NG2 glia display wide proliferation and differentiation potential under physiological and pathological conditions. Here, we examined these two features following different types of brain disorders such as focal cerebral ischemia (FCI), cortical stab wound (SW), and demyelination (DEMY) in 3-month-old mice, in which NG2 glia are labeled by tdTomato under the Cspg4 promoter. To compare NG2 glia expression profiles following different CNS injuries, we employed single-cell RT-qPCR and self-organizing Kohonen map analysis of tdTomato-positive cells isolated from the uninjured cortex/corpus callosum and those after specific injury. Such approach enabled us to distinguish two main cell populations (NG2 glia, oligodendrocytes), each of them comprising four distinct subpopulations. The gene expression profiling revealed that a subpopulation of NG2 glia expressing GFAP, a marker of reactive astrocytes, is only present transiently after FCI. However, following less severe injuries, namely the SW and DEMY, subpopulations mirroring different stages of oligodendrocyte maturation markedly prevail. Such injury-dependent incidence of distinct subpopulations was also confirmed by immunohistochemistry. To characterize this unique subpopulation of transient astrocyte-like NG2 glia, we used single-cell RNA-sequencing analysis and to disclose their basic membrane properties, the patch-clamp technique was employed. Overall, we have proved that astrocyte-like NG2 glia are a specific subpopulation of NG2 glia emerging transiently only following FCI. These cells, located in the postischemic glial scar, are active in the cell cycle and display a current pattern similar to that identified in cortical astrocytes. Astrocyte-like NG2 glia may represent important players in glial scar formation and repair processes, following ischemia.

• MeSH
• astrocyty * metabolismus   MeSH
• glióza patologie   MeSH
• ischemie mozku * metabolismus   MeSH
• myši MeSH
• neuroglie metabolismus   MeSH
• oligodendroglie patologie   MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• myši MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a monogenetic disease that arises due to mutations in either the TSC1 or TSC2 gene and affects multiple organ systems. One of the hallmark manifestations of TSC are cortical malformations referred to as cortical tubers. These tubers are frequently associated with treatment-resistant epilepsy. Some of these patients are candidates for epilepsy surgery. White matter abnormalities, such as loss of myelin and oligodendroglia, have been described in a small subset of resected tubers but mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are unclear. Herein, we analyzed a variety of neuropathologic and immunohistochemical features in gray and white matter areas of resected cortical tubers from 46 TSC patients using semi-automated quantitative image analysis. We observed divergent amounts of myelin basic protein as well as numbers of oligodendroglia in both gray and white matter when compared with matched controls. Analyses of clinical data indicated that reduced numbers of oligodendroglia were associated with lower numbers on the intelligence quotient scale and that lower amounts of myelin-associated oligodendrocyte basic protein were associated with the presence of autism-spectrum disorder. In conclusion, myelin pathology in cortical tubers extends beyond the white matter and may be linked to cognitive dysfunction in TSC patients.

• MeSH
• bílá hmota patologie   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mozková kůra patologie   MeSH
• myelinová pochva patologie   MeSH
• oligodendroglie patologie   MeSH
• šedá hmota patologie   MeSH
• tuberózní skleróza patologie   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPSII) is a rare X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS) gene (IDS, Xq28). MPSII is characterized by skeletal deformities, hearing loss, airway obstruction, hepatosplenomegaly, cardiac valvular disease, and progressive neurological impairment. At the cellular level, IDS deficiency leads to lysosomal storage of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), dominated by accumulation of dermatan and heparan sulfates. Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) represent an alternative system that complements the available MPSII murine model. Herein we report on the reprogramming of peripheral white blood cells from male and female MPSII patients into iPSC using a non-integrating protocol based on the Sendai virus vector system. We differentiated the iPSC lines into IDS deficient and GAG accumulating β-Tubulin III+ neurons, GFAP+ astrocytes, and CNPase+ oligodendrocytes. The lysosomal system in these cells displayed structural abnormalities reminiscent of those previously found in patient tissues and murine IDS deficient neuronal stem cells. Furthermore, quantitative determination of GAGs revealed a moderate increase in GAG levels in IDS deficient neurons and glia. We also tested the effects of recombinant IDS and found that the exogenous enzyme was internalized from the culture media and partially decreased the intracellular GAG levels in iPSC-derived neural cells; however, it failed to completely prevent accumulation of GAGs. In summary, we demonstrate that this human iPSC based model expresses the cellular and biochemical features of MPSII, and thus represents a useful experimental tool for further pathogenesis studies as well as therapy development and testing.

