Neuroinflammatory and Amyloidogenic Activities of IL-32β in Alzheimer's Disease

Mol Neurobiol. 2015 Aug;52(1):341-52. doi: 10.1007/s12035-014-8860-0. Epub 2014 Aug 27.

Abstract

Interleukin (IL)-32β can act as either pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory cytokines with being dependent on the status of disease development. Herein, we investigated whether IL-32β overexpression changes cytokine levels and affects amyloid-beta (Aβ)-induced pro-inflammation in the brain. IL-32β transgenic (Tg) mice and non-Tg mice were intracerebroventricularly infused with Aβ1-42 once a day for 14 days, and then cognitive function was assessed by the Morris water maze test and passive avoidance test. Our data showed that IL-32β Tg mice increased memory impairment, glia activation, amyloidogenesis, and neuroinflammation. The expression of glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP), Iba1, and β-secretase 1 (BACE1) in the cortex and hippocampus was much higher in the Aβ1-42-infused IL-32β Tg mice brain. The activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) was much higher in Aβ1-42-infused IL-32β Tg mice brain. We also found that cytokines including IP-10, GM-CSF, JE, IL-13, and interferone-inducible T cell α chemoattractant (I-TAC) were elevated in Aβ1-42-infused IL-32β Tg mice brain. These results suggest that IL-32β could activate NF-κB and STAT3, and thus affect neuroinflammation as well as amyloidogenesis, leading to worsening memory impairment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease / complications
  • Alzheimer Disease / pathology*
  • Amyloid / metabolism*
  • Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases / metabolism
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis
  • Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / metabolism
  • Astrocytes / metabolism
  • Astrocytes / pathology
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cyclooxygenase 2 / metabolism
  • DNA / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / pathology*
  • Interleukins / metabolism*
  • Memory Disorders / complications
  • Memory Disorders / pathology
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Microglia / metabolism
  • Microglia / pathology
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II / metabolism
  • Protein Binding
  • Rats
  • Transcription Factor RelA / metabolism

Substances

  • Amyloid
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides
  • IL32 protein, human
  • Interleukins
  • Transcription Factor RelA
  • DNA
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
  • Ptgs2 protein, mouse
  • Cyclooxygenase 2
  • Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases
  • Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases
  • Bace1 protein, mouse