Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Cell Rep. 2024 Mar 26;43(3):113844. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113844. Epub 2024 Feb 27.
Glia interact with multiple neurons, but it is unclear whether their interactions with each neuron are different. Our interrogation at single-cell resolution reveals that a single glial cell exhibits specificity in its interactions with different contacting neurons. Briefly, C. elegans amphid sheath (AMsh) glia apical-like domains contact 12 neuron-endings. At these ad-neuronal membranes, AMsh glia localize the K/Cl transporter KCC-3 to a microdomain exclusively around the thermosensory AFD neuron to regulate its properties. Glial KCC-3 is transported to ad-neuronal regions, where distal cilia of non-AFD glia-associated chemosensory neurons constrain it to a microdomain at AFD-contacting glial membranes. Aberrant KCC-3 localization impacts both thermosensory (AFD) and chemosensory (non-AFD) neuron properties. Thus, neurons can interact non-synaptically through a shared glial cell by regulating microdomain localization of its cues. As AMsh and glia across species compartmentalize multiple cues like KCC-3, we posit that this may be a broadly conserved glial mechanism that modulates information processing across multimodal circuits.
神经胶质细胞与多个神经元相互作用,但尚不清楚它们与每个神经元的相互作用是否不同。我们在单细胞分辨率下的研究表明,单个神经胶质细胞在与不同接触神经元的相互作用中表现出特异性。简而言之,秀丽隐杆线虫的感器鞘(AMsh)神经胶质细胞的顶端样结构与 12 个神经元末梢接触。在这些神经元-神经胶质的膜上,AMsh 神经胶质将 K/Cl 转运蛋白 KCC-3 定位到一个微域,仅围绕热敏感觉 AFD 神经元,以调节其性质。神经胶质细胞的 KCC-3 被运输到神经元区域,非 AFD 神经胶质相关化学感觉神经元的远端纤毛将其限制在与 AFD 接触的神经胶质膜的微域中。KCC-3 定位异常会影响热敏(AFD)和化学感觉(非 AFD)神经元的性质。因此,神经元可以通过调节其信号的微域定位,通过共享的神经胶质细胞进行非突触相互作用。由于 AMsh 和神经胶质在不同物种中分隔多个信号,如 KCC-3,我们假设这可能是一种广泛保守的神经胶质机制,调节跨多模态电路的信息处理。