期刊
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE
卷 16, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2022.939830
关键词
Alzheimer's disease; microglia; mitochondrial dysfunction; iron accumulation; sex-related differences
资金
- Science Foundation Ireland [15/iA/3052]
- Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) [15/IA/3052] Funding Source: Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
Sexual dimorphism in microglial cells may contribute to the severity and incidence of Alzheimer's disease, as demonstrated by differences in morphology and function between male and female AD patients.
Many studies implicate microglia in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) but precisely how these cells make their impact has not been determined to date. One contributory factor is likely to be the enhanced production of inflammatory mediators and it is now known that microglia with this secretory phenotype exhibit other adaptations including in their morphology, function, and metabolism. AD, like many neurological disorders, demonstrates a sex bias and recent evidence indicates that the sexual dimorphism in microglial function, which has been recognized for many years in early development, persists into adulthood and aging. Here, we demonstrate sex-related differences in microglia from post mortem tissue of male and female AD patients and a marked increase in the number of dystrophic and rod-shaped microglia in tissue from female AD patients compared with males. Furthermore, there was an increase in iron-laden microglia in tissue from female AD patients and this has been reported to reflect mitochondrial changes. To address this further, we assessed changes in microglia from male and female APP/PS1 mice and demonstrate that iron accumulation in microglia is increased to a greater extent in tissue prepared from females compared with males. This was associated with altered expression of genes coding for proteins that modulate mitochondrial function. The findings suggest that sex-related differences in the severity and perhaps incidence of AD may, at least in part, arise from sexual dimorphism in microglia.
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