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{"title":"Selective neuronal expression of progranulin is sufficient to provide neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects after traumatic brain injury.","authors":"Sudena Wang, Marc-Philipp Weyer, Regina Hummel, Annett Wilken-Schmitz, Irmgard Tegeder, Michael K E Schäfer","doi":"10.1186/s12974-024-03249-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12974-024-03249-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Progranulin (PGRN), which is produced in neurons and microglia, is a neurotrophic and anti-inflammatory glycoprotein. Human loss-of-function mutations cause frontotemporal dementia, and PGRN knockout (KO) mice are a model for dementia. In addition, PGRN KO mice exhibit severe phenotypes in models of traumatic or ischemic central nervous system (CNS) disorders, including traumatic brain injury (TBI). It is unknown whether restoration of progranulin expression in neurons (and not in microglia) might be sufficient to prevent excessive TBI-evoked brain damage. To address this question, we generated mice with Nestin-Cre-driven murine PGRN expression in a PGRN KO line (PGRN-KO^NestinGrn) to rescue PGRN in neurons. PGRN expression analysis in primary CNS cell cultures from naïve mice and in (non-) injured brain tissue from PGRN-KO^NestinGrn revealed expression of PGRN in neurons but not in microglia. After experimental TBI, examination of the structural brain damage at 5 days post-injury (dpi) showed that the TBI-induced loss of brain tissue and hippocampal neurons was exacerbated in PGRN-KO^Grnflfl mice (PGRN knockout with the mGrn fl-STOP-fl allele, Cre-negative), as expected, whereas the tissue damage in PGRN-KO^NestinGrn mice was similar to that in PGRN-WT mice. Analysis of CD68⁺ immunofluorescent microglia and Cd68 mRNA expression showed that excessive microglial activation was rescued in PGRN-KO^NestinGrn mice, and the correlation of brain injury with Cd68 expression suggested that Cd68 was a surrogate marker for excessive brain injury caused by PGRN deficiency. The results show that restoring neuronal PGRN expression was sufficient to rescue the exacerbated neuropathology of TBI caused by PGRN deficiency, even in the absence of microglial PGRN. Hence, endogenous microglial PGRN expression was not essential for the neuroprotective or anti-inflammatory effects of PGRN after TBI in this study.</p>","PeriodicalId":16577,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroinflammation","volume":"21 1","pages":"257"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11468377/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142400522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Acute postnatal inflammation alters adult microglial responses to LPS that are sex-, region- and timing of postnatal inflammation-dependent.","authors":"Maria Nikodemova, Jose R Oberto, Ethan L Kaye, Mackenzie R Berschel, Alysha L Michaelson, Jyoti J Watters, Gordon S Mitchell","doi":"10.1186/s12974-024-03245-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12974-024-03245-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adverse events in early life can have impact lasting into adulthood. We investigated the long-term effects of systemic inflammation during postnatal development on adult microglial responses to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in two CNS regions (cortex, cervical spinal cord) in male and female rats.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Inflammation was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats by LPS (1 mg/kg) administered intraperitoneally during postnatal development at P7, P12 or P18. As adults (12 weeks of age), the rats received a second LPS dose (1 mg/kg). Control rats received saline. Microglia were isolated 3 h post-LPS followed by gene expression analysis via qRT-PCR for pro-inflammatory (IL-6, iNOS, Ptgs2, C/EBPb, CD14, CXCL10), anti-inflammatory (CD68, Arg-1), and homeostatic genes (P2Y12, Tmemm119). CSF-1 and CX3CL1 mRNAs were analyzed in microglia-free homogenates.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Basal gene expression in adult microglia was largely unaffected by postnatal inflammation. Adult cortical microglial pro-inflammatory gene responses to LPS were either unchanged or attenuated in rats exposed to LPS during postnatal development. Ptgs2, C/EBPb, CXCL10 and Arg-1 were the most affected genes, with expression significantly downregulated vs. rats without postnatal LPS. Spinal microglia were affected most by LPS at P18, with mixed and sometimes opposing effects on proinflammatory genes in males vs. females. Overall, male cortical vs. spinal microglia were more affected by postnatal LPS. Females were affected in both cortex and spinal cord, but the effect was dependent on timing of postnatal LPS. Overall, inflammatory challenge at P18 had greater effect on adult microglia vs. challenge at P12 or P7.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Long-lasting effects of postnatal inflammation on adult microglia depend on postnatal timing, CNS region and sex.