Normal aging induces A1-like astrocyte reactivity
The decline of cognitive function occurs with aging, but the mechanisms responsible are unknown. Astrocytes instruct the formation, maturation, and elimination of synapses, and impairment of these functions has been implicated in many diseases. These findings raise the question of whether astrocyte...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2018
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| author | Clarke, Laura E. Liddelow, Shane A. Chakraborty, Chandrani Münch, Alexandra E. Heiman, Myriam Barres, Ben A. |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Clarke, Laura E. Liddelow, Shane A. Chakraborty, Chandrani Münch, Alexandra E. Heiman, Myriam Barres, Ben A. |
| author_sort | Clarke, Laura E. |
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| description | The decline of cognitive function occurs with aging, but the mechanisms responsible are unknown. Astrocytes instruct the formation, maturation, and elimination of synapses, and impairment of these functions has been implicated in many diseases. These findings raise the question of whether astrocyte dysfunction could contribute to cognitive decline in aging. We used the Bac-Trap method to perform RNA sequencing of astrocytes from different brain regions across the lifespan of the mouse. We found that astrocytes have region-specific transcriptional identities that change with age in a region-dependent manner. We validated our findings using fluorescence in situ hybridization and quantitative PCR. Detailed analysis of the differentially expressed genes in aging revealed that aged astrocytes take on a reactive phenotype of neuroinflammatory A1-like reactive astrocytes. Hippocampal and striatal astrocytes up-regulated a greater number of reactive astrocyte genes compared with cortical astrocytes. Moreover, aged brains formed many more A1 reactive astrocytes in response to the neuroinflammation inducer lipopolysaccharide. We found that the aging-induced up-regulation of reactive astrocyte genes was significantly reduced in mice lacking the microglial-secreted cytokines (IL-1α, TNF, and C1q) known to induce A1 reactive astrocyte formation, indicating that microglia promote astrocyte activation in aging. Since A1 reactive astrocytes lose the ability to carry out their normal functions, produce complement components, and release a toxic factor which kills neurons and oligodendrocytes, the aging-induced up-regulation of reactive genes by astrocytes could contribute to the cognitive decline in vulnerable brain regions in normal aging and contribute to the greater vulnerability of the aged brain to injury. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1177202022-09-28T09:07:17Z Normal aging induces A1-like astrocyte reactivity Clarke, Laura E. Liddelow, Shane A. Chakraborty, Chandrani Münch, Alexandra E. Heiman, Myriam Barres, Ben A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Heiman, Myriam The decline of cognitive function occurs with aging, but the mechanisms responsible are unknown. Astrocytes instruct the formation, maturation, and elimination of synapses, and impairment of these functions has been implicated in many diseases. These findings raise the question of whether astrocyte dysfunction could contribute to cognitive decline in aging. We used the Bac-Trap method to perform RNA sequencing of astrocytes from different brain regions across the lifespan of the mouse. We found that astrocytes have region-specific transcriptional identities that change with age in a region-dependent manner. We validated our findings using fluorescence in situ hybridization and quantitative PCR. Detailed analysis of the differentially expressed genes in aging revealed that aged astrocytes take on a reactive phenotype of neuroinflammatory A1-like reactive astrocytes. Hippocampal and striatal astrocytes up-regulated a greater number of reactive astrocyte genes compared with cortical astrocytes. Moreover, aged brains formed many more A1 reactive astrocytes in response to the neuroinflammation inducer lipopolysaccharide. We found that the aging-induced up-regulation of reactive astrocyte genes was significantly reduced in mice lacking the microglial-secreted cytokines (IL-1α, TNF, and C1q) known to induce A1 reactive astrocyte formation, indicating that microglia promote astrocyte activation in aging. Since A1 reactive astrocytes lose the ability to carry out their normal functions, produce complement components, and release a toxic factor which kills neurons and oligodendrocytes, the aging-induced up-regulation of reactive genes by astrocytes could contribute to the cognitive decline in vulnerable brain regions in normal aging and contribute to the greater vulnerability of the aged brain to injury. 2018-09-11T18:55:24Z 2018-09-11T18:55:24Z 2018-02 2017-12 2018-09-06T12:59:09Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0027-8424 1091-6490 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117720 Clarke, Laura E. et al. “Normal Aging Induces A1-Like Astrocyte Reactivity.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, 8 (February 2018): E1896–E1905 © 2018 National Academy of Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6365-8673 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/PNAS.1800165115 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PNAS |
| spellingShingle | Clarke, Laura E. Liddelow, Shane A. Chakraborty, Chandrani Münch, Alexandra E. Heiman, Myriam Barres, Ben A. Normal aging induces A1-like astrocyte reactivity |
| title | Normal aging induces A1-like astrocyte reactivity |
| title_full | Normal aging induces A1-like astrocyte reactivity |
| title_fullStr | Normal aging induces A1-like astrocyte reactivity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Normal aging induces A1-like astrocyte reactivity |
| title_short | Normal aging induces A1-like astrocyte reactivity |
| title_sort | normal aging induces a1 like astrocyte reactivity |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117720 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6365-8673 |
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