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Single-cell transcriptome analyses reveal microglia types associated with proliferative retinopathy

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JCI INSIGHT
卷 7, 期 23, 页码 -

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AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC
DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.160940

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [81870324]
  2. NIH [R01HL134934, R01EY030500, R01EY033369-01, R01EY033737-01, R01EY011766, R01CA264983-01]
  3. VA Merit Review grant [BX002035]
  4. NEI Center Core grant for vision research (P30)

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Pathological angiogenesis leading to irreversible blindness is closely related to the abnormal retinal angiogenesis caused by microglia cells within neovascular areas. The study explores the heterogeneity of microglia associated with neovascularization and characterizes the transcriptional profiles and metabolic pathways of proangiogenic microglia in the mouse model of oxygen-induced proliferative retinopathy (PR). Several unique types of microglia associated with PR were identified and found to potentially promote retinal angiogenesis, which may have implications for the future treatment of PR and other pathological ocular angiogenesis-related diseases.
Pathological angiogenesis is a major cause of irreversible blindness in individuals of all age groups with proliferative retinopathy (PR). Mononuclear phagocytes (MPs) within neovascular areas contribute to aberrant retinal angiogenesis. Due to their cellular heterogeneity, defining the roles of MP subsets in PR onset and progression has been challenging. Here, we aimed to investigate the heterogeneity of microglia associated with neovascularization and to characterize the transcriptional profiles and metabolic pathways of proangiogenic microglia in a mouse model of oxygen-induced PR (OIR). Using transcriptional single-cell sorting, we comprehensively mapped all microglia populations in retinas of room air (RA) and OIR mice. We have unveiled several unique types of PR-associated microglia (PRAM) and identified markers, signaling pathways, and regulons associated with these cells. Among these microglia subpopulations, we found a highly proliferative microglia subset with high self-renewal capacity and a hypermetabolic microglia subset that expresses high levels of activating microglia markers, glycolytic enzymes, and proangiogenic Igf1. IHC staining shows that these PRAM were spatially located within or around neovascular tufts. These unique types of microglia have the potential to promote retinal angiogenesis, which may have important implications for future treatment of PR and other pathological ocular angiogenesis- related diseases.

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