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Sensory lesioning induces microglial synapse elimination via ADAM10 and fractalkine signaling
Student Authors
Georgia GunnerErica Mondo
Academic Program
NeuroscienceUMass Chan Affiliations
Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesSchafer Lab
Tapper Lab
Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute
Neurobiology
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2019-07-01Keywords
Cellular neuroscienceGlial biology
Molecular neuroscience
Neural circuits
Neuroscience
Immunopathology
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Nervous System
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Microglia rapidly respond to changes in neural activity and inflammation to regulate synaptic connectivity. The extracellular signals, particularly neuron-derived molecules, that drive these microglial functions at synapses remain a key open question. Here we show that whisker lesioning, known to dampen cortical activity, induces microglia-mediated synapse elimination. This synapse elimination is dependent on signaling by CX3CR1, the receptor for microglial fractalkine (also known as CXCL1), but not complement receptor 3. Furthermore, mice deficient in CX3CL1 have profound defects in synapse elimination. Single-cell RNA sequencing revealed that Cx3cl1 is derived from cortical neurons, and ADAM10, a metalloprotease that cleaves CX3CL1 into a secreted form, is upregulated specifically in layer IV neurons and in microglia following whisker lesioning. Finally, inhibition of ADAM10 phenocopies Cx3cr1(-/-) and Cx3cl1(-/-) synapse elimination defects. Together, these results identify neuron-to-microglia signaling necessary for cortical synaptic remodeling and reveal that context-dependent immune mechanisms are utilized to remodel synapses in the mammalian brain.Source
Nat Neurosci. 2019 Jul;22(7):1075-1088. doi: 10.1038/s41593-019-0419-y. Epub 2019 Jun 17. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.1038/s41593-019-0419-yPermanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/37972PubMed ID
31209379Notes
Full author list omitted for brevity. For the full list of authors, see article.
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