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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
卷 175, 期 3, 页码 1160-1166出版社
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DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.090340
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Hertie Foundation
- National Center for Competence in Researc
- Neuroscience Center Zurich
- Merck-Seronc, International S.A., Biogen-ldec
- 3R Research Foundation Switzerland
- Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- University of Zurich
Permanent disability of patients suffering from central nervous system (CNS) inflammation such as multiple sclerosis, the most common chronic inflammatory disorder of the CNS, originates mainly from demyelination and axonal damage. Although many studies in the past focused on the role of CD4(+) T cells, several recent findings postulate the relevance of autoaggressive, cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells in the effector phase of multiple sclerosis. Yet, it remains unresolved whether axonal injury is the result of a CD8(+) T cell-targeted hit against the axon itself or the consequence of an attack against the myelin structure. To address this issue of CD8-mediated tissue damage in CNS inflammation, we performed continuous confocal imaging of autoaggressive, cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells in living organotypic cerebellar brain slices. We observed that loading brain slices with the cognate peptide antigen caused CD8-mediated damage of myelinated axons. To exclude the possibility that the cognate peptide loaded onto the brain slices was presented by axons directly, we restricted the cognate antigen expression exclusively to the cytosol of oligodendrocytes. Aside from vast myclin damage, extensive axonal bystander injury occurred. Using this model system of inflammatory CNS injury, we visualize that axonal loss can be the consequence from collateral bystander damage by autoaggressive, cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells, targeting their cognate antigen processed and presented by oligodendrocytes. (Am J Pathol 2009, 175:1160-1166; DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.090340)
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