ASN NEUROPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-22DOI: 10.1080/17590914.2024.2401753
Samantha N Sutley-Koury, Alyssa Anderson, Christopher Taitano-Johnson, Moyinoluwa Ajayi, Anna O Kulinich, Kimberly Contreras, Jasmin Regalado, Seema K Tiwari-Woodruff, Iryna M Ethell
{"title":"Astrocytic Ephrin-B1 Regulates Oligodendrocyte Development and Myelination.","authors":"Samantha N Sutley-Koury, Alyssa Anderson, Christopher Taitano-Johnson, Moyinoluwa Ajayi, Anna O Kulinich, Kimberly Contreras, Jasmin Regalado, Seema K Tiwari-Woodruff, Iryna M Ethell","doi":"10.1080/17590914.2024.2401753","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17590914.2024.2401753","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Astrocytes have been implicated in oligodendrocyte development and myelination, however, the mechanisms by which astrocytes regulate oligodendrocytes remain unclear. Our findings suggest a new mechanism that regulates astrocyte-mediated oligodendrocyte development through ephrin-B1 signaling in astrocytes. Using a mouse model, we examined the role of astrocytic ephrin-B1 signaling in oligodendrocyte development by deleting ephrin-B1 specifically in astrocytes during the postnatal days (P)14-P28 period and used mRNA analysis, immunohistochemistry, and mouse behaviors to study its effects on oligodendrocytes and myelination. We found that deletion of astrocytic ephrin-B1 downregulated many genes associated with oligodendrocyte development, myelination, and lipid metabolism in the hippocampus and the corpus callosum. Additionally, we observed a reduced number of oligodendrocytes and impaired myelination in the corpus callosum of astrocyte-specific ephrin-B1 KO mice. Finally, our data show reduced motor strength in these mice exhibiting clasping phenotype and impaired performance in the rotarod test most likely due to impaired myelination. Our studies provide new evidence that astrocytic ephrin-B1 positively regulates oligodendrocyte development and myelination, potentially through astrocyte-oligodendrocyte interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":8616,"journal":{"name":"ASN NEURO","volume":"16 1","pages":"2401753"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792131/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142493736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASN NEUROPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-16DOI: 10.1080/17590914.2024.2371160
Lili Veronika Nagy, Zsolt Kristóf Bali, István Ledneczki, Zsolt Némethy, Balázs Lendvai, István Hernádi
{"title":"Cellular Mechanisms of Cognitive Enhancement: The <i>In Vivo</i> Modulation of the Firing Activity and the Responsiveness of Rat Hippocampal Neurons by Memantine and Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Ligands.","authors":"Lili Veronika Nagy, Zsolt Kristóf Bali, István Ledneczki, Zsolt Némethy, Balázs Lendvai, István Hernádi","doi":"10.1080/17590914.2024.2371160","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17590914.2024.2371160","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Promising new pharmacological strategies for the enhancement of cognition target either nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) or N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDAR). There is also an increasing interest in low-dose combination therapies co-targeting the above neurotransmitter systems to reach greater efficacy over the monotreatments and to reduce possible side effects of high-dose monotreatments. In the present study, we assessed modulatory effects of the α7 nAChR-selective agonist PHA-543613 (PHA), a novel α7 nAChR positive allosteric modulator compound (CompoundX) and the NMDAR antagonist memantine on the <i>in vivo</i> firing activity of CA1 pyramidal neurons in the rat hippocampus. Three different test conditions were applied: spontaneous firing activity, NMDA-evoked firing activity and ACh-evoked firing activity. Results showed that high but not low doses of memantine decreased NMDA-evoked firing activity, and low doses increased the spontaneous and ACh-evoked firing activity. Systemically applied PHA robustly potentiated ACh-evoked firing activity with having no effect on NMDA-evoked activity. In addition, CompoundX increased both NMDA- and ACh-evoked firing activity, having no effects on spontaneous firing of the neurons. A combination of low doses of memantine and PHA increased firing activity in all test conditions and similar effects were observed with memantine and CompoundX but without spontaneous firing activity increasing effects. Our present results demonstrate that α7 nAChR agents beneficially interact with Alzheimer's disease medication memantine. Moreover, positive allosteric modulators potentiate memantine effects on the right time and the right place without affecting spontaneous firing activity. All these data confirm previous behavioral evidence for the viability of combination therapies for cognitive enhancement.