Le syndrome de Sjögren (SS) est une maladie auto-immunitaire caractérisée par une infiltration lymphocytaire des glandes exocrines menant le plus souvent, à une xérophtalmie et à une xérostomie. La physiopathologie de la maladie est complexe et malgré les progrès realisés, il existe beaucoup de questions à repondre. Classiquement, le syndrome sec qui caractérise la maladie résulterait d’un double processus où dans un premier temps, la glande serait envahie par des cellules lymphoplasmocytaires puis secondairement détruite. Des avancées récentes dans la physiopathologie de la maladie ont démontré le rôle de nouvelles molécules, Aquaporine 5 (AQP5) et anticorps muscariniques, qui peuvent contribuer au syndrome sec. Dans ce travail, nous avons étudié des marqueurs diagnostiques de la maladie. Nous avons montré que 2 alarmines, HMGB1 et S100A8/A9 sont augmentés mais ne présentent pas de corrélation avec le score d’activité de la maladie. Utilisant différents modèles animaux de SS, nous avons montré une modification de la distribution de l’AQP5. De plus, nous avons montré que la modification de la distribution de l’AQP5 dans les glandes salivaires était liée à la présence des infiltrats inflammatoires. Utilisant un modèle non-immun de souris qui présente un syndrome sec, l’expression de l’AQP5 n’était pas modifiée en l’absence d’infiltrats inflammatoires. Ces résultats montrent que la modification de l’AQP5 dans le SS est liée à la présence des infiltrats inflammatoires. / Doctorat en Sciences médicales / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Abstract The function of skeletal muscle is to generate force and produce movement. These tasks are carried out by long multinucleated cells, the skeletal myofibres. The membrane system and the cytoskeleton of these cells are uniquely organized to respond rapidly to neuronal stimuli and to achieve efficient contraction. In the present study the organization and distribution of selected protein/lipid based microdomains that reside in the plasma membrane and sarcoplasmic reticulum of isolated rat skeletal myofibres, were investigated. Aquaporin 4 (AQP4) water channels are arranged as higher order oligomers of several sizes in the sarcolemma and in the T tubules. These oligomers, however, were absent from many specialized micro- and- macrodomains. The distribution of AQP4 coincided with that of a highly organized protein assembly, the dystrophin glycoprotein complex (DGC), in the sarcolemma. A chimaeric venus-AQP4 was equally mobile in the T tubules and sarcolemma, but the anchoring mechanisms of the protein appeared to be different. In contrast to AQP4, the proteins resident in cholesterol and sphingolipid-based microdomains, known as rafts, also occupied DGC deficient areas, which surround the T tubule openings. Indeed, flotillin-1 rafts were located in the neck portions of the T tubules. The rafts defined by the influenza haemagglutinin (HA) also resided in DGC deficient areas, but at the borders of the DGC area. Importantly, of the raft proteins, only the localization of caveolin 3 (CAV3) was dependent on the cholesterol enriched lipid environment, as evidenced by cholesterol depletion experiments and localization studies on a non-raft associated variant of HA. The organization and distribution of membrane associated rough ER (RER) proteins were also analysed. Biochemical detergent extraction analyses and immunofluorescence staining indicated that the ER proteins were assembled as microdomains within the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). The microdomains were distributed throughout the SR network and they were capable of protein translocation. Taken together, skeletal myofibres comprise visually distinct microdomains both in the plasma membrane and in the SR. In the plasma membrane, different types of microdomains are not homogenously distributed and function in diverse locations. This may have important physiological implications concerning, among other things, local regulation of ion concentrations and cell signalling cascades. Different constraints ranging from protein-protein interactions to the surrounding lipid environment are important for dictating the observed distribution patterns. / Tiivistelmä Luustolihaksen toimintojen perustana ovat supistumiskykyiset lihassolut, joiden kalvorakenne on järjestynyt erityisellä tavalla ohjaamaan supistusta. Tässä tutkimuksessa analysoitiin proteiini- ja lipidiperustaisten mikroalueiden järjestäytymistä ja tähän vaikuttavia tekijöitä luustolihassolun solukalvolla sekä lihassolun sisäisessä kalvojärjestelmässä, sarkoplasmisessa verkossa (SR). Ensin analysoitiin vesikanavatyyppiä 4 (AQP4), joka oligomerisoituessaan muodostaa erikokoisia mikroalueita. Havaittiin, että AQP4-mikroalueita esiintyy kaikkialla solukalvolla lukuun ottamatta eräitä erilaistuneita mikro- ja makroalueita. AQP4-oligomeerien jakauma solukalvon lateraalisessa osassa, sarkolemmalla, noudatti dystrofiini-glykoproteiinikompleksin jakaumaa. Fluoresoivan venus-AQP4-proteiinin avulla osoitettiin, että proteiinin liikkuvuus oli samanlainen solun sisään ulottuvissa poikkiputkistoissa ja sarkolemmalla, mutta liikkuvuutta rajoittavat tekijät olivat erilaisia näissä solukalvon osissa. Toiseksi analysoitiin kolesteroli- ja sfingolipidipitoisia mikroalueita, kalvolauttoja. Flotilliini-1- ja influenssaviruksen hemagglutiniini (HA) -proteiinia sisältäviä lauttoja esiintyi vain poikkiputkien suuaukkojen alueella, mutta lauttojen jakauma oli erilainen. Lauttojen lipidiympäristöllä ei ollut vaikutusta proteiinien sijaintiin. Tämä osoitettiin kolesterolin poistokokeilla sekä kokeilla, joissa käytettiin mutatoitua HA-proteiinia, joka ei hakeudu kolesteroliympäristöön. Kaveoliini-3-proteiinin sijainti poikkeaa edellä mainituista, ja kolesterolin poisto vaikutti merkittävästi sijainnin määräytymiseen. Kolmanneksi analysoitiin, miten karkean endoplasmakalvoston proteiinit ovat järjestäytyneet SR:ssä. Havaittiin, että endoplasmiset kalvoproteiinit eivät ole homogeenisesti levittäytyneet SR-kalvostoon vaan muodostavat pieniä mikroalueita. Detergenttiuuttoanalyysit osoittivat lisäksi, että näissä mikroalueissa on erilainen lipidikoostumus kuin SR:ssä yleensä. Huomattavaa oli myös, että mikroalueet olivat toiminnallisia kaikkialla SR-kalvostossa. Tulosten perusteella luustolihassolujen kalvojärjestelmä sisältää mikroalueita, joiden jakautuminen vaikuttaa hyvin organisoituneelta. Erityisesti solukalvon mikroalueet esiintyvät tietyillä spesifeillä alueilla, joissa niiden voidaan olettaa toimivan mm. erilaisissa solusignalointitapahtumissa ja paikallisessa ionipitoisuuksien säätelyssä. Eräissä tapauksissa lipidiympäristöllä on merkitystä mikroalueiden sijainnin määräytymisessä, mutta proteiinien sitoutuminen solukalvo- tai solukalvon alaisiin rakenteisiin saattaa myös olla määräävä tekijä.

