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FASEB JOURNAL
Volume 22, Issue 12, Pages 4136-4145Publisher
FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL
DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-101907
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chemokines; neuroimmunology; vesicles; microglia; neuronal injury; neuron-glia communication
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Neurons are highly polarized cells, and neuron-neuron communication is based on directed transport and release of neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and neurotrophins. Directed communication may also be attributed to neuron-microglia signaling, since neuronal damage can induce a microglia reaction at specific sites only. However, the mechanism underlying this site-specific microglia reaction is not yet understood. Neuronal CCL21 is a microglia-activating chemokine, which in brain is solely found in endangered neurons and is therefore a candidate for neuron-microglia signaling. Here we present that neuronal CCL21 is sorted into large dense-core vesicles, the secretory granules of the regulated release pathway of neurons. Live-cell imaging studies show preferential sorting of CCL21-containing vesicles into axons, indicating its directed transport. Thus, mouse neurons express and transport a microglia activating factor very similar to signaling molecules used in neuron-neuron communication. These data show for the first time the directed transport of a microglia activating factor in neurons and corroborate the function of neuronal CCL21 in directed neuron-microglia communication.
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