Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2020
Publication Title
Nature Communications
Abstract
© 2020, The Author(s). Tissue microarchitecture and mechanics are important in development and pathologies of the Central Nervous System (CNS); however, their coordinating mechanisms are unclear. Here, we report that during colonization of the retina, microglia contacts the deep layer of high stiffness, which coincides with microglial bipolarization, reduction in TGFβ1 signaling and termination of vascular growth. Likewise, stiff substrates induce microglial bipolarization and diminish TGFβ1 expression in hydrogels. Both microglial bipolarization in vivo and the responses to stiff substrates in vitro require intracellular adaptor Kindlin3 but not microglial integrins. Lack of Kindlin3 causes high microglial contractility, dysregulation of ERK signaling, excessive TGFβ1 expression and abnormally-patterned vasculature with severe malformations in the area of photoreceptors. Both excessive TGFβ1 signaling and vascular defects caused by Kindlin3-deficient microglia are rescued by either microglial depletion or microglial knockout of TGFβ1 in vivo. This mechanism underlies an interplay between microglia, vascular patterning and tissue mechanics within the CNS.
Repository Citation
Dudiki, Tejasvi; Meller, Julia; Mahajan, Gautam; Liu, Huan; Zhevlakova, Irina; Stefl, Samantha; Witherow, Conner; Podrez, Eugene; Kothapalli, Chandrasekhar R.; and Byzova, Tatiana V., "Microglia Control Vascular Architecture via a TGFβ1 Dependent Paracrine Mechanism Linked to Tissue Mechanics" (2020). Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications. 229.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/encbe_facpub/229
Volume
11
Issue
1
DOI
10.1038/s41467-020-14787-y
Version
Publisher's PDF
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