Les amphibiens sont des vertébrés liés aux alternances entre la vie aquatique et la vie terrestre et aux alternances saisonnières. Le développement embryonnaire commence par une phase aquatique et se termine par une métamorphose qui donnera une forme juvénile terrestre pouvant rester dans le milieu aquatique chez certaines espèces retournées secondairement à la vie aquatique. Les cycles de reproduction sont régulés, entre autres, par les hormones hypophysaires: LH et FSH (gonadotropes) et PRL (prolactine). La régulation hydrominérale des vertébrés est également assurée par des hormones neurohypophysaires telles que l'arginine vasopressine (AVP), l'ocytocine (OT), l'arginine vasotocine (AVT), la mésotocine (MST) et l'isotocine (IST). Le but du travail effectué dans le cadre de cette thèse a été d'apporter quelques éléments de compréhension des liens pouvant exister entre la reproduction et la régulation hydrominérale. Les cycles de reproduction de Typhlonectes compressicauda sont soumis à des alternances saisonnières caractérisées par une saison des pluies et une saison sèche.Dans le présent travail nous avons mis en évidence les principales hormones impliquées dans la régulation de la balance hydrique (AVT, MST). Parallèlement, une étude précise de la structure des reins avec la mise en évidence des récepteurs de différentes hormones concernées a été menée. La mise en évidence par biochimie (western blot et dosage) des différentes hormones et de leurs récepteurs (immunohistochimie) a également été effectuée chez Xenopus laevis, espèce aquatique représentant un modèle d'étude conventionnel, de manière à apprécier l'implication de ces hormones lorsque l'animal termine sa métamorphose / The amphibians are vertebrates the cycle of life being related to both the alternations between aquatic and terrestrial phases and seasonal alternations. Embryonic development begins with an aquatic phase and completed with a metamorphosis, at the end of which terrestrial juveniles animals can persist in the aquatic environment in secondary aquatic species. The breeding cycles are regulated by the pituitary hormones: LH, FSH (gonadotropins) and PRL (prolactin). The hydromineral regulation of vertebrates is also ensured by neurohypophysial neurohormones such as arginine vasopressin (AVP), oxytocin (OT), vasotocin (AVT), mesotocin (MST), and isotocin (IST).The work in the context of this thesis was to bring some elements for understanding the relationships that may exist between the reproduction and hydromineral regulations.The reproductive cycles in Typhlonectes compressicauda are submitted to seasonal alternations characterized by a rainy season and a dry season. In the present work we highlighted the main hormones involved in the regulation of hydric balance in amphibians (AVT, MST). In parallel, a precise study of the structure of the kidneys with the identification of receptors of various hormones concerned, was performed. The identification of both various hormones and their receptors by biochemistry (Western blot, assay) and immunohistochemistry was also performed on Xenopus laevis, an aquatic species representing also a conventional model for the study, in way to appreciate the implication of these hormones when the animal completes its metamorphosis

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L’expression ‘programmation périnatale’ est employée pour décrire les effets à long terme d’un environnement gestationel néfaste observés chez la progéniture. Ce concept est aujourd’hui bien reconnu. Notre laboratoire a déjà démontré l’impact de l’hyperglycémie maternelle sur le développement rénal des embryons à l’aide des souris HoxB7-GFP transgéniques (Tg) et qui se traduit par une augmentation des espèces réactives de l’oxygène (ROS) et une néphrogenèse perturbée. Les rejetons affectés présentent ainsi des reins plus petits et possédant un nombre inférieur de néphrons à la naissance, et développent une hypertension et des dommages rénaux à l’âge adulte (20 semaines). Dans la première étude, nous avons tenté de réduire la production excessive de ROS dans les reins en développement par la surexpression de la catalase (CAT). Pour ce faire, nous avons croisé les souris CAT-Tg qui surexpriment la CAT dans les cellules des tubules proximaux rénaux (RPTCs) aux souris HoxB7-GFP-Tg afin de générer les souris HoxB7/CAT-GFP-Tg. Nous espérons observer la normalisation du nombre de néphrons et la prévention de l’hypertension et des dommages rénaux observés chez la progéniture issue d’un environnement gestational hyperglycémique. Nous avons observé que la surexpression de CAT dans les RPTCs permet de normaliser la dysmorphogenèse rénale présente chez les embryons de mères diabétiques. À l’âge adulte, la surexpression de CAT dans les RPTCs permet également de réduire la génération des ROS et l’hypertension, tout en améliorant la morphologie et la fonction rénale. Afin de définir les mécanismes impliqués dans ce processus, nous avons étudié le rôle potentiel de Nrf2 (‘nuclear factor-erythroid 2p45 (NF-E2) related factor-2’; un facteur de transcription des gènes antioxidants) et HO-1 (hème oxygénase-1’; une enzyme antioxidante). À la fois Nrf2 et HO-1 sont de forts antioxidants et ont été rapportés comme protecteurs pour le rein. Nous avons observé une surexpression des gènes et protéines Nrf2 et HO-1, en plus d’une translocation nucléaire accrue de Nrf2, dans les RPTCs de la progéniture des mères diabétiques, indiquant que chez les souris surexprimant CAT, Nrf2 et HO-1 sont tous deux bien activés et fonctionnels. En conclusion, nos études suggèrent que la surexpression de CAT dans les RPTCs permet de prévenir la programmation de l’hypertension et les dommages rénaux observés à l’âge adulte chez la progéniture issue de mères diabétiques, en partie suite à l’activation du système de défense Nrf2-HO-1 dans leurs reins. Il a déjà été démontré que l’activation du système rénine-angiotensine (RAS) intrarénal induit l’hypertension en augmentant la constriction des artérioles et la réabsorption du sodium par les tubules rénaux. Une activation du récepteur AT1R et de ses voies de signalisation induit également les dommages rénaux observés dans plusieurs pathologies. Dans le cadre de mon second