• MeSH
• astrocyty enzymologie   patologie   MeSH
• buněčný rodokmen MeSH
• fenotyp MeSH
• glykosaminoglykany metabolismus   MeSH
• iduronátsulfatasa genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• indukované pluripotentní kmenové buňky enzymologie   patologie   MeSH
• kultivované buňky MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• lyzozomy enzymologie   patologie   MeSH
• mukopolysacharidóza II enzymologie   genetika   patologie   MeSH
• nervové kmenové buňky enzymologie   patologie   MeSH
• neurogeneze * MeSH
• neuroglie enzymologie   patologie   MeSH
• neurony enzymologie   patologie   MeSH
• oligodendroglie enzymologie   patologie   MeSH
• prekurzorové buňky oligodendrocytů enzymologie   patologie   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

• MeSH
• neurodegenerativní nemoci patologie   MeSH
• oligodendroglie fyziologie   patologie   MeSH
• Publikační typ
• rozhovory MeSH

There is a strong genetic influence on the clinicopathological phenotypes associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Intracellular deposition of TDP-43 is the phenotypical hallmark of a frequent subgroup of cases. Mutations in the sequestosome 1 (SQSTM1) gene have rarely been found in individuals with FTD. Here we provide a comprehensive clinicopathological description of two cases with a SQSTM1 mutation. The clinical phenotype of patient 1 (mutation p.Glu396*) was compatible with the behavioural variant (bv) of FTD. TDP-43 pathology was consistent with the features of type B of FTLD-TDP pathology. However, prominent neuronal granular cytoplasmic TDP-43 immunoreactivity and abundant oligodendroglial inclusions, proven by colocalization with the oligodendroglial-marker TPPP/p25, were also seen. The clinical phenotype of patient 2 was compatible with bvFTD associated with parkinsonism and bulbar symptoms in the later stage. Genetic testing of patient 2 identified a C9orf72 repeat expansion mutation together with a missense mutation (p.Arg212Cys) in SQSTM1. TDP-43 pathology was characterized by neuritic profiles compatible mostly with type A. In contrast to patient 1, p62 pathology was seen to a greater extent as TDP-43 immunoreactivity in neurons. Using an antibody that detects poly(GP) peptides produced via repeat associated non-ATG translation associated with expanded hexanucleotide repeat in the C9orf72 gene, we confirmed the presence of pathognomonic inclusions. The present study supports previous observations on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) that SQSTM1 mutations consistently associate with TDP-43 pathology. The co-presence of C9orf72 mutation may influence the phenotype, thus finding one FTLD (or ALS) related mutation does not exclude the presence of further influential genetic alterations. Oligodendroglial TDP-43 pathology is considerable in some forms of FTLD-TDP, thus their evaluation might be considered to be included in classification systems.

• MeSH
• adaptorové proteiny signální transdukční genetika   MeSH
• chování MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• expanze repetic DNA MeSH
• frontotemporální demence genetika   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• missense mutace genetika   MeSH
• mutační analýza DNA MeSH
• neurity patologie   MeSH
• neurony patologie   MeSH
• oligodendroglie patologie   MeSH
• progrese nemoci MeSH
• proteinopatie TDP-43 genetika   patologie   MeSH
• proteiny genetika   MeSH
• protoonkogenní proteiny c-myc genetika   MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• kazuistiky MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

Pathological protein deposits in oligodendroglia are common but variable features of various neurodegenerative conditions. To evaluate oligodendrocyte response in neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) with different extents of oligodendroglial protein deposition we performed immunostaining for tubulin polymerization-promoting protein p25α (TPPP/p25α), α-synuclein (α-syn), phospho-tau, ubiquitin, myelin basic protein, and the microglial marker HLA-DR. We investigated cases of multiple system atrophy ([MSA] n = 10), Lewy body disease ([LBD] n = 10), globular glial tauopathy ([GGT] n = 7) and progressive supranuclear palsy ([PSP] n = 10). Loss of nuclear TPPP/p25α immunoreactivity correlated significantly with the degree of microglial reaction and loss of myelin basic prtein density as a marker of tract degeneration. This was more prominent in MSA and GGT, which, together with enlarged cytoplasmic TPPP/p25α immunoreactivity and inclusion burden allowed these disorders to be grouped as predominant oligodendroglial proteinopathies. However, distinct features, ie more colocalization of α-syn than tau with TPPP/p25α, more obvious loss of oligodendrocyte density in MSA, but more prominent association of tau protein inclusions in GGT to loss of nuclear TPPP/p25α immunoreactivity, were also recognized. In addition, we observed previously underappreciated oligodendroglial α-synuclein pathology in the pallidothalamic tract in LBD. Our study demonstrates common and distinct aspects of oligodendroglial involvement in the pathogenesis of diverse NDDs.

• MeSH
• alfa-synuklein metabolismus   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mozek metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• neurodegenerativní nemoci metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• oligodendroglie metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• proteiny nervové tkáně metabolismus   MeSH
• proteiny tau metabolismus   MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• tauopatie metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH

