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@ARTICLE{Rifat:268470,
author = {Rifat, Ali and Ossola, Bernardino and Bürli, Roland W and
Dawson, Lee A and Brice, Nicola L and Rowland, Anna and
Lizio, Marina and Xu, Xiao and Page, Keith and Fidzinski,
Pawel and Onken, Julia and Holtkamp, Martin and Heppner,
Frank L and Geiger, Jörg R P and Madry, Christian},
title = {{D}ifferential contribution of {THIK}-1 {K}+ channels and
{P}2{X}7 receptors to {ATP}-mediated neuroinflammation by
human microglia.},
journal = {Journal of neuroinflammation},
volume = {21},
number = {1},
issn = {1742-2094},
address = {London},
publisher = {BioMed Central},
reportid = {DZNE-2024-00222},
pages = {58},
year = {2024},
abstract = {Neuroinflammation is highly influenced by microglia,
particularly through activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome
and subsequent release of IL-1β. Extracellular ATP is a
strong activator of NLRP3 by inducing K+ efflux as a key
signaling event, suggesting that K+-permeable ion channels
could have high therapeutic potential. In microglia, these
include ATP-gated THIK-1 K+ channels and P2X7 receptors, but
their interactions and potential therapeutic role in the
human brain are unknown. Using a novel specific inhibitor of
THIK-1 in combination with patch-clamp electrophysiology in
slices of human neocortex, we found that THIK-1 generated
the main tonic K+ conductance in microglia that sets the
resting membrane potential. Extracellular ATP stimulated K+
efflux in a concentration-dependent manner only via P2X7 and
metabotropic potentiation of THIK-1. We further demonstrated
that activation of P2X7 was mandatory for ATP-evoked IL-1β
release, which was strongly suppressed by blocking THIK-1.
Surprisingly, THIK-1 contributed only marginally to the
total K+ conductance in the presence of ATP, which was
dominated by P2X7. This suggests a previously unknown,
K+-independent mechanism of THIK-1 for NLRP3 activation.
Nuclear sequencing revealed almost selective expression of
THIK-1 in human brain microglia, while P2X7 had a much
broader expression. Thus, inhibition of THIK-1 could be an
effective and, in contrast to P2X7, microglia-specific
therapeutic strategy to contain neuroinflammation.},
keywords = {Humans / Microglia: metabolism / NLR Family, Pyrin
Domain-Containing 3 Protein: metabolism / Neuroinflammatory
Diseases / Ion Channels: metabolism / Adenosine
Triphosphate: pharmacology / Adenosine Triphosphate:
metabolism / Receptors, Purinergic P2X7: metabolism / NLR
Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein (NLM Chemicals) /
Human brain (Other) / Ion channels (Other) / Microglia
(Other) / Neocortex (Other) / Neuroinflammation (Other) /
Pharmacology (Other) / Purinergic signalling (Other) / Ion
Channels (NLM Chemicals) / Adenosine Triphosphate (NLM
Chemicals) / Receptors, Purinergic P2X7 (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {AG Heppner},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1810007},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pmc = {pmc:PMC10895799},
pubmed = {pmid:38409076},
doi = {10.1186/s12974-024-03042-6},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/268470},
}