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A critical role for pannexin-1 in activation of innate immune cells of the choroid plexus.

ABSTRACT: Epiplexus cells are a population of innate immune cells in the choroid plexus of the brain ventricles. They are thought to contribute to the immune component of the blood-cerebrospinal-fluid-barrier (BCSFB). Here we have developed a novel technique for studying epiplexus cells in acutely isolated, live and intact choroid plexus. We show that epiplexus cells are potently activated by exogenous ATP, increasing their motility within the tissue. This ATP-induced chemokinesis required activation of pannexin-1 channels, which are expressed by the epithelial cells of the choroid plexus and not the epiplexus cells themselves. Furthermore, ATP acts at least in part through the P2X4 ionotropic purinergic receptor. Thus, the resident immune cells of the choroid plexus appear to be in communication with the epithelial cells through pannexin-1 channels.

SUBMITTER: Maslieieva V

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4048302 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A critical role for pannexin-1 in activation of innate immune cells of the choroid plexus.

Maslieieva Valentyna V Thompson Roger J RJ

Channels (Austin, Tex.) 20140113 2

Epiplexus cells are a population of innate immune cells in the choroid plexus of the brain ventricles. They are thought to contribute to the immune component of the blood-cerebrospinal-fluid-barrier (BCSFB). Here we have developed a novel technique for studying epiplexus cells in acutely isolated, live and intact choroid plexus. We show that epiplexus cells are potently activated by exogenous ATP, increasing their motility within the tissue. This ATP-induced chemokinesis required activation of p ...[more]

PMID: 24418937

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