Histamine and Immune Biomarkers in CNS Disorders

Mediators Inflamm. 2016:2016:1924603. doi: 10.1155/2016/1924603. Epub 2016 Apr 13.

Abstract

Neuroimmune dysregulation is a common phenomenon in different forms of central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Cross-links between central and peripheral immune mechanisms appear to be disrupted as reflected by a series of immune markers (CD3, CD4, CD7, HLA-DR, CD25, CD28, and CD56) which show variability in brain disorders such as anxiety, depression, psychosis, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, migraine, epilepsy, vascular dementia, mental retardation, cerebrovascular encephalopathy, multiple sclerosis, brain tumors, cranial nerve neuropathies, mental retardation, and posttraumatic brain injury. Histamine (HA) is a pleiotropic monoamine involved in several neurophysiological functions, neuroimmune regulation, and CNS pathogenesis. Changes in brain HA show an age- and sex-related pattern, and alterations in brain HA levels are present in different CNS regions of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Brain HA in neuronal and nonneuronal compartments plays a dual role (neurotrophic versus neurotoxic) in a tissue-specific manner. Pathogenic mechanisms associated with neuroimmune dysregulation in AD involve HA, interleukin-1β, and TNF-α, whose aberrant expression contributes to neuroinflammation as an aggravating factor for neurodegeneration and premature neuronal death.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biomarkers / metabolism*
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Brain / pathology
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / metabolism*
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / pathology
  • Female
  • Histamine / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-1beta / metabolism
  • Male
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Interleukin-1beta
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Histamine