article, nous avons identifié un nouveau mécanisme par lequel l’angiotensine (Agt) intrarénale induit l’hypertension et des dommages rénaux en réduisant l’expression de l’aquaporine 1 (AQP1, le canal pour l’eau le plus important dans les RPTCs). Des souris transgéniques surexprimant l’Agt de rat (rAgt-Tg) dans leurs RPTCs et des clones stables de cellules immortalisées de tubule proximal de rein de rat (IRPTCs) surexprimant le rAgt (pRSV/rAgt-IRPTC) ont été étudiés. Lorsque comparés aux souris non-transgéniques, les souris rAgt-Tg développent de l’hypertension et des dommages rénaux. Ces changements sont atténués par le traitement avec une double inhibition du RAS (losartan et perindopril). L’expression des protéines AQP1 et HO-1 est réduite dans les RPTCs, tandis que Nrf2 et le transporteur sodique NHE3 sont augmentés, à la fois in vivo et in vitro. Ces changements sont renversés par la double inhibition du RAS chez les animaux expérimentaux. Même si les niveaux de Nrf2 sont élevés, une accumulation cytosolique causée par une augmentation de l’export nucléaire induit par GSK3β se produit et ne parvient donc pas à induire l’expression des gènes en aval comme HO-1, ni à réduire l’expression de l’AQP1. En conclusion, nos résultats suggèrent qu’une déficience en Nrf2 nucléaire mène à une diminution de l’expression de HO-1 et une régulation négative de l’AQP1, jouant un role dans l’hypertension et les dommages rénaux induits par l’Agt intrarénal. L’hypertension et les dommages rénaux sont des maladies très hétérogènes et multifactorielles qui impliquent l’interaction de diverses molécules et voies de signalisations, et sont influencées par plusieurs facteurs environnementaux tels la diète ou la programmation périnatale. Tous ces différents facteurs contribuent à la progression de l’hypertension et des dommages rénaux, rendant les stratégies de traitement d’autant plus complexes. Dans notre étude, nous avons évalué le développement de l’hypertension dans deux circonstances : l’hypertension de la progéniture programmée par le diabète maternel et l’hypertension induite par l’activation du RAS intrarénal. Nous avons démontré que la génération des ROS dans les reins constitue un facteur majeur commun dans nos deux modèles d’hypertension chez la souris. De plus, le gène/facteur de transcription antioxydant Nrf2, sensible aux ROS, joue un rôle important dans le processus. Grâce à une meilleure compréhension des diverses voies qui mènent à la progression de l’hypertension, nous espérons qu’il sera possible de développer de meilleurs traitements pour faire face à l’hypertension. / The term ‘perinatal programming’ is used to describe the phenomenon that maternal adverse environment during pregnancies which have profound influences to their offspring later in life. And this concept is well accepted. Previously, we successfully created an in vivo murine model and demonstrated that maternal diabetes constitutes an adverse in utero environment that may fundamentally impair nephrogenesis and subsequently program of the offspring to develop hypertension and kidney injury in adulthood. It appears that enhanced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, activation of the nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB), intrarenal renin- angiotensin system (RAS) and p53 pathways were involved in the underlying mechanisms. In our first study, we investigated whether overexpression of catalase (CAT) in renal proximal tubular cells (RPTCs) could prevent the perinatal programming of hypertension and kidney injury in male offspring of diabetic dams and examined the potential underlying mechanisms both in vivo and in vitro. Our data demonstrate that CAT overexpression in RPTCs exert a direct effect on nephrogenesis in utero and ameliorate maternal diabetes- induced dysnephrogenesis. And further consequently, CAT overexpression in RPTCs preventing maternal diabetes-induced perinatal programming, mediated at least in part, via the nuclear factor-erythroid 2p45 (NF-E2) related factor-2 (Nrf2)- heme oxygenase (HO)- 1 defense system. Intrarenal RAS activation has attracted more attention in recent years due to studies have been reported that activation of the intrarenal RAS can elicit hypertension and kidney injury independently from the systemic RAS. Previously, we established a murine model (Agt-Tg) that specifically overexpress rat angiotensinogen (Agt) in their RPTCs and develops hypertension and nephropathy. Aquaporin 1 (AQP1) is the major water channel within renal RPTCs, but whether it has a regulatory role in the development of hypertension and nephropathy remains elusive. Our second study aimed to examine the regulation of AQP1 expression in an intrarenal RAS-induced hypertension and kidney injury, focusing on underlying molecular mechanisms. We believe that both our in vivo and in vitro studies identified a novel mechanism(s) in which Agt overexpression in RPTCs enhances cytosolic accumulation of Nrf2 via the phosphorylation of pGSK3β Y216. Consequently, less intranuclear Nrf2 is available to trigger HO-1 expression as a defense mechanism and subsequently diminishes AQP1 expression in RPTCs. In conclusion, our data suggest that Agt mediated-downregulation of AQP1 and Nrf2 signaling may play an important role in intrarenal RAS-induced hypertension and kidney injury. Hypertension and kidney injury is a heterogeneous and multifactorial disease that involves the interaction of various molecules/pathways and the influence of environmental factors, for instance, diet and perinatal programming. Such diverse causes contribute to the progression of hypertension and kidney disease, making the strategy of treatment even more complex. In our present study, we evaluated the development of hypertension under two circumstances: maternal diabetes-programmed hypertension in offspring and intrarenal RAS activation-induced hypertension. We found that ROS generation in the kidneys is a major and common factor in both hypertensive mice model. Also, the ROS-sensitive antioxidant gene/transcription factor – Nrf2, plays an important role in the process. By understanding the pathways that lead to hypertension progression, we can hopefully develop more effective treatments to cope with the disease.

