Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
Volume 110, Issue 5, Pages 1674-1684Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06268.x
Keywords
CNS; experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; mesenchimal stem cells; metallothionein; oxidative stress
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- University of Genova
- Compagnia San Paolo (Torino)
- Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla (FISM)
- Italian Ministry of Health (Ricerca Finalizzata, the Italian Ministry of the University and Scientific Research MIUR)
- Progetto LIMONTE
- Fondazione CARIGE
- Fondazione CARIPLO
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model for human multiple sclerosis, is characterized by demyelination, inflammation and neurodegeneration of CNS in which free radicals play a role. Recently, the efficacy of murine mesenchimal stem cells (MSCs) as treatment of EAE induced in mice by the encephalitogenic peptide MOG(35-55) was demonstrated. The present study analyzed some markers of oxidative stress, inflammation/degeneration and apoptosis such as metallothioneins (MTs), antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione-S-transferase), poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 and p53 during EAE progression and following MSC treatment. Expression of the three brain MT isoforms increased significantly in EAE mice compared with healthy controls, but while expression of MT-1 and MT-3 increased along EAE course, MT-2 was up-regulated at the onset, but returned to levels similar to those of controls in chronic phase. The changes in the transcription and activity of the antioxidant enzymes and in expression of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 and p53 showed the same kinetics observed for MT-1 and MT-3 during EAE. Interestingly, i.v. administration of MSCs reduced the EAE-induced increases in levels/activities of all these proteins. These results support an antioxidant and neuroprotective activity for MSCs that was also confirmed in vitro on neuroblastoma cells exposed to an oxidative insult.
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