RRC ID 76629
Author Oizumi H, Miyamoto Y, Seiwa C, Yamamoto M, Yoshioka N, Iizuka S, Torii T, Ohbuchi K, Mizoguchi K, Yamauchi J, Asou H.
Title Lethal adulthood myelin breakdown by oligodendrocyte-specific Ddx54 knockout.
Journal iScience
Abstract Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a leading disease that causes disability in young adults. We have previously shown that a DEAD-box RNA helicase Ddx54 binds to mRNA and protein isoforms of myelin basic protein (MBP) and that Ddx54 siRNA blocking abrogates oligodendrocyte migration and myelination. Herein, we show that MBP-driven Ddx54 knockout mice (Ddx54 fl/fl;MBP-Cre), after the completion of normal postnatal myelination, gradually develop abnormalities in behavioral profiles and learning ability, inner myelin sheath breakdown, loss of myelinated axons, apoptosis of oligodendrocytes, astrocyte and microglia activation, and they die within 7 months but show minimal peripheral immune cell infiltration. Myelin in Ddx54fl/fl;MBP-Cre is highly vulnerable to the neurotoxicant cuprizone and Ddx54 knockdown greatly impairs myelination in vitro. Ddx54 expression in oligodendrocyte-lineage cells decreased in corpus callosum of MS patients. Our results demonstrate that Ddx54 is indispensable for myelin homeostasis, and they provide a demyelinating disease model based on intrinsic disintegration of adult myelin.
Volume 26(10)
Pages 107448
Published 2023-10-20
DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107448
PII S2589-0042(23)01525-0
PMID 37720086
PMC PMC10502337
IF 4.447
Resource
Mice RBRC01461