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Interleukin-13 immune gene therapy prevents CNS inflammation and demyelination via alternative activation of microglia and macrophages: Modulation of CNS Inflammation by Interkeukin-13

Guglielmetti, Caroline, Le Blon, Debbie, Santermans, Eva, Salas-Perdomo, Angelica, Daans, Jasmijn, De Vocht, Nathalie, Shah, Disha, Hoornaert, Chloé +13 more·2016·Glia

Abstract

Detrimental inflammatory responses in the central nervous system are a hallmark of various brain injuries and diseases. With this study we provide evidence that lentiviral vector-mediated expression of the immune-modulating cytokine interleukin 13 (IL-13) induces an alternative activation program in both microglia and macrophages conferring protection against severe oligodendrocyte loss and demyelination in the cuprizone mouse model for multiple sclerosis (MS). First, IL-13 mediated modulation of cuprizone induced lesions was monitored using T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and magnetization transfer imaging, and further correlated with quantitative histological analyses for inflammatory cell influx, oligodendrocyte death, and demyelination. Second, following IL-13 immune gene therapy in cuprizone-treated eGFP+ bone marrow chimeric mice, we provide evidence that IL-13 directs the polarization of both brain-resident microglia and infiltrating macrophages towards an alternatively activated phenotype, thereby promoting the conversion of a pro-inflammatory environment toward an anti-inflammatory environment, as further evidenced by gene expression analyses. Finally, we show that IL-13 immune gene therapy is also able to limit lesion severity in a pre-existing inflammatory environment. In conclusion, these results highlight the potential of IL-13 to modulate microglia/macrophage responses and to improve disease outcome in a mouse model for MS. GLIA 2016;64:2181–2200

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Guglielmetti, C., Le Blon, D., Santermans, E., Salas-Perdomo, A., Daans, J., De Vocht, N., Shah, D., Hoornaert, C., Praet, J., Peerlings, J., Kara, F., Bigot, C., Mai, Z., Goossens, H., Hens, N., Hendrix, S., Verhoye, M., Planas, A. M., Berneman, Z., van der Linden, A., & Ponsaerts, P.
Affiliations
  • University of Antwerp (BE)
  • Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences; University of Antwerp; Antwerp Belgium
  • Hasselt University (BE)
  • Department of Brain Ischemia and Neurodegeneration; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona (IIBB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS); Barcelona Spain
  • Bio-Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences; University of Antwerp; Antwerp Belgium
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
Corresponding author
Ponsaerts, Peter
Venue
Glia
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2016-09-29
Volume
64
Issue
12
Pages
2181-2200
ISSN
0894-1491 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2529854313
Cited by
76
References
101
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 9
FWCI
7.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Glia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
  • Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • European Commission
  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
  • Fondation Charcot
  • Vlaamse regering
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Mesenchymal stem cell research
Keywords
IL-13, gene therapy, microglia, macrophages, alternative activation, demyelination, oligodendrocyte loss, cuprizone, multiple sclerosis, neuroinflammation, lentiviral vectors, bone marrow chimeric mice, magnetization transfer imaging
MeSH terms
Animals, Antigens, Differentiation, Cuprizone, Demyelinating Diseases, Disease Models, Animal, Encephalitis, Macrophages, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors, Myelin Proteins, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Transduction, Genetic, Genetic Therapy, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Cytokines, Microglia, Interleukin-13, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Mice

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