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NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE
Volume 58, Issue -, Pages 258-269Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2013.06.006
Keywords
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy; D-bifunctional protein deficiency; Peroxisomal beta-oxidation; Multifunctional protein-2; HSD17B4; Mouse model; Cerebellum; Purkinje cell; Oligodendrocyte; Neuroinflammation; Microglia
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- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen [G.0760.09, G.0675.12]
- Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds KU Leuven [OT08/40, OT12/79]
- European Union [LSHG-CT-2004-512018, ELA2007-0004I4]
- long term structural funding - Methusalem
- Flemish Government
- FWO-Vlaanderen
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Although peroxisome biogenesis and beta-oxidation disorders are well known for their neurodevelopmental defects, patients with these disorders are increasingly diagnosed with neurodegenerative pathologies. In order to investigate the cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in these patients, we developed a mouse model lacking multifunctional protein 2 (MFP2, also called D-bifunctional protein), a central enzyme of peroxisomal beta-oxidation, in all neural cells (Nestin-Mfp2(-/-)) or in oligodendrocytes (Cnp-Mfp2(-/-)) and compared these models with an already established general Mfp2 knockout. Nestin-Mfp2 but not Cnp-Mfp2 knockout mice develop motor disabilities and ataxia, similar to the general mutant. Deterioration of motor performance correlates with the demise of Purkinje cell axons in the cerebellum, which precedes loss of Purkinje cells and cerebellar atrophy. This closely mimics spinocerebellar ataxias of patients affected with mild peroxisome beta-oxidation disorders. However, general knockouts have a much shorter life span than Nestin-Mfp2 knockouts which is paralleled by a disparity in activation of the innate immune system. Whereas in general mutants a strong and chronic proinflammatory reaction proceeds throughout the brain, elimination of MFP2 from neural cells results in minor neuroinflammation. Neither the extent of the inflammatory reaction nor the cerebellar degeneration could be correlated with levels of very long chain fatty acids, substrates of peroxisomal beta-oxidation. In conclusion, MFP2 has multiple tasks in the adult brain, including the maintenance of Purkinje cells and the prevention of neuroinflammation but this is not mediated by its activity in oligodendrocytes nor by its role in very long chain fatty acid degradation. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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