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text: Little is known about the critical metabolic changes that neural cells have
to undergo during development and how temporary shifts in this program can influence
brain circuitries and behavior. Inspired by the discovery that mutations in SLC7A5,
a transporter of metabolically essential large neutral amino acids (LNAAs), lead
to autism, we employed metabolomic profiling to study the metabolic states of
the cerebral cortex across different developmental stages. We found that the forebrain
undergoes significant metabolic remodeling throughout development, with certain
groups of metabolites showing stage-specific changes, but what are the consequences
of perturbing this metabolic program? By manipulating Slc7a5 expression in neural
cells, we found that the metabolism of LNAAs and lipids are interconnected in
the cortex. Deletion of Slc7a5 in neurons affects the postnatal metabolic state,
leading to a shift in lipid metabolism. Additionally, it causes stage- and cell-type-specific
alterations in neuronal activity patterns, resulting in a long-term circuit dysfunction.
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acknowledgement: We thank A. Freeman and V. Voronin for technical assistance, S. Deixler,
A. Stichelberger, M. Schunn, and the Preclinical Facility for managing our animal
colony. We thank L. Andersen and J. Sonntag, who were involved in generating the
MADM lines. We thank the ISTA LSF Mass Spectrometry Core Facility for assistance
with the proteomic analysis, as well as the ISTA electron microscopy and Imaging
and Optics facility for technical support. Metabolomics LC-MS/MS analysis was performed
by the Metabolomics Facility at Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities (VBCF). We acknowledge
the support of the EMBL Metabolomics Core Facility (MCF) for lipidomics and intracellular
metabolomics mass spectrometry data acquisition and analysis. RNA sequencing was
performed by the Next Generation Sequencing Facility at VBCF. Schematics were generated
using Biorender.com. This work was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF,
DK W1232-B24) and by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
(ERC) grant 725780 (LinPro) to S.H. and 715508 (REVERSEAUTISM) to G.N.
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last_name: Malzl
- first_name: Maria
full_name: Gerykova Bujalkova, Maria
last_name: Gerykova Bujalkova
- first_name: Mateja
full_name: Smogavec, Mateja
last_name: Smogavec
- first_name: Lena A.
full_name: Schwarz, Lena A.
last_name: Schwarz
- first_name: Sarah
full_name: Gorkiewicz, Sarah
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- first_name: Nicole
full_name: Amberg, Nicole
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last_name: Amberg
orcid: 0000-0002-3183-8207
- first_name: Florian
full_name: Pauler, Florian
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last_name: Pauler
orcid: 0000-0002-7462-0048
- first_name: Christian
full_name: Knittl-Frank, Christian
last_name: Knittl-Frank
- first_name: Marianna
full_name: Tassinari, Marianna
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last_name: Tassinari
- first_name: Nuno
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last_name: Maulide
- first_name: Thomas
full_name: Rülicke, Thomas
last_name: Rülicke
- first_name: Jörg
full_name: Menche, Jörg
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- first_name: Simon
full_name: Hippenmeyer, Simon
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- first_name: Gaia
full_name: Novarino, Gaia
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ama: Knaus L, Basilico B, Malzl D, et al. Large neutral amino acid levels tune perinatal
neuronal excitability and survival. Cell. 2023;186(9):1950-1967.e25. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2023.02.037
apa: Knaus, L., Basilico, B., Malzl, D., Gerykova Bujalkova, M., Smogavec, M., Schwarz,
L. A., … Novarino, G. (2023). Large neutral amino acid levels tune perinatal neuronal
excitability and survival. Cell. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.02.037
chicago: Knaus, Lisa, Bernadette Basilico, Daniel Malzl, Maria Gerykova Bujalkova,
Mateja Smogavec, Lena A. Schwarz, Sarah Gorkiewicz, et al. “Large Neutral Amino
Acid Levels Tune Perinatal Neuronal Excitability and Survival.” Cell. Elsevier,
2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.02.037.
ieee: L. Knaus et al., “Large neutral amino acid levels tune perinatal neuronal
excitability and survival,” Cell, vol. 186, no. 9. Elsevier, p. 1950–1967.e25,
2023.
ista: Knaus L, Basilico B, Malzl D, Gerykova Bujalkova M, Smogavec M, Schwarz LA,
Gorkiewicz S, Amberg N, Pauler F, Knittl-Frank C, Tassinari M, Maulide N, Rülicke
T, Menche J, Hippenmeyer S, Novarino G. 2023. Large neutral amino acid levels
tune perinatal neuronal excitability and survival. Cell. 186(9), 1950–1967.e25.
mla: Knaus, Lisa, et al. “Large Neutral Amino Acid Levels Tune Perinatal Neuronal
Excitability and Survival.” Cell, vol. 186, no. 9, Elsevier, 2023, p. 1950–1967.e25,
doi:10.1016/j.cell.2023.02.037.
short: L. Knaus, B. Basilico, D. Malzl, M. Gerykova Bujalkova, M. Smogavec, L.A.
Schwarz, S. Gorkiewicz, N. Amberg, F. Pauler, C. Knittl-Frank, M. Tassinari, N.
Maulide, T. Rülicke, J. Menche, S. Hippenmeyer, G. Novarino, Cell 186 (2023) 1950–1967.e25.
