神经胶质细胞与衰老:从中枢神经系统到小脑
Glial Cells and Aging: From the CNS to the Cerebellum.
作者信息
La Sala Gina, Farini Donatella
机构信息
Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Italian National Research Council (CNR), International Campus "A.Buzzati-Traverso", Via E. Ramarini, 32, 00015 Monterotondo Scalo, Italy.
Histology and Embryology Section, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier, 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
出版信息
Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Aug 5;26(15):7553. doi: 10.3390/ijms26157553.
Among brain regions, the cerebellum (CBL) has traditionally been associated with motor control. However, increasing evidence from connectomics and functional imaging has expanded this view, revealing its involvement in a wide range of cognitive and integrative processes. Despite this emerging relevance, the CBL has received comparatively less attention in aging research, which has focused mainly on other central nervous system (CNS) regions such as the neocortex and hippocampus. This review synthesizes the current evidence on glial cell aging across the CNS, emphasizing how cerebellar circuits follow distinct trajectories in terms of cellular remodeling, transcriptional reprogramming, and structural vulnerability. Recent findings highlight that cerebellar astrocytes and microglia exhibit specific signatures related to aging compared to their cortical counterpart, including moderate reactivity, selective immune response, and spatial reorganization. Cerebellar white matter (WM) undergoes structural alteration, suggesting that oligodendroglial cells may undergo region-specific alterations, particularly within WM tracts, although these aspects remain underexplored. Despite the presence of glial remodeling, the CBL maintains a notable degree of structural and functional integrity during aging. This resilience may be the result of the CBL's ability to maintain synaptic adaptability and homeostatic balance, supported by its highly organized and compartmentalized architecture. A better understanding of the dynamics of cerebellar glial cells in aging may provide new insight into the mechanisms of brain maintenance and identify potential biomarkers for healthy brain aging.
在脑区中,传统上认为小脑(CBL)与运动控制相关。然而,来自连接组学和功能成像的越来越多的证据扩展了这一观点,揭示了它参与广泛的认知和整合过程。尽管有这种新出现的相关性,但小脑在衰老研究中受到的关注相对较少,衰老研究主要集中在其他中枢神经系统(CNS)区域,如新皮层和海马体。这篇综述综合了目前关于中枢神经系统中胶质细胞衰老的证据,强调了小脑回路在细胞重塑、转录重编程和结构脆弱性方面遵循不同的轨迹。最近的研究结果突出表明,与大脑皮层的星形胶质细胞和小胶质细胞相比,小脑的星形胶质细胞和小胶质细胞表现出与衰老相关的特定特征,包括适度的反应性、选择性免疫反应和空间重组。小脑白质(WM)发生结构改变,这表明少突胶质细胞可能会发生区域特异性改变,特别是在白质束内,尽管这些方面仍未得到充分研究。尽管存在胶质细胞重塑,但小脑在衰老过程中仍保持着显著程度的结构和功能完整性。这种弹性可能是小脑能够维持突触适应性和稳态平衡的结果,这得益于其高度有组织和分区的结构。更好地理解衰老过程中小脑胶质细胞的动态变化,可能为大脑维持机制提供新的见解,并识别出健康大脑衰老的潜在生物标志物。
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