一种由源自人类诱导多能干细胞的脑内皮细胞、星形胶质细胞和神经元组成的同基因血脑屏障模型。

An isogenic blood-brain barrier model comprising brain endothelial cells, astrocytes, and neurons derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells.

作者信息

Canfield Scott G, Stebbins Matthew J, Morales Bethsymarie Soto, Asai Shusaku W, Vatine Gad D, Svendsen Clive N, Palecek Sean P, Shusta Eric V

机构信息

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA.

出版信息

J Neurochem. 2017 Mar;140(6):874-888. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13923. Epub 2017 Feb 14.

Abstract

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is critical in maintaining a physical and metabolic barrier between the blood and the brain. The BBB consists of brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) that line the brain vasculature and combine with astrocytes, neurons and pericytes to form the neurovascular unit. We hypothesized that astrocytes and neurons generated from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) could induce BBB phenotypes in iPSC-derived BMECs, creating a robust multicellular human BBB model. To this end, iPSCs were used to form neural progenitor-like EZ-spheres, which were in turn differentiated to neurons and astrocytes, enabling facile neural cell generation. The iPSC-derived astrocytes and neurons induced barrier tightening in primary rat BMECs indicating their BBB inductive capacity. When co-cultured with human iPSC-derived BMECs, the iPSC-derived neurons and astrocytes significantly elevated trans-endothelial electrical resistance, reduced passive permeability, and improved tight junction continuity in the BMEC cell population, while p-glycoprotein efflux transporter activity was unchanged. A physiologically relevant neural cell mixture of one neuron: three astrocytes yielded optimal BMEC induction properties. Finally, an isogenic multicellular BBB model was successfully demonstrated employing BMECs, astrocytes, and neurons from the same donor iPSC source. It is anticipated that such an isogenic facsimile of the human BBB could have applications in furthering understanding the cellular interplay of the neurovascular unit in both healthy and diseased humans. Read the Editorial Highlight for this article on page 843.

摘要

血脑屏障(BBB)对于维持血液与大脑之间的物理和代谢屏障至关重要。血脑屏障由排列在脑血管系统内的脑微血管内皮细胞(BMECs)组成,这些细胞与星形胶质细胞、神经元和周细胞结合形成神经血管单元。我们假设,由人类诱导多能干细胞(iPSCs)生成的星形胶质细胞和神经元能够在iPSC衍生的BMECs中诱导出血脑屏障表型,从而创建一个强大的多细胞人类血脑屏障模型。为此,iPSCs被用于形成神经祖细胞样EZ球,这些EZ球进而分化为神经元和星形胶质细胞,实现了神经细胞的轻松生成。iPSC衍生的星形胶质细胞和神经元在原代大鼠BMECs中诱导了屏障收紧,表明它们具有诱导血脑屏障的能力。当与人类iPSC衍生的BMECs共培养时,iPSC衍生的神经元和星形胶质细胞显著提高了跨内皮电阻,降低了被动通透性,并改善了BMEC细胞群体中的紧密连接连续性,而P-糖蛋白外排转运体活性未发生变化。一个神经元与三个星形胶质细胞的生理相关神经细胞混合物产生了最佳的BMEC诱导特性。最后,成功构建了一个同基因多细胞血脑屏障模型,该模型使用了来自同一供体iPSC来源的BMECs、星形胶质细胞和神经元。预计这种人类血脑屏障的同基因复制品在进一步理解健康和患病人类神经血管单元的细胞相互作用方面具有应用价值。阅读第843页关于本文的编辑亮点。

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