Les protéines membranaires intégrales jouent un rôle essentiel dans le maintien de l’intégrité cellulaire (transports d’ions et de nutriments, transduction de signal, interaction cellule-cellule). Afin de les étudier, ces protéines doivent être produites in vitro. La production classique de ces protéines membranaires intégrales dans des microorganismes présente de nombreuses difficultés liées à leur structure complexe mais aussi à des problèmes de toxicité, empêchant la production de nombre d’entre elles. En outre, pour être produites efficacement, ces protéines ont besoin d’un environnement amphiphile. Dans cette thèse, afin de pallier à ces difficultés, nous avons d’une part utilisé un système d’expression protéique acellulaire, non affecté par la physiologie des cellules vivantes. En outre, nous avons choisi de les intégrer dans des bicouches lipidiques planes reconstituées artificiellement. Dans une première partie, nous avons mis au point l’intégration d’une protéine membranaire intégrale formant un pore, l’alpha hémolysine, dans une bicouche lipidique supportée. Certaines protéines nécessitant un espace plus important de part etd’autre de la membrane, nous avons, dans une seconde partie, développé une bicouche lipidique espacée et ancrée par fusion de liposomes sur des surfaces d’or. Nous démontrons qu’il est possible d’y incorporer des protéines membranaires de type Aquaporine Z sous certaines conditions. Dans une troisième partie, dédiée à la formation de membranes biomimétiques utilisant des molécules lipidiques provenant d’Escherichia coli, nous montrons que la modification de la composition membranaire ne semble pas avoir d’incidence sur l’incorporation de protéines. Enfin, dans une dernière partie, nous avons réalisé des premiers essais d’insertion de protéines membranaires, de type alpha hémolysine, dans des bicouches suspendues afin de montrer que ces protéines produites par le système d’expression acellulaire sont fonctionnelles. / Integral membrane proteins play an essential role in the cell integrity preservation (transport of nutrients and ions, signal transduction, cell-cell interaction). In order to study these proteins, they have to be produced in vitro. Classical production of integral membrane proteins in microorganisms present many difficulties associated with their complex structure and also toxicity problems, preventing production of many of them. Moreover, to be efficiently produced, these proteins require an amphiphilic environment. In order to overcome these difficulties, we used a cell-free protein expression system, unaffected by the physiology ofliving cells. In addition, we chose to integrate them into artificial planar lipid bilayers. In a first part, we have developed the integration of an integral membrane protein forming a pore, the alpha hemolysin, in a supported lipid bilayer. Some proteins require more space on each side of the membrane, therefore in a second part, we have developed a tethered lipid bilayer membrane by liposome fusion on gold surfaces. We demonstrate that it is possible to incorporate membrane protein Aquaporin Z under certain conditions. The third part is dedicated to the formation of biomimetic membranes using lipid molecules from Escherichiacoli, we show that the membrane composition do not affect the protein incorporation. Finally, we have tested alpha hemolysin membrane proteins insertion in suspended lipid bilayers membranes to show that these proteins produced by the cell-free expression system are functional.

Os pacientes que usam lítio (Li) para tratamento do transtorno bipolar frequentemente apresentam poliúria e deficiência de concentração urinária, sintomas do Diabetes Insipidus Nefrogênico (DIN). Animais tratados com Li apresentam baixos níveis de produção de adenosina monofosfato cíclico (AMPc) em resposta ao hormônio antidiurético (HAD). O Sildenafil (Sil), um inibidor da fosfodiesterase 5 (PDE5), eleva os níveis intracelulares de guanosina monofosfato cíclico (GMPc), levando a inserção de aquaporina 2 (AQP2) na membrana plasmática das células do ducto coletor. Portanto, inibidores de PDE podem promover a inserção de AQP2 na membrana plasmática mesmo sem a ativação do receptor de HAD, indicando a participação de uma via alternativa mediada pelo GMPc. Nós investigamos as vias de ação do Sil no tratamento da DIN induzida pelo Li. Ratos Wistar foram divididos nos seguintes grupos: grupo controle, recebendo dieta alimentar normal durante quatro semanas; grupo Li, recebendo dieta alimentar normal com 40 mmol Li por quilo de dieta durante quatro semanas; grupo Li + Sil, recebendo dieta alimentar normal com 40 mmol Li por quilo de dieta durante quatro semanas e 200 mg por quilo de dieta de Sil a partir da segunda semana; grupo Sil, recebendo dieta alimentar normal durante a primeira semana e a partir da segunda semana recebendo dieta normal com 200 mg de Sil por quilo de dieta. Os animais do grupo Li desenvolveram poliúria, diminuição da osmolalidade urinária e diminuição da expressão da AQP2 tanto na fração citoplasmática como de membrana celular e o Sil reverteu essas alterações. Demonstramos ainda que a concentração de GMPc intracelular estava aumentada nos túbulos papilares tratados com Sil. Observamos que a provável via de fosforilação da AQP2 induzida pelo GMPc é pela PKA. Além disso, o tratamento com Sil aumenta a expressão de pCreb, fator de transcrição para ativação do gene da AQP2. Observamos ainda que o Li diminui a expressão de eNOS e o tratamento com Sil normaliza essa diminuição. Assim, concluímos que o tratamento com Sil em ratos com DIN melhora a poliúria aumentando a produção e a inserção de AQP2. O tratamento com Sil