Pathogenic inflammation in the CNS of mice carrying human PLP1 mutations.
Hum Mol Genet
; 25(21): 4686-4702, 2016 11 01.
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Progressive forms of multiple sclerosis lead to chronic disability, substantial decline in quality of life and reduced longevity. It is often suggested that they occur independently of inflammation. Here we investigated the disease progression in mouse models carrying PLP1 point mutations previously found in patients displaying clinical features of multiple sclerosis. These mouse models show loss-of-function of PLP1 associated with neuroinflammation; the latter leading to clinically relevant axonal degeneration, neuronal loss and brain atrophy as demonstrated by inactivation of the recombination activating gene 1. Moreover, these pathological hallmarks were substantially amplified when we attenuated immune regulation by inactivation of the programmed cell death-1 gene. Our observations support the view that primary oligodendroglial abnormalities can evoke pathogenically relevant neuroinflammation that drives neurodegeneration, as observed in some forms of multiple sclerosis but also in other, genetically-mediated neurodegenerative disorders of the human nervous system. As many potent immunomodulatory drugs have emerged during the last years, it is tempting to consider immunomodulation as a treatment option not only for multiple sclerosis, but also for so far non-treatable, genetically-mediated disorders of the nervous system accompanied by pathogenic neuroinflammation.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Proteína Proteolipídica de la Mielina
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Esclerosis Múltiple
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Mutación
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Límite:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hum Mol Genet
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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GENETICA MEDICA
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido