Distinct myeloid population phenotypes dependent on TREM2 expression levels shape the pathology of traumatic versus demyelinating CNS disorders

Han Gao*, Jiawei Di, Bettina Hjelm Clausen, Nanxiang Wang, Xizhong Zhu, Tianlun Zhao, Yanyu Chang, Mao Pang, Yang Yang, Ronghan He, Yuge Wang, Liangming Zhang, Bin Liu, Wei Qiu, Kate Lykke Lambertsen, Roberta Brambilla*, Limin Rong*

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Abstract

Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell 2 (TREM2) signaling often drives opposing effects in traumatic versus demyelinating CNS disorders. Here, we identify two distinct phenotypes of microglia and infiltrating myeloid populations dependent on TREM2 expression levels at the acute stage and elucidate how they mediate the opposing effects of TREM2 in spinal cord injury (SCI) versus multiple sclerosis animal models (experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis [EAE]). High TREM2 levels sustain phagocytic microglia and infiltrating macrophages after SCI. In contrast, moderate TREM2 levels sustain immunomodulatory microglia and infiltrating monocytes in EAE. TREM2-ablated microglia (purine-sensing phenotype in SCI and reduced immunomodulatory phenotype in EAE) drive transient protection at the acute stage of both disorders, whereas reduced phagocytic macrophages and lysosome-activated monocytes lead to contrasting neuroprotective and demyelinating effects in SCI versus EAE, respectively. Our study provides comprehensive insights into the complex roles of TREM2 in myeloid populations across diverse CNS disorders, which has crucial implications in devising TREM2-targeting therapeutics.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer112629
TidsskriftCell Reports
Vol/bind42
Udgave nummer6
Antal sider25
ISSN2211-1247
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 27. jun. 2023

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Funding Information:
We thank the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University Clinical Sample Bank, core cytometry, and imaging facilities. We thank the Miami Project Human Core Bank at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine for providing postmortem human spinal cord tissues. The graphical abstract and scRNA-seq workflow illustration were made by Meile Liang. This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China ( 2017YFA0105403 to L.R.), the Key R&D Program of Guangdong Province ( 2019B020236002 to L.R.), the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China ( 82001316 to H.G.), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation ( 2019TQ0378 and 2019M663278 to H.G.), the Guangzhou Science and Technology Association Foundation ( X20200301007 to H.G.), the Guangzhou Science and Technology Project ( 202102080212 to M.P.), The Miami Project To Cure Paralysis (R.B.), and The Buoniconti Fund (R.B.).

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