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Type I interferon receptor signalling is induced during demyelination while its function for myelin damage and repair is redundant
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Schmidt, Hauke
Raasch, Jenni
Merkler, Doron
Klinker, Florian
Krauss, Sandra
Bruck, Wolfgang
Prinz, Marco
Published in Experimental Neurology. 2009, vol. 216, no. 2, p. 306-311
Abstract The type I interferons, interferon-beta and alpha (IFN-beta, IFN-alpha), are widely used for the treatment of autoimmune demyelination in the central nervous system (CNS). Their effects on de- and remyelination through the broadly expressed type I IFN receptor (IFNAR), however, are highly speculative. In order to elucidate the role of endogenous type I interferons for myelin damage and recovery we induced toxic demyelination in the absence of IFNAR1. We demonstrate that IFNAR signalling was induced during acute demyelination since the cytokine IFN-beta as well as the IFN-dependent genes IRF7, ISG15 and UBP43 were strongly upregulated. Myelin damage, astrocytic and microglia response, however, were not significantly reduced in the absence of IFNAR1. Furthermore, motor skills of IFNAR1-deficient animals during non-immune demyelination were unaltered. Finally, myelin recovery was found to be independent from endogenous IFNAR signalling, indicating a redundant role of this receptor for non-inflammatory myelin damage and repair.
Keywords Animals — Central Nervous System/metabolism/pathology/ultrastructure — Cuprizone/toxicity — Demyelinating Diseases/chemically induced/*metabolism/pathology/*physiopathology — Disease Models, Animal — Female — Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects/genetics — Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/metabolism — Mice — Mice, Inbred C57BL — Mice, Knockout — Motor Activity/drug effects/genetics — Motor Skills/physiology — Myelin Sheath/*metabolism/pathology — Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism — Signal Transduction/drug effects/*physiology — Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms
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PMID: 19121307
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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de pathologie et immunologie
Research group La Sclérose en plaques (908)
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(ISO format) 		SCHMIDT, Hauke et al. Type I interferon receptor signalling is induced during demyelination while its function for myelin damage and repair is redundant. In: Experimental Neurology, 2009, vol. 216, n° 2, p. 306-311. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:19098

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