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Microglial depletion disrupts normal functional development of adult-born neurons in the olfactory bulb.


ABSTRACT: Microglia play key roles in regulating synapse development and refinement in the developing brain, but it is unknown whether they are similarly involved during adult neurogenesis. By transiently depleting microglia from the healthy adult mouse brain, we show that microglia are necessary for the normal functional development of adult-born granule cells (abGCs) in the olfactory bulb. Microglial depletion reduces the odor responses of developing, but not preexisting GCs in vivo in both awake and anesthetized mice. Microglia preferentially target their motile processes to interact with mushroom spines on abGCs, and when microglia are absent, abGCs develop smaller spines and receive weaker excitatory synaptic inputs. These results suggest that microglia promote the development of excitatory synapses onto developing abGCs, which may impact the function of these cells in the olfactory circuit.

SUBMITTER: Wallace J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7062469 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Microglial depletion disrupts normal functional development of adult-born neurons in the olfactory bulb.

Wallace Jenelle J   Lord Julia J   Dissing-Olesen Lasse L   Stevens Beth B   Murthy Venkatesh N VN  

eLife 20200309


Microglia play key roles in regulating synapse development and refinement in the developing brain, but it is unknown whether they are similarly involved during adult neurogenesis. By transiently depleting microglia from the healthy adult mouse brain, we show that microglia are necessary for the normal functional development of adult-born granule cells (abGCs) in the olfactory bulb. Microglial depletion reduces the odor responses of developing, but not preexisting GCs in vivo in both awake and an  ...[more]

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