</p>","PeriodicalId":8616,"journal":{"name":"ASN NEURO","volume":"16 1","pages":"2371160"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11262468/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141722919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASN NEUROPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-16DOI: 10.1080/17590914.2024.2371162
Yonglin Gao, Lukasz P Slomnicki, Ewa Kilanczyk, Michael D Forston, Maciej Pietrzak, Eric C Rouchka, Russell M Howard, Scott R Whittemore, Michal Hetman
{"title":"Reduced Expression of Oligodendrocyte Linage-Enriched Transcripts During the Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/Integrated Stress Response.","authors":"Yonglin Gao, Lukasz P Slomnicki, Ewa Kilanczyk, Michael D Forston, Maciej Pietrzak, Eric C Rouchka, Russell M Howard, Scott R Whittemore, Michal Hetman","doi":"10.1080/17590914.2024.2371162","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17590914.2024.2371162","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in oligodendrocyte (OL) linage cells contributes to several CNS pathologies including traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) and multiple sclerosis. Therefore, primary rat OL precursor cell (OPC) transcriptomes were analyzed using RNASeq after treatments with two ER stress-inducing drugs, thapsigargin (TG) or tunicamycin (TM). Gene ontology term (GO) enrichment showed that both drugs upregulated mRNAs associated with the general stress response. The GOs related to ER stress were only enriched for TM-upregulated mRNAs, suggesting greater ER stress selectivity of TM. Both TG and TM downregulated cell cycle/cell proliferation-associated transcripts, indicating the anti-proliferative effects of ER stress. Interestingly, many OL lineage-enriched mRNAs were downregulated, including those for transcription factors that drive OL identity such as <i>Olig2</i>. Moreover, ER stress-associated decreases of OL-specific gene expression were found in mature OLs from mouse models of white matter pathologies including contusive SCI, toxin-induced demyelination, and Alzheimer's disease-like neurodegeneration. Taken together, the disrupted transcriptomic fingerprint of OL lineage cells may facilitate myelin degeneration and/or dysfunction when pathological ER stress persists in OL lineage cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":8616,"journal":{"name":"ASN NEURO","volume":"16 1","pages":"2371162"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11262469/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141722922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASN NEUROPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-14DOI: 10.1080/17590914.2024.2403345
Subash Sapkota, Sagor C Roy, Karen P Briski
{"title":"Dorsomedial Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Neuron Steroidogenic Factor-1 Gene Targets in Female Rat.","authors":"Subash Sapkota, Sagor C Roy, Karen P Briski","doi":"10.1080/17590914.2024.2403345","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17590914.2024.2403345","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The prospect that the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN) transcription factor steroidogenic factor-1/NR5A1 (SF-1) may exert sex-dimorphic control of glucose counterregulation is unresolved. Recent studies in male rats show that SF-1 regulates transcription of co-expressed hypoglycemia-sensitive neurochemicals in dorsomedial VMN growth hormone-releasing hormone (Ghrh) neurons. Gene knockdown and laser-catapult-microdissection/single-cell multiplex qPCR techniques were used here in a female rat model to determine if SF-1 control of Ghrh neuron transmitter marker, energy sensor, and estrogen receptor (ER) variant mRNAs varies according to sex. Data show that in females, hypoglycemia elicits a gain of SF-1 inhibitory control of VMNdm Ghrh neuron Ghrh and Ghrh-receptor gene profiles and loss of augmentation of glutaminase transcription; SF-1 gene silencing diminished eu- and hypoglycemic patterns of neuronal nitric oxide gene transcription. SF-1 imposes divergent control of baseline and hypoglycemic glutamate decarboxylase<sub>65</sub> (GAD)-1 (stimulatory) versus GAD2 (inhibitory) mRNAs