Overexpression of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors on reactive astrocytes drives neuropathology of multiple sclerosis rebound after fingolimod discontinuation.
Journal: 2018/June - Multiple Sclerosis
ISSN: 1477-0970
Abstract:
We present the neuropathological description of an autoptic case of fatal rebound of disease activity after fingolimod discontinuation in a multiple sclerosis patient. MRI prior to the fatal outcome showed several large tumefactive demyelinating lesions. These lesions were characterized by prominent astrocytic gliosis, with a remarkable preponderance of large hypertrophic reactive astrocytes showing intense expression of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1. Prominent astrocytic gliosis was also diffusely observed in the normal-appearing white matter. Dysregulated sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling on astrocytes following fingolimod withdrawal might represent a possible contributing mechanism to disease rebound and might account for the unusual radiological and neuropathological features observed in the present case.
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