期刊
JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS
卷 -, 期 124, 页码 -出版社
JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS
DOI: 10.3791/55781
关键词
Immunology; Issue 124; Microglia; macrophages; brain infiltrate; central nervous system; flow cytometry; density gradient; mouse model
资金
- Agence Nationale pour la Recherche [ANR-12-MALZ-0003-02-P2X7RAD]
- Association France Alzheimer
- Bpifrance
- Inserm
- CNRS
- Universite Pierre et Marie-Curie
- program Investissements d'avenir [ANR-10-IAIHU-06]
Numerous studies have demonstrated the role of immune cells, in particular macrophages, in central nervous system (CNS) pathologies. There are two main macrophage populations in the CNS: (i) the microglia, which are the resident macrophages of the CNS and are derived from yolk sac progenitors during embryogenesis, and (ii) the monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM), which can infiltrate the CNS during disease and are derived from bone marrow progenitors. The roles of each macrophage subpopulation differ depending on the pathology being studied. Furthermore, there is no consensus on the histological markers or the distinguishing criteria used for these macrophage subpopulations. However, the analysis of the expression profiles of the CD11b and CD45 markers by flow cytometry allows us to distinguish the microglia (CD11b(+) CD45(med)) from the MDM (CD11b(+) CD45(high)). In this protocol, we show that the density gradient centrifugation and the flow cytometry analysis can be used to characterize these CNS macrophage subpopulations, and to study several markers of interest expressed by these cells as we recently published. Thus, this technique can further our understanding of the role of macrophages in mouse models of neurological diseases and can also be used to evaluate drug effects on these cells.
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