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Characterization of Immune Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicles and Studying Functional Impact on Cell Environment

The neuroinflammatory state of the central nervous system (CNS) plays a key role in physiological and pathological conditions. Microglia, the resident ...

Univ. Lille, INSERM

In healthy or pathological brains, the neuroinflammatory state is supported by a strong communication involving microglia and neurons. Recent studies indicate that extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes and microvesicles, play a key role in the physiological interactions between cells allowing central nervous system (CNS) development and/or integrity. The present report used medicinal leech CNS to investigate microglia/neuron crosstalk from ex vivo approaches as well as primary cultures. The results demonstrated a large production of exosomes from microglia. Their incubation to primary neuronal cultures showed a strong interaction with neurites. In addition, neurite outgrowth assays demonstrated microglia exosomes to exhibit significant neurotrophic activities using at least a Transforming Growth Factor beta (TGF-β) family member, called nGDF (nervous Growth/Differentiation Factor). Of interest, the results also showed an EV-mediated dialog between leech microglia and rat cells highlighting this communication to be more a matter of molecules than of species. Taken together, the present report brings a new insight into the microglia/neuron crosstalk in CNS and would help deciphering the molecular evolution of such a cell communication in brain.

Quentin Lemaire

U1192-Laboratoire Protéomique,
Réponse Inflammatoire et Spectrométrie de Masse (PRISM),
U1192-Laboratoire Protéomique, Réponse Inflammatoire et Spectrométrie de Masse (PRISM)

Univ. Lille, INSERM

Characterization of Immune Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicles and Studying Functional Impact on Cell Environment

Quentin Lemaire

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Univ. Lille, INSERM

Characterization of Immune Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicles and Studying Functional Impact on Cell Environment

U1192-Laboratoire Protéomique,
Réponse Inflammatoire et Spectrométrie de Masse (PRISM),
U1192-Laboratoire Protéomique, Réponse Inflammatoire et Spectrométrie de Masse (PRISM)