Name: magnetic isolation of microglial cells from neonate mouse for primary cell cultures
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Figures were created using BioRender. Research is funded by Inserm, Universit&#233; de Paris, Horizon 2020 (PREMSTEM-874721), Fondation de France, Fondation ARSEP, Fondation pour la Recherche sur le Cerveau, Fondation Grace de Monaco, and an additional grant from Investissement d&#39;Avenir -ANR-11-INBS-0011-NeurATRIS and Investissement d&#39;Avenir -ANR-17-EURE-001-EUR G.E.N.E.

The protocol was approved, and all the animals were handled according to the institutional guidelines of Institut National de la Sante&#769; et de la Recherche Scientifique (Inserm, France). Magnetic isolation of microglia from the brains of 24 OF1 mouse pups (both male and female) at P8, divided into 6-well, 12-well, or 96-well plates, are presented. The experimental work was performed under a hood to maintain sterile conditions.
1. Preparation of sterile solutions for isolation and cel...

The current work presents a primary microglial cell culture using magnetically sorted CD11b+ cells. In addition to the microglial functional evaluation (RT-qPCR and phagocytic assays), microglial culture purity was also determined.
Classical microglia cell cultures are commonly generated from P1 or P2 rodent neonate brain and co-culture with astrocytes for at least 10 days. Microglia are then separated mechanically using an orbital shaker. The method to isolate and culture microglia in vit...

Microglia are the central nervous system resident macrophage-like cells derived from erythropoietic precursors of the yolk sac that migrate to the neuroepithelium during early embryonic development1. Apart from their immunity functions, they also play a significant role during neurodevelopment, particularly for synaptogenesis, neuronal homeostasis, and myelination2. In adulthood, microglia develop long cellular processes to scan the environment continuously. In case of homeostasis ruptures such as brain injury or brain disease, microglia can change their morphological appearance to adopt an amoeboid shape, migrate to the injured area, increase and release many cytoprotective or cytotoxic factors. Microglia have heterogeneous activation states depending on their developmental stage and the type of injury sustained3,4,5. In this study, these activation states are broadly classified into three different phenotypes: pro-inflammatory/phagocytic, anti-inflammatory, and immuno-regulatory, keeping in mind that in reality, the situation is likely to be more complex6.
Studying in vivo microglial activation and screening for neuroprotective strategies at early stages of brain development can be challenging due to (1) the fragility of animals before weaning and (2) the low number of microglial cells. Therefore in vitro studies on microglia are widely used for toxicity7,8,9, neuroprotective strategies5,10,11,12,13,14, and co-cultures15,16,17,18,19,20,21. In vitro studies can use either microglial cell lines, stem-cell-derived microglia, or primary microglia culture. All these approaches have advantages and disadvantages, and the choice depends on the initial biological question. The benefits of using primary microglia cultures are the homogenous genetic background, pathogen-free history, and control of the time when the microglia are stimulated after animal death22.
Over the years, different methods (flow cytometry, shaking, or magnetic labeling) were developed for culturing primary microglia from rodents, both neonate and adult23,24,25,26,27,28,29. In the present work, microglia isolation from mouse neonate pups is performed using previously described magnetic-activated cell sorting technology using microbead-coated anti-mouse CD11b25,27,29. CD11b is an integrin-receptor expressed at the surface of myeloid cells, including microglia. When there is no inflammatory challenge within the brain, almost all CD11b+ cells are microglia30. Compared to other previously published methods23,24,25,26,27,28,29, the present protocol balances immediate ex vivo microglial activation analyses and common in vitro primary microglial culture. Thus, microglia are (1) isolated at postnatal day (P)8 without myelin removal, (2) cultured without serum, and (3) exposed either to siRNA, miRNA, pharmacological compound, and/or inflammatory stimuli only 48 h after brain isolation. Each of these three aspects makes the current protocol relevant and rapid. First of all, the use of pediatric microglia allows obtaining dynamic and reactive viable cells in culture without requiring an additional demyelination step that could potentially modify microglial reactivity in vitro. The present protocol aims to get as close as possible to the physiological environment of microglia. Indeed, microglia never encounter serum, and this protocol does not require the use of serum either. Moreover, exposing microglia as early as 48 h after culture prevents them from losing their physiological faculties.

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magnetic isolation of microglial cells from neonate mouse for primary cell cultures

Microglia, as brain resident macrophages, are fundamental to several functions, including response to environmental stress and brain homeostasis. Microglia can adopt a large spectrum of activation phenotypes. Moreover, microglia that endorse pro-inflammatory phenotype is associated with both neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. In vitro studies are widely used in research to evaluate potential therapeutic strategies in specific cell types. In this context studying microglial activation and neuroinflammation in vitro using primary microglial cultures is more relevant than microglial cell lines or stem-cell-derived microglia. However, the use of some primary cultures might suffer from a lack of reproducibility. This protocol proposes a reproducible and relevant method of magnetically isolating microglia from neonate pups. Microglial activation using several stimuli after 4 h and 24 h by mRNA expression quantification and a Cy3-bead phagocytic assay is demonstrated here. The current work is expected to provide an easily reproducible technique for isolating physiologically relevant microglia from juvenile developmental stages.

Microglia is the CNS resident macrophage that gets activated when exposed to environmental challenges (trauma, toxic molecules, inflammation )4,5,6,34&#160;(Figure 3A). In vitro studies on microglia are commonly used to evaluate cell-autonomous mechanisms related to those environmental challenges and characterize activation state after pharmacological or g...

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Magnetic Isolation of Microglial Cells from Neonate Mouse for Primary Cell Cultures

Primary microglia cultures are commonly used to evaluate new anti-inflammatory molecules. The present protocol describes a reproducible and relevant method to magnetically isolate microglia from neonate pups.

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