Spatial proteomics reveals human microglial states shaped by anatomy and neuropathology

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Microglia are implicated in aging, neurodegeneration, and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Traditional, low-plex, imaging methods fall short of capturing in situ cellular states and interactions in the human brain. We utilized Multiplexed Ion Beam Imaging (MIBI) and data-driven analysis to spatially map proteomic cellular states and niches in healthy human brain, identifying a spectrum of microglial profiles, called the microglial state continuum (MSC). The MSC ranged from senescent-like to active proteomic states that were skewed across large brain regions and compartmentalized locally according to their immediate microenvironments. While more active microglial states were proximal to amyloid plaques, globally, microglia significantly shifted towards a, presumably, dysfunctional low MSC in the AD hippocampus, as confirmed in an independent cohort (n=26). This provides an in situ single cell framework for mapping human microglial states along a continuous, shifting existence that is differentially enriched between healthy brain regions and disease, reinforcing differential microglial functions overall.

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Type of resource Dataset, still image
Publication date May 30, 2023

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Author Mrdjen, Dunja
Author Amouzgar, Meelad
Author Canon, Bryan
Author Liu, Candace
Author Spence, Angie
Author McCaffrey, Erin
Author Bharadwaj, Anusha
Author Tebaykin, Dmitry
Author Bukhari, Syed
Author Hartmann, Felix
Author Kagel, Adam
Author Vijayaragavan, Kausalia
Author Oliveria, John-Paul
Author Yakabi, Koya
Author Corrada, Maria
Author Kawas, Claudia
Author Camacho, Christine
Author Bosse, Marc
Author Tibshirani, Robert
Author Angelo, Michael
Author Beach, Thomas
Author Montine, Thomas
Author Bendall, Sean

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Subject Microglia
Subject Aging
Subject Human
Subject Alzheimer's disease
Subject Neuropathologists
Subject Proteomics
Subject Imaging systems in medicine
Subject Neuroimmunology
Subject Multiplexing
Subject Machine learning
Subject Spatial analysis (Statistics)
Genre Data
Genre Image
Genre Data sets
Genre Dataset

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Mrdjen, D., Amouzgar, M., Canon, B., Liu, C., Spence, A., McCaffrey, E., Bharadwaj, A., Tebaykin, D., Bukhari, S., Hartmann, F., Kagel, A., Vijayaragavan, K., Oliveria, J., Yakabi, K., Corrada, M., Kawas, C., Camacho, C., Bosse, M., Tibshirani, R., Angelo, M., Beach, T., Montine, T., and Bendall, S. (2023). Spatial proteomics reveals human microglial states shaped by anatomy and neuropathology. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/rb134mq9525. https://doi.org/10.25740/rb134mq9525.

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