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text: Microglia are dynamic cells, constantly surveying their surroundings and interacting
with neurons and synapses. Indeed, a wealth of knowledge has revealed a critical
role of microglia in modulating synaptic transmission and plasticity in the developing
brain. In the past decade, novel pharmacological and genetic strategies have allowed
the acute removal of microglia, opening the possibility to explore and understand
the role of microglia also in the adult brain. In this review, we summarized and
discussed the contribution of microglia depletion strategies to the current understanding
of the role of microglia on synaptic function, learning and memory, and behavior
both in physiological and pathological conditions. We first described the available
microglia depletion methods highlighting their main strengths and weaknesses.
We then reviewed the impact of microglia depletion on structural and functional
synaptic plasticity. Next, we focused our analysis on the effects of microglia
depletion on behavior, including general locomotor activity, sensory perception,
motor function, sociability, learning and memory both in healthy animals and animal
models of disease. Finally, we integrated the findings from the reviewed studies
and discussed the emerging roles of microglia on the maintenance of synaptic function,
learning, memory strength and forgetfulness, and the implications of microglia
depletion in models of brain disease.
acknowledgement: "The write-up of the review was supported by Sapienza University
of Rome (Fondi di Ateneo, grant numbers #MA32117A7B698029 and #PH12017270934C3C
to SD), Regione Lazio (POR FSE 2014/20, grant number #19036AP000000019 to SD), Fulbright
2019 (grant number\r\n#FSP-P005556 to SD), Institute Pasteur Italia (Fondi Cenci
Bolognetti #363 to DR), and Network of European Funding for Neuroscience Research
(ERA-NET NEURON Transnational\r\nResearch Projects on Neurodevelopmental Disorders
2021, grant acronym #JTC2021-SHANKAstro to DR)."
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- first_name: Bernadette
full_name: Basilico, Bernadette
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last_name: Basilico
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- first_name: Laura
full_name: Ferrucci, Laura
last_name: Ferrucci
- first_name: Azka
full_name: Khan, Azka
last_name: Khan
- first_name: Silvia
full_name: Di Angelantonio, Silvia
last_name: Di Angelantonio
- first_name: Davide
full_name: Ragozzino, Davide
last_name: Ragozzino
- first_name: Ingrid
full_name: Reverte, Ingrid
last_name: Reverte
citation:
ama: Basilico B, Ferrucci L, Khan A, Di Angelantonio S, Ragozzino D, Reverte I.
What microglia depletion approaches tell us about the role of microglia on synaptic
function and behavior. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 2022;16. doi:10.3389/fncel.2022.1022431
apa: Basilico, B., Ferrucci, L., Khan, A., Di Angelantonio, S., Ragozzino, D., &
Reverte, I. (2022). What microglia depletion approaches tell us about the role
of microglia on synaptic function and behavior. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience.
Frontiers Media. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2022.1022431
chicago: Basilico, Bernadette, Laura Ferrucci, Azka Khan, Silvia Di Angelantonio,
Davide Ragozzino, and Ingrid Reverte. “What Microglia Depletion Approaches Tell
Us about the Role of Microglia on Synaptic Function and Behavior.” Frontiers
in Cellular Neuroscience. Frontiers Media, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2022.1022431.
ieee: B. Basilico, L. Ferrucci, A. Khan, S. Di Angelantonio, D. Ragozzino, and I.
Reverte, “What microglia depletion approaches tell us about the role of microglia
on synaptic function and behavior,” Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience,
vol. 16. Frontiers Media, 2022.
ista: Basilico B, Ferrucci L, Khan A, Di Angelantonio S, Ragozzino D, Reverte I.
2022. What microglia depletion approaches tell us about the role of microglia
on synaptic function and behavior. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16, 1022431.
mla: Basilico, Bernadette, et al. “What Microglia Depletion Approaches Tell Us about
the Role of Microglia on Synaptic Function and Behavior.” Frontiers in Cellular
Neuroscience, vol. 16, 1022431, Frontiers Media, 2022, doi:10.3389/fncel.2022.1022431.
short: B. Basilico, L. Ferrucci, A. Khan, S. Di Angelantonio, D. Ragozzino, I. Reverte,
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 16 (2022).
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abstract:
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text: The complexity of the microenvironment effects on cell response, show accumulating
evidence that glioblastoma (GBM) migration and invasiveness are influenced by
the mechanical rigidity of their surroundings. The epithelial–mesenchymal transition
(EMT) is a well-recognized driving force of the invasive behavior of cancer. However,
the primary mechanisms of EMT initiation and progression remain unclear. We have
previously showed that certain substrate stiffness can selectively stimulate human
GBM U251-MG and GL15 glioblastoma cell lines motility. The present study unifies
several known EMT mediators to uncover the reason of the regulation and response
to these stiffnesses. Our results revealed that changing the rigidity of the mechanical
environment tuned the response of both cell lines through change in morphological
features, epithelial-mesenchymal markers (E-, N-Cadherin), EGFR and ROS expressions
in an interrelated manner. Specifically, a stiffer microenvironment induced a
mesenchymal cell shape, a more fragmented morphology, higher intracellular cytosolic
ROS expression and lower mitochondrial ROS. Finally, we observed that cells more
motile showed a more depolarized mitochondrial membrane potential. Unravelling
the process that regulates GBM cells’ infiltrative behavior could provide new
opportunities for identification of new targets and less invasive approaches for
treatment.
acknowledgement: "The research leading to these results has received funding from
AIRC under IG 2021 - ID. 26328 project – P.I. Cortese Barbara and AIRC under MFAG
2015 - ID. 16803 project – “P.I. Cortese Barbara”. The authors are also grateful
to the ”Tecnopolo per la medicina di precisione” (TecnoMed Puglia) - Regione Puglia:
DGR n.2117 del 21/11/2018, CUP: B84I18000540002 and “Tecnopolo di Nanotecnologia
e Fotonica per la medicina di precisione” (TECNOMED) - FISR/MIUR-CNR: delibera CIPE
n.3449 del 7-08-2017, CUP: B83B17000010001.\r\nWe thank Dr. Francesca Pagani for
useful technical support. We thank also Irene Iacuitto, Giovanna Loffredo and Manuela
Marchetti for practical administrative support."
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- first_name: Bernadette
full_name: Basilico, Bernadette
id: 36035796-5ACA-11E9-A75E-7AF2E5697425
last_name: Basilico
orcid: 0000-0003-1843-3173
- first_name: Ilaria Elena
full_name: Palamà, Ilaria Elena
last_name: Palamà
- first_name: Stefania
full_name: D’Amone, Stefania
last_name: D’Amone
- first_name: Clotilde
full_name: Lauro, Clotilde
last_name: Lauro
- first_name: Maria
full_name: Rosito, Maria
last_name: Rosito
- first_name: Maddalena
full_name: Grieco, Maddalena
last_name: Grieco
- first_name: Patrizia
full_name: Ratano, Patrizia
last_name: Ratano
- first_name: Federica
full_name: Cordella, Federica
last_name: Cordella
- first_name: Caterina
full_name: Sanchini, Caterina
last_name: Sanchini
- first_name: Silvia
full_name: Di Angelantonio, Silvia
last_name: Di Angelantonio
- first_name: Davide
full_name: Ragozzino, Davide
last_name: Ragozzino
- first_name: Mariafrancesca
full_name: Cascione, Mariafrancesca
last_name: Cascione
- first_name: Giuseppe
full_name: Gigli, Giuseppe
last_name: Gigli
- first_name: Barbara
full_name: Cortese, Barbara
last_name: Cortese
citation:
ama: Basilico B, Palamà IE, D’Amone S, et al. Substrate stiffness effect on molecular
crosstalk of epithelial-mesenchymal transition mediators of human glioblastoma
cells. Frontiers in Oncology. 2022;12. doi:10.3389/fonc.2022.983507
apa: Basilico, B., Palamà, I. E., D’Amone, S., Lauro, C., Rosito, M., Grieco, M.,
… Cortese, B. (2022). Substrate stiffness effect on molecular crosstalk of epithelial-mesenchymal
transition mediators of human glioblastoma cells. Frontiers in Oncology.
Frontiers Media. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.983507
chicago: Basilico, Bernadette, Ilaria Elena Palamà, Stefania D’Amone, Clotilde Lauro,
Maria Rosito, Maddalena Grieco, Patrizia Ratano, et al. “Substrate Stiffness Effect
on Molecular Crosstalk of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Mediators of Human
Glioblastoma Cells.” Frontiers in Oncology. Frontiers Media, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.983507.
ieee: B. Basilico et al., “Substrate stiffness effect on molecular crosstalk
of epithelial-mesenchymal transition mediators of human glioblastoma cells,” Frontiers
in Oncology, vol. 12. Frontiers Media, 2022.
ista: Basilico B, Palamà IE, D’Amone S, Lauro C, Rosito M, Grieco M, Ratano P, Cordella
F, Sanchini C, Di Angelantonio S, Ragozzino D, Cascione M, Gigli G, Cortese B.
2022. Substrate stiffness effect on molecular crosstalk of epithelial-mesenchymal
transition mediators of human glioblastoma cells. Frontiers in Oncology. 12, 983507.
mla: Basilico, Bernadette, et al. “Substrate Stiffness Effect on Molecular Crosstalk
of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Mediators of Human Glioblastoma Cells.” Frontiers
in Oncology, vol. 12, 983507, Frontiers Media, 2022, doi:10.3389/fonc.2022.983507.
short: B. Basilico, I.E. Palamà, S. D’Amone, C. Lauro, M. Rosito, M. Grieco, P.
