ArticleNature microbiology2024
Angiopoietin-like 4 protects against endothelial dysfunction during bacterial sepsis.
Article in Nature microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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- Reassessing sepsis research: new clues for old players and new players for an old symptom to improve patient outcomes.EXCLI journal · 2025Review
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Abstract
Loss of endothelial integrity and vascular leakage are central features of sepsis pathogenesis; however, no effective therapeutic mechanisms for preserving endothelial integrity are available. Here we show that, compared to dermal microvessels, brain microvessels resist infection by Neisseria meningitidis, a bacterial pathogen that causes sepsis and meningitis. By comparing the transcriptional responses to infection in dermal and brain endothelial cells, we identified angiopoietin-like 4 as a key factor produced by the brain endothelium that preserves blood-brain barrier integrity during bacterial sepsis. Conversely, angiopoietin-like 4 is produced at lower levels in the peripheral endothelium. Treatment with recombinant angiopoietin-like 4 reduced vascular leakage, organ failure and death in mouse models of lethal sepsis and N. meningitidis infection. Protection was conferred by a previously uncharacterized domain of angiopoietin-like 4, through binding to the heparan proteoglycan, syndecan-4. These findings reveal a potential strategy to prevent endothelial dysfunction and improve outcomes in patients with sepsis.
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