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ArticleScientific reports2022

Astrocyte-secreted chordin-like 1 regulates spine density after ischemic injury.

Elena Blanco-Suarez, Nicola J Allen

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Astrocyte Regulation of Synapse Formation, Maturation, and Elimination.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elena Blanco-SuarezMolecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA. Elena.BlancoSuarez@jefferson.edu.
Nicola J AllenMolecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA. nallen@salk.edu.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · USThomas Jefferson University · US

Funding

Viral Vector Core (VVC)P30CA014195 · NCI · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI Reuben Shaw · 1985 to 2026
$82.8M
Astrocyte regulation of synapse maturationR01NS105742 · NINDS · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI ALLEN, NICOLA J · 2018 to 2022
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014195NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS105742
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ischemic injury occurs when the brain is deprived of blood flow, preventing cells from receiving essential nutrients. The injury core is the brain region directly deprived and is surrounded by the peri-infarct area, the region with recovery potential. In the peri-infarct area neurons undergo acute loss of dendritic spines, which modifies synaptic plasticity and determines neuronal survival. Astrocytes can be protective or detrimental to the ischemic injury response depending on the specific stage, yet we lack clear understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Chordin-like 1 (Chrdl1) is an astrocyte-secreted protein that promotes synaptic maturation and limits experience-dependent plasticity in the mouse visual cortex. Given this plasticity-limiting function we asked if Chrdl1 regulates the response to ischemic injury, modelled using photothrombosis (PT). We find that Chrdl1 mRNA is upregulated in astrocytes in the peri-infarct area in both acute and sub-acute phases post-PT. To determine the impact of increased Chrdl1 on the response to PT we analyzed Chrdl1 knock-out mice. We find that absence of Chrdl1 prevents ischemia-induced spine loss in the peri-infarct area and reduces cell death in the core, without impacting gliosis. These findings highlight the important role of astrocyte-secreted proteins in regulating structural plasticity in response to brain ischemic injuries.

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Brain InjuriesBrain IschemiaAnimalsAstrocytesEye ProteinsGlycoproteinsInfarctionIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsIschemiaMiceNerve Tissue ProteinschordinChrdl1 protein, mouseEye ProteinsGlycoproteinsIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNerve Tissue Proteins

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PMID35264691
PMCPMC8907233
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