Astroglial Hmgb1 regulates postnatal astrocyte morphogenesis and cerebrovascular maturation

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Freitas-Andrade, Moises ; Comin, Cesar H. ; Van Dyken, Peter ; Ouellette, Julie ; Raman-Nair, Joanna ; Blakeley, Nicole ; Liu, Qing Yan ; Leclerc, Sonia ; Pan, Youlian ; Liu, Ziying ; Carrier, Micael ; Thakur, Karan ; Savard, Alexandre ; Rurak, Gareth M. ; Tremblay, Marie-Eve ; Salmaso, Natalina ; da F. Costa, Luciano ; Coppola, Gianfilippo ; Lacoste, Baptiste

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS; v. 14, n. 1, p. 20-pg., 2023-08-16.

Resumo

Despite a wealth of knowledge on astrocytes, their contribution to cerebrovascular maturation is less known. Here, the authors identify a molecule produced by astrocytes which controls astrocyte morphology and their placement on brain blood vessels. Astrocytes are intimately linked with brain blood vessels, an essential relationship for neuronal function. However, astroglial factors driving these physical and functional associations during postnatal brain development have yet to be identified. By characterizing structural and transcriptional changes in mouse cortical astrocytes during the first two postnatal weeks, we find that high-mobility group box 1 (Hmgb1), normally upregulated with injury and involved in adult cerebrovascular repair, is highly expressed in astrocytes at birth and then decreases rapidly. Astrocyte-selective ablation of Hmgb1 at birth affects astrocyte morphology and endfoot placement, alters distribution of endfoot proteins connexin43 and aquaporin-4, induces transcriptional changes in astrocytes related to cytoskeleton remodeling, and profoundly disrupts endothelial ultrastructure. While lack of astroglial Hmgb1 does not affect the blood-brain barrier or angiogenesis postnatally, it impairs neurovascular coupling and behavior in adult mice. These findings identify astroglial Hmgb1 as an important player in postnatal gliovascular maturation. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 21/12354-8 - Análise e refinamento de métodos de aprendizado de máquina para a morfometria de vasos sanguíneos
• Beneficiário: Cesar Henrique Comin
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 15/22308-2 - Representações intermediárias em Ciência Computacional para descoberta de conhecimento
• Beneficiário: Roberto Marcondes Cesar Junior
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático