title: Paving the way for adequate myelination: The contribution of galectin-3, transferrin and iron.
abstract: Considering the worldwide incidence of well characterized demyelinating disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and the increasing number of pathologies recently found to involve hypomyelinating factors such as micronutrient deficits, elucidating the molecular basis of central nervous system (CNS) demyelination, remyelination and hypomyelination becomes essential to the development of future neuroregenerative therapies. In this context, this review discusses novel findings on the contribution of galectin-3 (Gal-3), transferrin (Tf) and iron to the processes of myelination and remyelination and their potentially positive regulation of oligodendroglial precursor cell (OPC) differentiation. Studies were conducted in cuprizone (CPZ)-induced demyelination and iron deficiency (ID)-induced hypomyelination, and the participation of glial and neural stem cells (NSC) in the remyelination process was evaluated by means of both in vivo and in vitro assays on primary cell cultures.
authors: Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, IQUIFIB-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Paula G
authors: PG
authors: Franco
authors: Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, IQUIFIB-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Laura A
authors: LA
authors: Pasquini
authors: Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, IQUIFIB-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: María J
authors: MJ
authors: Pérez
authors: Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, IQUIFIB-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: María V
authors: MV
authors: Rosato-Siri
authors: Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, IQUIFIB-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Lucas
authors: L
authors: Silvestroff
authors: Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, IQUIFIB-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: jpasquin@qb.ffyb.uba.ar.
authors: Juana M
authors: JM
authors: Pasquini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003471:Cuprizone / Q000494:pharmacology; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D037502:Galectin 3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014168:Transferrin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D037502:Galectin 3; D014168:Transferrin; D003471:Cuprizone; D007501:Iron
keywords: Demyelination; Galectin-3; Iron; Microglia; Oligodendrocyte; Remyelination; Transferrin