Microglial Immunoreceptor Tyrosine-Based Activation and Inhibition Motif Signaling in Neuroinflammation
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Elimination of extracellular aggregates and apoptotic neural membranes without inflammation is crucial for brain tissue homeostasis. In the mammalian central nervous system, essential molecules in this process are the Fc receptors and the DAP12-associated receptors which both trigger the microglial immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif- (ITAM-) Syk-signaling cascade. Microglial triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2 (TREM2), signal regulatory protein-1, and complement receptor-3 (CD11b/CD18) signal via the adaptor protein DAP12 and activate phagocytic activity of microglia. Microglial ITAM-signaling receptors are counter-regulated by immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif- (ITIM-) signaling molecules such as sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin superfamily lectins (Siglecs). Siglecs can suppress the proinflammatory and phagocytic activity of microglia via ITIM signaling. Moreover, microglial neurotoxicity is alleviated via interaction of Siglec-11 with sialic acids on the neuronal glycocalyx. Thus, ITAM- and ITIM-signaling receptors modulate microglial phagocytosis and cytokine expression during neuroinflammatory processes. Their dysfunction could lead to impaired phagocytic clearance and neurodegeneration triggered by chronic inflammation.
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ITAM- and ITIM-containing proteins regulate processes including microglial phagocytosis and apoptosis, suggesting convergent AD-relevant pathways mediated through microglial surface receptors.
“ITAM- and ITIM-containing proteins regulate processes including microglial phagocytosis and apoptosis74, suggesting convergent AD-relevant pathways mediated through microglial surface receptors.”
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- Authors
- Linnartz, B., Wang, Y., & Neumann, H.
- Affiliations
- Neural Regeneration, Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University Hospital Bonn, University Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
- University of Bonn (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Neumann, Harald
- ORCID
- Neumann, Harald
- Venue
- International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
- Publisher
- Hindawi Limited
- Published
- 2010
- Volume
- 2010
- Pages
- 1-7
- ISSN
- 2090-0252 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2915791
- OpenAlex
- W2071805913
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- 3.54
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (KFO177, SFB 704, DFG‐SFB704, DFG-FOR1336, FOR1336, DFG KFO177)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Inflammasome and immune disorders
- Keywords
- microglia, neuroinflammation, ITAM signaling, DAP12, Syk signaling, TREM2, Siglecs, sialic acid, phagocytosis, Fc receptors, CD11b/CD18, neurodegeneration, cytokine expression
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