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The Journal of Neuroscience, August 6, 2008, 28(32):8138-8143; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1006-08.2008

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Development/Plasticity/Repair
Developmental Neuronal Death in Hippocampus Requires the Microglial CD11b Integrin and DAP12 Immunoreceptor

Shirley Wakselman, ^* Catherine Béchade, ^* Anne Roumier, Delphine Bernard, Antoine Triller, and Alain Bessis

Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire de la Synapse, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 789, 75230 Paris Cedex 05, France

Correspondence should be addressed to Alain Bessis, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 789, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris Cedex 05, France. Email: alain.bessis{at}ens.fr

In several brain regions, microglia actively promote neuronal apoptosis during development. However, molecular actors leading microglia to trigger death remain mostly unknown. Here, we show that, in the developing hippocampus, apoptotic neurons are contacted by microglia expressing both the integrin CD11b and the immunoreceptor DAP12. We demonstrate that developmental apoptosis decreases in mice deficient for CD11b or DAP12. In addition, function-blocking antibodies directed against CD11b decrease neuronal death when injected into wild-type neonates, but have no effect when injected into DAP12-deficient littermates. This demonstrates that DAP12 and CD11b act in converging pathways to induce neuronal death. Finally, we show that DAP12 and CD11b control the production of microglial superoxide ions, which kill the neurons. Thus, our data show that the process of developmental neuronal death triggered by microglia is similar to the elimination of pathogenic cells by the innate immune cells.

Key words: microglia; developmental death; apoptosis; integrin; CD11b; DAP12

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Received March 7, 2008; revised May 29, 2008; accepted June 28, 2008.

Correspondence should be addressed to Alain Bessis, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 789, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris Cedex 05, France. Email: alain.bessis{at}ens.fr

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