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Long-lasting post-mortem activity of spinal microglia in situ in mice.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20623536     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
As CNS macrophages, microglia show a high spontaneous motility of their processes, continuously surveying their microenvironment. Upon CNS injury, microglia react by immediate cellular polarization and process extension toward the lesion site as well as by subsequent amoeboid lesion-directed migration and phagocytosis. To determine the ability of microglia to fulfill their role within distinctively lesioned tissue in the absence of life support, we investigated microglial activity and responsiveness to laser-induced axonal injuries in the spinal dorsal columns in situ after cardiac and respiratory arrest, i.e., post-mortem, in the progressively degrading nervous tissue. For this purpose, we used time-lapse two-photon laser scanning microscopy in double transgenic mice expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein in microglia and enhanced yellow fluorescent protein in projection neurons. Depending on the premortal condition of the animal, microglial activity and responsiveness remain for up to5-10 hr post-mortem. Thereby, the continuously decreasing glial reaction is independent of oxygen and glucose supply but requires residual ATP, suggesting a parasitic form of energy, such as a transmembrane uptake of ATP released from injured nervous tissue. Even though initially microglia are able to detect axonal injury after disruption of the blood supply, the later aspects of glial reaction, for example amoeboid conversion and migration, are absent post- mortem, corresponding to the failure of microglia to prevent secondary damage after injury of nervous tissue.
Authors:
Payam Dibaj; Heinz Steffens; Fabien Nadrigny; Clemens Neusch; Frank Kirchhoff; Eike D Schomburg
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of neuroscience research     Volume:  88     ISSN:  1097-4547     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Neurosci. Res.     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-13     Completed Date:  2010-10-20     Revised Date:  2011-04-28    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7600111     Medline TA:  J Neurosci Res     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2431-40     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
(c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Georg August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism
Animals
Glucose / metabolism
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Luminescent Proteins / metabolism
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Transgenic
Microglia / physiology*,  ultrastructure
Microscopy, Confocal
Oxygen Consumption / physiology
Postmortem Changes*
Spinal Cord / cytology*,  physiology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Luminescent Proteins; 50-99-7/Glucose; 56-65-5/Adenosine Triphosphate

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