Ratano, F. Cordella, C. Sanchini, S. Di Angelantonio, D. Ragozzino, M. Cascione,
G. Gigli, B. Cortese, Frontiers in Oncology 12 (2022).
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text: Microglia cells are active players in regulating synaptic development and
plasticity in the brain. However, how they influence the normal functioning of
synapses is largely unknown. In this study, we characterized the effects of pharmacological
microglia depletion, achieved by administration of PLX5622, on hippocampal CA3-CA1
synapses of adult wild type mice. Following microglial depletion, we observed
a reduction of spontaneous and evoked glutamatergic activity associated with a
decrease of dendritic spine density. We also observed the appearance of immature
synaptic features and higher levels of plasticity. Microglia depleted mice showed
a deficit in the acquisition of the Novel Object Recognition task. These events
were accompanied by hippocampal astrogliosis, although in the absence ofneuroinflammatory
condition. PLX-induced synaptic changes were absent in Cx3cr1−/− mice, highlighting
the role of CX3CL1/CX3CR1 axis in microglia control of synaptic functioning. Remarkably,
microglia repopulation after PLX5622 withdrawal was associated with the recovery
of hippocampal synapses and learning functions. Altogether, these data demonstrate
that microglia contribute to normal synaptic functioning in the adult brain and
that their removal induces reversible changes in organization and activity of
glutamatergic synapses.
acknowledgement: The work was supported by a grant from MIUR (PRIN 2017HPTFFC_003)
to Davide Ragozzino and in part by funds to Silvia Di Angelantonio (CrestOptics-IIT
JointLab for Advanced Microscopy) and Daniele Caprioli (Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione
Cenci Bolognetti). Bernadette Basilico, and Laura Ferrucci were supported by the
PhD program in Clinical-Experimental Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Sapienza University,
Rome; Caterina Sanchini was supported by the PhD program in Life Science, Sapienza
University, Rome and by the Italian Institute of Technology, Rome. The authors thank
Alessandro Felici, Claudia Valeri, Arsenio Armagno, and Senthilkumar Deivasigamani
for help with animal husbandry and transgenic colonies management. They also wish
to thank Piotr Bregestovski and Michal Schwartz for helpful discussions and criticism.
PLX5622 was provided under Materials Transfer Agreement by Plexxikon Inc. (Berkeley,
CA). Open Access Funding provided by Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
within the CRUI-CARE Agreement.
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- first_name: Patrizia
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- first_name: Maria T.
full_name: Golia, Maria T.
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- first_name: Alfonso
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full_name: Sanchini, Caterina
last_name: Sanchini
- first_name: Maria C.
full_name: Marrone, Maria C.
last_name: Marrone
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full_name: Giubettini, Maria
last_name: Giubettini
- first_name: Valeria
full_name: De Turris, Valeria
last_name: De Turris
- first_name: Debora
full_name: Salerno, Debora
last_name: Salerno
- first_name: Stefano
full_name: Garofalo, Stefano
last_name: Garofalo
- first_name: Marie‐Kim
full_name: St‐Pierre, Marie‐Kim
last_name: St‐Pierre
- first_name: Micael
full_name: Carrier, Micael
last_name: Carrier
- first_name: Massimiliano
full_name: Renzi, Massimiliano
last_name: Renzi
- first_name: Francesca
full_name: Pagani, Francesca
last_name: Pagani
- first_name: Brijesh
full_name: Modi, Brijesh
last_name: Modi
- first_name: Marcello
full_name: Raspa, Marcello
last_name: Raspa
- first_name: Ferdinando
full_name: Scavizzi, Ferdinando
last_name: Scavizzi
- first_name: Cornelius T.
full_name: Gross, Cornelius T.
last_name: Gross
- first_name: Silvia
full_name: Marinelli, Silvia
last_name: Marinelli
- first_name: Marie‐Ève
full_name: Tremblay, Marie‐Ève
last_name: Tremblay
- first_name: Daniele
full_name: Caprioli, Daniele
last_name: Caprioli
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Maggi, Laura
last_name: Maggi
- first_name: Cristina
full_name: Limatola, Cristina
last_name: Limatola
- first_name: Silvia
full_name: Di Angelantonio, Silvia
last_name: Di Angelantonio
- first_name: Davide
full_name: Ragozzino, Davide
last_name: Ragozzino
citation:
ama: Basilico B, Ferrucci L, Ratano P, et al. Microglia control glutamatergic synapses
in the adult mouse hippocampus. Glia. 2022;70(1):173-195. doi:10.1002/glia.24101
apa: Basilico, B., Ferrucci, L., Ratano, P., Golia, M. T., Grimaldi, A., Rosito,
M., … Ragozzino, D. (2022). Microglia control glutamatergic synapses in the adult
mouse hippocampus. Glia. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.24101
chicago: Basilico, Bernadette, Laura Ferrucci, Patrizia Ratano, Maria T. Golia,
Alfonso Grimaldi, Maria Rosito, Valentina Ferretti, et al. “Microglia Control
Glutamatergic Synapses in the Adult Mouse Hippocampus.” Glia. Wiley, 2022.
https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.24101.
ieee: B. Basilico et al., “Microglia control glutamatergic synapses in the
adult mouse hippocampus,” Glia, vol. 70, no. 1. Wiley, pp. 173–195, 2022.
ista: Basilico B, Ferrucci L, Ratano P, Golia MT, Grimaldi A, Rosito M, Ferretti
V, Reverte I, Sanchini C, Marrone MC, Giubettini M, De Turris V, Salerno D, Garofalo
S, St‐Pierre M, Carrier M, Renzi M, Pagani F, Modi B, Raspa M, Scavizzi F, Gross
CT, Marinelli S, Tremblay M, Caprioli D, Maggi L, Limatola C, Di Angelantonio
S, Ragozzino D. 2022. Microglia control glutamatergic synapses in the adult mouse
hippocampus. Glia. 70(1), 173–195.
