Han Jingjing, Hong Rui, Cao Cong, Feng Wanhua, Zhuang Wei, Wang Gui, Tang Jingchao, Yang Ya, Zhang Chu, Zhou Aihua, Qu Xuebin
Department of Basic Medical Science, Jiangsu Medical College, Yancheng, Jiangsu, 224005, China.
The Fourth People's Hospital of Yancheng, Yancheng, Jiangsu, 224003, China.
Adv Sci (Weinh). 2025 Jun;12(21):e2414550. doi: 10.1002/advs.202414550. Epub 2025 Apr 15.
The damage of blood spinal cord barrier (BSCB) is contributing to the disruption of immune microenvironment within central nervous system during the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS) and experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). Nevertheless, the underlying mechanisms responsible for barrier impairment remain inadequately understood. Here, by analyzing the protein profiles in peripheral blood serum, chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 13 (CXCL13) was identified to be increased with the progression of MS and EAE. The absence of CXCL13 resulted in alleviation of EAE symptoms, as evidenced by a reduced clinical score, decreased barrier damage, as well as diminished demyelination and inflammatory response in the spinal cord. In the BSCB model, CXCL13 was found to impair barrier structure and function in a dose- and time-dependent manner, which was associated with exacerbated autophagy in endothelial cells, while the application of autophagy inhibitors partially mitigated this damage. Mechanistically, CXCL13 enhanced the expression of RNF6, an E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase, facilitating the conjugation to Sqstm1 for the ubiquitination at the K314 residue. These findings suggest that CXCL13 significantly contributes to the impairment of the BSCB by promoting RNF6/Sqstm1-ubiquitination-induced autophagy during the progression of EAE, thereby offering a promising diagnostic and therapeutic target for MS.
血脊髓屏障(BSCB)的损伤在多发性硬化症(MS)和实验性自身免疫性脑脊髓炎(EAE)进展过程中导致中枢神经系统内免疫微环境的破坏。然而,导致屏障损伤的潜在机制仍未得到充分理解。在此,通过分析外周血血清中的蛋白质谱,发现趋化因子(C-X-C基序)配体13(CXCL13)随着MS和EAE的进展而增加。CXCL13的缺失导致EAE症状减轻,表现为临床评分降低、屏障损伤减少以及脊髓脱髓鞘和炎症反应减轻。在BSCB模型中,发现CXCL13以剂量和时间依赖性方式损害屏障结构和功能,这与内皮细胞中自噬加剧有关,而应用自噬抑制剂可部分减轻这种损伤。从机制上讲,CXCL13增强了E3泛素蛋白连接酶RNF6的表达,促进其与Sqstm1结合,在K314残基处进行泛素化。这些发现表明,在EAE进展过程中,CXCL13通过促进RNF6/Sqstm1泛素化诱导的自噬显著导致BSCB损伤,从而为MS提供了一个有前景的诊断和治疗靶点。
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