PMID- 34648304 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211119 LR - 20220716 IS - 1095-9203 (Electronic) IS - 0036-8075 (Print) IS - 0036-8075 (Linking) VI - 374 IP - 6569 DP - 2021 Nov 12 TI - CD4(+) T cells contribute to neurodegeneration in Lewy body dementia. PG - 868-874 LID - 10.1126/science.abf7266 [doi] AB - Recent studies indicate that the adaptive immune system plays a role in Lewy body dementia (LBD). However, the mechanism regulating T cell brain homing in LBD is unknown. Here, we observed T cells adjacent to Lewy bodies and dopaminergic neurons in postmortem LBD brains. Single-cell RNA sequencing of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) identified up-regulated expression of C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) in CD4(+) T cells in LBD. CSF protein levels of the CXCR4 ligand, C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12), were associated with neuroaxonal damage in LBD. Furthermore, we observed clonal expansion and up-regulated interleukin 17A expression by CD4(+) T cells stimulated with a phosphorylated alpha-synuclein epitope. Thus, CXCR4-CXCL12 signaling may represent a mechanistic target for inhibiting pathological interleukin-17-producing T cell trafficking in LBD. FAU - Gate, David AU - Gate D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0481-9657 AD - Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. AD - Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. AD - Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. FAU - Tapp, Emma AU - Tapp E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7900-5645 AD - Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. AD - Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. FAU - Leventhal, Olivia AU - Leventhal O AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6371-9464 AD - Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. AD - Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. FAU - Shahid, Marian AU - Shahid M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8515-3238 AD - Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. FAU - Nonninger, Tim J AU - Nonninger TJ AD - Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. AD - Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. FAU - Yang, Andrew C AU - Yang AC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6756-4746 AD - Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. AD - Chemistry, Engineering, and Medicine for Human Health (ChEM-H), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. FAU - Strempfl, Katharina AU - Strempfl K AD - Institute of Molecular Regenerative Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. AD - Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. AD - QPS Austria GmbH, Parkring 12, 8074 Grambach, Austria. FAU - Unger, Michael S AU - Unger MS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8677-0983 AD - Institute of Molecular Regenerative Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. AD - Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. FAU - Fehlmann, Tobias AU - Fehlmann T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1967-2918 AD - Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany. FAU - Oh, Hamilton AU - Oh H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8192-7593 AD - Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. AD - Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. FAU - Channappa, Divya AU - Channappa D AD - Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. FAU - Henderson, Victor W AU - Henderson VW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1198-9240 AD - Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. FAU - Keller, Andreas AU - Keller A AD - Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. AD - Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany. FAU - Aigner, Ludwig AU - Aigner L AD - Institute of Molecular Regenerative Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. AD - Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. FAU - Galasko, Douglas R AU - Galasko DR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6195-3241 AD - Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. FAU - Davis, Mark M AU - Davis MM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6868-657X AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. FAU - Poston, Kathleen L AU - Poston KL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3424-7143 AD - Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. FAU - Wyss-Coray, Tony AU - Wyss-Coray T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5893-0831 AD - Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. AD - Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. AD - Chemistry, Engineering, and Medicine for Human Health (ChEM-H), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 AG045034/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - U19 AG065156/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - U19 AI057229/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - P50 NS062684/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P50 AG047366/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R00 NS112458/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - F32 AG055255/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - HHMI/Howard Hughes Medical Institute/United States GR - R01 NS115114/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 AG066515/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - K99 NS112458/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211014 PL - United States TA - Science JT - Science (New York, N.Y.) JID - 0404511 RN - 0 (CXCL12 protein, human) RN - 0 (CXCR4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL12) RN - 0 (Receptors, CXCR4) RN - 0 (alpha-Synuclein) SB - IM CIN - Nat Rev Neurol. 2021 Dec;17(12):726. PMID: 34754098 CIN - Science. 2021 Nov 12;374(6569):823-824. PMID: 34762456 CIN - Mov Disord. 2022 Feb;37(2):268. PMID: 34859506 MH - Animals MH - Brain/blood supply/*immunology/metabolism/*pathology MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology/metabolism MH - Cerebrospinal Fluid/immunology MH - Chemokine CXCL12/metabolism MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Lewy Body Disease/cerebrospinal fluid/*immunology/metabolism/*pathology MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - Male MH - Meninges/immunology/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - *Nerve Degeneration MH - Receptors, CXCR4/genetics/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology MH - Th17 Cells/immunology MH - Up-Regulation MH - alpha-Synuclein/analysis PMC - PMC9122025 MID - NIHMS1780000 COIS- Competing interests: K.L.P. has stock options and has received paid consulting fees from CuraSen Therapeutics, Inc. EDAT- 2021/10/15 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/20 06:00 PMCR- 2022/05/20 CRDT- 2021/10/14 17:13 PHST- 2021/10/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/10/14 17:13 [entrez] PHST- 2022/05/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1126/science.abf7266 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Science. 2021 Nov 12;374(6569):868-874. doi: 10.1126/science.abf7266. Epub 2021 Oct 14.