in that sex. SF-1 stimulates baseline VMNdm Ghrh neuron PRKAA1/AMPKα1 and PRKAA2/AMPKα2 gene expression, yet causes opposite changes in these gene profiles during hypoglycemia. SF-1 exerts glucose-dependent control of ER-alpha and G-protein-coupled ER-1 transcription, but blunts ER-beta gene profiles during eu- and hypoglycemia. In females, SF-1 knockdown did not affect hypercorticosteronemia or hyperglucagonemia, but blunted hypoglycemic suppression of growth hormone secretion. Results show that SF-1 expression is critical for female rat VMNdm Ghrh neuron counterregulatory neurochemical, AMPK catalytic subunit, and ER gene transcription responses to hypoglycemia. Sex differences in direction of SF-1 control of distinctive gene profiles may result in observed disparities in SF-1 regulation of counterregulatory hormone secretion between sexes.</p>","PeriodicalId":8616,"journal":{"name":"ASN NEURO","volume":"16 1","pages":"2403345"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792125/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142456905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASN NEUROPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-15DOI: 10.1080/17590914.2024.2368382
Subash Sapkota, Sagor C Roy, Rami Shrestha, Karen P Briski
{"title":"Steroidogenic Factor-1 Regulation of Dorsomedial Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus Ghrh Neuron Transmitter Marker and Estrogen Receptor Gene Expression in Male Rat.","authors":"Subash Sapkota, Sagor C Roy, Rami Shrestha, Karen P Briski","doi":"10.1080/17590914.2024.2368382","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17590914.2024.2368382","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN) growth hormone-releasing hormone (Ghrh) neurotransmission shapes counterregulatory hormone secretion. Dorsomedial VMN Ghrh neurons express the metabolic-sensitive transcription factor steroidogenic factor-1/NR5A1 (SF-1). <i>In vivo</i> SF-1 gene knockdown tools were used here to address the premise that in male rats, SF-1 may regulate basal and/or hypoglycemic patterns of Ghrh, co-transmitter biosynthetic enzyme, and estrogen receptor (ER) gene expression in these neurons. Single-cell multiplex qPCR analyses showed that SF-1 regulates basal profiles of mRNAs that encode Ghrh and protein markers for neurochemicals that suppress (γ-aminobutyric acid) or enhance (nitric oxide; glutamate) counterregulation. SF-1 siRNA pretreatment respectively exacerbated or blunted hypoglycemia-associated inhibition of glutamate decarboxylase<sub>67</sub> (GAD<sub>67</sub>/GAD1) and -<sub>65</sub> (GAD<sub>65</sub>/GAD2) transcripts. Hypoglycemia augmented or reduced nitric oxide synthase and glutaminase mRNAs, responses that were attenuated by SF-1 gene silencing. Ghrh and Ghrh receptor transcripts were correspondingly refractory to or increased by hypoglycemia, yet SF-1 knockdown decreased both gene profiles. Hypoglycemic inhibition of ER-alpha and G protein-coupled-ER gene expression was amplified by SF-1 siRNA pretreatment, whereas as ER-beta mRNA was amplified. SF-1 knockdown decreased (corticosterone) or elevated [glucagon, growth hormone (GH)] basal counterregulatory hormone profiles, but amplified hypoglycemic hypercorticosteronemia and -glucagonemia or prevented elevated GH release. Outcomes document SF-1 control of VMN Ghrh neuron counterregulatory neurotransmitter and ER gene transcription. SF-1 likely regulates Ghrh nerve cell receptivity to estradiol and release of distinctive neurochemicals during glucose homeostasis and systemic imbalance. VMN Ghrh neurons emerge as a likely substrate for SF-1 control of glucose counterregulation in the male rat.</p>","PeriodicalId":8616,"journal":{"name":"ASN NEURO","volume":"16 1","pages":"2368382"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11262038/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141722923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASN NEUROPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1177/17590914231157974
Isadora Matias, Luan Pereira Diniz, Ana Paula Bergamo Araujo, Isabella Vivarini Damico, Pâmella de Moura, Felipe Cabral-Miranda, Fabiola Diniz, Belisa Parmeggiani, Valeria de Mello Coelho, Renata E P Leite, Claudia K Suemoto, Gustavo Costa Ferreira, Regina Célia Cussa Kubrusly, Flávia Carvalho Alcantara Gomes