</p>","PeriodicalId":16577,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroinflammation","volume":"21 1","pages":"256"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11465935/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142400460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Melanin concentrating hormone regulates the JNK/ERK signaling pathway to alleviate influenza A virus infection-induced neuroinflammation.","authors":"Qianlin Zhang, Xiaoyang Liu, Qiankun Ma, Jiewen Zhang","doi":"10.1186/s12974-024-03251-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12974-024-03251-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) controls many brain functions, such as sleep/wake cycle and memory, and modulates the inflammation response. Previous studies have shown that influenza A virus (IAV) infection-induced neuroinflammation leads to central nervous damage. This study investigated the potential effects of MCH against neuroinflammation induced by IAV infection and its mechanism. MCH (1 and 2 mg/ml) was administrated for 5 consecutive days before IAV infection. Pentobarbital-induced sleep tests, an open-field test, and a Morris water maze were performed to measure sleep quality, spatial learning and memory ability. Neuronal loss and microglial activation were observed with Nissl staining and immunofluorescence assay. The levels of inflammatory cytokines and the expression of the JNK/ERK signaling pathway were examined by ELISA and western blot. IAV infection led to poor sleep quality, impaired the ability of spatial learning and memory, caused neuronal loss and microglial activation in mice's hippocampus and cortex. Meanwhile the level of inflammatory cytokines increased, and the JNK/ERK signaling pathway was activated after IAV infection. MCH administration significantly alleviated IAV-induced neuroinflammation, cognitive impairment, and sleep disorder, decreased the levels of inflammatory cytokines, and inhibited neuronal loss and microglial activation in the hippocampus and cortex by regulating the JNK/ERK signaling pathway. Therefore, MCH alleviated the neuroinflammation, spatial learning and memory impairment, and sleep disorder in IAV-infected mice by regulating the JNK/ERK signaling pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":16577,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroinflammation","volume":"21 1","pages":"259"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11468281/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142400521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Astrocytic DLL4-NOTCH1 signaling pathway promotes neuroinflammation via the IL-6-STAT3 axis.","authors":"Pierre Mora, Margaux Laisné, Célia Bourguignon, Paul Rouault, Béatrice Jaspard-Vinassa, Marlène Maître, Alain-Pierre Gadeau, Marie-Ange Renault, Sam Horng, Thierry Couffinhal, Candice Chapouly","doi":"10.1186/s12974-024-03246-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12974-024-03246-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Under neuroinflammatory conditions, astrocytes acquire a reactive phenotype that drives acute inflammatory injury as well as chronic neurodegeneration. We hypothesized that astrocytic Delta-like 4 (DLL4) may interact with its receptor NOTCH1 on neighboring astrocytes to regulate astrocyte reactivity via downstream juxtacrine signaling pathways. Here we investigated the role of astrocytic DLL4 on neurovascular unit homeostasis under neuroinflammatory conditions. We probed for downstream effectors of the DLL4-NOTCH1 axis and targeted these for therapy in two models of CNS inflammatory disease. We first demonstrated that astrocytic DLL4 is upregulated during neuroinflammation, both in mice and humans, driving astrocyte reactivity and subsequent blood-brain barrier permeability and inflammatory infiltration. We then showed that the DLL4-mediated NOTCH1 signaling in astrocytes directly drives IL-6 levels, induces STAT3 phosphorylation promoting upregulation of astrocyte reactivity markers, pro-permeability factor secretion and consequent blood-brain barrier destabilization. Finally we revealed that blocking DLL4 with antibodies improves experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis symptoms in mice, identifying a potential novel therapeutic strategy for CNS autoimmune demyelinating disease. As a general conclusion, this study demonstrates that DLL4-NOTCH1 signaling is not only a key pathway in vascular development and angiogenesis, but also in the control of astrocyte reactivity during neuroinflammation.</p>","PeriodicalId":16577,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroinflammation","volume":"21 1","pages":"258"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11468415/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142400520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ependymal cells: roles in central nervous system infections and therapeutic application.","authors":"Shiqi Xie, Feng Li","doi":"10.1186/s12974-024-03240-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12974-024-03240-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ependymal cells are arranged along the inner surfaces of the ventricles and the central canal of the spinal cord, providing anatomical, physiological and immunological barriers that maintain cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) homeostasis. Based on this, studies have found that alterations in gene expression, cell junctions, cytokine secretion and metabolic disturbances can lead to dysfunction of ependymal cells, thereby participating in the onset and progression of central nervous system (CNS) infections. Additionally, ependymal cells can exhibit proliferative and regenerative potential as well as secretory functions during CNS injury, contributing to neuroprotection and post-injury recovery. Currently, studies on ependymal cell primarily focus on the basic investigations of their morphology, function and gene expression; however, there is a notable lack of clinical translational studies examining the molecular mechanisms by which ependymal cells are involved in disease onset and progression. This limits our understanding of ependymal cells in CNS infections and the development of therapeutic applications. Therefore, this review will discuss the molecular mechanism underlying the involvement of ependymal cells in CNS infections, and explore their potential for application in clinical treatment modalities.</p>","PeriodicalId":16577,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroinflammation","volume":"21 1","pages":"255"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11465851/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142391178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"CX3CR1⁺/UCHL1⁺ microglial extracellular vesicles in blood: a potential biomarker for multiple sclerosis.","authors":"Jing Duan, Aowei Lv, Zhen Guo, Qi Liu, Chen Tian, Ying Yang, Jin Bi, Xintong Yu, Guoping Peng, Benyan Luo, Zhijian Cai, Bin Xu, Ying Fu, Jing Zhang","doi":"10.1186/s12974-024-03243-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12974-024-03243-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In neuroinflammation, distinguishing microglia from macrophages and identifying microglial-specific biomarkers in peripheral blood pose significant challenges. This study comprehensively profiled the extracellular vesicles (EVs) of microglia and macrophages, respectively, revealing co-expressed EVs with UCHL1 and CX3CR1 as EVs derived specifically from microglia in human blood. After extensive validation, using optimized nano flow cytometry, we evaluated plasma CX3CR1⁺/UCHL1⁺ EVs across clinical cohorts [multiple sclerosis (MS), HTLV-1 associated myelopathy (HAM), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and Parkinson's disease (PD)], along with established neurodegenerative markers (NMDAR2A and NFL). The findings discovered a notable rise in CX3CR1⁺/UCHL1⁺ EVs in MS, particularly heightened in HAM, in contrast to controls. Conversely, AD and PD exhibited unaltered or diminished levels of microglial EVs. An integrated model of CX3CR1⁺/UCHL1⁺, NMDAR2A⁺, and NFL⁺ EVs demonstrated promising diagnostic potential for distinguishing MS from controls and HAM. As to the disease duration, CX3CR1⁺/UCHL1⁺ EVs increased in the initial five years of MS, stabilizing thereafter, whereas NMDAR2A⁺ and NFL⁺ EVs remained stable initially but increased significantly in the subsequent five years, suggesting their correlation with disease duration. This study uncovers unique blood microglial EVs with potential as biomarkers for MS diagnosis, differentiation from HAM, and correlation with disease duration.</p>","PeriodicalId":16577,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroinflammation","volume":"21 1","pages":"254"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11465848/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142391177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"IL-7Rα on CD4⁺ T cells is required for their survival and the pathogenesis of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.","authors":"Gholamreza Azizi, Bram Van den Broek, Larissa Lumi Watanabe Ishikawa, Hamed Naziri, Reza Yazdani, Guang-Xian Zhang, Bogoljub Ciric, Abdolmohamad Rostami","doi":"10.1186/s12974-024-03224-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12974-024-03224-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The IL-7 receptor alpha (IL-7Rα) binds both IL-7 and thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP). IL-7Rα is essential for the development and survival of naive CD4⁺ T cells and their differentiation to effector/memory CD4⁺ T cells. Mice lacking IL-7Rα have severe lymphopenia and are resistant to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a model for multiple sclerosis. However, it has been reported that IL-7Rα on peripheral CD4⁺ T cells is disposable for their maintenance and EAE pathogenesis, which does not align with the body of knowledge on the role of IL-7Rα in the biology of CD4⁺ T cells. Given that a definitive study on this important topic is lacking, we revisited it using a novel approach, an inducible knockout of the IL-7Rα gene in CD4⁺ T cells.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We generated Il7ra^fl/fl/CD4CreER^T2 double transgenic mouse line (henceforth CD4^ΔIl7ra), susceptible to tamoxifen-induced knockout of the IL-7Rα gene in CD4⁺ T cells. CD4^ΔIl7ra mice were immunized with MOG_35 - 55 for EAE induction and monitored for disease development. The expression of IL-7Rα, CD4⁺ T cell numbers, and MOG_35 - 55-specific CD4⁺ T cell response was evaluated in the central nervous system (CNS) and lymphoid tissues by flow cytometry. Additionally, splenocytes of CD4^ΔIl7ra mice were stimulated with MOG_35 - 55 to assess their proliferative response and cytokine production by T helper cells.