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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 30, 期 50, 页码 17091-17101出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4403-10.2010
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- National Institutes of Health-National Institute on Aging [R01 AG027855]
- Ellison Medical Foundation
- Dana Foundation
In Alzheimer's disease ( AD), amyloid-beta (A beta) deposits are frequently surrounded by activated microglia but the precise role of these cells in disease progression remains unclear. The chemokine receptor CX3CR1 is selectively expressed in microglia and is thought to modulate their activity. To study the specific effects of microglia activation on amyloid pathology in vivo, we crossbred mice lacking CX3CR1 with the Alzheimer's mouse model CRND8. Surprisingly, we found that CX3CR1-deficient mice had lower brain levels of A beta 40 and A beta 42 and reduced amyloid deposits. Quantification of A beta within microglia and time-lapse two-photon microscopy in live mice revealed that these cells were highly effective at the uptake of protofibrillar amyloid but were incapable of phagocytosis of fibrillar congophilic A beta. CX3CR1 deletion was associated with increased phagocytic ability, which led to greater amyloid content within microglial phagolysosomes. Furthermore, CX3CR1-deficient mice had an increased number of microglia around individual plaques because of higher proliferative rates, which likely contributed to an overall greater phagocytic capacity. CX3CR1 deletion did not affect the degree of neuronal or synaptic damage around plaques despite increased microglia density. Our results demonstrate that microglia can regulate brain A beta levels and plaque deposition via selective protofibrillar A beta phagocytosis. Modulation of microglia activity and proliferation by CX3CR1 signaling may represent a therapeutic strategy for AD.
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