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ArticleiScience2025

Endothelial cell Nrf2 controls neuroinflammation following a systemic insult.

Haoyu Zou, Tom Leah, Zhuochun Huang, Xin He, Eleonora Mameli, Andrea Caporali, Owen Dando, Jing Qiu

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Article in iScience, 2025. 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Haoyu ZouUK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Medical School, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ Edinburgh, UK.
Tom LeahUK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Medical School, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ Edinburgh, UK.
Zhuochun HuangUK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Medical School, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ Edinburgh, UK.
Xin HeUK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Medical School, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ Edinburgh, UK.
Eleonora MameliCentre for Cardiovascular Science, Edinburgh Medical School, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ Edinburgh, UK.
Andrea CaporaliCentre for Cardiovascular Science, Edinburgh Medical School, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ Edinburgh, UK.
Owen DandoUK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Medical School, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ Edinburgh, UK.
Jing QiuUK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Medical School, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ Edinburgh, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic inflammation can lead to neuroinflammation with acute consequences such as delirium and long-lasting deleterious effects including cognitive decline and the exacerbation of neurodegenerative disease progression. Here, we show that transcription factor Nrf2 controls brain endothelial cell homeostasis and barrier strength. We found that peripheral inflammation caused infiltration of macrophages, microglial activation, and inflammatory reactive astrogliosis, all of which could be prevented by RTA-404, an activator of the transcription factor Nrf2 and close structural relative of the recently FDA-approved Nrf2 activator RTA-408 (omaveloxolone). To identify the key cellular mediator(s), we generated an endothelial cell-specific Nrf2 knockout mouse. Strikingly, the effects of RTA-404 on brain endothelial activation and downstream neuroinflammatory events were abolished by endothelial cell-specific Nrf2 deletion. This places endothelial cell Nrf2 as a peripherally accessible therapeutic target to reduce the CNS-adverse consequences of systemic inflammation.

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