The innate immune cell compartment is highly diverse in the healthy central nervous system (CNS) including parenchymal and non-parenchymal macrophages. However, this complexity is increased in inflammatory settings by the recruitment of circulating myeloid cells. It is unclear which disease-specific myeloid subsets exist and what their transcriptional profiles and dynamics during CNS pathology are. By combining deep single-cell transcriptome analysis, fate mapping, in vivo imaging, clonal analysis, and transgenic lines, we comprehensively characterized unappreciated myeloid subsets in several CNS compartments during neuroinflammation. During inflammation, CNS macrophage subsets undergo self-renewal, and random proliferation shifted towards clonal expansion. Finally, functional studies demonstrated that endogenous CNS tissue macrophages are redundant for antigen presentation. Our results highlight myeloid cell diversity and provide insights into the brain's innate immune system. Overall design: CD45+ cells isolated from different CNS compartments (including leptomeninges, perivascular space and parenchyma, and choroid plexus) and Ly6Chigh and Ly6Clow monocytes from blood were FACS-sorted in 384-well plates and used for scRNAseq. All myeloid cells were sorted from C57BL/6N mice with 8-10 weeks of age at naive stage or at different stages of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (preclinical, onset and peak of the disease). Data are representative of 16-18 mice from three independent experiments. mCEL-Seq2 protocol was used for single cell sequencing (Hashimshony et al. 2016, Herman et al. 2018).
Single-cell profiling identifies myeloid cell subsets with distinct fates during neuroinflammation.
Age, Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesMicroglia are tissue macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS) that control tissue homeostasis, and as such they are crucially important for organ integrity. Microglia dysregulation is thought to be causal for a group of neuropsychiatric, neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory diseases, called microgliopathies. However, how the intracellular stimulation machinery in microglia is controlled is poorly understood. By using expression studies, we identified the ubiquitin-specific protease (Usp) 18 in white matter microglia that essentially contributes to microglial quiescence under homeostatic conditions. We further found that microglial Usp18 negatively regulated the activation of STAT1 and concomitant induction of interferon-induced genes thereby disabling the termination of IFN signalling. Unexpectedly, the Usp18-mediated feedback loop was independent from the catalytic domain of the protease but instead required the interacting region of Ifnar2. Additionally, the absence of Ifnar1 completely rescued microglial activation indicating a tonic IFN signal mediated by receptor interactions under non-diseased conditions. Finally, conditional depletion of Usp18 only in myeloid cells significantly enhanced the disease burden in a mouse model of CNS autoimmunity, increased axonal and myelin damage and determined the spatial distributions of CNS lesions that shared the same STAT1 signature as myeloid cells found in active multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions. These results identify Usp18 as novel negative regulator of microglia activation, demonstrate a protective role of the IFNAR pathway for microglia and establish Usp18 as potential therapeutic target for the treatment of MS.
USP18 lack in microglia causes destructive interferonopathy of the mouse brain.
Specimen part
View SamplesMicroglia are tissue macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS) that control tissue homeostasis, and as such they are crucially important for organ integrity. Microglia dysregulation is thought to be causal for a group of neuropsychiatric, neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory diseases, called microgliopathies. However, how the intracellular stimulation machinery in microglia is controlled is poorly understood. By using expression studies, we identified the ubiquitin-specific protease (Usp) 18 in white matter microglia that essentially contributes to microglial quiescence under homeostatic conditions. We further found that microglial Usp18 negatively regulated the activation of STAT1 and concomitant induction of interferon-induced genes thereby disabling the termination of IFN signalling. Unexpectedly, the Usp18-mediated feedback loop was independent from the catalytic domain of the protease but instead required the interacting region of Ifnar2. Additionally, the absence of Ifnar1 completely rescued microglial activation indicating a tonic IFN signal mediated by receptor interactions under non-diseased conditions. Finally, conditional depletion of Usp18 only in myeloid cells significantly enhanced the disease burden in a mouse model of CNS autoimmunity, increased axonal and myelin damage and determined the spatial distributions of CNS lesions that shared the same STAT1 signature as myeloid cells found in active multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions. These results identify Usp18 as novel negative regulator of microglia activation, demonstrate a protective role of the IFNAR pathway for microglia and establish Usp18 as potential therapeutic target for the treatment of MS.
USP18 lack in microglia causes destructive interferonopathy of the mouse brain.
Specimen part
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USP18 lack in microglia causes destructive interferonopathy of the mouse brain.
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View SamplesThis SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
Brain Endothelial- and Epithelial-Specific Interferon Receptor Chain 1 Drives Virus-Induced Sickness Behavior and Cognitive Impairment.
Sex, Specimen part, Treatment, Time
View SamplesVSV-M2 is recognized by cytosolic RIG-I. Notably, 5'-triphosphate RNA molecules derived from either viral RNA or from the synthetically produced 3pRNA can also induce RIG-I activation. MDA5 stimulation is achieved using complexed poly(I:C), a synthetic analog of viral dsRNA.
Brain Endothelial- and Epithelial-Specific Interferon Receptor Chain 1 Drives Virus-Induced Sickness Behavior and Cognitive Impairment.
Sex, Specimen part, Treatment, Time
View SamplesBrain endothelial cells are an essential part of the blood-brain-barrier (BBB) and, as such, are exposed to proinflammatory mediators as well as danger signals during infections. They might function as decisive cells mediating RNA virus- and IFN-mediated sickness behavior.
Brain Endothelial- and Epithelial-Specific Interferon Receptor Chain 1 Drives Virus-Induced Sickness Behavior and Cognitive Impairment.
Specimen part, Treatment, Time
View SamplesCD14+ monocytes sorted from the synovial fluid or peripheral blood of rheumatoid arthritis patients were analyzed by full transcriptome microarray analysis. Monocytes from healthy control samples (peripheral blood) were also profiled.
MicroRNA-155 contributes to enhanced resistance to apoptosis in monocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage, Subject
View SamplesREtr causes genomic instability in U937 cells. Activated forms of c-KIT, like c-KIT(N822K), rescues the Retr induced genomic instability by increasing the rate of DNA repair by homologous recombination
Activating c-KIT mutations confer oncogenic cooperativity and rescue RUNX1/ETO-induced DNA damage and apoptosis in human primary CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors.
Cell line
View SamplesDiagnostic samples of peripheral blood form acute myeloid leukemia were analysed for gene expression differences
NFATc1 as a therapeutic target in FLT3-ITD-positive AML.
Sex, Specimen part
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