PMID- 21656856 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20111129 LR - 20211020 IS - 1098-1136 (Electronic) IS - 0894-1491 (Print) IS - 0894-1491 (Linking) VI - 59 IP - 10 DP - 2011 Oct TI - CXCR2 signaling protects oligodendrocyte progenitor cells from IFN-gamma/CXCL10-mediated apoptosis. PG - 1518-28 LID - 10.1002/glia.21195 [doi] AB - Infiltration of activated lymphocytes into the central nervous system (CNS) is potentially harmful by damaging resident cells through release of cytokines. Among these is IFN-gamma that is secreted by activated natural killer (NK) cells and T lymphocytes and can exert a cytotoxic effect on resident glial populations including oligodendrocytes. Here we show that treatment of mouse oligodendrocyte progenitor cell (OPC)-enriched cultures with IFN-gamma resulted in a dose-dependent increase in apoptosis. IFN-gamma-induced apoptosis is mediated, in part, through induction of the CXC chemokine ligand 10 (CXCL10; IP-10) from cultured OPCs. Treatment of OPCs with CXCL10 resulted in cell death in a concentration-dependent manner and IFN-gamma-treatment of CXCL10-/- OPCs resulted in >50% reduction in cell death. Further, treatment of CXCR3-/- OPC cultures with either IFN-gamma or CXCL10 resulted in reduced cell death supporting an important role for CXCL10 signaling in IFN-gamma-mediated OPC apoptosis. Data is also provided demonstrating that signaling through CXCR2 protects either IFN-gamma or CXCL10-treated OPC cultures from apoptosis and this effect is abolished in CXCR2-/- OPCs. CXCR2-mediated protection from apoptosis is associated with impaired cleavage of caspase 3 and elevated expression of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2. These findings demonstrate a previously unappreciated role for CXCL10 in contributing to neuropathology by promoting oligodendrocyte apoptosis and emphasize the potential relevance in targeting CXCL10 in treating human demyelinating diseases including multiple sclerosis (MS). CI - Copyright (c) 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc. FAU - Tirotta, Emanuele AU - Tirotta E AD - Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-3900, USA. FAU - Ransohoff, Richard M AU - Ransohoff RM FAU - Lane, Thomas E AU - Lane TE LA - eng GR - R01 NS032151/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS041249/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01NS41249/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01NS32151/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20110608 PL - United States TA - Glia JT - Glia JID - 8806785 RN - 0 (Antigens) RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL10) RN - 0 (Cxcl10 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Cxcr3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Proteoglycans) RN - 0 (Receptors, CXCR3) RN - 0 (Receptors, Interleukin-8B) RN - 0 (chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Antigens/metabolism MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects/genetics/physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemokine CXCL10/deficiency/*pharmacology MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/methods MH - In Situ Nick-End Labeling/methods MH - Interferon-gamma/*pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Oligodendroglia/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Proteoglycans/metabolism MH - Receptors, CXCR3/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptors, Interleukin-8B/genetics/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects/genetics MH - Stem Cells/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Time Factors PMC - PMC5029281 MID - NIHMS816323 EDAT- 2011/06/10 06:00 MHDA- 2011/12/13 00:00 PMCR- 2016/09/20 CRDT- 2011/06/10 06:00 PHST- 2010/11/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/05/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/05/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/06/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/06/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/12/13 00:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/09/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1002/glia.21195 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Glia. 2011 Oct;59(10):1518-28. doi: 10.1002/glia.21195. Epub 2011 Jun 8.