Restoration of FcRγ/Fyn signaling repairs central nervous system demyelination
Restoration of FcRγ/Fyn signaling repairs central nervous system demyelination
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DOI:
10.1002/jnr.21196
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发表时间:
2007-04-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Asou, Hiroaki
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作者:
Seiwa, Chika;Yamamoto, Masahiro;Asou, Hiroaki
Disruption of myelin causes severe neurological diseases. An understanding of the mechanisms that control myelination and remyelination is needed to develop therapeutic strategies for demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Our previous finding indicating the critical involvement of the gamma chain of immunogloblin Fc receptors (FcR gamma) and Fyn signaling in oligodendrocyte differentiaion and myelination demands a fundamental revision of the strategies used for MS therapy, because antigen-anti body complexes in MS patients may induce the direct dysregulation of myelination process as well as the inflammatory destruction of myelin sheath. Here we show that the FcR gamma/Fyn signaling cascade is critically involved in cuprizone-induced demyelination/remyelination, with no lymphocytic response. The levels of phosphorylated myelin basic proteins (p-MBPs), especially the 21.5-kDa isoform, but not the levels of total MBPs, decreased markedly during demyelination induced by aging, cuprizone treatment, and double knockout of FcR gamma/Fyn genes. We also showed that the recovery from demyelination in cuprizone-treated and aged mice is achieved after administration of the herbal medicine Ninjin'yoeito, an effective therapy targeting the FcR gamma/Fyn-Rho-(Rac1)-MAPK (P38 MAPK)-p-MBPs signaling cascade. These results suggest that the restoration of FcR7/Fyn signaling represents a new approach for the treatment of demyelinating diseases. (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.