http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/glia.22944/abstract;jsessionid=8B564CA4B4BA2B2D7FFA3B1120DA65D6.f03t01?userIsAuthenticated=false&deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=
Article first published online: 6 DEC 2015
DOI: 10.1002/glia.22944
© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Keywords:
- astrocytes;
- microglia;
- macrophages;
- gliosis;
- CNS inflammation;
- Cxcl13
Traumatic
brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability. The
underlying pathophysiology is characterized by secondary processes
including neuronal death and gliosis. To elucidate the role of the NG2
proteoglycan we investigated the response of NG2-knockout mice (NG2-KO)
to TBI. Seven days after TBI behavioral analysis, brain damage volumetry
and assessment of blood brain barrier integrity demonstrated an
exacerbated response of NG2-KO compared to wild-type (WT) mice. Reactive
astrocytes and expression of the reactive astrocyte and neurotoxicity
marker Lcn2 (Lipocalin-2) were increased in the perilesional
brain tissue of NG2-KO mice. In addition, microglia/macrophages with
activated morphology were increased in number and mRNA expression of the
M2 marker Arg1 (Arginase 1) was enhanced in NG2-KO mice. While
TBI-induced expression of pro-inflammatory cytokine genes was unchanged
between genotypes, PCR array screening revealed a marked TBI-induced
up-regulation of the C-X-C motif chemokine 13 gene Cxcl13 in
NG2-KO mice. CXCL13, known to attract immune cells to the inflamed
brain, was expressed by activated perilesional microglia/macrophages
seven days after TBI. Thirty days after TBI, NG2-KO mice still exhibited
more pronounced neurological deficits than WT mice, up-regulation of Cxcl13,
enhanced CD45+ leukocyte infiltration and a relative increase of
activated Iba-1+/CD45+ microglia/macrophages. Our study demonstrates
that lack of NG2 exacerbates the neurological outcome after TBI and
associates with abnormal activation of astrocytes, microglia/macrophages
and increased leukocyte recruitment to the injured brain. These
findings suggest that NG2 may counteract neurological deficits and
adverse glial responses in TBI. GLIA 2015
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