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Loss of IL-7Rα from the surface of CD4⁺ T cells in CD4^ΔIl7ra mice was virtually complete several days after tamoxifen treatment. The loss of IL-7Rα in CD4⁺ T cells led to a gradual and substantial decrease in their numbers in both non-immunized and immunized CD4^ΔIl7ra mice, followed by slow repopulation up to the initial numbers. CD4^ΔIl7ra mice did not develop EAE. We found a decrease in the total numbers of TNF-, IFN-γ-, IL-17 A-, and GM-CSF-producing CD4⁺ T cells and regulatory T cells in the spleens and CNS of immunized CD4^ΔIl7ra mice. Tracking MOG_35 - 55-specific CD4⁺ T cells revealed a significant reduction in their numbers in CD4^ΔIl7ra mice and decreased proliferation and cytokine production in response to MOG_35 - 55.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study demonstrates that IL-7Rα on peripheral CD4⁺ T cells is essential for their maintenance, immune response, and EAE pathogenesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":16577,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroinflammation","volume":"21 1","pages":"253"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11460225/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142391180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Extracellular vesicles in sepsis plasma mediate neuronal inflammation in the brain through miRNAs and innate immune signaling.","authors":"Chanhee Park, Zhuofan Lei, Yun Li, Boyang Ren, Junyun He, Huang Huang, Fengqian Chen, Hui Li, Kavitha Brunner, Jing Zhu, Steven M Jay, Brittney Williams, Wei Chao, Junfang Wu, Lin Zou","doi":"10.1186/s12974-024-03250-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-024-03250-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Neuroinflammation reportedly plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE). We previously reported that circulating plasma extracellular vesicles (EVs) from septic mice are proinflammatory. In the current study, we tested the role of sepsis plasma EVs in neuroinflammation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To track EVs in cells and tissues, HEK293T cell-derived EVs were labeled with the fluorescent dye PKH26. Cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) was conducted to model polymicrobial sepsis in mice. Plasma EVs were isolated by ultracentrifugation and their role in promoting neuronal inflammation was tested following intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection. miRNA inhibitors (anti-miR-146a, -122, -34a, and -145a) were applied to determine the effects of EV cargo miRNAs in the brain. A cytokine array was performed to profile microglia-released protein mediators. TLR7- or MyD88-knockout (KO) mice were utilized to determine the underlying mechanism of EVs-mediated neuroinflammation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We observed the uptake of fluorescent PKH26-EVs inside the cell bodies of both microglia and neurons. Sepsis plasma EVs led to a dose-dependent cytokine release in cultured microglia, which was partially attenuated by miRNA inhibitors against the target miRNAs and in TLR7-KO cells. When administered via the ICV, sepsis plasma EVs resulted in a marked increase in the accumulation of innate immune cells, including monocyte and neutrophil and cytokine gene expression, in the brain. Although sepsis plasma EVs had no direct effect on cytokine production or neuronal injury in vitro, the conditioned media (CM) of microglia treated with sepsis plasma EVs induced neuronal cell death as evidenced by increased caspase-3 cleavage and Annexin-V staining. Cytokine arrays and bioinformatics analysis of the microglial CM revealed multiple cytokines/chemokines and other factors functionally linked to leukocyte chemotaxis and migration, TLR signaling, and neuronal death. Moreover, sepsis plasma EV-induced brain inflammation in vivo was significantly dependent on MyD88.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Circulating plasma EVs in septic mice cause a microglial proinflammatory response in vitro and a brain innate immune response in vivo, some of which are in part mediated by TLR7 in vitro and MyD88 signaling in vivo. These findings highlight the importance of circulating EVs in brain inflammation during sepsis.