acquired neuromyotonia, Morvan's syndrome and Miller-Fisher syndrome.
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- A Vincent
- University of Oxford, Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK.
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When administered to rats, antibodies against acetylcholinesterase (AChE) selectively destroy presynaptic inputs to sympathetic ganglia. To investigate the mechanism of this immunolesion, we created an in vitro system in which relevant components could be manipulated. Freshly dissected rat superior cervical ganglia (SCG) were incubated 15-20 h at 37 degrees C in fresh human serum (a potent source of complement) with continuous oxygenation. More than 96% of neurons in six control ganglia retained synaptic inputs, as defined by action potentials or excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSP) upon stimulation of the preganglionic trunk. However, when anti-AChE antibodies were present (0.16 mg/ml), none of 61 neurons from six incubated ganglia showed synaptic responses although membrane potential and input resistance remained normal. Staining for AChE and synaptophysin (a synaptic vesicle marker) was also disrupted in ganglia exposed to AChE antibodies in complement-sufficient serum. When complement was eliminated by substituting serum that was heat-inactivated or deficient in C3, synaptic input was retained in 60-90% of neurons incubated with AChE antibodies. Choline acetyltransferase activity (ChAT), an enzymatic marker of cholinergic cytoplasm in sympathetic ganglia, was largely lost after incubation with AChE antibodies and serum. However, incubation with AChE antibodies in heat-inactivated serum, or serum that was deficient in C3 or C8, caused no measurable loss of ganglionic ChAT activity. These findings strongly implicate the complement cascade in the destruction of preganglionic sympathetic terminals that follows binding of AChE antibodies.
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- H Tang
- Department of Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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This study aimed to generate a probe for perisynaptic Schwann cells (PSCs) to investigate the emerging role of these synapse-associated glial cells in the formation and maintenance of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). We have obtained a novel monoclonal antibody, 2A12, which labels the external surface of PSC membranes at the frog NMJ. The antibody reveals PSC fine processes or "fingers" that are interposed between nerve terminal and muscle membrane, interdigitating with bands of acetylcholine receptors. This antibody also labels PSCs at the avian neuromuscular junction and recognizes a 200 kDa protein in Torpedo electric organs. In frog muscles, axotomy induces sprouting of PSC processes beyond clusters of acetylcholine receptors and acetylcholinesterase at denervated junctional branches. PSC branches often extend across several muscle fibers. At some junctions, PSC sprouts join the tips of neighboring branches. The average length of PSC sprouts is approximately 156 microm at 3-week denervated NMJs. PSC sprouting is accompanied by a significant increase in the number of Schwann cell bodies per NMJ. Following nerve regeneration, nerve terminals reinnervate the junction along the PSC processes. In vivo observations of normal frog muscles also show PSC processes longer than nerve terminals at some junctional branches. The results suggest that nerve injury induces profuse PSC sprouting that may play a role in guiding nerve terminal regeneration at frog NMJs. In addition, antibody 2A12 reveals the fine morphology of PSCs in relation to other synaptic elements and is a useful probe in elucidating the function of these synapse-associated glial cells in vivo.
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- S H Astrow
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089-2520, USA
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Xu YF, Hewett SJ, Atchison WD. Passive transfer of Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome induces dihydropyridine sensitivity of ICa in mouse motor nerve terminals. J Neurophysiol 1998; 80:1056-69. [PMID: 9744921 DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.3.1056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Mice were injected for 30 days with plasma from three patients with Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS). Recordings were made from the perineurial sheath of motor axon terminals of triangularis sterni muscle preparations. The objective was to characterize pharmacologically the identity of kinetically distinct, defined potential changes associated with