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MHC-I expression renders catecholaminergic neurons susceptible to T-cell-mediated degeneration

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Cebrián, Carolina, Zucca, Fabio A., Mauri, Pierluigi, Steinbeck, Julius A., Studer, Lorenz, Scherzer, Clemens R., Kanter, Ellen, Budhu, Sadna +5 more·2014·Nature Communications

Abstract

Subsets of rodent neurons are reported to express major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I), but such expression has not been reported in normal adult human neurons. Here we provide evidence from immunolabel, RNA expression and mass spectrometry analysis of postmortem samples that human catecholaminergic substantia nigra and locus coeruleus neurons express MHC-I, and that this molecule is inducible in human stem cell-derived dopamine (DA) neurons. Catecholamine murine cultured neurons are more responsive to induction of MHC-I by gamma-interferon than other neuronal populations. Neuronal MHC-I is also induced by factors released from microglia activated by neuromelanin or alpha-synuclein, or high cytosolic DA and/or oxidative stress. DA neurons internalize foreign ovalbumin and display antigen derived from this protein by MHC-I, which triggers DA neuronal death in the presence of appropriate cytotoxic T cells. Thus, neuronal MHC-I can trigger antigenic response, and catecholamine neurons may be particularly susceptible to T-cell-mediated cytotoxic attack.

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Cebrián, C., Zucca, F. A., Mauri, P., Steinbeck, J. A., Studer, L., Scherzer, C. R., Kanter, E., Budhu, S., Mandelbaum, J., Vonsattel, J. P., Zecca, L., Loike, J. D., & Sulzer, D.
Affiliations
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
  • Institute of Biomedical Technologies (IT)
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Takeda Oncology (United States) (US)
Corresponding author
Sulzer, David
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2014-04-16
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
3633-3633
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2138900023
Cited by
338
References
72
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2026: 21 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 35 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 7
FWCI
10.39
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • Parkinson's Disease Foundation
  • McLean Hospital
  • JPB Foundation
  • New York State Stem Cell Science
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (PB.P05)
  • Fundación Caja Madrid
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (P01DA010154, R01DA007418)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS064155, P50NS038370, U01NS082080, U01NS082157)
  • National Center for Research Resources (S10RR026895)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
Keywords
catecholaminergic neurons, substantia nigra, locus coeruleus, dopaminergic neurons, Parkinson's disease, microglial activation, alpha-synuclein, neuromelanin, interferon-gamma, oxidative stress, ovalbumin antigen, cytotoxic T lymphocytes, stem cell-derived neurons
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Animals, Cell Survival, Dopamine, Female, Genes, MHC Class I, Humans, Interferon-gamma, Locus Coeruleus, Male, Melanins, Middle Aged, Parkinson Disease, RNA, Messenger, Substantia Nigra, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, Microglia, Oxidative Stress, Gene Expression Profiling, Mice, alpha-Synuclein, Dopaminergic Neurons, Adrenergic Neurons

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