</p>","PeriodicalId":16577,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroinflammation","volume":"21 1","pages":"252"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11460013/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142391179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"25-hydroxycholesterol promotes brain cytokine production and leukocyte infiltration in a mouse model of lipopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammation.","authors":"Johnathan Romero, Danira Toral-Rios, Jinsheng Yu, Steven M Paul, Anil G Cashikar","doi":"10.1186/s12974-024-03233-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12974-024-03233-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neuroinflammation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several neurologic and psychiatric disorders. Microglia are key drivers of neuroinflammation and, in response to different inflammatory stimuli, overexpress a proinflammatory signature of genes. Among these, Ch25h is a gene overexpressed in brain tissue from Alzheimer's disease as well as various mouse models of neuroinflammation. Ch25h encodes cholesterol 25-hydroxylase, an enzyme upregulated in activated microglia under conditions of neuroinflammation, that hydroxylates cholesterol to form 25-hydroxycholesterol (25HC). 25HC can be further metabolized to 7α,25-dihydroxycholesterol, which is a potent chemoattractant of leukocytes. We have previously shown that 25HC increases the production and secretion of the proinflammatory cytokine, IL-1β, by primary mouse microglia treated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In the present study, wildtype (WT) and Ch25h-knockout (KO) mice were peripherally administered LPS to induce an inflammatory state in the brain. In LPS-treated WT mice, Ch25h expression and 25HC levels increased in the brain relative to vehicle-treated WT mice. Among LPS-treated WT mice, females produced significantly higher levels of 25HC and showed transcriptomic changes reflecting higher levels of cytokine production and leukocyte migration than WT male mice. However, females were similar to males among LPS-treated KO mice. Ch25h-deficiency coincided with decreased microglial activation in response to systemic LPS. Proinflammatory cytokine production and intra-parenchymal infiltration of leukocytes were significantly lower in KO compared to WT mice. Amounts of IL-1β and IL-6 in the brain strongly correlated with 25HC levels. Our results suggest a proinflammatory role for 25HC in the brain following peripheral administration of LPS.</p>","PeriodicalId":16577,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroinflammation","volume":"21 1","pages":"251"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11456242/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142377976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Advanced paternal age exacerbates neuroinflammation in offspring via m6A modification-mediated intergenerational inheritance.","authors":"Yiting Mao, Yicong Meng, Kexin Zou, Ningxin Qin, Yinyu Wang, Jing Yan, PinJia Chen, Yi Cheng, Weihui Shi, Chengliang Zhou, Huixi Chen, Jianzhong Sheng, Xinmei Liu, Jiexue Pan, Hefeng Huang","doi":"10.1186/s12974-024-03248-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12974-024-03248-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The trend of postponing childbearing age is prevalent worldwide. Advanced paternal age (APA) is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and offspring health. However, the underlying mechanism by which paternal aging affects the risk of offspring neuropsychiatric disorders is unclear. Our study aims to explore the behavioral phenotypes and the pathologic epigenetic alterations of APA offspring inherited from aging sperm.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Behavioral tests, ELISA assay, immunofluorescence and western blotting were performed on offspring mice. Methylated RNA immunoprecipitation sequencing (MeRIP-seq) and RNA immunoprecipitation sequencing (RIP-seq) were used to investigate the modified N6-methyladenosine (m6A) profiles of paternal sperm and offspring hippocampus. Intervention of gene expression by lentivirus and adeno-associated virus in both vivo and vitro examined the potential therapeutic targets of intergenerational inherited neuroinflammation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In our study, APA offspring exhibit cognitive impairment and autism-like behavior. An increase in neuroinflammation in APA offspring is associated with microglial overactivation, which manifests as abnormal morphology and augmented engulfment. MeRIP-seq of F0 sperm and F1 hippocampus reveal that Nr4a2 is hypermethylated with decreased expression in APA offspring involving in synaptic plasticity and microglial function. In addition, Ythdc1, an m6A reader protein, is markedly elevated in aging sperm and remains elevated in adult hippocampus of APA group. Enhanced Ythdc1 recognizes and suppresses the hypermethylated Nr4a2, thereby contributing to the abnormal phenotype in offspring. The overexpression of Ythdc1 triggers microglial activation in vitro and its suppression in the hippocampus of APA progeny alleviates behavioral aberrations and attenuates neuroinflammation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study provides additional evidence of the abnormal behavioral phenotypes of APA offspring and reveals potential epigenetic inheritance signatures and targeted genes for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":16577,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroinflammation","volume":"21 1","pages":"249"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11453047/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142375523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}