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Nogo-A-targeting antibody promotes visual recovery and inhibits neuroinflammation after retinal injury.


ABSTRACT: N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced neuronal cell death is involved in a large spectrum of diseases affecting the brain and the retina such as Alzheimer's disease and diabetic retinopathy. Associated neurological impairments may result from the inhibition of neuronal plasticity by Nogo-A. The objective of the current study was to determine the contribution of Nogo-A to NMDA excitotoxicity in the mouse retina. We observed that Nogo-A is upregulated in the mouse vitreous during NMDA-induced inflammation. Intraocular injection of a function-blocking antibody specific to Nogo-A (11C7) was carried out 2 days after NMDA-induced injury. This treatment significantly enhanced visual function recovery in injured animals. Strikingly, the expression of potent pro-inflammatory molecules was downregulated by 11C7, among which TNF? was the most durably decreased cytokine in microglia/macrophages. Additional analyses suggest that TNF? downregulation may stem from cofilin inactivation in microglia/macrophages. 11C7 also limited gliosis presumably via P.Stat3 downregulation. Diabetic retinopathy was associated with increased levels of Nogo-A in the eyes of donors. In summary, our results reveal that Nogo-A-targeting antibody can stimulate visual recovery after retinal injury and that Nogo-A is a potent modulator of excitotoxicity-induced neuroinflammation. These data may be used to design treatments against inflammatory eye diseases.

SUBMITTER: Baya Mdzomba J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7005317 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Nogo-A-targeting antibody promotes visual recovery and inhibits neuroinflammation after retinal injury.

Baya Mdzomba Julius J   Joly Sandrine S   Rodriguez Léa L   Dirani Ali A   Lassiaz Patricia P   Behar-Cohen Francine F   Pernet Vincent V  

Cell death & disease 20200206 2


N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced neuronal cell death is involved in a large spectrum of diseases affecting the brain and the retina such as Alzheimer's disease and diabetic retinopathy. Associated neurological impairments may result from the inhibition of neuronal plasticity by Nogo-A. The objective of the current study was to determine the contribution of Nogo-A to NMDA excitotoxicity in the mouse retina. We observed that Nogo-A is upregulated in the mouse vitreous during NMDA-induced inflam  ...[more]

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