Fedorov, Dmitry Andreevich: Search for exosomes in NG2-glial cells. - Bonn, 2022. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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@phdthesis{handle:20.500.11811/9626,
urn: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5-65624,
author = {{Dmitry Andreevich Fedorov}},
title = {Search for exosomes in NG2-glial cells},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2022,
month = feb,

note = {NG2-glial cells is an abundant and widely distributed subtype of glia, featuring properties not typically associated with mature glial cells, such as the ability to receive synaptic input from neurons, or adult proliferation. Fast information flow from neurons to NG2-glia through synapses was confirmed in several studies. The goal of such a fast communication is not known. It was suggested that neuronal activity through innervation of NG2-glia controls its differentiation into myelinating oligodendrocytes. In grey matter, where myelination requirements are low, the purpose of NG2-glia remains unclear. Our preliminary results suggested exosome release from NG2-glia model cells in vitro.
In our project, we searched for exosome release from NG2-glia in different in situ and in vitro preparations using both functional and morphological approach. In functional approach we established a membrane capacitance recording technique using patch clamp method. The technique however proved insufficient to confirm or deny exosomal release from Oli-neu cell line or NG2-glial cells in situ.
In the imaging approach, we used laser confocal microscopy to identify structures candidate for exosomes. In the process, we identified that one of the marker proteins, Flotillin-1, features a previously undescribed association with NG2-glial cells in hippocampus. We quantified this association using large-scale semi-automated detection of fluorescent markers. Using correlated light-electron immune microscopy (CLEM) we were able to establish the morphology of Flotillin-1-positive structures in NG2-glial cells, identifying them as lysosomes or late endosomes. We also supported the previous observations which described Flotillin-1 in association with age pigment lipofuscin in pyramidal neurons. Flotillin-1 was previously described in astrocytes, however, our data does not support this observation.
Despite not providing new evidence for exosomal release from NG2-glial cells, our research identified new putative marker for NG2-glial cells, Flotillin-1. Strong subcellular association of Flotillin-1 with cytosolic side of NG2-glial cell lysosomes also reveals an obscure parallel of NG2-glial cells with hippocampal neurons, in which Flotillin-1 is known to sparsely label the cytosolic side of telolysosomes, the residual bodies containing the ageing pigment, lipofuscin. Our work may provide new tools to interact with NG2-glial cells, as well as potential for yet unknown functionality of these glial cells. The Flotillin-1-mediated connection between neurons and NG2-glial cells may prove valuable for future studying of neuronal ageing and deposition diseases.},

url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/9626}
}

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