5 - Macrophages pt. 2 Flashcards
Immune response in inner ear
- inner ear believed to lack any active immune responses
Are any macrophages present in the ear?
Macrophages resident in stria vascular
What is the relationship between macrophages and hearing?
- macrophages are implicated in loss of hair cells
- understanding inflammation and resolution in the inner ear has implications for therapeutic measures such as cochlear implants
What did Liu et al do relating to macrophages and hearing?
- Study by Liu et al (2018: Front. Immunol. 9:223) identified population of ear macrophages using marker protein IBA1 (actin crosslinker in macrophages/microglia, associated with membranes and phagocytosis).
- Human cochlear samples collected during brain tumour surgery, with
patient consent and ethical approval - Inner ear section showing migratory Mφ (Ma) close to damaged hair cell (HC)
How did Liu et al analyse macrophages?
Human cochlear mφ analysed using marker protein IBA1 (actin crosslinker in macrophages/microglia associated with membranes and phagocytosis)
What did Liu et al find?
- Active macrophages found to migrate close to damaged hair cells.
- Results suggest that the human auditory nerve is under the
surveillance of resident and active tissue macrophages
- normal hair cell
- dying hair cell retracts below basal lamina
- activated macrophage removes dead cell
Macrophage interactions between hair cells and neurons
- Macrophages [ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule 1 (IBA1) cells] can be observed in the human cochlea, both in the spiral ganglion and more seldom in the organ of corti.
- Macrophages may interact to form a protective link between hair cells and neurons via a fractalkine/CX3CR1 signaling system as demonstrated experimentally by Kaur et al
Liu et al, IBAs
- Confocal and Super-Resolution
- Structured Illumination Microscopy (CF, SR-SIM) showing association between
- IBA1 +ve cells and neurons
- IBA Mφs have distinctive appearance, including two long filopodia
What has experimental data suggest about macrophages in hair cells and neurons?
- Experimental data suggest that macrophages may interact and form protective links between hair cells and neurones
- Proposed link via a fractalkine/CX3CR1 signalling system
Macrophage changes after noise exposure (mice)
- control : macrophages at low numbers, dendritic phenotypes
- 7 days post noise : macrophage increased, amoeboid
Hair follicle cell cycle
- growth (anagen)
- regression (catagen)
- rest (telogen)
- anagen onset
- exogen
What does the anlagen stage of hair follicle cell cycle require?
- Entry into anagen requires activation of HF stem cells
- Skin Mφ numbers decrease before anagen onset
Immune system of hair follicles
HFs have a distinctive immune system - collapse results in inflammatory hair loss disorders
What is the hair follicle cycle controlled by?
HF cycle controlled by a stimulatory signalling pathway – Wnt (wingless/integrated) and inhibitory proteins BMPs (bone morphogenetic proteins)
What changes during the hair follicle cell cycle?
Immune cell populations (myeloid lines) fluctuate substantially (number and activity) during HF cycle, with subsequent changes in skin immune responses