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Huang, Lianyan; Lafaille, Juan J.; Yang, Guang
Developmental neurobiology (Hoboken, N.J.), July/August 2021, 2021-07-00, 20210701, Volume: 81, Issue: 5Journal Article
Cognitive impairment is often observed in multiple sclerosis and its animal models, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Using mice with immunization‐induced EAE, we have previously shown that the stability of cortical synapses is markedly decreased before the clinical onset of EAE. In this study, we examined learning‐dependent structural synaptic plasticity in a spontaneous EAE model. Transgenic mice expressing myelin basic protein‐specific T cell receptor genes develop EAE spontaneously at around 8 weeks of age. Using in vivo two‐photon microscopy, we found that the elimination and formation rates of postsynaptic dendritic spines in somatosensory and motor cortices increased weeks before detectable signs of EAE and remained to be high during the disease onset. Despite the elevated basal spine turnover, motor learning‐induced spine formation was reduced in presymptomatic EAE mice, in line with their impaired ability to retain learned motor skills. Additionally, we found a substantial elevation of IFN‐γ mRNA in the brain of 4‐week‐old presymptomatic mice, and treatment of anti‐IFN‐γ antibody reduced dendritic spine elimination in the cortex. Together, these findings reveal synaptic instability and failure to form new synapses after learning as early brain pathology of EAE, which may contribute to cognitive and behavioral deficits seen in autoimmune diseases.
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