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BMC NEUROSCIENCE
卷 12, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-12-116
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- Verein zur Durchfuhrung Neurowissenschaftlicher Tagungen e.V
- DFG [SFB581]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- University of Wurzburg
Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized at the cellular level by a destruction of neuromelanin (NM)containing dopaminergic cells and a profound reduction in striatal dopamine. It has been shown recently that antimelanin antibodies are increased in sera of Parkinson patients, suggesting that NM may act as an autoantigen. In this study we tested whether NM is being recognized by dendritic cells (DCs), the major cell type for inducing T-and B-cell responses in vivo. This recognition of NM by DCs is a prerequisite to trigger an adaptive autoimmune response directed against NM-associated structures. Results: Murine DCs were treated with NM of substantia nigra (SN) from human subjects or with synthetic dopamine melanin (DAM). DCs effectively phagocytized NM and subsequently developed a mature phenotype (CD86(hig)h/MHCIIhigh). NM-activated DCs secreted the proinflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-alpha. In addition, they potently triggered T cell proliferation in a mixed lymphocyte reaction, showing that DC activation was functional to induce a primary T cell response. In contrast, DAM, which lacks the protein and lipid components of NM but mimics the dopamine-melanin backbone of NM, had only very little effect on DC phenotype and function. Conclusions: NM is recognized by DCs in vitro and triggers their maturation. If operative in vivo, this would allow the DC-mediated transport and presentation of SN antigens to the adaptive immune system, leading to autoimmmunity in susceptible individuals. Our data provide a rationale for an autoimmune-based pathomechanism of PD with NM as the initial trigger.
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