P2Y12 receptor‐mediated integrin‐β1 activation regulates microglial process extension induced by ATP
- 20 January 2010
- Vol. 58 (7), 790-801
- https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.20963
Abstract
Microglia are the primary immune surveillance cells in the brain, and when activated they play critical roles in inflammatory reactions and tissue repair in the damaged brain. Microglia rapidly extend their processes toward the damaged areas in response to stimulation of the metabotropic ATP receptor P2Y12 by ATP released from damaged tissue. This chemotactic response is a highly important step that enables microglia to function properly at normal and pathological sites in the brain. To investigate the molecular pathways that underlie microglial process extension, we developed a novel method of modeling microglial process extension that uses transwell chambers in which the insert membrane is coated with collagen gel. In this study, we showed that ATP increased microglial adhesion to collagen gel, and that the ATP-induced process extension and increase in microglial adhesion were inhibited by integrin blocking peptides, RGD, and a functional blocking antibody against integrin-β1. An immunoprecipitation analysis with an antibody against the active form of integrin-β1 showed that P2Y12 mediated the integrin-β1 activation by ATP. In addition, time-lapse imaging of EGFP-labeled microglia in mice hippocampal slices showed that RGD inhibited the directional process extension toward the nucleotide source, and immunohistochemical staining showed that integrin-β1 accumulated in the tips of the microglial processes in rat hippocampal slices stimulated with ADP. These findings indicate that ATP induces the integrin-β1 activation in microglia through P2Y12 and suggest that the integrin-β1 activation is involved in the directional process extension by microglia in brain tissue.Keywords
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