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EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY
Volume 192, Issue 1, Pages 125-133Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2004.11.007
Keywords
oligodendrocyte; FGF2; myelin; multiple sclerosis; demyelination; remyelination; oligodendrocyte progenitor
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- Multiple Sclerosis Society [826] Funding Source: Medline
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Oligodendrocytes are the myelin-forming cells of the CNS and are lost in demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). A role for fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) has been proposed in the pathogenesis of demyelination and the failure of remyelination in experimental models of MS. However, the in vivo effects of FGF2 on oligodendrocytes and oligodendrocyte progenitors (OPCs) in the adult CNS had not previously been determined. To address this, FGF2 was delivered into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of the IVth ventricle and its actions were examined on the anterior medullary velum (AMV), a thin tissue that partly roofs the IVth ventricle and is bathed by CSF. FGF2 was administered twice daily for 3 days and AMV were analysed using immunohistochemical labelling; saline was administered in controls. The results show that raised FGF2 induces severe disruption of mature oligodendrocytes and a marked loss of myelin. At the same time, FGF2 treatment resulted in the aberrant accumulation of immature oligodendrocytes with a premyelinating phenotype, together with NG2-expressing OPCs. Axons are patent within demyelinated lesions, and they are contacted but not ensheathed by surviving oligodendrocytes, newly formed premyelinating oligodendrocytes and OPCs. These results demonstrate that raised FGF2 induces demyelination in the adult CNS, and support a role for FGF2 in the pathogenesis of demyelination and regulation of remyelination in MS. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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