pode ser benéfico para pacientes que sofrem com DIN induzido pelo Li / Patients taking lithium to treat bipolar disorder often present polyuria and urinary concentrating defect. In addition, lithium-treated animals present lower cyclic adenosine monophosphate production in response to vasopressin. Sildenafil (Sil), a phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitor, elevates intracellular cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) levels, leading to plasma membrane accumulation of aquaporin 2 (AQP2). Therefore, PDE inhibitors might induce AQP2 membrane insertion even without vasopressin receptor activation by activating a parallel cGMP-mediated signal transduction pathway. We investigated Sil pathways of action in rats with lithium-induced nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus (NDI). Wistar rats received lithium (40 mmol/kg food) or not for 4 weeks (Li or control), some rats also receiving sildenafil (200 mg/kg food) in weeks 2-4, with or without lithium (Li+Sil orSil). Animals in Li group developed polyuria, decreased urinary osmolality and decreased expression of AQP2 in both the cytoplasmic fraction and the cell membrane and Sil reversed these changes. We also demonstrated that intracellular cGMP concentration was increased in papillary tubules treated with Sil. We found that PKA may be involved in the pathway of cGMP induced AQP2 phosphorylation. In addition, Sil treatment increases Creb phosphorylation. Creb phosphorylation, acts as AQP2 gene transcription factor. We also observed that Li decreases eNOS expression and treatment with Sil normalizes this alteration. We conclude that Sil treatment improves polyuria by increasing production and insertion of AQP2. Sil treatment may be beneficial to patients suffering from induced DIN Li

Racional: A epilepsia do lobo temporal está comumente associada à farmacorresistência e tem a esclerose hipocampal como achado neuropatológico em mais da metade dos casos. Histologicamente, a esclerose hipocampal está associada à perda neuronal diferencial e gliose, além de alterações nos níveis de moléculas associadas à homeostase da água tecidual, como a aquaporina 4 e a molécula de matriz sulfato de condroitina. Em imagens de ressonância nuclear magnética, a esclerose é caracterizada por redução de volume em sequências ponderadas em T1, aumento de sinal e tempo de relaxamento em sequências ponderadas em T2 e redução na transferência de magnetização. Justificativa e Objetivos: Uma vez que tanto o sinal T2 quando a transferência de magnetização são dependentes da água tecidual, nosso objetivo é avaliar, na formação hipocampal de pacientes com epilepsia do lobo temporal, as correlações entre populações celulares e moléculas ligadas à homeostase da água e as imagens ponderadas em T2 e transferência de magnetização. Visamos ainda definir, na formação hipocampal de indivíduos sem alterações neuropatológicas, o volume de cada um dos subcampos hipocampais. Metodologia: Pacientes com epilepsia do lobo temporal farmacorresistente (ELT, n = 43), bem como voluntários sadios (controle radiológico, CH, n = 20), foram submetidos a exames de ressonância magnética em máquina de 3T para mensuração da volumetria hipocampal, tempo de relaxamento T2 e transferência de magnetização hipocampal (exames in vivo). Após o tratamento cirúrgico para o controle das crises, os hipocampos dos pacientes com ELT foram fixados por 8 dias e submetidos aos exames ex vivo em máquina de 3T para cálculo do tempo de relaxamento T2 de cada subcampo hipocampal. Hipocampos controle (Controle historadiológico, CHR, n = 14), foram obtidos de autópsias de pacientes sem histórico ante-mortem de doença neurológica ou presença de patologia no exame do encéfalo pos mortem. Ambos os grupos controle foram pareados para idade em relação ao grupo ELT. Alguns dos casos CHR (n = 6) foram também submetidos à imagem 3D T2 em máquina de 4,7T para cálculo de volumetria dos subcampos hipocampais. Após emblocamento em parafina, secções coronais hipocampais dos casos CHR e ELT foram submetidas às técnicas de histoquímica básica Hematoxilina e Eosina e Luxol Fast Blue, e às imuno-histoquímicas para avaliação das populações neuronais (NeuN), astrócitos reativos (GFAP), micróglias ativadas (HLA-DR) e para a expressão de aquaporina 4 (AQP4) e níveis de sulfato de condroitina (CS-56). Para a comparação entre os grupos, foram realizados testes t para dados paramétricos e Mann-Whitney para dados não-paramétricos. Testes de correlação foram empregados para análise da associação entre as avaliações histológicas e os exames de ressonância magnética. Resultados: Pacientes com ELT apresentaram menor volume hipocampal, maior tempo de relaxamento T2 e menor transferência de magnetização no exame in vivo, quando comparados com o CR. O exame ex vivo para a volumetria dos subcampos hipocampais em casos do grupo CHR indicou que a fascia dentata, a região CA1 e o subículo correspondem à 85 % do volume hipocampal total. Quanto ao tempo de relaxamento T2 ex vivo, foi observado aumento em todos os subcampos hipocampais do grupo ELT, à exceção da fascia dentata, quando comparados ao CHR. A avaliação da densidade neuronal indicou redução significativa em todos os subcampos dos casos ELT, à exceção do subículo, quando comparados ao CHR. Em relação aos valores do grupo CHR, foi observada astrogliose em quase todos subcampos da formação hipocampal (a exceção da zona subgranular e do hilo) e microgliose em todos os subcampos (exceto pelo subículo) dos casos com ELT. Pacientes com ELT apresentaram redução na expressão de aquaporina 4 perivascular em todos os subcampos do hipocampo, comparados ao CHR. Aumento nos