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NEUROPATHOLOGY AND APPLIED NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 5, Pages 388-398Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2010.01092.x
Keywords
chemokines; experimental autoimmune neuritis; mouse models; neuroinflammation; sciatic nerve
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- Baylor College of Medicine New Investigator
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Aims: To determine if specific pro-inflammatory chemokine ligand/receptor pairs expressed in the peripheral nerves of Guillain-Barre syndrome patients are expressed in a severe murine experimental autoimmune neuritis (sm-EAN) model and to determine their cellular localization as a prerequisite to designing potentially therapeutic interventions in vivo. Methods: Sm-EAN was induced in 8-12-week-old female SJL/J mice using bovine peripheral nerve myelin emulsified in complete Freund adjuvant with pertussis toxin and recombinant mouse interleukin-12 acting as co-adjuvants, with appropriate controls. Mice were evaluated for neuromuscular weakness and weighed daily. Dorsal caudal tail and sciatic nerve motor electrophysiological studies were performed at expected maximal severity. Sciatic nerves were harvested and specific chemokine ligand/receptor expression was determined using real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and indirect fluorescent immunohistochemistry. Results: CCL2/CCR2, CXCL10/CXCR3 and CCL5/CCR1, CCR5 expression was significantly increased in the sciatic nerves of sm-EAN mice compared with controls. CCL2 was expressed on Schwann cells with CCR2 expressed on F4/80+ macrophages and CD3+ T cells. CXCL10 was expressed on endoneurial endothelial cells and within the endoneurial interstitium, with CXCR3 expressed on CD3+ T-lymphocytes. CCL5 co-localized to axons, with CCR1 and CCR5 expression on F4/80+ macrophages and rare CD3+ T cells. Conclusions: This study suggests that CCL2 expressed by Schwann cells and CXCL10 expressed by endoneurial endothelial cells may induce F4/80+ macrophage and CD3+ T cell-mediated inflammation and demyelination in sm-EAN. CCL2-CCR2 and CXCL10-CXCR3 signalling pathways are potential targets for therapeutic intervention in peripheral nerve inflammation.
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