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Mc Guire, C.* ; Elton, L.* ; Wieghofer, P.* ; Staal, J.* ; Voet, S.* ; Demeyer, A.* ; Nagel, D. ; Krappmann, D. ; Prinz, M.* ; Beyaert, R.* ; van Loo, G.*

Pharmacological inhibition of MALT1 protease activity protects mice in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis.

J. Neuroinflamm. 11:124 (2014)
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BACKGROUND: The paracaspase mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation protein 1 (MALT1) is crucial for lymphocyte activation through signaling to the transcription factor NF-κB. Besides functioning as a scaffold signaling protein, MALT1 also acts as a cysteine protease that specifically cleaves a number of substrates and contributes to specific T cell receptor-induced gene expression. Recently, small molecule inhibitors of MALT1 proteolytic activity were identified and shown to have promising anticancer properties in subtypes of B cell lymphoma. However, information on the therapeutic potential of small compound inhibitors that target MALT1 protease activity in autoimmunity is still lacking. METHODS: The present study aimed to elucidate whether MALT1 protease inhibitors are also useful in the treatment of lymphocyte-mediated autoimmune pathologies such as multiple sclerosis (MS). For this, we studied the therapeutic potential of a recently identified inhibitor of MALT1 protease activity, the phenothiazine derivative mepazine, in the context of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), the main animal model for MS. RESULTS: We demonstrate that administration of mepazine prophylactically or after disease onset, can attenuate EAE. Importantly, while complete absence of MALT1 affects the differentiation of regulatory T (Treg) cells in vivo, the MALT1 protease inhibitor mepazine did not affect Treg development. CONCLUSIONS: Altogether, these data indicate that small molecule inhibitors of MALT1 not only hold great promise for the treatment of B cell lymphomas but also for autoimmune disorders such as MS.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter Multiple Sclerosis ; Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis ; Malt1 ; Mepazine ; Demyelination; Nf-kappa-b; Autoimmune-mediated Demyelination; Paracaspase Malt1; Abc-dlbcl; Activation; Cleavage; Lymphoma; Immune; A20
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2014
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2014
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1742-2094
e-ISSN 1742-2094
Quellenangaben Band: 11, Heft: 1, Seiten: , Artikelnummer: 124 Supplement: ,
Verlag BioMed Central
Verlagsort London
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Research Unit Signaling and Translation (SAT)
POF Topic(s) 30203 - Molecular Targets and Therapies
Forschungsfeld(er) Enabling and Novel Technologies
PSP-Element(e) G-509800-002
PubMed ID 25043939
Scopus ID 84904446672
Erfassungsdatum 2014-07-30