níveis de sulfato de condroitina foi observado em todos os subcampos da formação hipocampal, à exceção da camada granular, nos pacientes com ELT. O volume hipocampal e a transferência de magnetização in vivo dos pacientes com ELT correlacionaram-se tanto com a população neuronal como com os níveis de sulfato de condroitina, enquanto que o tempo de relaxamento in vivo correlacionou-se com a população astroglial e os níveis de sulfato de condroitina. O exame ex vivo corroborou a correlação entre a população glial e o tempo de relaxamento observado nos pacientes com ELT. A diferença entre o tempo de relaxamento in vivo e ex vivo correlacionou-se tanto com a difusibilidade da água no tecido como com os níveis de sulfato de condroitina. Conclusões: Nossos dados indicam correlação entre a patologia hipocampal e as imagens de ressonância nuclear magnética, sendo que a maior qualidade das imagens ex vivo permitiu uma avaliação mais direta entre o sinal de ressonância e a patologia, indicando importância da população celular e matriz extracelular para o volume hipocampal e a transferência de magnetização, e da astrogliose para o tempo de relaxamento T2. Finalmente, nossos dados mostraram que CA1, subículo e fascia dentata tem grande participação no volume hipocampal, sendo que alterações nestas regiões tem um papel mais relevante nas alterações observadas na ressonância magnética, como indicado por nossas correlações. / Rationale: Drug resistant temporal lobe epilepsy is often associated with hippocampal sclerosis. Histological evaluation reveals differential neuronal loss, gliosis and changes in molecules associated with water homeostasis, such as aquaporin 4 and chondroitin sulfate. Magnetic resonance imaging in these cases often reveals hippocampal atrophy, increased T2 signal and T2 relaxation and reduced magnetization transfer ratio in the hippocampus. Aims: Once both T2 signal and magnetization transfer are affected by tissue water, our goal was to evaluate, in the hippocampus of drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy patients who underwent surgery for seizure control, the associations between cellular populations, aquaporin 4 and chondroitin sulfate with T2 relaxation time and magnetization transfer. Additionally, we intended to measure the individual volume of each hippocampal subfield in hippocampus from patients without neurological disease. Methods: Patients with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE, n = 43) and age-matched health volunteers (radiological control, RC, n = 20) were submitted to magnetic resonance in a 3T machine for hippocampal volumetry measure, T2 relaxation and magnetization transfer (in vivo examination). After surgical treatment for seizure control, hippocampi from the TLE patients were fixed in formalin for 8 days and then submitted to ex vivo imaging in 3T for relaxation time of every hippocampal subfield. Control hippocampi were obtained from autopsies of age-matched patients without ante mortem history of neurological disease or post mortem neurological pathology, and underwent the same ex vivo imaging (histo-radiological control, HRC, n = 14). Six cases from the HRC underwent 3D T2 imaging in a 4.7T machine, in order to measure the volumes of the hippocampal subfields. Paraffin embedded hippocampal sections from TLE and HRC were submitted to Hematoxilin-Eosin and Luxol Fast Blue histochemistries, and to immunohistochemistries for the evaluation of neurons (NeuN), reactive astrocytes (GFAP), activated microglia (HLA-DR), for aquaporin 4 (AQP4) and for chondroitin sulfate (CS-56). Students t-test or Mann-Whitneys test were performed for comparison between groups, and correlation tests were performed for the comparison between histological and magnetic resonance measures. Results: Patients with TLE presented reduced hippocampal volume, increased T2 relaxation time and reduced magnetization transfer, when compared to RC. The ex vivo volumetry of the hippocampal subfields revealed that fascia dentata, CA1 and subiculum together correspond to 85 % of the total hippocampal volume. Ex vivo relaxation time, as the in vivo, were increased in the subfields of TLE patients, when compared to HRC. Compared to HRC, TLE patients presented neuron loss and microgliosis in all hippocampal subfields but the subiculum, and astrogliosis in all hippocampal subfields but the subgranule zone and the hilus. Reduced perivascular aquaporin 4 was observed in all hippocampal subfields of TLE patients, and increased chondroitin sulfate was observed in all hippocampal subfields, with the exception of granule cell layer, of TLE patients, when compared to HRC. In TLE, both in vivo hippocampal volume and magnetization transfer correlated with the levels of chondroitin sulfate and the neuronal population, whereas the in vivo relaxation time correlated with the astroglial population and the levels of chondroitin sulfate. Ex vivo relaxation time also correlated with the astroglial population in TLE patients. The difference between in vivo and ex vivo relaxation values correlated with water difusibility and the levels of chondroitin sulfate. Conclusion: Our data indicate the importance of neuron population and extracellular matrix to both hippocampal volume and magnetization transfer, and of the reactive astrocytes for T2 relaxation. Ex vivo relaxation time allowed a more detailed evaluation, and indicated more robust correlations between reactive astrocytes and T2 relaxation. Finally, Our data indicated that CA1, the subiculum and fascia dentata are the major contributors to hippocampal volume, so changes in these subfields most likely will affect magnetic resonance imaging.

