视神经脊髓炎
STAT蛋白
信号转导
贾纳斯激酶
化学
车站3
免疫球蛋白G
星形胶质细胞
水通道蛋白4
分子生物学
抗体
免疫学
细胞生物学
生物
内分泌学
中枢神经系统
生物化学
作者
Li Du,Huoy-Rou Chang,Wanying Xu,Yuzhen Wei,Yupeng Wang,Linlin Yin,Xinghu Zhang
出处
期刊:Life Sciences
[Elsevier]
日期:2020-10-01
卷期号:258: 118217-118217
被引量:18
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.lfs.2020.118217
摘要
Astrocytes expressing the aquaporin-4 (AQP4) water channel are pathogenic, disease specific immunoglobulins (IgG) found in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), referred to as NMO-IgG, which targets astrocytic AQP4. The interleukin-6 (IL-6) signaling when astrocytes were exposed to NMO-IgG present in the serum of NMOSD patients was evaluated. Serum or human-IgG from NMOSD or healthy controls were exposed to astrocytes. The selectivity and immuno-pathological consequences of Ig binding to surface epitopes were measured by confocal microscopy. Astrocytes were exposed to medium, IL-6, soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL-6R), IL-6 + sIL-6R (IL-6/R), NMO-IgG or control-IgG, NMO-IgG + IL-6/R. The expression of key proteins in IL-6 signaling pathway, IL-6 cytokine and mRNA levels were evaluated by western blotting, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and quantitative polymerase chain reaction, respectively. Serum or NMO-IgG from NMOSD patients both induced the rapid downregulation of AQP4 expression on the surface of astrocytes. Stimulation of astrocytes with NMO-IgG, IL-6/R, and NMO-IgG + IL-6/R resulted in the enhancement of IL-6 mRNA expression. Meanwhile, the exogenous addition of NMO-IgG elicited an inflammatory transcriptional response that involved signaling through the Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (JAK/STAT3) pathway. Inhibition of the IL-6/JAK/STAT3 pathway with the JAK1/2 specific inhibitor, AZD1480, reversed the associated increase of IL-6. Our findings suggest that NMO-IgG can stimulate the astrocytic JAK1/2/STAT3-dependent inflammatory response, which represents one of the important events in NMO pathogenesis. Inhibition of the JAK1/2 signaling pathway may be a novel promising therapy for NMOSD.
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