Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: June 21, 2024
Abstract
While
TGF-β
signaling
is
essential
for
microglial
function,
the
cellular
source
of
TGF-β1
ligand
and
its
spatial
regulation
remains
unclear
in
adult
CNS.
Our
data
supports
that
microglia
but
not
astrocytes
or
neurons
are
primary
producers
ligands
needed
homeostasis.
Microglia-
Tgfb1
KO
leads
to
activation
featuring
a
dyshomeostatic
transcriptome
resembles
disease-associated,
injury-associated,
aged
microglia,
suggesting
self-produced
important
Astrocytes
MG-Tgfb1
inducible
(i)KO
mice
show
profile
closely
aligned
with
an
LPS-associated
astrocyte
profile.
Additionally,
using
sparse
mosaic
single-cell
we
established
autocrine
mechanism
signaling.
Here
MG-
iKO
present
cognitive
deficits,
supporting
precise
derived
from
required
maintenance
brain
homeostasis
normal
function
brain.
Cell,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
185(14), P. 2452 - 2468.e16
Published: June 13, 2022
COVID
survivors
frequently
experience
lingering
neurological
symptoms
that
resemble
cancer-therapy-related
cognitive
impairment,
a
syndrome
for
which
white
matter
microglial
reactivity
and
consequent
neural
dysregulation
is
central.
Here,
we
explored
the
neurobiological
effects
of
respiratory
SARS-CoV-2
infection
found
white-matter-selective
in
mice
humans.
Following
mild
mice,
persistently
impaired
hippocampal
neurogenesis,
decreased
oligodendrocytes,
myelin
loss
were
evident
together
with
elevated
CSF
cytokines/chemokines
including
CCL11.
Systemic
CCL11
administration
specifically
caused
neurogenesis.
Concordantly,
humans
lasting
post-COVID
exhibit
levels.
Compared
SARS-CoV-2,
influenza
similar
patterns
reactivity,
oligodendrocyte
loss,
at
early
time
points,
but
after
influenza,
only
pathology
persisted.
These
findings
illustrate
neuropathophysiology
cancer
therapy
may
contribute
to
impairment
following
even
COVID.
Nature Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
26(1), P. 12 - 26
Published: Dec. 19, 2022
Iron
dysregulation
has
been
implicated
in
multiple
neurodegenerative
diseases,
including
Parkinson's
disease
(PD).
Iron-loaded
microglia
are
frequently
found
affected
brain
regions,
but
how
iron
accumulation
influences
physiology
and
contributes
to
neurodegeneration
is
poorly
understood.
Here
we
show
that
human
induced
pluripotent
stem
cell-derived
grown
a
tri-culture
system
highly
responsive
susceptible
ferroptosis,
an
iron-dependent
form
of
cell
death.
Furthermore,
overload
causes
marked
shift
the
microglial
transcriptional
state
overlaps
with
transcriptomic
signature
PD
postmortem
microglia.
Our
data
also
this
response
neurodegeneration,
as
removal
from
substantially
delayed
iron-induced
neurotoxicity.
To
elucidate
mechanisms
regulating
microglia,
performed
genome-wide
CRISPR
screen
identified
novel
regulators
vesicle
trafficking
gene
SEC24B.
These
suggest
critical
role
for
ferroptosis
neurodegeneration.
Nature,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
624(7991), P. 333 - 342
Published: Dec. 13, 2023
Abstract
The
function
of
the
mammalian
brain
relies
upon
specification
and
spatial
positioning
diversely
specialized
cell
types.
Yet,
molecular
identities
types
their
positions
within
individual
anatomical
structures
remain
incompletely
known.
To
construct
a
comprehensive
atlas
in
each
structure,
we
paired
high-throughput
single-nucleus
RNA
sequencing
with
Slide-seq
1,2
—a
recently
developed
transcriptomics
method
near-cellular
resolution—across
entire
mouse
brain.
Integration
these
datasets
revealed
type
composition
neuroanatomical
structure.
Cell
diversity
was
found
to
be
remarkably
high
midbrain,
hindbrain
hypothalamus,
most
clusters
requiring
combination
at
least
three
discrete
gene
expression
markers
uniquely
define
them.
Using
data,
framework
for
genetically
accessing
type,
comprehensively
characterized
neuropeptide
neurotransmitter
signalling,
elucidated
region-specific
specializations
activity-regulated
ascertained
heritability
enrichment
neurological
psychiatric
phenotypes.
These
available
as
an
online
resource
(
www.BrainCellData.org
),
should
find
diverse
applications
across
neuroscience,
including
construction
new
genetic
tools
prioritization
specific
circuits
study
diseases.