Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Transfer of Genetic Information between the Hematopoietic System and the Brain in Response to Inflammation
Kirsten Ridder,Sascha Keller,Maria Dams,Anne-Kathleen Rupp,Jessica Schlaudraff,Domenico Del Turco,Julia Starmann,Jadranka Macas,Darja Karpova,Kavi Devraj,Candan Depboylu,Britta Landfried,Bernd Arnold,Karl H. Plate,Günter U. Höglinger,Holger Sültmann,Peter Altevogt,Stefan Momma +17 more
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When stimulated by inflammation, peripheral blood cells signal directly to neurons in the brain via the transfer of functional RNA enclosed in extracellular vesicles.Abstract:
Mechanisms behind how the immune system signals to the brain in response to systemic inflammation are not fully understood. Transgenic mice expressing Cre recombinase specifically in the hematopoietic lineage in a Cre reporter background display recombination and marker gene expression in Purkinje neurons. Here we show that reportergene expression in neurons is caused by intercellular transfer of functional Cre recombinase messenger RNA from immune cells into neurons in the absence of cell fusion. In vitro purified secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs) from blood cells contain Cre mRNA, which induces recombination in neurons when injected into the brain. Although Cre-mediated recombination events in the brain occur very rarely in healthy animals, their number increases considerably in different injury models, particularly under inflammatory conditions, and extend beyond Purkinje neurons to other neuronal populations in cortex, hippocampus, and substantia nigra. Recombined Purkinje neurons differ in their miRNA profile from their nonrecombined counterparts, indicating physiological significance. These observations reveal the existence of a previously unrecognized mechanism to communicate RNA-based signals between the hematopoietic system and various organs, including the brain, in response to inflammation.read more
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