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Ong RCS, Beros JL, Fuller K, Wood FM, Melton PE, Rodger J, Fear MW, Barrett L, Stevenson AW, Tang AD. Non-severe thermal burn injuries induce long-lasting downregulation of gene expression in cortical excitatory neurons and microglia. Front Mol Neurosci 2024; 17:1368905. [PMID: 38476460 PMCID: PMC10927825 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2024.1368905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Burn injuries are devastating traumas, often leading to life-long consequences that extend beyond the observable burn scar. In the context of the nervous system, burn injury patients commonly develop chronic neurological disorders and have been suggested to have impaired motor cortex function, but the long-lasting impact on neurons and glia in the brain is unknown. Using a mouse model of non-severe burn injury, excitatory and inhibitory neurons in the primary motor cortex were labelled with fluorescent proteins using adeno-associated viruses (AAVs). A total of 5 weeks following the burn injury, virus labelled excitatory and inhibitory neurons were isolated using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). In addition, microglia and astrocytes from the remaining cortical tissue caudal to the motor cortex were immunolabelled and isolated with FACS. Whole transcriptome RNA-sequencing was used to identify any long-lasting changes to gene expression in the different cell types. RNA-seq analysis showed changes to the expression of a small number of genes with known functions in excitatory neurons and microglia, but not in inhibitory neurons or astrocytes. Specifically, genes related to GABA-A receptors in excitatory neurons and several cellular functions in microglia were found to be downregulated in burn injured mice. These findings suggest that non-severe burn injuries lead to long lasting transcriptomic changes in the brain, but only in specific cell types. Our findings provide a broad overview of the long-lasting impact of burn injuries on the central nervous system which may help identify potential therapeutic targets to prevent neurological dysfunction in burn patients.
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- Rebecca C. S. Ong
- Experimental and Regenerative Neuroscience, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Sciences, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Experimental and Regenerative Neuroscience, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Sciences, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Burn Injury Research Unit, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Burns Service of Western Australia, WA Department of Health, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- Paediatric Burn Care, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
- School of Global and Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Experimental and Regenerative Neuroscience, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Sciences, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Burn Injury Research Unit, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Burns Service of Western Australia, WA Department of Health, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Burn Injury Research Unit, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Experimental and Regenerative Neuroscience, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Sciences, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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Chen S, Liang J, Chen D, Huang Q, Sun K, Zhong Y, Lin B, Kong J, Sun J, Gong C, Wang J, Gao Y, Zhang Q, Sun H. Cerebrospinal fluid metabolomic and proteomic characterization of neurologic post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Brain Behav Immun 2024; 115:209-222. [PMID: 37858739 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2023.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Revised: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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The mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2 causes neurological post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (neuro-PASC) remains unclear. Herein, we conducted proteomic and metabolomic analyses of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 21 neuro-PASC patients, 45 healthy volunteers, and 26 inflammatory neurological diseases patients. Our data showed 69 differentially expressed metabolites and six differentially expressed proteins between neuro-PASC patients and healthy individuals. Elevated sphinganine and ST1A1, sphingolipid metabolism disorder, and attenuated inflammatory responses may contribute to the occurrence of neuro-PASC, whereas decreased levels of 7,8-dihydropterin and activation of steroid hormone biosynthesis may play a role in the repair process. Additionally, a biomarker cohort consisting of sphinganine, 7,8-dihydroneopterin, and ST1A1 was preliminarily demonstrated to have high value in diagnosing neuro-PASC. In summary, our study represents the first attempt to integrate the diagnostic benefits of CSF with the methodological advantages of multi-omics, thereby offering valuable insights into the pathogenesis of neuro-PASC and facilitating the work of neuroscientists in disclosing different neurological dimensions associated with COVID-19.
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- Shilan Chen
- Clinical Biobank Center, Microbiome Medicine Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China; Neurosurgery Center, The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China on Diagnosis and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, The Neurosurgery Institute of Guangdong Province, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China
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- Clinical Biobank Center, Microbiome Medicine Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China; Neurosurgery Center, The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China on Diagnosis and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, The Neurosurgery Institute of Guangdong Province, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China
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- Clinical Biobank Center, Microbiome Medicine Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China
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- Clinical Biobank Center, Microbiome Medicine Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China
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- Neurosurgery Center, The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China on Diagnosis and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, The Neurosurgery Institute of Guangdong Province, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China
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- Clinical Biobank Center, Microbiome Medicine Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China
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- Clinical Biobank Center, Microbiome Medicine Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China; Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510180, China
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- Clinical Biobank Center, Microbiome Medicine Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China; Neurosurgery Center, The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China on Diagnosis and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, The Neurosurgery Institute of Guangdong Province, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China
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- Neurosurgery Center, The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China on Diagnosis and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, The Neurosurgery Institute of Guangdong Province, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China.
