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Neurons under T Cell Attack Coordinate Phagocyte-Mediated Synaptic Stripping

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Di Liberto, Giovanni, Pantelyushin, Stanislav, Kreutzfeldt, Mario, Page, Nicolas, Musardo, Stefano, Coras, Roland, Steinbach, Karin, Vincenti, Ilena, Klimek, Bogna, Lingner, Thomas, Salinas, Gabriela, Lin-Marq, Nathalie, Staszewski, Ori, Costa Jordão, Marta Joana, Wagner, Ingrid, Egervari, Kristof, Mack, Matthias, Bellone, Camilla, Blümcke, Ingmar, Prinz, Marco, Pinschewer, Daniel D., Merkler, Doron·2018·Cell

DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2018.07.049

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Inflammatory disorders of the CNS are frequently accompanied by synaptic loss, which is thought to involve phagocytic microglia and complement components. However, the mechanisms accounting for aberrant synaptic connectivity in the context of CD8+ T cell-driven neuronal damage are poorly understood. Here, we profiled the neuronal translatome in a murine model of encephalitis caused by CD8+ T cells targeting antigenic neurons. Neuronal STAT1 signaling and downstream CCL2 expression were essential for apposition of phagocytes, ensuing synaptic loss and neurological disease. Analogous observations were made in the brains of Rasmussen's encephalitis patients. In this devastating CD8+ T cell-driven autoimmune disease, neuronal STAT1 phosphorylation and CCL2 expression co-clustered with infiltrating CD8+ T cells as well as phagocytes. Taken together, our findings uncover an active role of neurons in coordinating phagocyte-mediated synaptic loss and highlight neuronal STAT1 and CCL2 as critical steps in this process that are amenable to pharmacological interventions.

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Authors: Di Liberto, G., Pantelyushin, S., Kreutzfeldt, M., Page, N., Musardo, S., Coras, R., Steinbach, K., Vincenti, I., Klimek, B., Lingner, T., Salinas, G., Lin-Marq, N., Staszewski, O., Costa Jordão, M. J., Wagner, I., Egervari, K., Mack, M., Bellone, C., Blümcke, I., Prinz, M., Pinschewer, D. D., & Merkler, D.
Affiliations: University of Geneva (CH)
Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (DE)
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (DE)
University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
University of Freiburg (DE)
University of Basel (CH)
Corresponding author: Merkler, Doron
ORCID: Pantelyushin, Stanislav
Kreutzfeldt, Mario
Musardo, Stefano
Coras, Roland
Steinbach, Karin
Vincenti, Ilena
Klimek, Bogna
Salinas, Gabriela
Staszewski, Ori
Wagner, Ingrid
Egervari, Kristof
Mack, Matthias
Bellone, Camilla
Blümcke, Ingmar
Prinz, Marco
Pinschewer, Daniel D.
Merkler, Doron
Venue: Cell
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2018-10
Volume: 175
Issue: 2
Pages: 458-471.e19
ISSN: 0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.07.049
OpenAlex: W2888970970
Cited by: 195
References: 55
Citations by year: 2026: 15 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 2
FWCI: 7.40
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
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Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
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Funders: Gebert-Rüf Foundation (GRS-049/13)
Klaus-Tschira Foundation
Swiss National Science Foundation
Swiss MS Society
Helmut Horten Foundation
BMBF
Competence Network of Multiple Sclerosis
Sobek-Stiftung
DFG (SFB 992, SFB1160, SFB/TRR167, Reinhart-Koselleck grant)
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, Baden-Wuerttemberg (Sonderlinie “Neuroinflammation”)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
Keywords: synaptic stripping, CD8+ T cells, MCP-1, microglia, Rasmussen encephalitis, encephalitis, neuroinflammation, autoimmune neurodegeneration
MeSH terms: Animals, Brain, Disease Models, Animal, Encephalitis, Female, Humans, Inflammation, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Nervous System Diseases, Neurons, Phagocytes, Phagocytosis, Phosphorylation, Synapses, Microglia, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Chemokine CCL2, STAT1 Transcription Factor, Mice, Transcriptome

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