title: Signal regulatory protein-beta1: a microglial modulator of phagocytosis in Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: The signal regulatory protein-beta1 (SIRPbeta1) is a DAP12-associated transmembrane receptor expressed in a subset of hematopoietic cells. Recently, it was shown that peritoneal macrophages express SIRPbeta1, which positively regulated phagocytosis. Here, we found that SIRPbeta1 was up-regulated and acted as a phagocytic receptor on microglia in amyloid precursor protein J20 (APP/J20) transgenic mice and in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Interferon (IFN)-gamma and IFN-beta stimulated gene transcription of SIRPbeta1 in cultured microglia. Activation of SIRPbeta1 on cultured microglia by cross-linking antibodies induced reorganization of the cytoskeleton protein beta-actin and suppressed lipopolysaccharide-induced gene transcription of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and nitric oxide synthase-2. Furthermore, activation of SIRPbeta1 increased phagocytosis of microsphere beads, neural debris, and fibrillary amyloid-beta (Abeta). Phagocytosis of neural cell debris and Abeta was impaired after lentiviral knockdown of SIRPbeta1 in primary microglial cells. Thus, SIRPbeta1 is a novel IFN-induced microglial receptor that supports clearance of neural debris and Abeta aggregates by stimulating phagocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Neural Regeneration Unit, Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University Bonn and Hertie-Foundation, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Sadanand
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaikwad
authors.forename: Sergey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Larionov
authors.forename: Yiner
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dannenberg
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matozaki
authors.forename: Alon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Monsonego
authors.forename: Dietmar R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Thal
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neumann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007372:Interferons / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D017628:Microglia / Q000378:metabolism*; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000502:physiology*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C501921:SIRPB1 protein, human; D007372:Interferons