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The mechanisms regulating myelin repair in the adult central nervous system (CNS) are unclear. Here, we identify DNA hydroxymethylation, catalyzed by the Ten-Eleven-Translocation (TET) enzyme TET1, as necessary for myelin repair in young adults and defective in old mice. Constitutive and inducible oligodendrocyte lineage-specific ablation of Tet1 (but not of Tet2), recapitulate this age-related decline in repair of demyelinated lesions. DNA hydroxymethylation and transcriptomic analyses identify TET1-target in adult oligodendrocytes, as genes regulating neuro-glial communication, including the solute carrier (Slc) gene family. Among them, we show that the expression levels of the Na+/K+/Cl- transporter, SLC12A2, are higher in Tet1 overexpressing cells and lower in old or Tet1 knockout. Both aged mice and Tet1 mutants also present inefficient myelin repair and axo-myelinic swellings. Zebrafish mutants for slc12a2b also display swellings of CNS myelinated axons. Our findings suggest that TET1 is required for adult myelin repair and regulation of the axon-myelin interface.
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Metilação de DNA , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica/métodos , Bainha de Mielina/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Remielinização/genética , Animais , Animais Geneticamente Modificados , Células Cultivadas , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , Camundongos Knockout , Camundongos Transgênicos , Mutação , Bainha de Mielina/metabolismo , Oligodendroglia/citologia , Oligodendroglia/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , RNA-Seq/métodos , Membro 2 da Família 12 de Carreador de Soluto/genética , Membro 2 da Família 12 de Carreador de Soluto/metabolismo , Peixe-Zebra/genéticaRESUMO
Purkinje cells are the only output cell of the cerebellar cortex. Their spatiotemporal activity is controlled by molecular layer interneurons (MLIs) through GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition. Recently, it has been reported that the cerebellar cortex is required for consolidation of conditioned fear responses during fear memory formation. Although the relevance of MLIs during fear memory formation is currently not known, it has been shown that synapses made between MLIs and Purkinje cells exhibit long term plasticity following fear conditioning. The present study examined the role of cerebellar MLIs in the formation of fear memory using a genetically-altered mouse line (PC-∆γ2) in which GABAA receptor-mediated signaling at MLI to Purkinje cell synapses was functionally removed. We found that neither acquisition nor recall of fear memories to tone and context were altered after removal of MLI-mediated inhibition.
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Córtex Cerebelar/fisiologia , Condicionamento Clássico/fisiologia , Medo/fisiologia , Interneurônios/fisiologia , Animais , Córtex Cerebelar/metabolismo , Potenciais Pós-Sinápticos Excitadores/fisiologia , Interneurônios/metabolismo , Memória/fisiologia , Camundongos , Células de Purkinje , Receptores de GABA-A/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Sinapses/metabolismoRESUMO
Through a genetic screen in zebrafish, we identified a mutant with disruption to myelin in both the CNS and PNS caused by a mutation in a previously uncharacterized gene, slc12a2b, predicted to encode a Na+, K+, and Cl- (NKCC) cotransporter, NKCC1b. slc12a2b/NKCC1b mutants exhibited a severe and progressive pathology in the PNS, characterized by dysmyelination and swelling of the periaxonal space at the axon-myelin interface. Cell-type-specific loss of slc12a2b/NKCC1b in either neurons or myelinating Schwann cells recapitulated these pathologies. Given that NKCC1 is critical for ion homeostasis, we asked whether the disruption to myelinated axons in slc12a2b/NKCC1b mutants is affected by neuronal activity. Strikingly, we found that blocking neuronal activity completely prevented and could even rescue the pathology in slc12a2b/NKCC1b mutants. Together, our data indicate that NKCC1b is required to maintain neuronal activity-related solute homeostasis at the axon-myelin interface, and the integrity of myelinated axons.
