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ArticleStem cell reports2022

P450 oxidoreductase regulates barrier maturation by mediating retinoic acid metabolism in a model of the human BBB.

Dor Zlotnik, Tatiana Rabinski, Aviv Halfon, Shira Anzi, Inbar Plaschkes, Hadar Benyamini, Yuval Nevo, Orly Yahalom Gershoni, Benyamin Rosental, Eli Hershkovitz and 2 more

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dor ZlotnikThe Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel; Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel; The Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell (RMSC) Research Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel; The Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
Tatiana RabinskiThe Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell (RMSC) Research Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
Aviv HalfonDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, the Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Shira AnziDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, the Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Inbar PlaschkesBioinformatics Unit of the I-CORE Computation Center, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Hadar BenyaminiBioinformatics Unit of the I-CORE Computation Center, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Yuval NevoBioinformatics Unit of the I-CORE Computation Center, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Orly Yahalom GershoniThe Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell (RMSC) Research Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel; The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
Benyamin RosentalThe Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell (RMSC) Research Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel; The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
Eli HershkovitzIsrael Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Ayal Ben-ZviDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, the Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Gad D VatineThe Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel; The Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell (RMSC) Research Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel; The Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel. Electronic address: vatineg@bgu.ac.il.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · ILBen-Gurion University of the Negev · ILSoroka Medical Center · IL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) selectively regulates the entry of molecules into the central nervous system (CNS). A crosstalk between brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) and resident CNS cells promotes the acquisition of functional tight junctions (TJs). Retinoic acid (RA), a key signaling molecule during embryonic development, is used to enhance in vitro BBB models' functional barrier properties. However, its physiological relevance and affected pathways are not fully understood. P450 oxidoreductase (POR) regulates the enzymatic activity of microsomal cytochromes. POR-deficient (PORD) patients display impaired steroid homeostasis and cognitive disabilities. Here, we used both patient-specific POR-deficient and CRISPR-Cas9-mediated POR-depleted induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived BMECs (iBMECs) to study the role of POR in the acquisition of functional barrier properties. We demonstrate that POR regulates cellular RA homeostasis and that POR deficiency leads to the accumulation of RA within iBMECs, resulting in the impaired acquisition of TJs and, consequently, to dysfunctional development of barrier properties.

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Blood-Brain BarrierInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsEndothelial CellsHumansOxidoreductasesTretinoinOxidoreductasesTretinoinBBBblood-brain barriercytochromedisease modelingiPSCsmetabolismP450 oxidoreductasePORretinoic acidtight junctions

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PMID35961311
PMCPMC9481905
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