ntrodução: A mielite transversa longitudinal extensa (MTLE), uma forma grave de síndrome medular (SM) inflamatória associada à lesão da medula espinhal (LME) propagada por três ou mais segmentos vertebrais (SV) à ressonância magnética (RM), é considerada um espectro da neuromielite óptica (ENMO). A neuromielite óptica (NMO), caracterizada por episódios graves e recorrentes de neurite óptica e mielite, é associada a um anticorpo específico, direcionado contra a aquaporina-4 (AQP4-IgG), presente em cerca de 80% dos casos da NMO e 40% dos casos de MTLE isolada. O uso de terapia imunossupressora de manutenção, indicada em pacientes com NMO, é indefinido naqueles com primeiro episódio de MTLE (PEMTLE), cujos casos soronegativos podem representar o evento inicial da NMO ou uma forma isolada da MTLE (MTLEI). A distinção entre estas entidades, por critérios clínicos, paraclínicos e evolutivos, ainda não foi estudada e constitui o objetivo deste estudo. Métodos: Entre 2005 e 2011, 182 pacientes consecutivos admitidos na Clinica Neurológica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo com MTLE foram avaliados. Critérios de exclusão: doença vascular, desmielinizante, infecciosa ou sistêmica que justificasse o quadro de MTLE. Critérios de inclusão: 41 pacientes com PEMTLE, sem etiologia definida. A casuística consistiu de 27 (65,9%) mulheres, e 33 (80,5%) afrodescendentes, com idade média de 39,5 anos. Avaliados quanto à sorologia para o AQP4-IgG (imunofluorescência indireta) e quanto à recorrência, os pacientes foram classificados como ENMO ou MTLEI ao final do acompanhamento prospectivo. Os dados clinicos, laboratoriais, imagenológicos e evolutivos foram comparados, e o modelo de análise discriminante (AD) foi utilizado para diferenciar as duas condições clínicas. Resultados: Após o seguimento prospectivo médio de 3,7 anos (DP±2,2), 22 pacientes (53,%) apresentaram MTLE isolada monofásica e soronegativa e 19 (46,3%) receberam diagnóstico de ENMO, em razão da soropositividade para AQP4-IgG em 11 (26,8%) e/ou recorrência em 12 (29,3%) pacientes. O perfil demográfico não distinguiu os grupos (p>0,5), e as seguintes variáveis clínicas sugeriram o diagnóstico de MTLEI (p<0,05): SM estrita de instalação aguda, com média de 7 dias, com déficit motor moderado, menor freqüência de sinal de Lhermitte e espasmos tônicos, ausência de sintomas sistêmicos e sugestivos de comprometimento do tronco, tais como mialgia, astenia, anorexia, soluços, náuseas ou vômitos. As seguintes variáveis paraclínicas suportaram o diagnóstico de MTLEI (p<0,05): discreta pleocitose no líquido cefalorraquidiano, sobretudo com menos de 50 células/mm3, e LME à RM com extensão menor que 6 SV, associado à ausência de lesões bulbares e alterações encefálicas inespecíficas. A distinção entre a MTLE isolada e o ENMO foi validada pelo modelo de AD (p=0,005). Na fase aguda, a redução na incapacidade funcional ocorreu em todos os pacientes tratados (p<0,05). Na fase crônica, o uso de tratamento imunossupressor associou-se à menor chance de recorrência quando comparada à historicamente estimada, em pacientes soropositivos, e não implicou em menor chance de recorrência no grupo de soronegativos (p=1,0). Conclusão: O primeiro episódio de MTLEI apresenta características clinicas, laboratoriais e radiológicas distintas do ENMO. O perfil clínico, a soronegatividade ao AQP4-IgG e a evolução monofásica no período de 3 anos, permitem delinear uma entidade clínica restrita à medula espinhal / Background: Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM), refers to severe inflammatory spinal cord syndrome associated with propagate lesion spanning over three or more vertebral segments (VS) on spinal cord Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI), and is regarded a spectrum of NMO (NMOSD). NMO, characterized by recurrent course of severe optic neuritis and myelitis, is associated with serum antibody that target aquaporin-4 (AQP4-IgG) in 80% of NMO and around 40% of LETM. Chronic immunosupression is suggested in NMO, while is uncertain in first-ever LETM (FELETM). In this context, seronegative cases may represent a limited form of NMO or an isolated LETM (ILETM). Discriminate between this clinical conditions, through significant therapeutic implications, are not clear. The aim of present study is distinguish ILETM from NMOSD by clinical, paraclincal and evolution parameters. Methods: We evaluated all 182 consecutive patients admitted with LETM at Neurologic Clinic of Sao Paulo University School of Medicine between 2005 until 2011. Exclusion criteria were vascular, demyelinating, infectious or systemic disease associated with LETM. The sample consists of 41 FELETM patients, 27 (65.9%) female, e 33 (80.5%) afro-brazilian, with mean age of onset of 39.5 (±15.5 of standard deviation (SD). Patients, evaluated to AQP4-IgG serologic status and recurrence, were classified as ILETM or NMOSD at end of follow-up. Clinical, serological, neuroimaging and evolutive data were compared and discriminant analysis model were done to distinguish between both conditions. Results: Over the mean time of follow-up of 3.7 years (±2.2SD), 22 patients presents as monophasic seronegative ILETM, while 19 (46.3%) were diagnosed as NMOSD due AQP4-IgG seropositivity in 11 (26.8%) or recurrent evolution in 12 (29.3%) patients. Demographic data did not discern groups (p>0.5), while following clinical features suggested ILETM (p<0.05): acute installation, over seven days mean, of strict spinal cord syndrome, characterized by moderate motor impairment, and lower frequency of Lhermitte sign and tonic spasms, associated without systemic and brainstem symptoms such as myalgia, anorexia, asthenia, nausea, hiccups or vomiting. Subsequent paraclinical findings discern both conditions and endured ILETM (p<0.05): mild pleocitosis, typically under 30 cels/mm3, and SCL propagate over lesser then six VS on MRI beside absence of bulbar and nonspecific brains abnormalities. AD model validate distinction between ILETM and NMOSD (p=0.005). Reduction in disability occurred in all patients treated with immunesuppressors at acute stage (p<0.001). Seropositive LETM patients developed lower recurrence rate when compared with hystoric controls. In seronegative LETM patients, relapse rate did not correlate with chronic imunossupression (p=1.0). Conclusion: First-ever LETM presents clinical and paraclinical features distinctive from NMOSD. Thus, clinical pattern, AQP4-IgG negative serologic status and monophasic evolution over three years follow-up, allowed us delineate a spinal cord-restrict clinical entity

