PMID: 9426172Jan 13, 1998Paper

Population control of microglia: does apoptosis play a role?

Journal of Neurocytology
L L JonesG W Kreutzberg

Abstract

Brain lesions, even of the most subtle type, are accompanied by the activation of microglia, the main immune cells of the brain. Microglial cells dramatically increase in number through proliferation and adhere to the injured neurons, where they displace the synaptic input. After proliferation, microglia gradually migrate into the nearby parenchyma and appear to decrease in number. Here we examined the possible involvement of apoptosis in the regulation of the microglial cell number using Terminal transferase mediated d-UTP Nick End-Labelling (TUNEL). In vitro, cell death is a common phenomenon in microglial cell cultures, and is enhanced by the withdrawal of the mitogen, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor. In vivo, application of the TUNEL-reaction revealed TUNEL-positive microglia beginning at day 4, with a peak 7 days after transection of the facial nerve. Surprisingly, TUNEL-labelling in vivo was localized on the outer side of the nuclear membrane and in the microglial cytoplasm, with very little staining within the nucleus itself. These TUNEL-labelled cells also lacked other classic morphological signs of apoptosis, like membrane blebbing, chromatin condensation and apoptotic bodies. These data suggest that t...Continue Reading

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