Display options
Share it on

Am J Neurodegener Dis. 2015 Dec 28;4(2):28-39. eCollection 2015.

Anti-inflammatory therapies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis guided by immune pathways.

American journal of neurodegenerative disease

Larry Lam, Ramesh C Halder, Dennis J Montoya, Liudmilla Rubbi, Arturo Rinaldi, Bien Sagong, Sarah Weitzman, Rachel Rubattino, Ram Raj Singh, Matteo Pellegrini, Milan Fiala

Affiliations

  1. Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, UCLA School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606.
  2. Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA 90095-7022.
  3. Department of Medicine, UCLA School of MedicineLos Angeles, CA 90095-1670; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLALos Angeles, CA 90095-1670.

PMID: 26807342 PMCID: PMC4700124

Abstract

Sporadic ALS patients display heterogeneous immune pathways in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). We tested nine sALS patients and one unaffected identical twin of an index case by RNA-Seq of PBMCs. The inflammatory patients (n = 3) clustered into a subset with an inflammatory Th1/Th17 signature and the non-inflammatory patients (n = 7) into another subset with a B cell signature. The inflammatory subset was remarkable for granulocyte and agranulocyte diapedesis, hepatic fibrosis, roles of cytokines and metalloproteases. The non-inflammatory subset was highlighted by degradation of vitamin E, serotonin and nucleotides, altered T cell and B cell signaling, agranulocyte diapedesis, and up regulation of B cell genes. Identification of these differentially regulated pathways in sALS patients may guide the choice of anti-inflammatory therapies.

Keywords: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; hepatic fibrosis; immune pathways; tocilizumab; vitamin E

References

  1. Bioinformatics. 2015 Jan 15;31(2):166-9 - PubMed
  2. Immunology. 2014 Feb;141(2):174-80 - PubMed
  3. Neuroepidemiology. 2015;44(2):91-8 - PubMed
  4. Nat Med. 2007 Oct;13(10):1173-5 - PubMed
  5. J Clin Invest. 2012 Sep;122(9):3063-87 - PubMed
  6. Nat Genet. 1995 Feb;9(2):141-5 - PubMed
  7. Muscle Nerve. 2002 Oct;26(4):459-70 - PubMed
  8. Am J Neurodegener Dis. 2013 Jun 21;2(2):129-39 - PubMed
  9. Bioinformatics. 2009 May 1;25(9):1105-11 - PubMed
  10. J Neuroinflammation. 2014 May 23;11:94 - PubMed
  11. Neurology. 2013 Oct 1;81(14):1222-5 - PubMed
  12. Sci Transl Med. 2014 Aug 20;6(250):250ra114 - PubMed
  13. Biostatistics. 2010 Apr;11(2):242-53 - PubMed
  14. J Neuroinflammation. 2010 Nov 09;7:76 - PubMed
  15. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2014 Dec;15(7-8):601-9 - PubMed
  16. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2013 Mar;53:34-41 - PubMed
  17. Am J Neurodegener Dis. 2012;1(1):60-74 - PubMed
  18. Neurotherapeutics. 2015 Apr;12(2):364-75 - PubMed
  19. Science. 2013 Mar 22;339(6126):1448-53 - PubMed
  20. Ann Neurol. 2004 Feb;55(2):221-35 - PubMed
  21. Am J Neurodegener Dis. 2012;1(3):305-15 - PubMed
  22. Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Mar 15;173(6):595-602 - PubMed
  23. Blood. 2008 Nov 15;112(10 ):3959-64 - PubMed
  24. Arch Neurol. 1987 Jan;44(1):103-6 - PubMed
  25. Clin Immunol. 2013 Jul;148(1):79-88 - PubMed
  26. J Neurosci. 2014 Feb 12;34(7):2503-13 - PubMed
  27. Nat Neurosci. 2008 Apr;11(4):420-2 - PubMed
  28. Ann Neurol. 2006 Jul;60(1):22-31 - PubMed
  29. Acta Neurol Scand. 2010 Dec;122(6):425-9 - PubMed
  30. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Other Motor Neuron Disord. 2004 Dec;5(4):213-9 - PubMed
  31. J Immunol. 2014 Mar 1;192(5):2280-90 - PubMed
  32. PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e26921 - PubMed

Publication Types

Grant support