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Eriko Furube1, Shintaro Kawai1, Haruna Inagaki1
1Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan.
Abstract:
Numerous studies have reported the importance of microglial activation in various pathological conditions, whereas little attention has been given to the point for dynamics of microglial population under infection-induced inflammation. In the present study, the single systemic stimulation of 100 μg/kg lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced robust microglial proliferation only in the circumventricular organs (CVOs) and their neighboring brain regions. More than half of microglia similarly showed proliferative activity in the CVOs and their neighboring brain regions after 1 mg/kg LPS stimulation, while this stimulation expanded microglia-proliferating brain regions including the hypothalamus, medulla oblongata, and limbic system. Microglia proliferation resulted in a transient increase of microglial density, since their density almost returned to basal levels within 3 weeks. Divided microglia survived at the same rate as non-divided ones. Proliferating microglia frequently expressed a resident microglia marker Tmem119, indicating that increase of microglia density is due to the proliferation of resident microglia. Thus, the present study demonstrates that transient increase in microglia density depends on the brain region and dose of LPS during infection-induced inflammation and could provide a new insight on microglia functions in inflammation and pathogenesis of brain diseases.
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