motor nerve terminal Ca2+ currents (ICa) that were affected by LEMS autoantibodies. ICa elicited at 0.01 Hz were significantly reduced in amplitude by approximately 35% of control in LEMS-treated nerve terminals. During 10-Hz stimulation, ICa amplitude was unchanged in LEMS-treated motor nerve terminals, but was depressed in control. During 20- or 100-Hz trains, facilitation of ICa occurred in LEMS-treated nerve terminals whereas in control, no facilitation occurred during the trains at 20 Hz and marked depression occurred at 100 Hz. Saturation for amplitude and duration of ICa in control terminals occurred at 2 and 4-6 mM extracellular Ca2+, respectively; in LEMS-treated terminals, the extracellular Ca2+ concentration had to increase by two to three times of control to cause saturation. Amplitude of the two components of ICa observed when the preparation was exposed to 50 microM 3,4-diaminopyridine and 1 mM tetraethylammonium were both reduced by LEMS plasma treatment. The fast component (ICa,s) was reduced by 35%, whereas the slow component (ICa, s) was reduced by 37%. omega-Agatoxin IVA (omega-Aga-IVA; 0.15 microM) and omega-conotoxin-MVIIC (omega-CTx-MVIIC; 5 microM) completely blocked ICa in control motor nerve terminals. The same concentrations of toxins were 20-30% less effective in blocking ICa in LEMS-treated terminals. The residual ICa remaining after treatment with omega-Aga-IVA or omega-CTx-MVIIC was blocked by 10 microM nifedipine and 10 microM Cd2+. Thus LEMS plasma appears to downregulate omega-Aga-IVA-sensitive (P-type) and/or omega-CTx-MVIIC-sensitive (Q-type) Ca2+ channels in murine motor nerve terminals, whereas dihydropyridine (DHP)-sensitive (L-type) Ca2+ channels are unmasked in these terminals. Acute exposure (90 min) of rat forebrain synaptosomes to LEMS immunoglobulins (Igs; 4 mg/ml) did not alter the binding of [3H]-nitrendipine or [125I]-omega-conotoxin-GVIA (-omega-CgTx GVIA) when compared with synaptosomes incubated with an equivalent concentration of control Igs. Conversely, LEMS Igs significantly decreased the Bmax for [3H]-verapamil to approximately 45% of control. The apparent affinity of verapamil (KD) for the remaining receptors was not significantly altered. Thus acute exposure of isolated central nerve terminals to LEMS Igs does not increase DHP sensitivity, whereas it reduces the number of binding sites for verapamil but not for nitrendipine or omega-CgTx-GVIA. These results suggest that chronic but not acute exposure to LEMS Igs either upregulates or unmasks DHP-sensitive Ca2+ channels in motor nerve endings.
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- Y F Xu
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1317, USA
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- J Newsom-Davis
- Neurosciences Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK
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Buchwald B, Weishaupt A, Toyka KV, Dudel J. Pre- and postsynaptic blockade of neuromuscular transmission by Miller-Fisher syndrome IgG at mouse motor nerve terminals. Eur J Neurosci 1998; 10:281-90. [PMID: 9753137 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00053.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Miller-Fisher syndrome, a variant of an acute inflammatory neuropathy is often associated with serum antibodies to the ganglioside GQ1b, but the pathogenic role of these antibodies and other serum factors is unclear. We here investigated the effect of highly purified immunoglobulin G (IgG) from patients with typical Miller-Fisher syndrome, recording quantal endplate currents by means of a perfused macro-patch-clamp electrode on hemidiaphragms of adult mice. The GQ1b-positive and the GQ1b-negative Miller-Fisher IgG as well as its monovalent Fab-fragments depressed evoked quantal release in a fast and fully reversible, concentration and voltage dependent manner. The time-course of quantal release was changed with the late releases becoming more frequent. The extent of depression of release followed a Michaelis-Menten kinetic and depended on the extracellular calcium concentration. In addition the amplitude of quanta was reduced postsynaptically. IgG and sera from healthy subjects had no effect. Our results indicate that in Miller-Fisher syndrome, IgG antibodies to an undetermined antigen depress the release process, most likely by interfering with the presynaptic Ca2+ inflow or by interacting with proteins of the exocytotic apparatus, and prevent the activation of postsynaptic channels. Antibodies thus seem to be one pathogenic factor for muscle weakness in Miller-Fisher syndrome and our findings may explain why muscle strength recovers rapidly after therapeutical plasmapheresis.
