Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived microglia with a CX3CR1-V249I genetic variant exhibit dysfunctional phenotypes and modulate neuronal growth and function
Tutrow, K. D.; Harkin, J.; Varghese, L. D.; Hernandez, M.; Huang, K.-C.; Fang, Y.; Wilcox, P.; Bedford, L. M.; Lin, T.-Y.; Zhang, C.; Gomes, C.; Puntambekar, S. S.; Bissel, S. J.; Lamb, B. T.; Meyer, J. S.
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The involvement of microglia in neurodegenerative diseases has drawn increasing attention, as many genetic risk factors are preferentially expressed in microglia. Microglial fractalkine receptor (CX3CR1) signaling regulates many key microglial functions, and the CX3CR1-V249I single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) has been associated with increased risk for multiple neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimers disease, yet its functional consequences in human microglia remain unexplored. In this study, we generated iPSC-derived human microglia-like cells (hMGLs) and found that the CX3CR1-V249I variant increased susceptibility to starvation-induced cell death, reduced amyloid-beta uptake, altered microglial morphology, and impaired migration, with more pronounced effects in homozygous cells. Co-culture with neurons demonstrated that hMGLs with the CX3CR1-V249I variant misregulated neuronal properties, including abnormal neuronal growth as well as an induction of neuronal hyperexcitability. These findings highlight the critical role of CX3CR1 in regulating microglial function and implicate the V249I variant in driving pathogenic microglial states relevant to neurodegeneration.
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