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. 2022 Nov 28;12:493. doi: 10.1038/s41398-022-02197-1

Table 3.

Microglia sequelae: evidences from neurodevelopment until adulthood in poly I:C schizophrenia animal model.

Poly I:C animal model
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Offspring age
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Prenatal
ED 12.5 ED 14 ED 17 ED 17.5 ED 18

CX3CR1-GFP mice

single (GD 11.5) or

double (GD 11.5 and 15.5)

No changes in density nor in activation phenotype

(cortex and hip)

[105]

No changes in density nor in activation phenotype

(cortex and hip)

[105]

C57BL/6J mice

single (GD 12.5 or 14.5)

Acceleration of microglia transcriptional profile towards to an adult-like phenotype

(all brain) [34]

C57BL6/J mice

single (GD 9.5)

Alterations in microglia transcriptome (genes involved in cell protrusion and neurogenesis) (cortex)

[103]

CX3CR1-GFP mice

single dose (GD12 or GD15)

Increased microglia motility

No changes in density and morphology (cortex)

[104]

Poly I:C animal model
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Offspring age
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Neonatal
PND 1 PND 2 PND 7

Spiny mice

single (GD 20)

↑ Number of microglia

↓ of cellular processes (hip)

[106]

Sprague Dawley

single (GD 15)

↑ Primitive (amoeboid shape typical from early neurodevelopmental phases) microglia (SCC) (more in ♂ than ♀)

↓, Primitive microglia (CC, striatum, hip somatosensorial cortex)

[107]

C57BL6/J mice

single (GD 9.5)

Alterations in microglia transcriptome (cortex)

[103]

Poly I:C animal model
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Offspring age
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Adolescence
PND 21 PND 30 PND 40

C57BL6/N mice

single (GD 9)

Similar number of microglia (Iba-1+) and phagocytic microglia (CD68+) (hip)

[110]

Wistar rats

single (GD 15)

↑ Number of microglia amoeboid (hip) (only in ♂)

[111]

Balb/c mice

single (GD 9)

↑ Number of microglia (hip and striatum)

↓, Number of branches (activated microglia) (hip) [113]

Balb/c mice

single (GD 9.5)

↑ Microglia activation (enlarged cell bodies and processes retraction) (hip, PFC, CC and striatum)

[114]

Balb/c mice

single (GD 9)

↑ Microglia activation (genes associated with M1 phenotype) (only in ♀) (all brain)

[115]

Sprague Dawley

single (GD 9)

↑ Number of microglia

↑ IL-1 p, IL-6 (PFC and hip)

[117]

C57BL6/N mice

single (GD 9)

Similar number of microglia, morphology and phagocytic microglia (CD68+ cells) p)

[110]

Poly I:C animal model
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Offspring age
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Adulthood
PND 56-100

Sprague Dawley

single (GD 9)

↑ Microglia activation (PFC and hip) [119]

Sprague Dawley

single (GD 15)

↑ Microglia activation; ↑ microglia density; similar phagocytic microglia (thalamus, cingulated cortex and hip) [120]

C57BL/6 mice

single (GD 12)

Microglia hyper-ramification (hip)

Without changes in soma and primary branches [118]

C57BL/6J mice

single (GD 9.5)

↑ Pro-inflammatory genes (PFC) [117, 125]

C57BL/6 mice

single (GD 15)

↑ Microglia activation

↓ Microglia phagocytosis

↓ Genes related with microglia-neuron communication (all brain)

[123]

C57BL/6 mice

single (GD 9)

↓ TSPO staining (PFC)

Similar TSPO staining in microglia, astrocytes and vascular cells

[64]

C57BL/6 mice

single (GD 9.5)

: ↑ Microglia clustering, ↑ microglia processes, ↑ dark microglia, ↓ arborization area, ↓ phagocytosis (less cellular inclusions) (hip)

: ↑ Microglia contacts with myelinated neurons, ↑ microglia processes, ↑ phagocytosis (more cellular inclusions) (hip)

[126]

C57BL/6 mice

single (GD 9.5)

:↑ CD11b

: ↑ CD11b with CD68 puncta (hip)

[127]

Balb/c mice

single (GD 9)

: ↓ CD11b and CD45

: ↓ CD11b (all brain)

[129]

ED embryonic day, PND post natal day, SCC supraventricular corpus callosum, CC corpus callosum, hip hippocampus, PFC prefrontal cortex.