Acquisition of murine splenic myeloid cells for protein and gene expression profiling by advanced flow cytometry and CITE-seq

Rødahl, Inga; Gotley, James; Andersen, Stacey; Yu, Meihua; Mehdi, Ahmed M.; Christ, Angelika N.; Hamilton‐Williams, Emma E.; Frazer, Ian H.; Lukowski, Samuel W.; Chandra, Janin

doi:10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100842

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Microglia Gravitate toward Amyloid Plaques Surrounded by Externalized Phosphatidylserine via TREM2

Park,

Han,

Lee

et al. 2024

Advanced Science

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Microglia play a crucial role in synaptic elimination by engulfing dystrophic neurons via triggering receptors expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2). They are also involved in the clearance of beta‐amyloid (Aβ) plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD); nonetheless, the driving force behind TREM2‐mediated phagocytosis of beta‐amyloid (Aβ) plaques remains unknown. Here, using advanced 2D/3D/4D co‐culture systems with loss‐of‐function mutations in TREM2 (a frameshift mutation engineered in exon 2) brain organoids/microglia/assembloids, it is identified that the clearance of Aβ via TREM2 is accelerated by externalized phosphatidylserine (ePtdSer) generated from dystrophic neurons surrounding the Aβ plaques. Moreover, it is investigated whether microglia from both sporadic (CRISPR‐Cas9‐based APOE4 lines) and familial (APPNL‐G‐F/MAPT double knock‐in mice) AD models show reduced levels of TREM2 and lack of phagocytic activity toward ePtdSer‐positive Aβ plaques. Herein new insight is provided into TREM2‐dependent microglial phagocytosis of Aβ plaques in the context of the presence of ePtdSer during AD progression.

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