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- Clinical Biobank Center, Microbiome Medicine Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China; Neurosurgery Center, The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China on Diagnosis and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, The Neurosurgery Institute of Guangdong Province, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health of the Ministry of Education, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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Mehta D, Wani S, Wallace L, Henders AK, Wray NR, McCombe PA. Cumulative influence of parity-related genomic changes in multiple sclerosis. J Neuroimmunol 2018; 328:38-49. [PMID: 30579155 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2018.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Pregnancy reduces the frequency of relapses in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and parity also has a beneficial long term effect on disease outcome. We aimed to uncover the biological mechanisms underlying the beneficial long-term effects of parity in MS. Genome-wide gene expression revealed 574 genes associated with parity; 38.3% showed significant DNA methylation changes (enrichment p = 0.029). These genes overlapped with previous MS genes in humans and a rat MS model and were overrepresented within axon guidance (P = 1.6e-05), developmental biology (P = 0.0094) and cell-cell communication (P = 0.019) pathways. This gene regulation could provide a basis for a protective effect of parity on the long-term outcome of MS.
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- Divya Mehta
- School of Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia; Center for Neurostatistics and Statistical Genomics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Center for Neurostatistics and Statistical Genomics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Center for Neurostatistics and Statistical Genomics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Center for Neurostatistics and Statistical Genomics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Center for Neurostatistics and Statistical Genomics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Clinical Research, UQ CCR, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia.
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Ibudilast produces anti-allodynic effects at the persistent phase of peripheral or central neuropathic pain in rats: Different inhibitory mechanism on spinal microglia from minocycline and propentofylline. Eur J Pharmacol 2018; 833:263-274. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2018.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Revised: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hasan M, Seo JE, Rahaman KA, Min H, Kim KH, Park JH, Sung C, Son J, Kang MJ, Jung BH, Park WS, Kwon OS. Novel genes in brain tissues of EAE-induced normal and obese mice: Upregulation of metal ion-binding protein genes in obese-EAE mice. Neuroscience 2016; 343:322-336. [PMID: 27956064 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2016] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of the central nervous system resulting from degeneration of the myelin sheath. This study is aimed to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the brain of EAE-induced normal diet (ND) mice and high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obese mice, and to identify novel genes responsible for elucidating the mechanism of the disease. Purified mRNA samples from the brain tissue were analyzed for gene microarray and validated by real-time RT-PCR. DEGs were identified if significant changes greater than 1.5-fold or less than 0.66-fold were observed (p<0.05). Pathway construction and functional categorization were performed using the Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes pathways and gene ontology (GO) analysis. HFD-EAE mice showed more severe disease symptoms than ND-EAE mice. From GO study, fold changes of HFD-EAE to ND-EAE genes indicated that the genes were significantly associated to the pathways related with the immune response, antigen presentation, and complement activation. The genes related with metal ion-binding proteins were upregulated in HFD-EAE and ND-EAE mice. Upregulation of Cul9, Mast2, and C4b expression is significantly higher in HFD-EAE mice than ND-EAE mice. Cul9, Mast2, C4b, Psmb8, Ly86, and Ms4a6d were significantly upregulated in both ND- and HFD-EAE mice. Fcgr4, S3-12, Gca, and Zdhhc4 were upregulated only in ND-EAE, and Xlr4b was upregulated only in HFD-EAE mice. And significant upregulated genes of metal ion-binding proteins (Cul9 and Mast2) were observed in HFD-EAE mice.
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- Mahbub Hasan
- Toxicology Lab., Doping Control Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; Department of Biological Chemistry, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Toxicology Lab., Doping Control Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; Department of Biological Chemistry, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Toxicology Lab., Doping Control Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; Department of Biological Chemistry, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Doping Control Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Doping Control Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Doping Control Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Doping Control Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Doping Control Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Molecular Recognition Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; Department of Biological Chemistry, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Molecular Recognition Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; Department of Biological Chemistry, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Functional RNomics Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Toxicology Lab., Doping Control Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; Department of Biological Chemistry, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea.
