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MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 8-9, Pages 1892-1896Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.01.017
Keywords
Wallerian degeneration; Complement; Membrane attack complex (MAC); CD59a
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- NWO (Netherland Organization for Scientific Research) [050-10010]
- Wellcome Trust Programme [068590]
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The complement system is implicated in Wallerian degeneration (WD). We have previously shown that the membrane attack complex (MAC) the terminal activation product of the complement cascade, mediates rapid axonal degradation and myelin clearance during WD after peripheral nerve injury. In this study we analyzed the contribution of CD59a, a cell membrane negative regulator of the MAC, to WD. Following injury, the level of MAC deposition was higher in the CD59a deficient mice than wildtypes whereas the residual axonal content was lower in CD59a deficient mice than wildtypes, strongly implicating MAC as a determinant of axonal damage during WD. The number of endoneurial macrophages was significantly higher in CD59a deficient mice compared to wildtypes at 1 day post-injury. These findings are relevant to the understanding of the mechanisms of axon loss in injury and disease. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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