BACKGROUND: TDP-43 proteinopathies represent a spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders. Variable clinical presentations including frontotemporal dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and mixed forms are associated with the spatial heterogeneity of the TDP-43 pathology. Recent studies have emphasized the role of oligodendrocytes in the pathogenesis of ALS. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether TDP-43 proteinopathies are associated with an oligodendroglial response. METHODS: We performed a study on 7 controls and 10 diseased patients with spinal cord involvement. Using the oligodendroglia-specific antibody TPPP/p25, we assessed oligodendrocyte density in the lateral corticospinal tracts (LCSs) along with the presence of perineuronal oligodendrocytes (PNOGs) in the anterior horns. We performed a densitometry of myelin basic protein (MBP) immunoreactivity. The numbers of TDP-43 and p62 immunoreactive inclusions were counted in both the LCSs and the anterior horns. RESULTS: Double immunolabeling confirmed that oligodendrocytes harbor TDP-43 inclusions. In the LCSs, MBP density, but not the number of oligodendrocytes, was decreased in the diseased group. However, oligodendrocyte counts in the LCS correlated positively, and the density of MBP inversely, with the number of neuronal inclusions in the anterior horn, suggestive of a compensatory response of oligodendrocytes. The number of neurons with PNOGs correlated with the amount of inclusions. CONCLUSION: Our study further emphasizes the importance of oligodendroglia in the pathogenesis of TDP-43 proteinopathies with spinal cord involvement.

• MeSH
• buněčná inkluze metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• buňky předních rohů míšních metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• DNA vazebné proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• encefalitogenní základní proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mícha metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• motorické neurony metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• oligodendroglie metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• proteinopatie TDP-43 metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• proteiny vázající RNA metabolismus   MeSH
• pyramidové dráhy metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

• MeSH
• alfa-synuklein * škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• Alzheimerova nemoc * MeSH
• buněčná inkluze MeSH
• buněčné výběžky parazitologie   patologie   MeSH
• demence s Lewyho tělísky enzymologie   etiologie   MeSH
• diferenciální diagnóza MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• neurity patologie   MeSH
• neurodegenerativní nemoci diagnóza   etiologie   MeSH
• oligodendroglie metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• Parkinsonova nemoc * enzymologie   etiologie   MeSH
• proteiny nervové tkáně metabolismus   škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• statistika jako téma MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

Over a century ago, hyperplasia and hypertrophy of astrocytes was noted as a histopathological hallmark of multiple sclerosis and was hypothesized to play an important role in the development and course of this disease. However until today, the factual contribution of astrocytes to multiple sclerosis is elusive. Astrocytes may play an active role during degeneration and demyelination by controlling local inflammation in the CNS, provoking damage of oligodendrocytes and axons, and glial scarring but might also be beneficial by creating a permissive environment for remyelination and oligodendrocyte precursor migration, proliferation, and differentiation. Recent findings from our lab suggest that brain lipid binding protein (FABP7) is implicated in the course of multiple sclerosis and the regulation of astrocyte function. The relevance of our findings and data from other groups are highlighted and discussed in this paper in the context of myelin repair.

• MeSH
• astrocyty cytologie   fyziologie   chemie   MeSH
• axony fyziologie   patologie   MeSH
• centrální nervový systém patofyziologie   patologie   MeSH
• demyelinizační nemoci diagnóza   etiologie   patologie   MeSH
• fyziologie buňky fyziologie   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• metaanalýza jako téma MeSH
• myelinové proteiny chemie   metabolismus   MeSH
• myši MeSH
• nádorové supresorové proteiny fyziologie   chemie   MeSH
• oligodendroglie cytologie   fyziologie   patologie   MeSH
• poranění mozku patofyziologie   patologie   MeSH
• regenerace fyziologie   imunologie   MeSH
• roztroušená skleróza etiologie   patofyziologie   patologie   MeSH
• transportní proteiny fyziologie   chemie   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• myši MeSH
• Publikační typ
• přehledy MeSH

Although Huntington's disease (HD) occurs only in humans, the use of animal models is crucial for HD research. New genetic models may provide novel insights into HD pathogenesis, but their relevance to human HD is problematic, particularly owing to a lower number of typically degenerated and dying striatal neurons and consequent insignificant reactive gliosis. Hence, neurotoxin-induced animal models are widely used for histopathological studies. Unlike in humans, the neurodegenerative process (NDP) of the HD phenotype develops very fast after the application of quinolinic acid (QA). For that reason, we compared three groups of rats in more advanced stages (1-12 months) of the QA lesion with 3 representative HD cases of varying length and grade. The outcomes of our long-term histological study indicate that significant parallels may be drawn between HD autopsies and QA-lesioned rat brains (particularly between post-lesional months 3 and 9) in relation to (1) the progression of morphological changes related to the neuronal degeneration, primarily the rarefaction of neuropil affecting the density as well as the character of synapses, resulting in severe striatal atrophy and (2) the participation of oligodendrocytes in reparative gliosis. Conversely, the development and character of reactive astrogliosis is principally conditioned by the severity of striatal NDP in the context of neuron-glia relationship. Despite the above-described differences, morphological patterns in which the components of striatal parenchyma react to the progression of NDP are similar in both human and rat brains. Our study specifies the possibilities of interpreting the morphological findings gained from the QA-induced animal model of HD in relation to HD post-mortem specimens.

• MeSH
• degenerace nervu patologie   MeSH
• glióza patologie   MeSH
• Huntingtonova nemoc patologie   MeSH
• krysa rodu rattus MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• modely nemocí na zvířatech MeSH
• mozek patologie   MeSH
• oligodendroglie patologie   MeSH
• potkani Wistar MeSH
• progrese nemoci MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• krysa rodu rattus MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• srovnávací studie MeSH