Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
J Neuroimmunol. 2018 May 15;318:29-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2018.01.016. Epub 2018 Feb 12.
Cholinergic dysfunction in the central nervous system is an important characteristic of multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). By using a rat EAE model, upregulation of vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) level in the EAE rat lumbar spinal cord was detected by western blot and immunostaining, and was associated with lymphocyte filtration and glial activation. Ex vivo and in vitro autoradiography studies with [F]VAT, a VAChT-specific radioligand, also revealed increased tracer uptake in EAE rat lumbar spinal cord compared with shams. These studies on VAChT expression suggest central cholinergic imbalance during EAE progression.
中枢胆碱能功能障碍是多发性硬化症和实验性自身免疫性脑脊髓炎(EAE)的一个重要特征。通过使用大鼠 EAE 模型,通过 Western blot 和免疫染色检测到 EAE 大鼠脊髓中的囊泡乙酰胆碱转运体(VAChT)水平上调,与淋巴细胞滤过和神经胶质激活有关。用 [F]VAT(一种 VAChT 特异性放射性配体)进行的离体和体外放射自显影研究也显示,与假手术组相比,EAE 大鼠脊髓中的示踪剂摄取增加。这些关于 VAChT 表达的研究表明,EAE 进展过程中存在中枢胆碱能失衡。