Functional consequences of neuromyelitis optica-IgG astrocyte interactions on blood-brain barrier permeability and granulocyte recruitment |
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Authors: | Vincent Thierry Saikali Philippe Cayrol Romain Roth Alejandro D Bar-Or Amit Prat Alexandre Antel Jack P |
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Institution: | Laboratoire d'Immunologie, H?pital Saint-Eloi-CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France. |
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Abstract: | Autoantibody neuromyelitis optica-IgG (NMO-IgG) recognizing aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is implicated as playing a central role in the physiopathology of NMO. The aim of this in vitro-based study was to characterize functional consequences of interaction between NMO-IgG and cells of the neurovascular unit (astrocytes and brain endothelium) that would provide insight into recognized features of NMO, namely altered blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability and granulocyte recruitment. We used sera from NMO and longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis cases shown to bind in a characteristic perivascular pattern to primate cerebellar slices. Using flow cytometry, we found that sera from NMO-IgG-positive patients reacted with CNS-derived human fetal astrocytes, whereas sera from multiple sclerosis patients did not. We demonstrated that NMO-IgG binding to astrocytes alters aquaporin-4 polarized expression and increases permeability of a human BBB endothelium/astrocyte barrier. We further demonstrated that NMO-IgG binding to human fetal astrocytes can result in NK cell degranulation, astrocyte killing by Ab-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and complement-dependent granulocyte attraction through the BBB model. Our study highlights important functional roles for NMO-IgG that could account for pathological lesions and BBB dysfunction observed in NMO. |
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