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Microglia Shape Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis through Apoptosis-Coupled Phagocytosis
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In the adult hippocampus, neuroprogenitor cells in the subgranular zone (SGZ) of the dentate gyrus give rise to newborn neuroblasts. However, only a small subset of these cells integrates into the hippocampal circuitry as mature neurons at the end of a 4 week period. Here, we show that the majority of the newborn cells undergo death by apoptosis in the first 1 to 4 days of their life, during the transition from amplifying neuroprogenitors to neuroblasts. These apoptotic newborn cells are rapidly cleared out through phagocytosis by unchallenged microglia present in the adult SGZ niche. Phagocytosis by the microglia is efficient and undeterred by increased age or inflammatory challenge. Our results suggest that the main critical period of newborn cell survival occurs within a few days of birth and reveal a new role for microglia in maintaining the homeostasis of the baseline neurogenic cascade.
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- Authors
- Sierra, A., Encinas, J. M., Deudero, J. J. P., Chancey, J. H., Enikolopov, G., Overstreet-Wadiche, L. S., Tsirka, S. E., & Maletic-Savatic, M.
- Affiliations
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (US)
- Stony Brook University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sierra, Amanda
- ORCID
- Venue
- Cell Stem Cell
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-10
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 483-495
- ISSN
- 1875-9777 (ISSN-L)
- 1934-5909
- PMC
- PMC4008496
- OpenAlex
- W2160779535
- Cited by
- 1,622
- References
- 51
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- 2026: 73 · 2025: 103 · 2024: 128 · 2023: 109 · 2022: 137 · 2021: 151 · 2020: 142 · 2019: 120 · 2018: 97 · 2017: 102 · 2016: 99 · 2015: 94 · 2014: 89 · 2013: 79 · 2012: 64
- FWCI
- 17.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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- Cell stem cell (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
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- Funders
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS042168, K08NS044276, R21NS053875, R21NS05875-1, R01NS064025, K08NS0044276)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P30HD024064)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Keywords
- adult hippocampal neurogenesis, microglia, phagocytosis, apoptosis, newborn neurons, neural progenitor cells, subgranular zone, dentate gyrus, neuronal survival
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Hippocampus, Mice, Transgenic, Phagocytosis, Apoptosis, Mice, Neurogenesis, Neural Stem Cells
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