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ArticleCell death & disease2020

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

Julius Baya Mdzomba, Sandrine Joly, Léa Rodriguez, Ali Dirani, Patricia Lassiaz, Francine Behar-Cohen, Vincent Pernet

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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7 authors.

Julius Baya Mdzomba *CUO-Recherche, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval and Département d'ophtalmologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.
Sandrine Joly *CUO-Recherche, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval and Département d'ophtalmologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.
Léa RodriguezCUO-Recherche, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval and Département d'ophtalmologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.
Ali DiraniCUO-Recherche, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval and Département d'ophtalmologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.
Patricia LassiazInserm UMR_S 1138, Team 17, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne University, and University of Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
Francine Behar-CohenInserm UMR_S 1138, Team 17, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne University, and University of Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
Vincent PernetCUO-Recherche, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval and Département d'ophtalmologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada. vincent.pernet@yahoo.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9618-972X

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6 · The paper itself

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 TNFα was the most durably decreased cytokine in microglia/macrophages. Additional analyses suggest that TNFα 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.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAmacrine CellsAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAnti-Inflammatory AgentsDiabetic RetinopathyDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansMacrophagesMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMicrogliaNeuronal PlasticityN-MethylaspartateAntibodies, NeutralizingAnti-Inflammatory AgentsN-MethylaspartateNogo ProteinsStat3 protein, mouseSTAT3 Transcription FactorTnf protein, mouseTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMCPMC7005317

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