中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2025, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (2): 518-532.doi: 10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-23-01889

• 原著:脑损伤修复保护与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

人诱导多能干细胞源性神经干细胞外泌体可修复脑出血后血脑屏障功能

  


  • 出版日期:2025-02-15 发布日期:2024-06-18
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(8227050826);天津市科技局基金项目(20201194);天津市研究生科研创新项目(2022BKY174)

Human-induced pluripotent stem cell–derived neural stem cell exosomes improve blood–brain barrier function after intracerebral hemorrhage by activating astrocytes via PI3K/AKT/MCP-1 axis

Conglin Wang1, #, Fangyuan Cheng1, #, Zhaoli Han1, #, Bo Yan1, Pan Liao2, Zhenyu Yin1, Xintong Ge1, Dai Li1, Rongrong Zhong1, Qiang Liu3, Fanglian Chen3, Ping Lei1, *   

  1. 1Department of Geriatrics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China; 2School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; 3Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin, China
  • Online:2025-02-15 Published:2024-06-18
  • Contact: Ping Lei, PhD, MD, leiping1974@163.com.
  • Supported by:
    This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 8227050826 (to PL); Tianjin Science and Technology Bureau Foundation, No. 20201194 (to PL); and Tianjin Graduate Research and Innovation Project, No. 2022BKY174 (to CW).

摘要:

脑出血后血脑屏障损伤引起的脑水肿是导致预后不良的重要因素。由于人诱导多能干细胞源性神经干细胞外泌体(hiPSC NSC-Exo)具有治疗中枢神经系统疾病的潜力,实验拟探索其对脑出血血脑屏障的影响及其机制。实验首先发现,经鼻腔给予脑出血小鼠hiPSC-NSC-Exo能够改善其神经功能障碍,增强血脑屏障的完整性,并减少白细胞浸润。hiPSC-NSC-Exo还可减少了脑出血后免疫细胞的浸润,同时激活了星形胶质细胞,减少炎症因子单核细胞趋化蛋白1、巨噬细胞炎性蛋白1α和肿瘤坏死因子α的分泌,改善炎症微环境。继而通过RNA测序分析脑组织,预测了功能信号通路,在体外血脑屏障模型中进行了验证,发现hiPSC-NSC-Exo可通过激活星形胶质细胞中的PI3K/AKT信号通路,减少单核细胞趋化蛋白1分泌,从而改善血脑屏障的完整性,且PI3K/AKT抑制剂LY294002和MCP-1中和剂C1142可消除上述作用。由此说明,hiPSC-NSC-Exo可维持脑出血后血脑屏障的完整性,这一作用部分是通过激活星形胶质细胞中的PI3K/AKT信号通路继而下调MCP-1分泌介导的。

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8410-7715 (Ping Lei)

关键词: 脑出血, 神经干细胞, 外泌体, 人诱导多能干细胞, 血脑屏障, 神经炎症, 星形细胞, PI3K, AKT, 脑水肿

Abstract:

Cerebral edema caused by blood–brain barrier injury after intracerebral hemorrhage is an important factor leading to poor prognosis. Human-induced pluripotent stem cell–derived neural stem cell exosomes (hiPSC–NSC–Exos) have shown potential for brain injury repair in central nervous system diseases. In this study, we explored the impact of hiPSC–NSC–Exos on blood–brain barrier preservation and the underlying mechanism. Our results indicated that intranasal delivery of hiPSC–NSC–Exos mitigated neurological deficits, enhanced blood–brain barrier integrity, and reduced leukocyte infiltration in a mouse model of intracerebral hemorrhage. Additionally, hiPSC–NSC–Exos decreased immune cell infiltration, activated astrocytes, and decreased the secretion of inflammatory cytokines like monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1α, and tumor necrosis factor-α post–intracerebral hemorrhage, thereby improving the inflammatory microenvironment. RNA sequencing indicated that hiPSC–NSC–Exo activated the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in astrocytes and decreased monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 secretion, thereby improving blood–brain barrier integrity. Treatment with the PI3K/AKT inhibitor LY294002 or the monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 neutralizing agent C1142 abolished these effects. In summary, our findings suggest that hiPSC-NSC-Exos maintains blood–brain barrier integrity, in part by downregulating monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 secretion through activation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in astrocytes.

Key words: AKT, astrocyte, blood–brain barrier, cerebral edema, exosomes, human-induced pluripotent stem cells, intracerebral hemorrhage, neural stem cells, neuroinflammation, PI3K