beta-Synuclein-reactive T cells induce autoimmune CNS grey matter degeneration
Lodygin D, Hermann M, Schweingruber N, Flügel-Koch C, Watanabe T, Schlosser C, Merlini A, Korner H, Chang HF, Fischer HJ, Reichardt HM, Zagrebelsky M, Mollenhauer B, Kuegler S, Fitzner D, Frahm J, Stadelmann C, Haberl M, Odoardi F, Fluegel A (2019)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2019
Journal
Book Volume: 566
Pages Range: 503-+
Journal Issue: 7745
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-0964-2
Abstract
The grey matter is a central target of pathological processes in neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. The grey matter is often also affected in multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. The mechanisms that underlie grey matter inflammation and degeneration in multiple sclerosis are not well understood. Here we show that, in Lewis rats, T cells directed against the neuronal protein beta-synuclein specifically invade the grey matter and that this is accompanied by the presentation of multifaceted clinical disease. The expression pattern of beta-synuclein induces the local activation of these T cells and, therefore, determined inflammatory priming of the tissue and targeted recruitment of immune cells. The resulting inflammation led to significant changes in the grey matter, which ranged from gliosis and neuronal destruction to brain atrophy. In humans, beta-synuclein-specific T cells were enriched in patients with chronic-progressive multiple sclerosis. These findings reveal a previously unrecognized role of beta-synuclein in provoking T-cell-mediated pathology of the central nervous system.
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Universitätsklinikum Göttingen
Germany (DE)
Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie (Karl-Friedrich-Bonhoeffer-Institut) / Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Germany (DE)
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Germany (DE)
Paracelsus-Elena-Klinik Kassel
Germany (DE)
Germany (DE)
Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie (Karl-Friedrich-Bonhoeffer-Institut) / Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Germany (DE)
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Germany (DE)
Paracelsus-Elena-Klinik Kassel
Germany (DE)
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APA:
Lodygin, D., Hermann, M., Schweingruber, N., Flügel-Koch, C., Watanabe, T., Schlosser, C.,... Fluegel, A. (2019). beta-Synuclein-reactive T cells induce autoimmune CNS grey matter degeneration. Nature, 566(7745), 503-+. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-0964-2
MLA:
Lodygin, Dmitri, et al. "beta-Synuclein-reactive T cells induce autoimmune CNS grey matter degeneration." Nature 566.7745 (2019): 503-+.
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