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The Journal of Neuroscience, October 1, 2002, 22(19):8574-8585

Absence of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Promotes Oligodendroglial Repopulation of Demyelinated White Matter

Regina C. Armstrong^{1, 2}, Tuan Q. Le¹, Emma E. Frost¹, Rosemary C. Borke^{1, 2}, and Adam C. Vana^{1, 2}

¹ Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics and ² Neuroscience Program at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799

This study takes advantage of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) knock-out mice to determine the contribution of FGF2 to the regeneration of oligodendrocytes in the adult CNS. The role of FGF2 during spontaneous remyelination was examined using two complementary mouse models of experimental demyelination. The murine hepatitis virus strain A59 (MHV-A59) model produces focal areas of spinal cord demyelination with inflammation. The cuprizone neurotoxicant model causes extensive corpus callosum demyelination without a lymphocytic cell response. In both models, FGF2 expression is upregulated in areas of demyelination in wild-type mice. Surprisingly, in both models, oligodendrocyte repopulation of demyelinated white matter was significantly increased in FGF2 / mice compared with wild-type mice and even surpassed the oligodendrocyte density of nonlesioned mice. This dramatic result indicated that the absence of FGF2 promoted oligodendrocyte regeneration, possibly by enhancing oligodendrocyte progenitor proliferation and/or differentiation. FGF2 / and +/+ mice had similar oligodendrocyte progenitor densities in normal adult CNS, as well as similar progenitor proliferation and accumulation during demyelination. To directly analyze progenitor differentiation, glial cultures from spinal cords of wild-type mice undergoing remyelination after MHV-A59 demyelination were treated for 3 d with either exogenous FGF2 or an FGF2 neutralizing antibody. Elevating FGF2 favored progenitor proliferation, whereas attenuating endogenous FGF2 activity promoted the differentiation of progenitors into oligodendrocytes. These in vitro results are consistent with enhanced progenitor differentiation in FGF2 / mice. These studies demonstrate that the FGF2 genotype regulates oligodendrocyte regeneration and that FGF2 appears to inhibit oligodendrocyte lineage differentiation during remyelination.

Key words: FGF2; oligodendrocyte; glia; remyelination; cuprizone; demyelinating disease

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