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2018 ; 13
(4
): e0196153
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Phagocytic response of astrocytes to damaged neighboring cells
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Wakida NM
; Cruz GMS
; Ro CC
; Moncada EG
; Khatibzadeh N
; Flanagan LA
; Berns MW
PLoS One
2018[]; 13
(4
): e0196153
PMID29708987
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This study aims to understand the phagocytic response of astrocytes to the injury
of neurons or other astrocytes at the single cell level. Laser nanosurgery was
used to damage individual cells in both primary mouse cortical astrocytes and an
established astrocyte cell line. In both cases, the release of
material/substances from laser-irradiated astrocytes or neurons induced a
phagocytic response in near-by astrocytes. Propidium iodide stained DNA
originating from irradiated cells was visible in vesicles of neighboring cells,
confirming phagocytosis of material from damaged cortical cells. In the presence
of an intracellular pH indicator dye, newly formed vesicles correspond to acidic
pH fluorescence, thus suggesting lysosome bound degradation of cellular debris.
Cells with shared membrane connections prior to laser damage had a significantly
higher frequency of induced phagocytosis compared to isolated cells with no
shared membrane. The increase in phagocytic response of cells with a shared
membrane occurred regardless of the extent of shared membrane (a thin filopodial
connection vs. a cell cluster with significant shared membrane). In addition to
the presence (or lack) of a membrane connection, variation in phagocytic ability
was also observed with differences in injury location within the cell and
distance separating isolated astrocytes. These results demonstrate the ability of
an astrocyte to respond to the damage of a single cell, be it another astrocyte,
or a neuron. This single-cell level of analysis results in a better understanding
of the role of astrocytes to maintain homeostasis in the CNS, particularly in the
sensing and removal of debris in damaged or pathologic nervous tissue.