Tissue microarray methodology identifies complement pathway activation and dysregulation in progressive multiple sclerosis

Loveless, Sam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5124-4115, Neal, James W., Howell, Owain W., Harding, Katharine E., Sarkies, Patrick, Evans, Rhian, Bevan, Ryan J., Hakobyan, Svetlana, Harris, Claire L., Robertson, Neil P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5409-4909 and Morgan, Bryan Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4075-7676 2018. Tissue microarray methodology identifies complement pathway activation and dysregulation in progressive multiple sclerosis. Brain Pathology 28 (4) , pp. 507-520. 10.1111/bpa.12546

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The complement pathway has potential contributions to both white (WM) and grey matter (GM) pathology in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). A quantitative assessment of complement involvement is lacking. OBJECTIVE: Tissue MicroArray methodology was used in conjunction with immunohistochemistry to investigate the localization of complement pathway proteins in progressive MS cortical GM and subcortical WM. METHODS: Antibodies targeting complement proteins C1q, C3b, regulatory proteins C1 inhibitor (C1INH), complement receptor 1 (CR1), clusterin, factor H (FH) and the C5a anaphylatoxin receptor (C5aR) were utilised alongside standard markers of tissue pathology. All stained slides were digitised for quantitative analysis. RESULTS: Numbers of cells immunolabelled for HLA-DR, GFAP, C5aR, C1q and C3b were increased in WM lesions (WML) and GM lesions (GML) compared to normal appearing WM (NAWM) and GM (NAGM), respectively. The complement regulators C1INH, CR1, FH and clusterin were more abundant in WM lesions, while the number of C1q+ neurons were increased and the number of C1INH+, clusterin+, FH+ and CR1+ neurons decreased in GM lesions. The number of complement component positive cells (C1q, C3b) correlated with complement regulator expression in WM, but there was no statistical association between complement activation and regulator expression in the GM. CONCLUSION: Tissue microarray methodology and quantitative analysis provides evidence of complement dysregulation in MS GML, including an association of the numerical density of C1q+ cells with tissue lesions. Our work confirms that complement activation and dysregulation occur in all cases of progressive MS and suggest that complement may provide potential biomarkers of the disease. T

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	1015-6305
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	13 July 2017
Date of Acceptance:	4 July 2017
Last Modified:	25 Nov 2024 00:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/102389

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