Purinergic Preconditioning Induces Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Changes Resembling Epilepsy-associated Microglial States

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Microglia are the main immune effector cells in the central nervous system (CNS) and contribute to a wide spectrum of neuropathological conditions through exacerbated activation. Microglial inflammatory responses may be conditioned by prior exposures to noxious stimuli, such as increased levels of extracellular adenosine and ATP. These levels are characteristic of brain insults like epileptic seizures and could potentially determine subsequent responses through epigenetic regulation. In this study, we investigated DNA methylation and expression changes in microglia-like cells differentiated from monocytes following ATP-mediated preconditioning. First, during microglia differentiation, we mainly observed DNA demethylation in genomic sequences enriched in binding motifs of microglia lineage transcription factors like PU.1, consistent with the relevance of this factor in in vivo microglia. TLR-mediated activation, after a first exposure to ATP, promoted exacerbated pro-inflammatory activation in comparison to cells not pre-exposed to ATP. These changes were accompanied by DNA methylation and transcriptional reprogramming of immune-related pathways, neurotransmitter activity and nucleotide phosphorylation. Finally, the epigenetic and transcriptional reprogramming associated with ATP-mediated preconditioning results in profiles found in microglia subsets linked to epilepsy. Purine-driven microglia immune pre-conditioning associates with epigenetic and transcriptional changes that might contribute to altered functions of microglia during seizure development and progression, particularly associated with neuroinflammation.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.34810/data3094
Related Identifier IsCitedBy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110546
Metadata Access https://dataverse.csuc.cat/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=doi:10.34810/data3094
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Creator Ferreira, Ricardo ORCID logo; Calafell Segura, Josep ORCID logo; Ciudad, Laura ORCID logo; Ballestar, Esteban ORCID logo
Publisher CORA.Repositori de Dades de Recerca
Contributor BALLESTAR TARIN, ESTEBAN
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference https://ror.org/003x0zc53 AEI/10.13039/501100011033
Rights CC BY 4.0; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Contact BALLESTAR TARIN, ESTEBAN (Institut de Recerca contra la Leucèmia Josep Carreras (IJC))
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Discipline Life Sciences; Medicine