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ArticleiScience2023

Heterogeneity of perivascular astrocyte endfeet depending on vascular regions in the mouse brain.

Takeshi Kameyama, Muneaki Miyata, Hajime Shiotani, Jun Adachi, Soichiro Kakuta, Yasuo Uchiyama, Kiyohito Mizutani, Yoshimi Takai

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Article in iScience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Takeshi KameyamaDivision of Pathogenetic Signaling, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.
Muneaki MiyataDivision of Pathogenetic Signaling, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.
Hajime ShiotaniDivision of Pathogenetic Signaling, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.
Jun AdachiLaboratory of Proteomics for Drug Discovery, Center for Drug Design Research, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Osaka 567-0085, Japan.
Soichiro KakutaLaboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Biomedical Research Core Facilities, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
Yasuo UchiyamaDepartment of Cellular Molecular Neuropathology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
Kiyohito MizutaniDivision of Pathogenetic Signaling, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.
Yoshimi TakaiDivision of Pathogenetic Signaling, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.
Kobe University · JPJuntendo University · JPNational Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astrocytes interact with not only synapses but also brain blood vessels through perivascular astrocyte endfeet (PV-AEF) to form the neurovascular unit (NVU). However, PV-AEF components have not been fully identified. Here, we biochemically isolated blood vessels from mouse brain homogenates and purified PV-AEF. The purified PV-AEF were observed in different sizes, similar to PV-AEF on brain blood vessels. Mass spectrometry analysis identified 9,762 proteins in the purified PV-AEF, including cell adhesion molecules, nectin-2δ, Kirrel2, and podoplanin. Immunofluorescence microscopic analysis revealed that nectin-2δ and podoplanin were concentrated mainly in arteries/arterioles and veins/venules of the mouse brain, whereas Kirrel2 was mainly in arteries/arterioles. Nectin-2α/δ, Kirrel2, and podoplanin were preferentially observed in large sizes of the purified PV-AEF. Furthermore, Kirrel2 potentially has cell adhesion activity of cultured astrocytes. Collectively, these results indicate that PV-AEF have heterogeneity in sizes and molecular components, implying different roles of PV-AEF in NVU function depending on vascular regions.

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ImmunologyMolecular neuroscienceVascular anatomy

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PMID37829206
PMCPMC10565786
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