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ANATOMY & CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 48-59Publisher
MEDRANG
DOI: 10.5115/acb.2017.50.1.48
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; GSK-3 signaling; Lithium; Rat model
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- Basic Science Research Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Ministry of Education [NRF-2014R1A1A2055965]
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Glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3 beta has been known as a pro-inflammatory molecule in neuroinflammation. The involvement of GSK-3 beta remains unsolved in acute monophasic rat experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). The aim of this study was to evaluate a potential role of GSK-3 beta in central nervous system (CNS) autoimmunity through its inhibition by lithium. Lithium treatment significantly delayed the onset of EAE paralysis and ameliorated its severity. Lithium treatment reduced the serum level of pro-inflammatory tumor necrosis factor a but not that of interleukin 10. Western blot analysis showed that the phosphorylation of GSK-3 beta (p-GSK-3 beta) and its upstream factor Akt was significantly increased in the lithium-treated group. Immunohistochemical examination revealed that lithium treatment also suppressed the activation of ionized calcium binding protein-1-positive microglial cells and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 expression in the spinal cords of lithium-treated EAE rats. These results demonstrate that lithium ameliorates clinical symptom of acute monophasic rat EAE, and GSK-3 is a target for the suppression of acute neuroinflammation as far as rat model of human CNS disease is involved.
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