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Sevastou I, Pryce G, Baker D, Selwood DL. Characterisation of Transcriptional Changes in the Spinal Cord of the Progressive Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Biozzi ABH Mouse Model by RNA Sequencing. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0157754. [PMID: 27355629 PMCID: PMC4927105 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating immune-mediated neurological disorder affecting young adults. MS is primarily relapsing-remitting, but neurodegeneration and disability accumulate from disease onset. The most commonly used mouse MS models exhibit a monophasic immune response with fast accumulation of neurological damage that does not allow the study of progressive neurodegeneration. The chronic relapsing and secondary progressive EAE (pEAE) Biozzi ABH mouse model of MS exhibits a reproducible relapsing-remitting disease course that slowly accumulates permanent neurological deficit and develops a post-relapsing progressive disease that permits the study of demyelination and neurodegeneration. RNA sequencing (RNAseq) was used to explore global gene expression in the pEAE Biozzi ABH mouse. Spinal cord tissue RNA from pEAE Biozzi ABH mice and healthy age-matched controls was sequenced. 2,072 genes were differentially expressed (q<0.05) from which 1,397 were significantly upregulated and 675 were significantly downregulated. This hypothesis-free investigation characterised the genomic changes that describe the pEAE mouse model. The differentially expressed genes revealed a persistent immunoreactant phenotype, combined with downregulation of the cholesterol biosynthesis superpathway and the LXR/RXR activation pathway. Genes differentially expressed include the myelination genes Slc17a7, Ugt8A and Opalin, the neuroprotective genes Sprr1A, Osm and Wisp2, as well as genes identified as MS risk factors, including RGs14 and Scap2. Novel genes with unestablished roles in EAE or MS were also identified. The identification of differentially expressed novel genes and genes involved in MS pathology, opens the door to their functional study in the pEAE mouse model which recapitulates some of the important clinical features of progressive MS.
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- Ioanna Sevastou
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Science, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Neuroimmmunology Unit, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, E1 2AT, United Kingdom
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- Neuroimmmunology Unit, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, E1 2AT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Science, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Oji S, Nicolussi EM, Kaufmann N, Zeka B, Schanda K, Fujihara K, Illes Z, Dahle C, Reindl M, Lassmann H, Bradl M. Experimental Neuromyelitis Optica Induces a Type I Interferon Signature in the Spinal Cord. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151244. [PMID: 26990978 PMCID: PMC4798752 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an acute inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) which predominantly affects spinal cord and optic nerves. Most patients harbor pathogenic autoantibodies, the so-called NMO-IgGs, which are directed against the water channel aquaporin 4 (AQP4) on astrocytes. When these antibodies gain access to the CNS, they mediate astrocyte destruction by complement-dependent and by antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. In contrast to multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who benefit from therapies involving type I interferons (I-IFN), NMO patients typically do not profit from such treatments. How is I-IFN involved in NMO pathogenesis? To address this question, we made gene expression profiles of spinal cords from Lewis rat models of experimental neuromyelitis optica (ENMO) and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). We found an upregulation of I-IFN signature genes in EAE spinal cords, and a further upregulation of these genes in ENMO. To learn whether the local I-IFN signature is harmful or beneficial, we induced ENMO by transfer of CNS antigen-specific T cells and NMO-IgG, and treated the animals with I-IFN at the very onset of clinical symptoms, when the blood-brain barrier was open. With this treatment regimen, we could amplify possible effects of the I-IFN induced genes on the transmigration of infiltrating cells through the blood brain barrier, and on lesion formation and expansion, but could avoid effects of I-IFN on the differentiation of pathogenic T and B cells in the lymph nodes. We observed that I-IFN treated ENMO rats had spinal cord lesions with fewer T cells, macrophages/activated microglia and activated neutrophils, and less astrocyte damage than their vehicle treated counterparts, suggesting beneficial effects of I-IFN.
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- Satoru Oji
- Department of Neuroimmunology, Center for Brain Research, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neuroimmunology, Center for Brain Research, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neuroimmunology, Center for Brain Research, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neuroimmunology, Center for Brain Research, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Clinical Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Departments of Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics and Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Clinical Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neuroimmunology, Center for Brain Research, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neuroimmunology, Center for Brain Research, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Guillot F, Garcia A, Salou M, Brouard S, Laplaud DA, Nicot AB. Transcript analysis of laser capture microdissected white matter astrocytes and higher phenol sulfotransferase 1A1 expression during autoimmune neuroinflammation. J Neuroinflammation 2015; 12:130. [PMID: 26141738 PMCID: PMC4501186 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-015-0348-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Astrocytes, the most abundant cell population in mammal central nervous system (CNS), contribute to a variety of functions including homeostasis, metabolism, synapse formation, and myelin maintenance. White matter (WM) reactive astrocytes are important players in amplifying autoimmune demyelination and may exhibit different changes in transcriptome profiles and cell function in a disease-context dependent manner. However, their transcriptomic profile has not yet been defined because they are difficult to purify, compared to gray matter astrocytes. Here, we isolated WM astrocytes by laser capture microdissection (LCM) in a murine model of multiple sclerosis to better define their molecular