mla: Basilico, Bernadette, et al. “Microglia Control Glutamatergic Synapses in the
Adult Mouse Hippocampus.” Glia, vol. 70, no. 1, Wiley, 2022, pp. 173–95,
doi:10.1002/glia.24101.
short: B. Basilico, L. Ferrucci, P. Ratano, M.T. Golia, A. Grimaldi, M. Rosito,
V. Ferretti, I. Reverte, C. Sanchini, M.C. Marrone, M. Giubettini, V. De Turris,
D. Salerno, S. Garofalo, M. St‐Pierre, M. Carrier, M. Renzi, F. Pagani, B. Modi,
M. Raspa, F. Scavizzi, C.T. Gross, S. Marinelli, M. Tremblay, D. Caprioli, L.
Maggi, C. Limatola, S. Di Angelantonio, D. Ragozzino, Glia 70 (2022) 173–195.
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text: ‘Dysbiosis’ of the adult gut microbiota, in response to challenges such as
infection, altered diet, stress, and antibiotics treatment has been recently linked
to pathological alteration of brain function and behavior. Moreover, gut microbiota
composition constantly controls microglia maturation, as revealed by morphological
observations and gene expression analysis. However, it is unclear whether microglia
functional properties and crosstalk with neurons, known to shape and modulate
synaptic development and function, are influenced by the gut microbiota. Here,
we investigated how antibiotic-mediated alteration of the gut microbiota influences
microglial and neuronal functions in adult mice hippocampus. Hippocampal microglia
from adult mice treated with oral antibiotics exhibited increased microglia density,
altered basal patrolling activity, and impaired process rearrangement in response
to damage. Patch clamp recordings at CA3-CA1 synapses revealed that antibiotics
treatment alters neuronal functions, reducing spontaneous postsynaptic glutamatergic
currents and decreasing synaptic connectivity, without reducing dendritic spines
density. Antibiotics treatment was unable to modulate synaptic function in CX3CR1-deficient
mice, pointing to an involvement of microglia–neuron crosstalk through the CX3CL1/CX3CR1
axis in the effect of dysbiosis on neuronal functions. Together, our findings
show that antibiotic alteration of gut microbiota impairs synaptic efficacy, suggesting
that CX3CL1/CX3CR1 signaling supporting microglia is a major player in in the
gut–brain axis, and in particular in the gut microbiota-to-neuron communication
pathway.
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full_name: Cordella, Federica
last_name: Cordella
- first_name: Caterina
full_name: Sanchini, Caterina
last_name: Sanchini
- first_name: Maria
full_name: Rosito, Maria
last_name: Rosito
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Ferrucci, Laura
last_name: Ferrucci
- first_name: Natalia
full_name: Pediconi, Natalia
last_name: Pediconi
- first_name: Barbara
full_name: Cortese, Barbara
last_name: Cortese
- first_name: Francesca
full_name: Guerrieri, Francesca
last_name: Guerrieri
- first_name: Giuseppe Rubens
full_name: Pascucci, Giuseppe Rubens
last_name: Pascucci
- first_name: Fabrizio
full_name: Antonangeli, Fabrizio
last_name: Antonangeli
- first_name: Giovanna
full_name: Peruzzi, Giovanna
last_name: Peruzzi
- first_name: Maria
full_name: Giubettini, Maria
last_name: Giubettini
- first_name: Bernadette
full_name: Basilico, Bernadette
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last_name: Basilico
orcid: 0000-0003-1843-3173
- first_name: Francesca
full_name: Pagani, Francesca
last_name: Pagani
- first_name: Alfonso
full_name: Grimaldi, Alfonso
last_name: Grimaldi
- first_name: Giuseppina
full_name: D’Alessandro, Giuseppina
last_name: D’Alessandro
- first_name: Cristina
full_name: Limatola, Cristina
last_name: Limatola
- first_name: Davide
full_name: Ragozzino, Davide
last_name: Ragozzino
- first_name: Silvia
full_name: Di Angelantonio, Silvia
last_name: Di Angelantonio
citation:
ama: Cordella F, Sanchini C, Rosito M, et al. Antibiotics treatment modulates microglia–synapses
interaction. Cells. 2021;10(10). doi:10.3390/cells10102648
apa: Cordella, F., Sanchini, C., Rosito, M., Ferrucci, L., Pediconi, N., Cortese,
B., … Di Angelantonio, S. (2021). Antibiotics treatment modulates microglia–synapses
interaction. Cells. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102648
chicago: Cordella, Federica, Caterina Sanchini, Maria Rosito, Laura Ferrucci, Natalia
Pediconi, Barbara Cortese, Francesca Guerrieri, et al. “Antibiotics Treatment
Modulates Microglia–Synapses Interaction.” Cells. MDPI, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102648.
ieee: F. Cordella et al., “Antibiotics treatment modulates microglia–synapses
interaction,” Cells, vol. 10, no. 10. MDPI, 2021.
ista: Cordella F, Sanchini C, Rosito M, Ferrucci L, Pediconi N, Cortese B, Guerrieri
F, Pascucci GR, Antonangeli F, Peruzzi G, Giubettini M, Basilico B, Pagani F,
Grimaldi A, D’Alessandro G, Limatola C, Ragozzino D, Di Angelantonio S. 2021.
