炎性星形胶质细胞在帕金森病脑芯片模型中对血脑屏障损伤的贡献。
The contribution of inflammatory astrocytes to BBB impairments in a brain-chip model of Parkinson's disease.
机构信息
Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Axe Neurosciences, Québec, QC, G1V 4G2, Canada.
Département de Psychiatrie & Neurosciences, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.
出版信息
Nat Commun. 2023 Jun 20;14(1):3651. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-39038-8.
Astrocyte dysfunction has previously been linked to multiple neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson's disease (PD). Among their many roles, astrocytes are mediators of the brain immune response, and astrocyte reactivity is a pathological feature of PD. They are also involved in the formation and maintenance of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), but barrier integrity is compromised in people with PD. This study focuses on an unexplored area of PD pathogenesis by characterizing the interplay between astrocytes, inflammation and BBB integrity, and by combining patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells with microfluidic technologies to generate a 3D human BBB chip. Here we report that astrocytes derived from female donors harboring the PD-related LRRK2 G2019S mutation are pro-inflammatory and fail to support the formation of a functional capillary in vitro. We show that inhibition of MEK1/2 signaling attenuates the inflammatory profile of mutant astrocytes and rescues BBB formation, providing insights into mechanisms regulating barrier integrity in PD. Lastly, we confirm that vascular changes are also observed in the human postmortem substantia nigra of both males and females with PD.
星形胶质细胞功能障碍先前与多种神经退行性疾病有关,包括帕金森病(PD)。在其众多功能中,星形胶质细胞是大脑免疫反应的介质,星形胶质细胞反应是 PD 的病理特征。它们还参与血脑屏障(BBB)的形成和维持,但 PD 患者的屏障完整性受损。本研究通过描述星形胶质细胞、炎症和 BBB 完整性之间的相互作用,并结合患者来源的诱导多能干细胞和微流控技术来生成 3D 人 BBB 芯片,重点研究 PD 发病机制中一个尚未探索的领域。在这里,我们报告说,源自携带 PD 相关 LRRK2 G2019S 突变的女性供体的星形胶质细胞具有促炎作用,并且无法在体外支持功能性毛细血管的形成。我们表明,抑制 MEK1/2 信号通路可减弱突变星形胶质细胞的炎症表型并挽救 BBB 的形成,为调节 PD 中屏障完整性的机制提供了见解。最后,我们证实男性和女性 PD 患者的人死后黑质中也观察到血管变化。