Chemogenetic manipulation of CX3CR1+ cells transiently induces hypolocomotion independent of microglia

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Chemogenetic approaches using Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs (DREADD, a family of engineered GPCRs) were recently employed in microglia. Here, we used Cx3cr1CreER/+:R26hM4Di/+ mice to express Gi-DREADD (hM4Di) on CX3CR1+ cells, comprising microglia and some peripheral immune cells, and found that activation of hM4Di on long-lived CX3CR1+ cells induced hypolocomotion. Unexpectedly, Gi-DREADD-induced hypolocomotion was preserved when microglia were depleted. Consistently, specific activation of microglial hM4Di cannot induce hypolocomotion in Tmem119CreER/+:R26hM4Di/+ mice. Flow cytometric and histological analysis showed hM4Di expression in peripheral immune cells, which may be responsible for the hypolocomotion. Nevertheless, depletion of splenic macrophages, hepatic macrophages, or CD4+ T cells did not affect Gi-DREADD-induced hypolocomotion. Our study demonstrates that rigorous data analysis and interpretation are needed when using Cx3cr1CreER/+ mouse line to manipulate microglia.

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

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Molecular psychiatry - 28(2023), 7 vom: 26. Juli, Seite 2857-2871

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Englisch

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Zhao, Shunyi [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Jiaying [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Lingxiao [VerfasserIn]
Umpierre, Anthony D [VerfasserIn]
Parusel, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Manling [VerfasserIn]
Dheer, Aastha [VerfasserIn]
Ayasoufi, Katayoun [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Aaron J [VerfasserIn]
Richardson, Jason R [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Long-Jun [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 01.11.2023

Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1038/s41380-023-02128-6

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NLM358665922