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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE
卷 80, 期 -, 页码 123-133出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2017.03.004
关键词
Microglia; Peroxisomal beta-oxidation; Neuroinflammation; Cognition; Neuronal transmission; Behavior
资金
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen [G.0675.12, G.0A15.13]
- KU Leuven [OT12/78]
An important hallmark of various neurodegenerative disorders is the proliferation and activation of microglial cells, the resident immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS). Mice that lack multifunctional protein-2 (MFP2), the key enzyme in peroxisomal beta-oxidation, develop excessive microgliosis that positively correlates with behavioral deficits whereas no neuronal loss occurs. However, the precise contribution of neuroinflammation to the fatal neuropathology of MFP2 deficiency remains largely unknown. Here, we first attempted to suppress the inflammatory response by administering various anti-inflammatory drugs but they failed to reduce microgliosis. Subsequently, Mfp2(-/-) mice were treated with the selective colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) inhibitor PLX5622 as microglial proliferation and survival is dependent on CSF1R signaling. This resulted in the elimination of > 95% of microglia from control mice but only 70% of the expanded microglial population from Mfp2(-/-) mice. Despite microglial diminution in Mfp2(-/-) brain, inflammatory markers remained unaltered and residual microglia persisted in a reactive state. CSFIR inhibition did not prevent neuronal dysfunction, cognitive decline and clinical deterioration of Mfp2(-/-) mice. Collectively, the unaltered inflammatory profile despite suppressed microgliosis concurrent with persevering clinical decline strengthens our hypothesis that neuroinflammation importantly contributes to the Mfp2(-/-) phenotype. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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