{"title":"Age-Associated Upregulation of Glutamate Transporters and Glutamine Synthetase in Senescent Astrocytes In Vitro and in the Mouse and Human Hippocampus.","authors":"Isadora Matias, Luan Pereira Diniz, Ana Paula Bergamo Araujo, Isabella Vivarini Damico, Pâmella de Moura, Felipe Cabral-Miranda, Fabiola Diniz, Belisa Parmeggiani, Valeria de Mello Coelho, Renata E P Leite, Claudia K Suemoto, Gustavo Costa Ferreira, Regina Célia Cussa Kubrusly, Flávia Carvalho Alcantara Gomes","doi":"10.1177/17590914231157974","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17590914231157974","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aging is marked by complex and progressive physiological changes, including in the glutamatergic system, that lead to a decline of brain function. Increased content of senescent cells in the brain, such as glial cells, has been reported to impact cognition both in animal models and human tissue during normal aging and in the context of neurodegenerative disease. Changes in the glutamatergic synaptic activity rely on the glutamate-glutamine cycle, in which astrocytes handle glutamate taken up from synapses and provide glutamine for neurons, thus maintaining excitatory neurotransmission. However, the mechanisms of glutamate homeostasis in brain aging are still poorly understood. Herein, we showed that mouse senescent astrocytes <i>in vitro</i> undergo upregulation of GLT-1, GLAST, and glutamine synthetase (GS), along with the increased enzymatic activity of GS and [<sup>3</sup>H]-D-aspartate uptake. Furthermore, we observed higher levels of GS and increased [<sup>3</sup>H]-D-aspartate uptake in the hippocampus of aged mice, although the activity of GS was similar between young and old mice. Analysis of a previously available RNAseq dataset of mice at different ages revealed upregulation of GLAST and GS mRNA levels in hippocampal astrocytes during aging. Corroborating these rodent data, we showed an increased number of GS + cells, and GS and GLT-1 levels/intensity in the hippocampus of elderly humans. Our data suggest that aged astrocytes undergo molecular and functional changes that control glutamate-glutamine homeostasis upon brain aging.</p>","PeriodicalId":8616,"journal":{"name":"ASN NEURO","volume":"15 ","pages":"17590914231157974"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/af/85/10.1177_17590914231157974.PMC9950616.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9363191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASN NEUROPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1177/17590914231167230
Karen P Briski, Prabhat R Napit, Abdulrahman Alhamyani, Jérôme Leprince, A S M Hasan Mahmood
{"title":"Sex-Dimorphic Octadecaneuropeptide (ODN) Regulation of Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus Glucoregulatory Neuron Function and Counterregulatory Hormone Secretion.","authors":"Karen P Briski, Prabhat R Napit, Abdulrahman Alhamyani, Jérôme Leprince, A S M Hasan Mahmood","doi":"10.1177/17590914231167230","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17590914231167230","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Central endozepinergic signaling is implicated in glucose homeostasis. Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN) metabolic monitoring governs glucose counter-regulation. VMN glucose-stimulatory nitric oxide (NO) and glucose-inhibitory γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurons express the energy gauge 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). Current research addresses the premise that the astrocyte glio-peptide octadecaneuropeptide (ODN) imposes sex-dimorphic control of metabolic sensor activity and neurotransmitter signaling in these neurons. The ODN G-protein coupled-receptor antagonist cyclo<sub>(1-8)</sub>[DLeu<sup>5</sup>]OP (LV-1075) was administered intracerebroventricularly (<i>icv</i>) to euglycemic rats of each sex; additional groups were pretreated <i>icv</i> with the ODN isoactive surrogate ODN<sub>11-18</sub> (OP) before insulin-induced hypoglycemia. Western blotting of laser-catapult-microdissected VMN NO and GABA neurons showed that hypoglycemia caused OP-reversible augmentation of phospho-, e.g., activated AMPK and nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) expression in rostral (female) or middle (male) VMN segments or ODN-dependent suppression of nNOS in male caudal VMN. OP prevented hypoglycemic down-regulation of glutamate decarboxylase profiles in female rat rostral VMN, without affecting AMPK activity. LV-1075 treatment of male, not female rats elevated plasma glucagon and corticosterone concentrations. Moreover, OP attenuated hypoglycemia-associated augmentation of these hormones in males only. Results identify, for each sex, regional VMN metabolic transmitter signals that are subject to endozepinergic regulation. Directional shifts and gain-or-loss of ODN control during eu- versus hypoglycemia infer that VMN neuron receptivity to or post-receptor processing of this stimulus may be modulated by energy state. In male, counter-regulatory hormone secretion may be governed principally by ODN-sensitive neural pathways, whereas this endocrine outflow may be controlled by parallel, redundant ODN-dependent and -independent mechanisms in female.