ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2018
Extracellular Vesicles Secreted by Astroglial Cells Transport Apolipoprotein D to Neurons and Mediate Neuronal Survival Upon Oxidative Stress.
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114 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 166 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Current Potential Pathogenesis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Pooled it
- The Lipocalin Apolipoprotein D Functional Portrait: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Pooled it
- Astrocyte-Derived Extracellular Vesicles and the Evolution of Neural Complexity: Perspectives on Vesicle-Mediated Neuron-Glia Communication.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- Apolipoprotein D acts as a chaperone of Aβ peptide delaying its assembly into amyloid aggregates.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026Article
- Impact of Isolation Techniques on the Content of Small Extracellular Vesicles.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2026Article
- Small Extracellular Vesicles from Neural Cells: Physiological and Pathological Roles, and Potential in Neurodegenerative Therapy.Advanced healthcare materials · 2026Review
- Extracellular vesicles produced by a large-scale protocol are therapeutically effective in preclinical model of Parkinson's disease.Stem cells translational medicine · 2026Article
- Bidirectional Communication Between Astrocytes and Neurons via Extracellular Vesicles: A Multi-Omics Approach.Journal of neurochemistry · 2026Article
- The Dual Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Aging and Age-Related Diseases: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Potential.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Mechanistic insights into the synaptic damage-repair and regeneration processes in neurodegenerative Alzheimer's disease: phytochemicals as neuroprotective agents.Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience · 2026Review
- Brain rewired: Redox control of brain cell crosstalk via nanotubes and vesicles.Free radical biology & medicine · 2025Review
- AstroGreen transgenic mouse illuminates the trafficking of astrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles.Molecular and cellular neurosciences · 2025Article
- Vesicular Rps6 Released by Astrocytes in an Experimental Model of AD Regulates Local Translation and Enhances Synaptic Integrity in Neurones.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2025Article
- Exosomes as Emerging Therapeutic Platforms in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders.Pharmaceutical medicine · 2025Review
- Apolipoprotein D Expression Dynamics During Cuprizone-Induced Demyelination and Remyelination in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- The Multifaceted Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Alzheimer's Disease.Journal of neurochemistry · 2025Review
- NEU1-Mediated Extracellular Vesicle Glycosylation in Alzheimer's Disease: Mechanistic Insights into Intercellular Communication and Therapeutic Targeting.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Reactive astrocyte-derived exosomes enhance intracranial lymphatic drainage in mice after intracranial hemorrhage.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2025Article
- Update on the roles and applications of extracellular vesicles in depression.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
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Abstract
Extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated glia-to-neuron communication has been recognized in a growing number of physiological and pathological situations. They transport complex sets of molecules that can be beneficial or detrimental for the receiving cell. As in other areas of biology, their analysis is revolutionizing the field of neuroscience, since fundamental signaling processes are being re-evaluated, and applications for neurodegenerative disease therapies have emerged. Using human astrocytic and differentiated neuronal cell lines, we demonstrate that a classical neuroprotective protein, Apolipoprotein D (ApoD), expressed by glial cells and known to promote functional integrity and survival of neurons, is exclusively transported by EVs from astrocytes to neurons, where it gets internalized. Indeed, we demonstrate that conditioned media derived from ApoD-knock-out (KO) astrocytes exert only a partial autocrine protection from oxidative stress (OS) challenges, and that EVs are required for ApoD-positive astrocytic cell line derived medium to exert full neuroprotection. When subfractionation of EVs is performed, ApoD is revealed as a very specific marker of the exosome-containing fractions. These discoveries help us reframe our understanding of the neuroprotective role of this lipid binding protein and open up new research avenues to explore the use of systemically administered ApoD-loaded exosomes that can cross the blood-brain barrier to treat neurodegenerative diseases.
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