Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, No. 467 Zhongshan Road, Shahekou District, Dalian City, 116023, Liaoning Province, China.
Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian City, China.
Neurochem Res. 2023 Sep;48(9):2881-2894. doi: 10.1007/s11064-023-03945-5. Epub 2023 May 20.
Microglia, innate immune cells of the brain, constantly monitor the dynamic changes of the brain microenvironment under physiological conditions and respond in time. Growing evidence suggests that microglia-mediated neuroinflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. In this study, we investigated that the expression of IFITM3 was significantly upregulated in microglia under the Aβ treatment, and knockdown of IFITM3 in vitro suppressed the M1-like polarization of microglia. Moreover, IFITM3 was regulated by cGAS-STING signaling in activated microglia, and inhibition of cGAS-STING signaling reduces IFITM3 expression. Taken together, our findings suggested that the cGAS-STING-IFITM3 axis may be involved in Aβ-induced neuroinflammation in microglia.
小胶质细胞是大脑中的固有免疫细胞,在生理条件下,它们不断监测大脑微环境的动态变化,并及时做出反应。越来越多的证据表明,小胶质细胞介导的神经炎症在阿尔茨海默病的发病机制中起重要作用。在这项研究中,我们发现,IFITM3 在 Aβ 处理下的小胶质细胞中表达显著上调,体外敲低 IFITM3 可抑制小胶质细胞的 M1 样极化。此外,IFITM3 在激活的小胶质细胞中受到 cGAS-STING 信号的调控,抑制 cGAS-STING 信号可降低 IFITM3 的表达。综上所述,我们的研究结果表明,cGAS-STING-IFITM3 轴可能参与 Aβ 诱导的小胶质细胞神经炎症。