期刊
NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH
卷 9, 期 16, 页码 1541-1547出版社
MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA PVT LTD
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.139481
关键词
nerve regeneration; neurodegeneration; Alzheimer's disease; beta-amyloid 1-42 peptide; neuronal precursors; mice; microglia; interleukin-2; interferon-gamma; interleukin-1 beta; tumor necrosis factor-alpha; microtubule associated protein; NSFC grant; neural regeneration
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30840073]
- Medical Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [A2012298]
Alzheimer's disease is closely associated with disorders of neurogenesis in the brain, and growing evidence supports the involvement of immunological mechanisms in the development of the disease. However, at present, the role of T cells in neuronal regeneration in the brain is unknown. We injected amyloid-beta 1-42 peptide into the hippo campus of six BALB/c wild-type mice and six BALB/c-nude mice with T-cell immunodeficiency to establish an animal model of Alzheimer's disease. A further six mice of each genotype were injected with same volume of normal saline. Immunohistochemistry revealed that the number of regenerated neural progenitor cells in the hippocampus of BALB/c wild-type mice was significantly higher than that in BALB/c-nude mice. Quantitative fluorescence PCR assay showed that the expression levels of peripheral T cell-associated cytokines (interleukin-2, interferon-gamma) and hippocampal microglia-related cytokines (interleukin-1 beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha) correlated with the number of regenerated neural progenitor cells in the hippocampus. These results indicate that T cells promote hippocampal neurogenesis in Alzheimer's disease and T-cell immunodeficiency restricts neuronal regeneration in the hippocampus. The mechanism underlying the promotion of neuronal regeneration by T cells is mediated by an increased expression of peripheral T cells and central microglial cytokines in Alzheimer's disease mice. Our findings provide an experimental basis for understanding the role of T cells in Alzheimer's disease.
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