Antibiotics treatment modulates microglia–synapses interaction. Cells. 10(10),
2648.
mla: Cordella, Federica, et al. “Antibiotics Treatment Modulates Microglia–Synapses
Interaction.” Cells, vol. 10, no. 10, 2648, MDPI, 2021, doi:10.3390/cells10102648.
short: F. Cordella, C. Sanchini, M. Rosito, L. Ferrucci, N. Pediconi, B. Cortese,
F. Guerrieri, G.R. Pascucci, F. Antonangeli, G. Peruzzi, M. Giubettini, B. Basilico,
F. Pagani, A. Grimaldi, G. D’Alessandro, C. Limatola, D. Ragozzino, S. Di Angelantonio,
Cells 10 (2021).
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text: Chronic psychological stress is one of the most important triggers and environmental
risk factors for neuropsychiatric disorders. Chronic stress can influence all
organs via the secretion of stress hormones, including glucocorticoids by the
adrenal glands, which coordinate the stress response across the body. In the brain,
glucocorticoid receptors (GR) are expressed by various cell types including microglia,
which are its resident immune cells regulating stress-induced inflammatory processes.
To study the roles of microglial GR under normal homeostatic conditions and following
chronic stress, we generated a mouse model in which the GR gene is depleted in
microglia specifically at adulthood to prevent developmental confounds. We first
confirmed that microglia were depleted in GR in our model in males and females
among the cingulate cortex and the hippocampus, both stress-sensitive brain regions.
Then, cohorts of microglial-GR depleted and wild-type (WT) adult female mice were
housed for 3 weeks in a standard or stressful condition, using a chronic unpredictable
mild stress (CUMS) paradigm. CUMS induced stress-related behavior in both microglial-GR
depleted and WT animals as demonstrated by a decrease of both saccharine preference
and progressive ratio breakpoint. Nevertheless, the hippocampal microglial and
neural mechanisms underlying the adaptation to stress occurred differently between
the two genotypes. Upon CUMS exposure, microglial morphology was altered in the
WT controls, without any apparent effect in microglial-GR depleted mice. Furthermore,
in the standard environment condition, GR depleted-microglia showed increased
expression of pro-inflammatory genes, and genes involved in microglial homeostatic
functions (such as Trem2, Cx3cr1 and Mertk). On the contrary, in CUMS condition,
GR depleted-microglia showed reduced expression levels of pro-inflammatory genes
and increased neuroprotective as well as anti-inflammatory genes compared to WT-microglia.
Moreover, in microglial-GR depleted mice, but not in WT mice, CUMS led to a significant
reduction of CA1 long-term potentiation and paired-pulse ratio. Lastly, differences
in adult hippocampal neurogenesis were observed between the genotypes during normal
homeostatic conditions, with microglial-GR deficiency increasing the formation
of newborn neurons in the dentate gyrus subgranular zone independently from stress
exposure. Together, these findings indicate that, although the deletion of microglial
GR did not prevent the animal’s ability to respond to stress, it contributed to
modulating hippocampal functions in both standard and stressful conditions, notably
by shaping the microglial response to chronic stress.
acknowledgement: We acknowledge that Université Laval stands on the traditional and
unceded land of the Huron-Wendat peoples; and that the University of Victoria exists
on the territory of the Lekwungen peoples and that the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEÆ
peoples have relationships to this land. We thank Emmanuel Planel for the access
to the epifluorescence microscope and Julie-Christine Lévesque at the Bioimaging
Platform of CRCHU de Québec-Université Laval for technical assistance. We also thank
the Centre for Advanced Materials and Related Technology for the access to the confocal
microscope with Airyscan. K.P. was supported by a doctoral scholarship from Fonds
de Recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS), an excellence award from Fondation du CHU
de Québec, as well as from Centre Thématique de Recherche en Neurosciences and from
Fondation Famille-Choquette. K.B. was supported by excellence scholarships from
Université Laval and Fondation du CHU de Québec. S.G. is supported by FIRC-AIRC
fellowship for Italy 22329/2018 and by Pilot ARISLA NKINALS 2019. C.W.H. and J.C.S.
were supported by postdoctoral fellowships from FRQS. This study was funded by a
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery grant
(RGPIN-2014-05308) awarded to M.E.T., by ERANET neuron 2017 MicroSynDep to M.E.T.
and I.B., and by the Italian Ministry of Health, grant RF-2018-12367249 to I.B,
by PRIN 2017, AIRC 2019 and Ministero della Salute RF2018 to C.L. M.E.T. is a Tier
II Canada Research Chair in Neurobiology of Aging and Cognition.