</p>","PeriodicalId":8616,"journal":{"name":"ASN NEURO","volume":"15 ","pages":"17590914231167230"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/c9/f9/10.1177_17590914231167230.PMC10196551.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9515615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASN NEUROPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1177/17590914231151534
Jiaming Zhou, Per Ekström
{"title":"Pyruvate Kinase 2, an Energy Metabolism Related Enzyme, May Have a Neuroprotective Function in Retinal Degeneration.","authors":"Jiaming Zhou, Per Ekström","doi":"10.1177/17590914231151534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17590914231151534","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited disorder that results in vision impairment but general and mutation-independent therapeutic strategies are not available. However, it is widely regarded that the cGMP system, including cGMP and its interactor cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), acts as a crucial effector during retinal degeneration. We have previously identified a list of cGMP-PKG-dependent genes in the context of RP, and in this study, we further validated one of these, namely pyruvate kinase 2 (PKM2), and investigated the potential role of PKM2 for the photoreceptors' well-being during RP. With the aid of organotypic retinal explant cultures, we pharmacologically manipulated the PKM2 activities in two different RP mouse models (<i>rd2</i> and <i>rd10</i>) via the addition of TEPP-46 (a PKM2 activator) and found that activation of PKM2 alleviates the progress of photoreceptor death in the <i>rd10</i> mouse model. We also noted that the expression of both PKM2 and one of its targets, glucose transporter-1 (Glut1), showed alterations depending on the degeneration state. The observations provide supportive evidence that PKM2 may serve as a novel potential molecular target in RP.</p>","PeriodicalId":8616,"journal":{"name":"ASN NEURO","volume":"15 ","pages":"17590914231151534"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9376862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASN NEUROPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1177/17590914231197523
Elena Galea, Manuel B Graeber
{"title":"Neuroinflammation: The Abused Concept.","authors":"Elena Galea, Manuel B Graeber","doi":"10.1177/17590914231197523","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17590914231197523","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Scientific progress requires the relentless correction of errors and refinement of hypotheses. Clarity of terminology is essential for clarity of thought and proper experimental interrogation of nature. Therefore, the application of the same scientific term to different and even conflicting phenomena and concepts is not useful and must be corrected. Such abuse of terminology has happened and is still increasing in the case of \"neuroinflammation,\" a term that until the 1990s meant classical inflammation affecting the central nervous system (CNS) and thereon was progressively used to mostly denote microglia activation. The resulting confusion is very wasteful and detrimental not only for scientists but also for patients, given the numerous failed clinical trials in acute and chronic CNS diseases over the last decade with \"anti-inflammatory\" drugs. Despite this failure, reassessments of the \"neuroinflammation\" concept are rare, especially considering the number of articles still using the term. This undesirable situation motivates this article. We review the origins and evolution of the term \"neuroinflammation,\" discuss the unique tissue defense and repair strategies in the CNS, define CNS immunity, and emphasize the notion of gliopathies to help readdress, if not bury, the term \"neuroinflammation\" as it stands in the way of scientific progress.</p>","PeriodicalId":8616,"journal":{"name":"ASN NEURO","volume":"15 ","pages":"17590914231197523"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/9b/cb/10.1177_17590914231197523.PMC10469255.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10509490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}