ArticleCurrent protocols2023
Microglial Phagocytosis/Cell Health High-Content Assay.
Article in Current protocols, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Curated set of tool compounds to probe PYK2 and FAK signaling in Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Optimization and Characterization of SHIP1 Ligands for Cellular Target Engagement and Activity in Alzheimer's Disease Models.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- HMC3 revealed: how much do these "Microglia" really tell us?Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- The development of a direct co-culture-based model for diabetic foot ulcer mimicking inflammation and impaired phagocytosis.In vitro models · 2025Article
- Discovery and evaluation of novel SHIP-1 inhibitors.Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry · 2024Article
- SHIP1 therapeutic target enablement: Identification and evaluation of inhibitors for the treatment of late-onset Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
We report a microglial phagocytosis/cell health high-content assay that has been used to test small molecule chemical probes and support our drug discovery projects targeting microglia for Alzheimer's disease therapy. The assay measures phagocytosis and cell health (cell count and nuclear intensity) simultaneously in 384-well plates processed with an automatic liquid handler. The mix-and-read live cell imaging assay is highly reproducible with capacity to meet drug discovery research needs. Assay procedures take 4 days including plating cells, treating cells, adding pHrodo-myelin/membrane debris to cells for phagocytosis, staining cell nuclei before performing high-content imaging, and analysis. Three selected parameters are measured from cells: 1) mean total fluorescence intensity per cell of pHrodo-myelin/membrane debris in phagocytosis vesicles to quantify phagocytosis; 2) cell counts per well (measuring compound effects on proliferation and cell death); and 3) average nuclear intensity (measuring compound induced apoptosis). The assay has been used on HMC3 cells (an immortalized human microglial cell line), BV2 cells (an immortalized mouse microglial cell line), and primary microglia isolated from mouse brains. Simultaneous measurements of phagocytosis and cell health allow for the distinction of compound effects on regulation of phagocytosis from cellular stress/toxicity related changes, a distinguishing feature of the assay. The combination of cell counts and nuclear intensity as indicators of cell health is also an effective way to measure cell stress and compound cytotoxicity, which may have broad applications as simultaneous profiling measurements for other phenotypic assays. © 2023 The Authors. Current Protocols published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol: Microglial phagocytosis/cell health high-content assay protocol Support Protocol: Procedures to isolate myelin/membrane debris from mouse brain and label with pHrodo.
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