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author:
- first_name: Katherine
full_name: Picard, Katherine
last_name: Picard
- first_name: Kanchan
full_name: Bisht, Kanchan
last_name: Bisht
- first_name: Silvia
full_name: Poggini, Silvia
last_name: Poggini
- first_name: Stefano
full_name: Garofalo, Stefano
last_name: Garofalo
- first_name: Maria Teresa
full_name: Golia, Maria Teresa
last_name: Golia
- first_name: Bernadette
full_name: Basilico, Bernadette
id: 36035796-5ACA-11E9-A75E-7AF2E5697425
last_name: Basilico
orcid: 0000-0003-1843-3173
- first_name: Fatima
full_name: Abdallah, Fatima
last_name: Abdallah
- first_name: Naomi
full_name: Ciano Albanese, Naomi
last_name: Ciano Albanese
- first_name: Irmgard
full_name: Amrein, Irmgard
last_name: Amrein
- first_name: Nathalie
full_name: Vernoux, Nathalie
last_name: Vernoux
- first_name: Kaushik
full_name: Sharma, Kaushik
last_name: Sharma
- first_name: Chin Wai
full_name: Hui, Chin Wai
last_name: Hui
- first_name: Julie
full_name: C. Savage, Julie
last_name: C. Savage
- first_name: Cristina
full_name: Limatola, Cristina
last_name: Limatola
- first_name: Davide
full_name: Ragozzino, Davide
last_name: Ragozzino
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Maggi, Laura
last_name: Maggi
- first_name: Igor
full_name: Branchi, Igor
last_name: Branchi
- first_name: Marie Ève
full_name: Tremblay, Marie Ève
last_name: Tremblay
citation:
ama: Picard K, Bisht K, Poggini S, et al. Microglial-glucocorticoid receptor depletion
alters the response of hippocampal microglia and neurons in a chronic unpredictable
mild stress paradigm in female mice. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2021;97:423-439.
doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2021.07.022
apa: Picard, K., Bisht, K., Poggini, S., Garofalo, S., Golia, M. T., Basilico, B.,
… Tremblay, M. È. (2021). Microglial-glucocorticoid receptor depletion alters
the response of hippocampal microglia and neurons in a chronic unpredictable mild
stress paradigm in female mice. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. Elsevier.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2021.07.022
chicago: Picard, Katherine, Kanchan Bisht, Silvia Poggini, Stefano Garofalo, Maria
Teresa Golia, Bernadette Basilico, Fatima Abdallah, et al. “Microglial-Glucocorticoid
Receptor Depletion Alters the Response of Hippocampal Microglia and Neurons in
a Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress Paradigm in Female Mice.” Brain, Behavior,
and Immunity. Elsevier, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2021.07.022.
ieee: K. Picard et al., “Microglial-glucocorticoid receptor depletion alters
the response of hippocampal microglia and neurons in a chronic unpredictable mild
stress paradigm in female mice,” Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, vol. 97.
Elsevier, pp. 423–439, 2021.
ista: Picard K, Bisht K, Poggini S, Garofalo S, Golia MT, Basilico B, Abdallah F,
Ciano Albanese N, Amrein I, Vernoux N, Sharma K, Hui CW, C. Savage J, Limatola
C, Ragozzino D, Maggi L, Branchi I, Tremblay MÈ. 2021. Microglial-glucocorticoid
receptor depletion alters the response of hippocampal microglia and neurons in
a chronic unpredictable mild stress paradigm in female mice. Brain, Behavior,
and Immunity. 97, 423–439.
mla: Picard, Katherine, et al. “Microglial-Glucocorticoid Receptor Depletion Alters
the Response of Hippocampal Microglia and Neurons in a Chronic Unpredictable Mild
Stress Paradigm in Female Mice.” Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, vol. 97,
Elsevier, 2021, pp. 423–39, doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2021.07.022.
short: K. Picard, K. Bisht, S. Poggini, S. Garofalo, M.T. Golia, B. Basilico, F.
Abdallah, N. Ciano Albanese, I. Amrein, N. Vernoux, K. Sharma, C.W. Hui, J. C.
Savage, C. Limatola, D. Ragozzino, L. Maggi, I. Branchi, M.È. Tremblay, Brain,
Behavior, and Immunity 97 (2021) 423–439.
date_created: 2021-08-22T22:01:21Z
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abstract:
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text: De novo loss of function mutations in the ubiquitin ligase-encoding gene Cullin3
lead to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In mouse, constitutive haploinsufficiency
leads to motor coordination deficits as well as ASD-relevant social and cognitive
impairments. However, induction of Cul3 haploinsufficiency later in life does
not lead to ASD-relevant behaviors, pointing to an important role of Cul3 during
a critical developmental window. Here we show that Cul3 is essential to regulate
neuronal migration and, therefore, constitutive Cul3 heterozygous mutant mice
display cortical lamination abnormalities. At the molecular level, we found that
Cul3 controls neuronal migration by tightly regulating the amount of Plastin3
(Pls3), a previously unrecognized player of neural migration. Furthermore, we
found that Pls3 cell-autonomously regulates cell migration by regulating actin
cytoskeleton organization, and its levels are inversely proportional to neural
migration speed. Finally, we provide evidence that cellular phenotypes associated
with autism-linked gene haploinsufficiency can be rescued by transcriptional activation
of the intact allele in vitro, offering a proof of concept for a potential therapeutic
approach for ASDs.
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acknowledgement: We thank A. Coll Manzano, F. Freeman, M. Ladron de Guevara, and A.
