학술논문
Therapeutics to Promote CNS Repair: A Natural Human Neuron-Binding IgM Regulates Membrane-Raft Dynamics and Improves Motility in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*PROMOTERS (Genetics)
*NEURONS
*IMMUNOGLOBULIN M
*GENETIC regulation
*LABORATORY mice
*MULTIPLE sclerosis
*CELL motility
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ISSN
0271-9142
Abstract
We have discovered a role for natural autoantibodies in central nervous system repair, remyelination and axon protection. These natural human antibodies are of the immunoglobulin M (IgM) isotype, and they bind to the surface of neural cells. The epitope of the antibody includes sialic acid because treatment with sialidase disrupts the binding. A fully human recombinant form of one of these IgMs, rHIgM12, has the same properties as the serum-derived IgM. rHIgM12 enhanced polarized axonal outgrowth from primary neurons when presented as a substrate in vitro and improved motor functions in chronically Theiler's virus-infected SJL mice, a model of MS. rHIgM12 bound to neuronal surfaces and induced cholesterol and ganglioside (GM1) clustering, indicating that rHIgM12 functions through a mechanism of axonal membrane stabilization. Our work demonstrates that a natural human neuron-binding IgM can regulate membrane domain dynamics. This antibody has the potential to improve neurologic disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]