中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2024, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (3): 650-656.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.380906

• 原著:脑损伤修复保护与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

星形细胞内皮素1过表达损害缺血性脑卒中后的认知功能

  

  • 出版日期:2024-03-15 发布日期:2023-09-02
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金;广州市珠江科技新星计划;广东省中医院专科项目;广东省自然科学基金;广州市科技计划项目;广东省中医急症研究重点实验室项目

Astrocytic endothelin-1 overexpression impairs learning and memory ability in ischemic stroke via altered hippocampal neurogenesis and lipid metabolism

Jie Li1, 2, 3, #, Wen Jiang4, #, Yuefang Cai1, #, Zhenqiu Ning1, Yingying Zhou5, Chengyi Wang1, Sookja Ki Chung6, Yan Huang1, 2, 3, Jingbo Sun1, 2, 3, Minzhen Deng1, Lihua Zhou5, Xiao Cheng1, 2, 3, *#br#   

  1. 1Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China; 2State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China; 3Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research on Emergency in TCM, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China; 4Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China; 5Department of Anatomy, Sun Yat-Sen School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China; 6Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao Special Administration Region, China
  • Online:2024-03-15 Published:2023-09-02
  • Contact: Xiao Cheng, MD, PhD, chengxiaolucky@126.com.
  • Supported by:
    This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81303115, 81774042 (both to XC); the Pearl River S & T Nova Program of Guangzhou, No. 201806010025 (to XC); the Specialty Program of Guangdong Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine of China, No. YN2018ZD07 (to XC); the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China, No. 2023A1515012174 (to JL); the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou of China, No. 202102010268 (to XC), 202102010339 (to JS); Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research on Emergency in TCM, Nos. 2018-75, 2019-140 (to JS).

摘要:

内皮素1是由内皮细胞和星形细胞产生和分泌的,与脑卒中的发病机制有关。然而,星形胶质细胞的内皮素1如何导致短暂性大脑中动脉闭塞后的认知障碍还不是很清楚。为此,实验建立星形胶质细胞内皮素1过表达小鼠和野生型(wild type, WT)小鼠大脑中动脉梗死模型,并于梗死1h后再行7,28d和3个月的再灌注以建立脑缺血再灌注损伤模型,利用水迷宫实验评估缺血性脑卒中后空间学习与记忆能力,随后采用荧光共染色检测齿状回区神经发生情况。最后利用脑组织的蛋白质组学和代谢组学分析比较星形胶质细胞内皮素1过表达和WT小鼠在MCAO损伤后7和28天的差异表达的蛋白质与代谢物,并进一步采用京都基因与基因组百科全书(Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes,KEGG)分析这些差异表达的物质主要与哪些生物学过程相关。结果发现星形细胞选择性过表达内皮素1导致缺血性脑卒中后认知功能障碍,并发现星形细胞内皮素1过表达有助于神经干细胞增殖的作用,但使缺血性脑卒中后海马齿状回的神经发生减弱。在缺血性脑卒中后28d,星形细胞内皮素1过表达小鼠与野生型小鼠相比,大脑中的差异表达蛋白,胶质纤维酸性蛋白和过氧化物酶6,明显增加,富集的差异表达蛋白与脂质代谢密切相关。这些差异表达的代谢物主要集中在胆碱和甘油磷脂代谢、辅酶A的生物合成等途径。这项研究表明,缺血性脑卒中条件下星形胶质细胞中的内皮素1过表达能够负向调节海马区的神经发生,改变脑组织的脂质代谢产物,损害认知能力。

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8264-9713 (Xiao Cheng)

Abstract: Vascular etiology is the second most prevalent cause of cognitive impairment globally. Endothelin-1, which is produced and secreted by endothelial cells and astrocytes, is implicated in the pathogenesis of stroke. However, the way in which changes in astrocytic endothelin-1 lead to poststroke cognitive deficits following transient middle cerebral artery occlusion is not well understood. Here, using mice in which astrocytic endothelin-1 was overexpressed, we found that the selective overexpression of endothelin-1 by astrocytic cells led to ischemic stroke-related dementia (1 hour of ischemia; 7 days, 28 days, or 3 months of reperfusion). We also revealed that astrocytic endothelin-1 overexpression contributed to the role of neural stem cell proliferation but impaired neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus after middle cerebral artery occlusion. Comprehensive proteome profiles and western blot analysis confirmed that levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein and peroxiredoxin 6, which were differentially expressed in the brain, were significantly increased in mice with astrocytic endothelin-1 overexpression in comparison with wild-type mice 28 days after ischemic stroke. Moreover, the levels of the enriched differentially expressed proteins were closely related to lipid metabolism, as indicated by Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analysis. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry nontargeted metabolite profiling of brain tissues showed that astrocytic endothelin-1 overexpression altered lipid metabolism products such as glycerol phosphatidylcholine, sphingomyelin, and phosphatidic acid. Overall, this study demonstrates that astrocytic endothelin-1 overexpression can impair hippocampal neurogenesis and that it is correlated with lipid metabolism in poststroke cognitive dysfunction.

Key words: astrocytic endothelin-1, dentate gyrus, differentially expressed proteins, hippocampus, ischemic stroke, learning and memory deficits, lipid metabolism, neural stem cells, neurogenesis, proliferation