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Article Dans Une Revue Neuron Année : 2004

Microglia promote the death of developing Purkinje cells.

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The loss of neuronal cells, a prominent event in the development of the nervous system, involves regulated triggering of programmed cell death, followed by efficient removal of cell corpses. Professional phagocytes, such as microglia, contribute to the elimination of dead cells. Here we provide evidence that, in addition to their phagocytic activity, microglia promote the death of developing neurons engaged in synaptogenesis. In the developing mouse cerebellum, Purkinje cells die, and 60% of these neurons that already expressed activated caspase-3 were engulfed or contacted by spreading processes emitted by microglial cells. Apoptosis of Purkinje cells in cerebellar slices was strongly reduced by selective elimination of microglia. Superoxide ions produced by microglial respiratory bursts played a major role in this Purkinje cell death. Our study illustrates a mammalian form of engulfment-promoted cell death that links the execution of neuron death to the scavenging of dead cells.

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hal-00077309 , version 1 (30-05-2006)

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José Luis Marín-Teva, Isabelle Dusart, Catherine Colin, Annie Gervais, Nico van Rooijen, et al.. Microglia promote the death of developing Purkinje cells.. Neuron, 2004, 41, pp.535-547. ⟨10.1016/S0896-6273(04)00069-8⟩. ⟨hal-00077309⟩
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