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MHC class I and MHC class II reporter mice enable analysis of immune oligodendroglia in mouse models of multiple sclerosis

  1. Em P Harrington  Is a corresponding author
  2. Riley B Catenacci
  3. Matthew D Smith
  4. Dongeun Heo
  5. Cecilia E Miller
  6. Keya R Meyers
  7. Jenna Glatzer
  8. Dwight E Bergles
  9. Peter A Calabresi
  1. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, United States
  2. Johns Hopkins University, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82938
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  1. Em P Harrington
  2. Riley B Catenacci
  3. Matthew D Smith
  4. Dongeun Heo
  5. Cecilia E Miller
  6. Keya R Meyers
  7. Jenna Glatzer
  8. Dwight E Bergles
  9. Peter A Calabresi
(2023)
MHC class I and MHC class II reporter mice enable analysis of immune oligodendroglia in mouse models of multiple sclerosis
eLife 12:e82938.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82938
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Abstract

Oligodendrocytes and their progenitors upregulate MHC pathways in response to inflammation, but the frequency of this phenotypic change is unknown and the features of these immune oligodendroglia are poorly defined. We generated MHC class I and II transgenic reporter mice to define their dynamics in response to inflammatory demyelination, providing a means to monitor MHC activation in diverse cell types in living mice and define their roles in aging, injury and disease.

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Sequencing data has been deposited in GEO under the accession code GSE213739Code used to analyze sequencing data was uploaded at Source Code File 1All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in manuscript source data files

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  1. Em P Harrington

    Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, United States
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  2. Riley B Catenacci

    Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  3. Matthew D Smith

    Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  4. Dongeun Heo

    The Solomon H Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  5. Cecilia E Miller

    Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  6. Keya R Meyers

    Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  7. Jenna Glatzer

    The Solomon H Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  8. Dwight E Bergles

    The Solomon H Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  9. Peter A Calabresi

    Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (NIA AG072305)

  • Dwight E Bergles

National Multiple Sclerosis Society (FAN-1707-28857)

  • Em P Harrington

Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation

  • Dwight E Bergles

National Science Foundation

  • Riley B Catenacci

National Institutes of Health (R01 NS041435)

  • Peter A Calabresi

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All animal procedures were performed according to protocols approved by the Johns Hopkins Animal Care and Use Committee protocol #MO22M158.

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  1. Tatyana Chtanova, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia

Publication history

  1. Received: August 24, 2022
  2. Preprint posted: September 28, 2022 (view preprint)
  3. Accepted: April 13, 2023
  4. Accepted Manuscript published: April 14, 2023 (version 1)
  5. Version of Record published: May 12, 2023 (version 2)

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© 2023, Harrington et al.

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  1. Em P Harrington
  2. Riley B Catenacci
  3. Matthew D Smith
  4. Dongeun Heo
  5. Cecilia E Miller
  6. Keya R Meyers
  7. Jenna Glatzer
  8. Dwight E Bergles
  9. Peter A Calabresi
(2023)
MHC class I and MHC class II reporter mice enable analysis of immune oligodendroglia in mouse models of multiple sclerosis
eLife 12:e82938.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82938

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