profile focusing on selected genes related to inflammation. Based on previous data indicating anti-inflammatory effects of estrogen only at high nanomolar doses, we also examined mRNA expression for enzymes involved in steroid inactivation. Methods Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) was induced in female C57BL6 mice with MOG35–55 immunization. Fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis of a portion of individual spinal cords at peak disease was used to assess the composition of immune cell infiltrates. Using custom Taqman low-density-array (TLDA), we analyzed mRNA expression of 40 selected genes from immuno-labeled laser-microdissected WM astrocytes from lumbar spinal cord sections of EAE and control mice. Immunohistochemistry and double immunofluorescence on control and EAE mouse spinal cord sections were used to confirm protein expression in astrocytes. Results The spinal cords of EAE mice were infiltrated mostly by effector/memory T CD4+ cells and macrophages. TLDA-based profiling of LCM-astrocytes identified EAE-induced gene expression of cytokines and chemokines as well as inflammatory mediators recently described in gray matter reactive astrocytes in other murine CNS disease models. Strikingly, SULT1A1, but not other members of the sulfotransferase family, was expressed in WM spinal cord astrocytes. Moreover, its expression was further increased in EAE. Immunohistochemistry on spinal cord tissues confirmed preferential expression of this enzyme in WM astrocytic processes but not in gray matter astrocytes. Conclusions We described here for the first time the mRNA expression of several genes in WM astrocytes in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis. Besides expected pro-inflammatory chemokines and specific inflammatory mediators increased during EAE, we evidenced relative high astrocytic expression of the cytoplasmic enzyme SULT1A1. As the sulfonation activity of SULT1A1 inactivates estradiol among other phenolic substrates, its high astrocytic expression may account for the relative resistance of this cell population to the anti-neuroinflammatory effects of estradiol. Blocking the activity of this enzyme during neuroinflammation may thus help the injured CNS to maintain the anti-inflammatory activity of endogenous estrogens or limit the dose of estrogen co-regimens for therapeutical purposes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12974-015-0348-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Flora Guillot
- INSERM UMR 1064, CHU Hôtel-Dieu, 30 Bvd Jean Monnet, 44093, Nantes, France. .,Université de Nantes, Faculté de Médecine, Nantes, France.
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- INSERM UMR 1064, CHU Hôtel-Dieu, 30 Bvd Jean Monnet, 44093, Nantes, France. .,CESTI/ITUN, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France.
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- INSERM UMR 1064, CHU Hôtel-Dieu, 30 Bvd Jean Monnet, 44093, Nantes, France. .,Université de Nantes, Faculté de Médecine, Nantes, France.
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- INSERM UMR 1064, CHU Hôtel-Dieu, 30 Bvd Jean Monnet, 44093, Nantes, France. .,Université de Nantes, Faculté de Médecine, Nantes, France. .,CESTI/ITUN, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France.
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- INSERM UMR 1064, CHU Hôtel-Dieu, 30 Bvd Jean Monnet, 44093, Nantes, France. .,Université de Nantes, Faculté de Médecine, Nantes, France. .,Service de Neurologie, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France.
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- INSERM UMR 1064, CHU Hôtel-Dieu, 30 Bvd Jean Monnet, 44093, Nantes, France. .,Université de Nantes, Faculté de Médecine, Nantes, France.
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Yin L, Chen Y, Qu Z, Zhang L, Wang Q, Zhang Q, Li L. Involvement of JAK/STAT signaling in the effect of cornel iridoid glycoside on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis amelioration in rats. J Neuroimmunol 2014; 274:28-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2014] [Revised: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Dagley LF, Croft NP, Isserlin R, Olsen JB, Fong V, Emili A, Purcell AW. Discovery of novel disease-specific and membrane-associated candidate markers in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 13:679-700. [PMID: 24361864 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.033340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic demyelinating disorder characterized by the infiltration of auto-reactive immune cells from the periphery into the central nervous system resulting in axonal injury and neuronal cell death. Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis represents the best characterized animal model as common clinical, histological, and immunological features are recapitulated. A label-free mass spectrometric proteomics approach was used to detect differences in protein abundance within specific fractions of disease-affected tissues including the soluble lysate derived from the spinal cord and membrane protein-enriched peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Tissues were harvested from actively induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis mice and sham-induced ("vehicle" control) counterparts at the disease peak followed by subsequent analysis by nanoflow liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Relative protein quantitation was performed using both intensity- and fragmentation-based approaches. After statistical evaluation of the data, over 500 and 250 differentially abundant proteins were identified in the spinal cord and peripheral blood mononuclear cell data sets, respectively. More than half of these observations have not previously been linked to the disease. The biological significance of all candidate disease markers has been elucidated through rigorous literature searches, pathway analysis, and validation studies. Results from comprehensive targeted mass spectrometry analyses have confirmed the differential abundance of ∼ 200 candidate markers (≥ twofold dysregulated expression) at a 70% success rate. This study is, to our knowledge, the first to examine the cell-surface proteome of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. These data provide a unique mechanistic insight into the dynamics of peripheral immune cell infiltration into CNS-privileged sites at a molecular level and has identified several candidate markers, which represent promising targets for future multiple sclerosis therapies. The mass spectrometry proteomics data associated with this manuscript have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium with the data set identifier PXD000255.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura F Dagley
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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