Lymphocyte deficiency alters the transcriptomes of oligodendrocytes, but not astrocytes or microglia.
Though the brain was long characterized as an immune-privileged organ, findings in recent years have shown extensive communications between the brain and peripheral immune cells. We now know that alterations in the peripheral immune system can affect the behavioral outputs of the central nervous sys...
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| description | Though the brain was long characterized as an immune-privileged organ, findings in recent years have shown extensive communications between the brain and peripheral immune cells. We now know that alterations in the peripheral immune system can affect the behavioral outputs of the central nervous system, but we do not know which brain cells are affected by the presence of peripheral immune cells. Glial cells including microglia, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) are critical for the development and function of the central nervous system. In a wide range of neurological and psychiatric diseases, the glial cell state is influenced by infiltrating peripheral lymphocytes. However, it remains largely unclear whether the development of the molecular phenotypes of glial cells in the healthy brain is regulated by lymphocytes. To answer this question, we acutely purified each type of glial cell from immunodeficient Rag2-/- mice. Interestingly, we found that the transcriptomes of microglia, astrocytes, and OPCs developed normally in Rag2-/- mice without reliance on lymphocytes. In contrast, there are modest transcriptome differences between the oligodendrocytes from Rag2-/- and control mice. Furthermore, the subcellular localization of the RNA-binding protein Quaking, is altered in oligodendrocytes. These results demonstrate that the molecular attributes of glial cells develop largely without influence from lymphocytes and highlight potential interactions between lymphocytes and oligodendrocytes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-348f88dd37d74fb7b00d76acf0a7574f2023-04-12T05:31:55ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01182e027973610.1371/journal.pone.0279736Lymphocyte deficiency alters the transcriptomes of oligodendrocytes, but not astrocytes or microglia.Mitchell C KrawczykLin PanAlice J ZhangYe ZhangThough the brain was long characterized as an immune-privileged organ, findings in recent years have shown extensive communications between the brain and peripheral immune cells. We now know that alterations in the peripheral immune system can affect the behavioral outputs of the central nervous system, but we do not know which brain cells are affected by the presence of peripheral immune cells. Glial cells including microglia, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) are critical for the development and function of the central nervous system. In a wide range of neurological and psychiatric diseases, the glial cell state is influenced by infiltrating peripheral lymphocytes. However, it remains largely unclear whether the development of the molecular phenotypes of glial cells in the healthy brain is regulated by lymphocytes. To answer this question, we acutely purified each type of glial cell from immunodeficient Rag2-/- mice. Interestingly, we found that the transcriptomes of microglia, astrocytes, and OPCs developed normally in Rag2-/- mice without reliance on lymphocytes. In contrast, there are modest transcriptome differences between the oligodendrocytes from Rag2-/- and control mice. Furthermore, the subcellular localization of the RNA-binding protein Quaking, is altered in oligodendrocytes. These results demonstrate that the molecular attributes of glial cells develop largely without influence from lymphocytes and highlight potential interactions between lymphocytes and oligodendrocytes.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279736 |
| spellingShingle | Mitchell C Krawczyk Lin Pan Alice J Zhang Ye Zhang Lymphocyte deficiency alters the transcriptomes of oligodendrocytes, but not astrocytes or microglia. PLoS ONE |
| title | Lymphocyte deficiency alters the transcriptomes of oligodendrocytes, but not astrocytes or microglia. |
| title_full | Lymphocyte deficiency alters the transcriptomes of oligodendrocytes, but not astrocytes or microglia. |
| title_fullStr | Lymphocyte deficiency alters the transcriptomes of oligodendrocytes, but not astrocytes or microglia. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lymphocyte deficiency alters the transcriptomes of oligodendrocytes, but not astrocytes or microglia. |
| title_short | Lymphocyte deficiency alters the transcriptomes of oligodendrocytes, but not astrocytes or microglia. |
| title_sort | lymphocyte deficiency alters the transcriptomes of oligodendrocytes but not astrocytes or microglia |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279736 |
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