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Brain Endothelial Cells Are Exquisite Sensors of Age-Related Circulatory Cues.


ABSTRACT: Brain endothelial cells (BECs) are key constituents of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), protecting the brain from pathogens and restricting access of circulatory factors. Yet, because circulatory proteins have prominent age-related effects on adult neurogenesis, neuroinflammation, and cognitive function in mice, we wondered whether BECs receive and potentially relay signals between the blood and brain. Using single-cell RNA sequencing of hippocampal BECs, we discover that capillary BECs-compared with arterial and venous BECs-undergo the greatest transcriptional changes in normal aging, upregulating innate immunity and oxidative stress response pathways. Short-term infusions of aged plasma into young mice recapitulate key aspects of this aging transcriptome, and remarkably, infusions of young plasma into aged mice exert rejuvenation effects on the capillary transcriptome. Together, these findings suggest that the transcriptional age of BECs is exquisitely sensitive to age-related circulatory cues and pinpoint the BBB itself as a promising therapeutic target to treat brain disease.

SUBMITTER: Chen MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7292569 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Brain Endothelial Cells Are Exquisite Sensors of Age-Related Circulatory Cues.

Chen Michelle B MB   Yang Andrew C AC   Yousef Hanadie H   Lee Davis D   Chen Winnie W   Schaum Nicholas N   Lehallier Benoit B   Quake Stephen R SR   Wyss-Coray Tony T  

Cell reports 20200301 13


Brain endothelial cells (BECs) are key constituents of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), protecting the brain from pathogens and restricting access of circulatory factors. Yet, because circulatory proteins have prominent age-related effects on adult neurogenesis, neuroinflammation, and cognitive function in mice, we wondered whether BECs receive and potentially relay signals between the blood and brain. Using single-cell RNA sequencing of hippocampal BECs, we discover that capillary BECs-compared w  ...[more]

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