Microglia monitor and protect neuronal function through specialized somatic purinergic junctions

Csaba Cserép; Balázs Pósfai; Nikolett Lénárt; Rebeka Fekete; Zsófia I. László; Zsolt Lele; Barbara Orsolits; Gábor Molnár; Steffanie Heindl; Anett D. Schwarcz; Katinka Ujvári; Zsuzsanna Környei; Krisztina Tóth; Eszter Szabadits; Beáta Sperlágh; Mária Baranyi; László Csiba; Tibor Hortobágyi; Zsófia Maglóczky; Bernadett Martinecz; Gábor Szabó; Ferenc Erdélyi; Róbert Szipocs; Michael M. Tamkun; Benno Gesierich; Marco Duering; István Katona; Arthur Liesz; Gábor Tamás; Ádám Dénes

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Microglia monitor and protect neuronal function through specialized somatic purinergic junctions

Csaba Cserép, Balázs Pósfai, Nikolett Lénárt, Rebeka Fekete, Zsófia I. László, Zsolt Lele, Barbara Orsolits, Gábor Molnár, Steffanie Heindl, Anett D. Schwarcz, Katinka Ujvári, Zsuzsanna Környei, Krisztina Tóth, Eszter Szabadits, Beáta Sperlágh, Mária Baranyi, László Csiba, Tibor Hortobágyi, Zsófia Maglóczky, Bernadett MartineczGábor Szabó, Ferenc Erdélyi, Róbert Szipocs, Michael M. Tamkun, Benno Gesierich, Marco Duering, István Katona, Arthur Liesz, Gábor Tamás, Ádám Dénes

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Microglia are the main immune cells in the brain and have roles in brain homeostasis and neurological diseases. Mechanisms underlying microglia-neuron communication remain elusive. Here, we identified an interaction site between neuronal cell bodies and microglial processes in mouse and human brain. Somatic microglia-neuron junctions have a specialized nanoarchitecture optimized for purinergic signaling. Activity of neuronal mitochondria was linked with microglial junction formation, which was induced rapidly in response to neuronal activation and blocked by inhibition of P2Y12 receptors. Brain injury-induced changes at somatic junctions triggered P2Y12 receptor-dependent microglial neuroprotection, regulating neuronal calcium load and functional connectivity. Thus, microglial processes at these junctions could potentially monitor and protect neuronal functions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	528-537
Number of pages	10
Journal	Science
Volume	367
Issue number	6477
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax6752
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2020

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Cserép, C., Pósfai, B., Lénárt, N., Fekete, R., László, Z. I., Lele, Z., Orsolits, B., Molnár, G., Heindl, S., Schwarcz, A. D., Ujvári, K., Környei, Z., Tóth, K., Szabadits, E., Sperlágh, B., Baranyi, M., Csiba, L., Hortobágyi, T., Maglóczky, Z., ... Dénes, Á. (2020). Microglia monitor and protect neuronal function through specialized somatic purinergic junctions. Science, 367(6477), 528-537. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax6752

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Microglia monitor and protect neuronal function through specialized somatic purinergic junctions

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