Chen Juncao, Wang Lin, Peng Xiangwen, Cheng Tingting, Yang Yihui, Su Jingzhen, Zou Hongmei, Wang Siyao, Mao Yueting, Wu Lixiang, Yin Xuntao, Li Minxu, Zhu Mingwei, Zhou Wei
Department of Neonatology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China.
Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou, 510623, China.
Adv Sci (Weinh). 2025 Feb;12(6):e2410056. doi: 10.1002/advs.202410056. Epub 2024 Dec 16.
Intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm neonates has become a major global health problem and is associated with a high risk of post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH). Identifying diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets is a focal challenge in the PHH prevention and control. Here, this study applies multi-omics analyses to characterize the biochemical, proteomic, and metabolomic profiles of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in clinical human cohorts to investigate disease development and recovery processes occurring due to PHH. Integrative multiomics analysis suggests that the over-representation of ferroptosis, calcium, calcium ion binding, and cell adhesion signaling pathways is associated with PHH. Bioinformatic analysis indicates that chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4 (CSPG4) is discovered as a CSF biomarker and positively correlated with the ventricular size and the rate of periventricular leukomalacia. Next, it is further demonstrated that these signaling pathways are dysregulated in the choroid plexus (ChP) in PHH by using in vitro cellular experiments and rat models of PHH, whereas CSPG4 silencing can suppress ferroptosis, cell adhesion function, and the intracellular flow of Ca. These findings broaden the understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of PHH and suggest that CSPG4 may be an effective therapeutic target for PHH.
早产儿脑室内出血已成为一个主要的全球健康问题,且与出血后脑积水(PHH)的高风险相关。识别诊断标志物和治疗靶点是PHH预防和控制中的一个重点挑战。在此,本研究应用多组学分析来表征临床人类队列中脑脊液(CSF)的生化、蛋白质组学和代谢组学特征,以研究由于PHH导致的疾病发展和恢复过程。综合多组学分析表明,铁死亡、钙、钙离子结合和细胞粘附信号通路的过度代表与PHH相关。生物信息学分析表明,硫酸软骨素蛋白聚糖4(CSPG4)被发现为一种脑脊液生物标志物,且与脑室大小和脑室周围白质软化率呈正相关。接下来,通过体外细胞实验和PHH大鼠模型进一步证明,这些信号通路在PHH的脉络丛(ChP)中失调,而CSPG4沉默可抑制铁死亡、细胞粘附功能和细胞内钙流。这些发现拓宽了对PHH病理生理机制的理解,并表明CSPG4可能是PHH的一个有效治疗靶点。