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- B Buchwald
- Physiologisches Institut der Technischen Universität München, Germany
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Tai Q, Palazzolo KL, Goshgarian HG. Synaptic plasticity of 5-hydroxytryptamine-immunoreactive terminals in the phrenic nucleus following spinal cord injury: a quantitative electron microscopic analysis. J Comp Neurol 1997; 386:613-24. [PMID: 9378855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The present study was conducted to examine the plasticity of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-immunoreactive terminals in the rat phrenic nucleus following an ipsilateral C2 spinal cord hemisection and 30-day survival period. A retrograde horseradish peroxidase (HRP) labeling technique was used to identify the phrenic motoneurons at the electron microscopic (EM) level. After employing a pre-embedding immunocytochemical technique, the ultrastructural characteristics of 5-HT-immunoreactive terminals were qualitatively and then quantitatively analyzed with a computerized morphometric system before and after injury in separate groups of rats. The results indicated that the majority of the 5-HT-labeled terminals formed axodendritic contacts, but some 5-HT-labeled terminals made axosomatic contacts. 5-HT terminals were associated with either asymmetrical or symmetrical synapses, and some displayed postsynaptic dense bodies. Approximately 2% of the 5-HT terminals had dense-core vesicles. Although the total number of labeled and unlabeled terminals in the phrenic nucleus was reduced after hemisection, the number of 5-HT terminals in the hemisected group was greater than that of the control group. Moreover, the total number and length of asymmetrical and symmetrical synaptic active zones per 5-HT terminal were significantly greater after injury. Finally, the total number of 5-HT terminals with multiple synapses was significantly greater in the hemisected group as compared to controls. It is possible that 5-HT synaptic plasticity may be part of the morphological substrate for the unmasking of the latent crossed phrenic pathway which mediates recovery of the ipsilateral hemidiaphragm paralyzed by C2 spinal cord hemisection.
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- Q Tai
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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The relationship between cholinergic fibres in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) and neurones of the cell group was investigated at the light and electron microscopic level using choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) immunocytochemistry for the identification of cholinergic elements. Axosomatic and axodendritic synaptic contacts were found between ChAT-immunopositive axon terminals and SCN neurones. These synapses were asymmetrical. The observations provide the final morphological basis for the view already suggested by neuroanatomical, electrophysiological and pharmacological findings that the cholinergic elements in the SCN may act directly on the neurones of the nucleus.
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- J Kiss
- Department of Human Morphology and Developmental Biology, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
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The majority of patients with myasthenia gravis were shown to have T and B cells specific for a beta-bungarotoxin binding protein, presynaptic membrane receptor (PsmR). Such autoreactive T cells may be subdivided into different subsets according to the pattern of cytokine production. In this study the authors examined the subpopulation of the T cells by analysing their IFN-gamma and/or IL-4 secretion pattern. T cell response to human muscle acetylcholine receptor (AChR) was examined in parallel. PsmR-stimulated IFN-gamma secretion was found in 60%, and IL-4 secretion in 48% of the patients. Cells stimulated to secrete both IFN-gamma and IL-4 or IFN-gamma only were the most common patterns. Treatment of the cells with a mouse anti-human HLA-DR antibody abolished the secretion of cytokines. There was a positive correlation between the numbers of PsmR-reactive and AChR-reactive T cells. In conclusion, the results show that PsmR-stimulated T cells secreted IFN-gamma and/or IL-4. This T cell response is MHC class II restricted. Thus, this study indicates that both Th1/Th2 or Th0 subsets of the T cells are involved in the autoimmune response in the disease.
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- Q Yi
- Immunological Research Laboratory, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is involved in the development and regeneration of the central nervous system (CNS). ApoE may also be necessary to maintain the integrity of the synapto-dendritic complexity. We analyzed the synaptic alterations in the CNS of apoE-deficient (knockout) mice during the aging process. In apoE-deficient homozygous mice, there was an age-dependent 15 to 40% loss of synaptophysin-immunoreactive nerve terminals and microtubule-associated protein 2-immunoreactive dendrites in the neocortex and hippocampus, when compared to controls. Dendritic alterations were observed as early as 4 months of age. Ultrastructural analysis revealed extensive dendritic vacuolization and disruption of the endomembrane system and cytoskeleton in apoE-deficient homozygous mice. Further immunocytochemical studies of the neuronal cytoskeleton showed that in apoE-deficient mice there was a decrease in the immunoreactivity of alpha and beta tubulin (but not kinesin) in the cell bodies and processes. These results support the contention that apoE might play an important role in maintaining the stability of the synapto-dendritic apparatus and that altered or deficient functioning of this molecule could underlie the synaptic and cytoskeletal alterations in Alzheimer's disease.
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- E Masliah
- Department of Neurosciences, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla 92093-0624, USA
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The Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is a rare condition in which weakness results from a presynaptic abnormality of acetylcholine release at the neuromuscular junction. It was first described as a paraneoplastic syndrome in patients with lung cancer but we now know about half of the patients with LEMS do not have cancer. The diagnosis is made on the basis of the clinical findings and characteristic electromyographic patterns. Recent evidence indicates that LEMS results from an autoimmune attack directed against the voltage-gated calcium channels on the presynaptic motor nerve terminal. In patients with LEMS who have cancer, effective treatment of the underlying tumor frequently produces marked improvement of weakness as well. Otherwise, treatment involves the use of agents that improve neuromuscular transmission by increasing the release of neurotransmitter, and immunosuppression.
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- D B Sanders
- Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Gragera RR, Muñiz E, De Esteban G, Alonso MJ, Martínez-Rodríguez R. Immunohistochemical demonstration of taurine in the rat cerebellar cortex. Evidence for its location within mossy fibers and Golgi axons. J Hirnforsch 1995; 36:269-276. [PMID: 7615930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Taurine, 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, is one of the most abundant amino acid present in the Central Nervous System. Nevertheless, its functions are remain uncertain. Taking as a basis the immunocytochemical pre-embedding PAP-techniques for demonstrating Taurine-Like substances on cerebellar cortex of rats we have observed positive immunoreaction within Purkinje cell bodies and their dendrites. Likewise, taurine has been demonstrated within mossy fibers and Golgi axons, as well as in glial processes. Our results demonstrate the wide distribution of Taurine in the cerebellar cortex, justifying its possible involvement as an inhibitory neurotransmitter, neuromodulator or as a gliotransmitter.
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- R R Gragera
- Department of Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
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- D B Sanders
- Division of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
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The neurotoxic drug p-chloramphetamine (PCA) causes widespread degeneration of fine, unmyelinated serotonergic (5-HT) axons in the forebrain. PCA toxicity is selective for 5-HT axon terminals; preterminal axons and cell bodies are spared. Degeneration is followed by slowly progressive axonal sprouting and partial reinnervation. PCA is injected subcutaneously; this route of administration avoids mechanical disruption of the blood brain barrier. The present study analyzed the response of microglia and astrocytes in rat brain to selective ablation of 5-HT axons by PCA. Several microglial markers were analyzed with immunocytochemical methods. An increase in the number of microglial processes and in immunoreactive staining was observed with antibodies directed against CR-3, MHC-I, CD4, and rat LCA. The microglial response was maximal 3 weeks after PCA treatment, became less evident 6 weeks after treatment, and by 9 weeks no difference was observed between treated and control rats. No change was detected in MHC-II or the macrophage marker ED1, nor in expression of GFAP by astrocytes. Thus, degeneration of 5-HT axon terminals affects only a subset of the microglial markers examined; in comparison, retrograde reaction to facial nerve transection causes a robust increase in all of these markers and in GFAP. The microglial response to PCA-induced axon loss is slow in onset and small in magnitude. These findings indicate that CNS microglia are activated by degeneration of fine, unmyelinated 5-HT axon terminals; furthermore, sensitive microglial markers can detect a subtle axonal lesion that provokes no detectable increase in GFAP expression by astrocytes.
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- M A Wilson
- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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An immunohistochemical study was made to investigate the topographic distribution of calbindin D-28k in relation to the associative and sensorimotor cortical territories in the macaque striatum. An intense calbindin-staining was found in the caudate nucleus and ventromedial putamen, i.e., in the associative striatum. In contrast, only a weak immunoreaction was found in the dorsolateral, sensorimotor, putamen. Calbindin immunoreactivity thus appears as a specific marker for the associative striatum.
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- C François
- Laboratoire de neuromorphologie informationnelle et de neurologie expérimentale du mouvement, INSERM U106, Pavillon INSERM Claude Bernard, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Okuda H, Shioda S, Nakai Y, Nakayama H, Okamoto M, Nakashima T. The presence of corticotropin-releasing factor-like immunoreactive synaptic vesicles in axon terminals with nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-like immunoreactivity in the median eminence of the rat. Neurosci Lett 1993; 161:183-6. [PMID: 8272263 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(93)90289-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
Whether or not corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) containing synaptic vesicles are located in axon terminals with nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) in the median eminence (ME) of the rat was examined by electron microscopic double-labeling immunocytochemistry combining the pre-embedding avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex (ABC) method for nAChR with the post-embedding immunogold staining method for CRF. nAChR-like immunoreactivity (nAChR-LI) was found in the cell membranes of the axon terminals in the ME. CRF-like immunoreactivity (CRF-LI) was found in dense granular vesicles (about 100 nm in diameter) in the axon terminals. Double-labeling method revealed that some of nAChR-LI axon terminals were found to contain CRF-LI dense granular vesicles. The results indicate that nicotine may act on nAChR in axon terminals to release CRF.
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- H Okuda
- Department of Pharmacology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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