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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2022

Galectin-3 administration drives remyelination after hypoxic-ischemic induced perinatal white matter injury.

Qian Wang, Sihao Diao, Han Qiu, Ruiwei Gao, Minjie Wang, Qiufan Chen, Mili Xiao, Zhihua Li, Chao Chen

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Qian WangDepartment of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Sihao DiaoDepartment of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Han QiuDepartment of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Ruiwei GaoDepartment of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Minjie WangDepartment of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Qiufan ChenDepartment of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Mili XiaoDepartment of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Zhihua LiDepartment of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Chao ChenDepartment of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Children's Hospital of Fudan University · CNGuangzhou Women and Children Medical Center · CNNational Health and Family Planning Commission · CN

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Abstract

Hypoxic-ischemic (HI) induced perinatal white matter injury (PWMI) is a major cause of neurologic disabilities characterized by selective oligodendroglial death and myelin disruption. Galectin-3 (Gal-3) modulates postnatal subventricular zone gliogenesis and attenuates ischemic injury. However, the association between Gal-3 and myelin formation still remains unclear. In this study, we first perform Gal-3 knockdown (KD) to identify the importance of Gal-3 on myelin formation. Our results show impeded myelin formation, manifested by Olig2/CC1 (+) mature oligodendrocytes number, expression of oligodendroglial maturation-associated markers (MBP and CNPase), and myelin thickness and integrity. Then we perform recombinant Gal-3 (rGal-3) administration by intracerebroventricular injection. Notably, although rGal-3 administration shows no beneficial effect on oligodendrogenesis and myelin formation under normal condition, our results show that rGal-3 administration attenuates cognitive deficits and drives remyelination after PWMI, which are coupled to signs of enhanced myelin resiliency and cognition. Also, our results indicates that the significant increases in substrates for remyelination of rGal-3 administration are accompanied by enhanced Iba-1 (microglia marker)/ Mrc1 (M2 marker) (+) microglia and decreased Iba-1/ iNOS (M1 marker) (+) microglia. Altogether, our data in this research confirm the association between Gal-3 and myelin formation, underscore its position for the capacity for remyelination and restoration of function, and unveils the efficacy of rGal-3 administration with anti-inflammatory phenotype microglia (M2 microglia) activation. Thus, the findings suggest that Gal-3 plays a significant role in myelin formation and remyelination restoration.

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galectin-3M2 microgliamyelin formationoligodendrocytesperinatal white matter injury

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PMCPMC9532057
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