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INPP5D regulates inflammasome activation in human microglia

ABSTRACT: Microglia and neuroinflammation play an important role in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase D (INPP5D) is a myeloid-expressed gene genetically-associated with AD. Through unbiased analyses of RNA and protein profiles in INPP5D-disrupted iPSC-derived human microglia, we find that reduction in INPP5D activity is associated with molecular profiles consistent with disrupted autophagy and inflammasome activation. These findings are validated through targeted pharmacological experiments which demonstrate that reduced INPP5D activity induces the formation of the NLRP3 inflammasome, cleavage of CASP1, and secretion of IL-1 and IL-18. Further, in-depth analyses of human brain tissue across hundreds of individuals using a multi-analytic approach provides evidence that a reduction in function of INPP5D in microglia results in inflammasome activation in AD. These findings provide insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying microglia-mediated processes in AD and highlight the inflammasome as a potential therapeutic target for modulating INPP5D-mediated vulnerability to AD.

INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Eclipse

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

TISSUE(S): Cell Culture

SUBMITTER: Duc Duong

LAB HEAD: Tracy Young-Pearse

PROVIDER: PXD046040 | Pride | 2024-01-26

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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INPP5D regulates inflammasome activation in human microglia.

Chou Vicky V Pearse Richard V RV Aylward Aimee J AJ Ashour Nancy N Taga Mariko M Terzioglu Gizem G Fujita Masashi M Fancher Seeley B SB Sigalov Alina A Benoit Courtney R CR Lee Hyo H Lam Matti M Seyfried Nicholas T NT Bennett David A DA De Jager Philip L PL Menon Vilas V Young-Pearse Tracy L TL

Nature communications 20231129 1

Microglia and neuroinflammation play an important role in the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase D (INPP5D/SHIP1) is a myeloid-expressed gene genetically-associated with AD. Through unbiased analyses of RNA and protein profiles in INPP5D-disrupted iPSC-derived human microglia, we find that reduction in INPP5D activity is associated with molecular profiles consistent with disrupted autophagy and inflammasome activation. These findings are ...[more]

PMID: 38016942

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Project description:Microglia and neuroinflammation are implicated in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). To better understand microglia-mediated processes in AD, we studied the function of INPP5D/SHIP1, a gene linked to AD through GWAS. Immunostaining and single nucleus RNA sequencing confirmed that INPP5D expression in the adult human brain is enriched in microglia. Examination of prefrontal cortex across a large cohort revealed reduced full-length soluble INPP5D protein levels in AD patient brains compared to cognitively normal controls. However, elevated INPP5D immunostaining in microglia in the AD brain was observed, which was driven by elevations in plaque-associated microglia suggesting that these two methods quantify different pools of INPP5D. Examination of INPP5D overexpression and bi-allelic loss-of-function in induced pluripotent stem cell derived microglia (iMGs) revealed that INPP5D LOF most closely resemble microglia in the AD brain with respect to immune signaling alterations, supporting the hypothesis that INPP5D function is reduced in AD microglia. The functional consequences of reduced INPP5D activity were evaluated in human iMGs, using both pharmacological inhibition of the phosphatase activity of INPP5D and genetic reduction in copy number. Unbiased transcriptional and proteomic profiling of these iMGs suggested an upregulation of innate immune signaling pathways, lower levels of scavenger receptors, reduced lysosomal proteins and altered inflammasome signaling with INPP5D reduction. INPP5D inhibition induced the secretion of IL-1ß and IL-18, further implicating inflammasome activation. Inflammasome activation was confirmed through visualization of inflammasome formation through ASC immunostaining in INPP5D-inhibited iMGs, increased cleaved caspase-1 and through rescue of elevated IL-1ß and IL-18 with caspase-1 and NLRP3 inhibitors. In accord, lower INPP5D is associated with higher IL-18 levels and an elevation in microglia with ASC specks in the AD brain. This work implicates INPP5D as a regulator of inflammasome signaling in human microglia.

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