Ç. Yahya for technical assistance, S. Deixler, A. Lepold, and A. Schlerka for the
management of our animal colony, as well as M. Schunn and the Preclinical Facility
team for technical assistance. We thank K. Heesom and her team at the University
of Bristol Proteomics Facility for the proteomics sample preparation, data generation,
and analysis support. We thank Y. B. Simon for kindly providing the plasmid for
lentiviral labeling. Further, we thank M. Sixt for his advice regarding cell migration
and the fruitful discussions. This work was supported by the ISTPlus postdoctoral
fellowship (Grant Agreement No. 754411) to B.B., by the European Union’s Horizon
2020 research and innovation program (ERC) grant 715508 (REVERSEAUTISM), and by
the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) to G.N. (DK W1232-B24 and SFB F7807-B) and to J.G.D
(I3600-B27).
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Nature Communications. 2021;12(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23123-x
apa: Morandell, J., Schwarz, L. A., Basilico, B., Tasciyan, S., Dimchev, G. A.,
Nicolas, A., … Novarino, G. (2021). Cul3 regulates cytoskeleton protein homeostasis
and cell migration during a critical window of brain development. Nature Communications.
Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23123-x
chicago: Morandell, Jasmin, Lena A Schwarz, Bernadette Basilico, Saren Tasciyan,
Georgi A Dimchev, Armel Nicolas, Christoph M Sommer, et al. “Cul3 Regulates Cytoskeleton
Protein Homeostasis and Cell Migration during a Critical Window of Brain Development.”
Nature Communications. Springer Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23123-x.
ieee: J. Morandell et al., “Cul3 regulates cytoskeleton protein homeostasis
and cell migration during a critical window of brain development,” Nature Communications,
vol. 12, no. 1. Springer Nature, 2021.
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CM, Kreuzinger C, Dotter C, Knaus L, Dobler Z, Cacci E, Schur FK, Danzl JG, Novarino
G. 2021. Cul3 regulates cytoskeleton protein homeostasis and cell migration during
a critical window of brain development. Nature Communications. 12(1), 3058.
mla: Morandell, Jasmin, et al. “Cul3 Regulates Cytoskeleton Protein Homeostasis
and Cell Migration during a Critical Window of Brain Development.” Nature Communications,
vol. 12, no. 1, 3058, Springer Nature, 2021, doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23123-x.
short: J. Morandell, L.A. Schwarz, B. Basilico, S. Tasciyan, G.A. Dimchev, A. Nicolas,
C.M. Sommer, C. Kreuzinger, C. Dotter, L. Knaus, Z. Dobler, E. Cacci, F.K. Schur,
J.G. Danzl, G. Novarino, Nature Communications 12 (2021).
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text: De novo loss of function mutations in the ubiquitin ligase-encoding gene Cullin3
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Cul3 haploinsufficient mice exhibit deficits in motor coordination as well as
ASD-relevant social and cognitive impairments. Cul3 mutant brain displays cortical
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adhesion protein abundance in mouse embryos. Abnormal regulation of cytoskeletal
proteins in Cul3 mutant neuronal cells results in atypical organization of the
actin mesh at the cell leading edge, likely causing the observed migration deficits.
In contrast to these important functions early in development, Cul3 deficiency
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in adult mice does not result in the behavioral defects observed in constitutive
Cul3 haploinsufficient animals. Taken together, our data indicate that Cul3 has
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and that ASD-associated defects and behavioral abnormalities are primarily due
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C. M., … Novarino, G. (n.d.). Cul3 regulates cytoskeleton protein homeostasis
and cell migration during a critical window of brain development. bioRxiv.
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chicago: Morandell, Jasmin, Lena A Schwarz, Bernadette Basilico, Saren Tasciyan,
Armel Nicolas, Christoph M Sommer, Caroline Kreuzinger, et al. “Cul3 Regulates
Cytoskeleton Protein Homeostasis and Cell Migration during a Critical Window of
Brain Development.” BioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, n.d. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.10.902064 .
ieee: J. Morandell et al., “Cul3 regulates cytoskeleton protein homeostasis
and cell migration during a critical window of brain development,” bioRxiv.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
ista: Morandell J, Schwarz LA, Basilico B, Tasciyan S, Nicolas A, Sommer CM, Kreuzinger
C, Knaus L, Dobler Z, Cacci E, Danzl JG, Novarino G. Cul3 regulates cytoskeleton
protein homeostasis and cell migration during a critical window of brain development.
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and Cell Migration during a Critical Window of Brain Development.” BioRxiv,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, doi:10.1101/2020.01.10.902064 .
short: J. Morandell, L.A. Schwarz, B. Basilico, S. Tasciyan, A. Nicolas, C.M. Sommer,
C. Kreuzinger, L. Knaus, Z. Dobler, E. Cacci, J.G. Danzl, G. Novarino, BioRxiv
(n.d.).
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text: The possibility to generate construct valid animal models enabled the development
and testing of therapeutic strategies targeting the core features of autism spectrum
disorders (ASDs). At the same time, these studies highlighted the necessity of
identifying sensitive developmental time windows for successful therapeutic interventions.
Animal and human studies also uncovered the possibility to stratify the variety
of ASDs in molecularly distinct subgroups, potentially facilitating effective
treatment design. Here, we focus on the molecular pathways emerging as commonly
affected by mutations in diverse ASD-risk genes, on their role during critical
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chicago: Basilico, Bernadette, Jasmin Morandell, and Gaia Novarino. “Molecular Mechanisms
for Targeted ASD Treatments.” Current Opinion in Genetics and Development.
Elsevier, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2020.06.004.
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