ntrodução: A mielite transversa longitudinal extensa (MTLE), uma forma grave de síndrome medular (SM) inflamatória associada à lesão da medula espinhal (LME) propagada por três ou mais segmentos vertebrais (SV) à ressonância magnética (RM), é considerada um espectro da neuromielite óptica (ENMO). A neuromielite óptica (NMO), caracterizada por episódios graves e recorrentes de neurite óptica e mielite, é associada a um anticorpo específico, direcionado contra a aquaporina-4 (AQP4-IgG), presente em cerca de 80% dos casos da NMO e 40% dos casos de MTLE isolada. O uso de terapia imunossupressora de manutenção, indicada em pacientes com NMO, é indefinido naqueles com primeiro episódio de MTLE (PEMTLE), cujos casos soronegativos podem representar o evento inicial da NMO ou uma forma isolada da MTLE (MTLEI). A distinção entre estas entidades, por critérios clínicos, paraclínicos e evolutivos, ainda não foi estudada e constitui o objetivo deste estudo. Métodos: Entre 2005 e 2011, 182 pacientes consecutivos admitidos na Clinica Neurológica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo com MTLE foram avaliados. Critérios de exclusão: doença vascular, desmielinizante, infecciosa ou sistêmica que justificasse o quadro de MTLE. Critérios de inclusão: 41 pacientes com PEMTLE, sem etiologia definida. A casuística consistiu de 27 (65,9%) mulheres, e 33 (80,5%) afrodescendentes, com idade média de 39,5 anos. Avaliados quanto à sorologia para o AQP4-IgG (imunofluorescência indireta) e quanto à recorrência, os pacientes foram classificados como ENMO ou MTLEI ao final do acompanhamento prospectivo. Os dados clinicos, laboratoriais, imagenológicos e evolutivos foram comparados, e o modelo de análise discriminante (AD) foi utilizado para diferenciar as duas condições clínicas. Resultados: Após o seguimento prospectivo médio de 3,7 anos (DP±2,2), 22 pacientes (53,%) apresentaram MTLE isolada monofásica e soronegativa e 19 (46,3%) receberam diagnóstico de ENMO, em razão da soropositividade para AQP4-IgG em 11 (26,8%) e/ou recorrência em 12 (29,3%) pacientes. O perfil demográfico não distinguiu os grupos (p>0,5), e as seguintes variáveis clínicas sugeriram o diagnóstico de MTLEI (p<0,05): SM estrita de instalação aguda, com média de 7 dias, com déficit motor moderado, menor freqüência de sinal de Lhermitte e espasmos tônicos, ausência de sintomas sistêmicos e sugestivos de comprometimento do tronco, tais como mialgia, astenia, anorexia, soluços, náuseas ou vômitos. As seguintes variáveis paraclínicas suportaram o diagnóstico de MTLEI (p<0,05): discreta pleocitose no líquido cefalorraquidiano, sobretudo com menos de 50 células/mm3, e LME à RM com extensão menor que 6 SV, associado à ausência de lesões bulbares e alterações encefálicas inespecíficas. A distinção entre a MTLE isolada e o ENMO foi validada pelo modelo de AD (p=0,005). Na fase aguda, a redução na incapacidade funcional ocorreu em todos os pacientes tratados (p<0,05). Na fase crônica, o uso de tratamento imunossupressor associou-se à menor chance de recorrência quando comparada à historicamente estimada, em pacientes soropositivos, e não implicou em menor chance de recorrência no grupo de soronegativos (p=1,0). Conclusão: O primeiro episódio de MTLEI apresenta características clinicas, laboratoriais e radiológicas distintas do ENMO. O perfil clínico, a soronegatividade ao AQP4-IgG e a evolução monofásica no período de 3 anos, permitem delinear uma entidade clínica restrita à medula espinhal / Background: Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM), refers to severe inflammatory spinal cord syndrome associated with propagate lesion spanning over three or more vertebral segments (VS) on spinal cord Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI), and is regarded a spectrum of NMO (NMOSD). NMO, characterized by recurrent course of severe optic neuritis and myelitis, is associated with serum antibody that target aquaporin-4 (AQP4-IgG) in 80% of NMO and around 40% of LETM. Chronic immunosupression is suggested in NMO, while is uncertain in first-ever LETM (FELETM). In this context, seronegative cases may represent a limited form of NMO or an isolated LETM (ILETM). Discriminate between this clinical conditions, through significant therapeutic implications, are not clear. The aim of present study is distinguish ILETM from NMOSD by clinical, paraclincal and evolution parameters. Methods: We evaluated all 182 consecutive patients admitted with LETM at Neurologic Clinic of Sao Paulo University School of Medicine between 2005 until 2011. Exclusion criteria were vascular, demyelinating, infectious or systemic disease associated with LETM. The sample consists of 41 FELETM patients, 27 (65.9%) female, e 33 (80.5%) afro-brazilian, with mean age of onset of 39.5 (±15.5 of standard deviation (SD). Patients, evaluated to AQP4-IgG serologic status and recurrence, were classified as ILETM or NMOSD at end of follow-up. Clinical, serological, neuroimaging and evolutive data were compared and discriminant analysis model were done to distinguish between both conditions. Results: Over the mean time of follow-up of 3.7 years (±2.2SD), 22 patients presents as monophasic seronegative ILETM, while 19 (46.3%) were diagnosed as NMOSD due AQP4-IgG seropositivity in 11 (26.8%) or recurrent evolution in 12 (29.3%) patients. Demographic data did not discern groups (p>0.5), while following clinical features suggested ILETM (p<0.05): acute installation, over seven days mean, of strict spinal cord syndrome, characterized by moderate motor impairment, and lower frequency of Lhermitte sign and tonic spasms, associated without systemic and brainstem symptoms such as myalgia, anorexia, asthenia, nausea, hiccups or vomiting. Subsequent paraclinical findings discern both conditions and endured ILETM (p<0.05): mild pleocitosis, typically under 30 cels/mm3, and SCL propagate over lesser then six VS on MRI beside absence of bulbar and nonspecific brains abnormalities. AD model validate distinction between ILETM and NMOSD (p=0.005). Reduction in disability occurred in all patients treated with immunesuppressors at acute stage (p<0.001). Seropositive LETM patients developed lower recurrence rate when compared with hystoric controls. In seronegative LETM patients, relapse rate did not correlate with chronic imunossupression (p=1.0). Conclusion: First-ever LETM presents clinical and paraclinical features distinctive from NMOSD. Thus, clinical pattern, AQP4-IgG negative serologic status and monophasic evolution over three years follow-up, allowed us delineate a spinal cord-restrict clinical entity