Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-25
Authors: Santos Guilherme, Malena dos
Stoye, Nicolai M.
Rose-John, Stefan
Garbers, Christoph
Fellgiebel, Andreas
Endres, Kristina
Title: The synthetic retinoid acitretin increases IL-6 in the central nervous system of Alzheimer disease model mice and human patients
Online publication date: 27-Jan-2020
Year of first publication: 2019
Language: english
Abstract: These days, the important role of retinoids in adult brain functionality and homeostasis is well accepted and has been proven by genomic as well as non-genomic mechanisms. In the healthy brain, numerous biological processes, e.g., cell proliferation, neurogenesis, dendritic spine formation as well as modulation of the immune system, have been attributed to retinoid signaling. This, together with the finding that retinoid metabolism is impaired in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), led to preclinical and early clinical testing of natural and synthetic retinoids as innovative pharmaceuticals with multifactorial properties. Acitretin, an aromatic retinoid, was found to exert an anti-amyloidogenic effect in mouse models for AD as well as in human patients by stimulating the alpha-secretase ADAM10. The lipophilic drug was already demonstrated to easily pass the blood brain barrier after i.p. administration and evoked increased nest building capability in the 5xFAD mouse model. Additionally, we analyzed the immune-modulatory capacity of acitretin via a multiplex array in the 5xFAD mouse model and evaluated some of our findings in human CSF derived from a pilot study using acitretin. Although several serum analytes did not display changes, Interleukin-6 (IL-6) was found to be significantly increased in both—mouse and human neural material. This demonstrates that acitretin exerts an immune stimulatory effect—besides the alpha-secretase induction—which could Impact the alleviation of learning and memory disabilities observed in the mouse model.
DDC: 610 Medizin
610 Medical sciences
Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department: FB 04 Medizin
Place: Mainz
ROR: https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-25
URN: urn:nbn:de:hebis:77-publ-595246
Version: Published version
Publication type: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
License: CC BY
Information on rights of use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Journal: Frontiers in aging neuroscience
11
Pages or article number: Art. 182
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
Publisher place: Lausanne
Issue date: 2019
ISSN: 1663-4365
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2019.00182
Publisher DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00182
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