Procaccini Claudio, De Rosa Veronica, Pucino Valentina, Formisano Luigi, Matarese Giuseppe
Laboratorio di Immunologia, Istituto di Endocrinologia e Oncologia Sperimentale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IEOS-CNR) c/o Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli "Federico II", 80131 Napoli, Italy.
Laboratorio di Immunologia, Istituto di Endocrinologia e Oncologia Sperimentale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IEOS-CNR) c/o Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli "Federico II", 80131 Napoli, Italy; Unità di NeuroImmunologia, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00143 Roma, Italy.
Eur J Pharmacol. 2015 Jul 15;759:182-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.03.042. Epub 2015 Mar 27.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) which involves a complex interaction between immune system and neural cells. Animal modeling has been critical for addressing MS pathogenesis. The three most characterized animal models of MS are (1) the experimental autoimmune/allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE); (2) the virally-induced chronic demyelinating disease, known as Theiler׳s murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) infection and (3) the toxin-induced demyelination. All these models, in a complementary way, have allowed to reach a good knowledge of the pathogenesis of MS. Specifically, EAE is the model which better reflects the autoimmune pathogenesis of MS and is extremely useful to study potential experimental treatments. Furthermore, both TMEV and toxin-induced demyelination models are suitable for characterizing the role of the axonal injury/repair and the remyelination process in MS. In conclusion, animal models, despite their limitations, remain the most useful instrument for implementing the study of MS.
多发性硬化症(MS)是一种中枢神经系统(CNS)的炎性脱髓鞘疾病,涉及免疫系统和神经细胞之间的复杂相互作用。动物模型对于阐明MS的发病机制至关重要。MS的三种最具特征性的动物模型是:(1)实验性自身免疫性/过敏性脑脊髓炎(EAE);(2)病毒诱导的慢性脱髓鞘疾病,即泰勒氏鼠脑脊髓炎病毒(TMEV)感染;以及(3)毒素诱导的脱髓鞘。所有这些模型以互补的方式,使人们对MS的发病机制有了很好的了解。具体而言,EAE是最能反映MS自身免疫发病机制的模型,对研究潜在的实验性治疗方法极为有用。此外,TMEV和毒素诱导的脱髓鞘模型都适用于表征轴突损伤/修复和MS中髓鞘再生过程的作用。总之,动物模型尽管有其局限性,但仍然是开展MS研究最有用的工具。