Recovery of Neurovascular Unit Integrity by CDK5-KD Astrocyte Transplantation in a Global Cerebral Ischemia Model - PubMed

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Recovery of Neurovascular Unit Integrity by CDK5-KD Astrocyte Transplantation in a Global Cerebral Ischemia Model

Andrea Becerra-Calixto et al. Mol Neurobiol. 2018 Nov.

Abstract

Astrocytes play metabolic and structural support roles and contribute to the integrity of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), linking communication between neurons and the endothelium. Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) likely exerts a dual effect on the endothelium and astrocytes due to its involvement in migration and angiogenesis; the overactivation of CDK5 is associated with dysfunction in glutamate recapture and hypoxia. Recently, we proposed that CDK5-targeted astrocytes facilitate the recovery of neurological and motor function in transplanted ischemic rats. In the current study, we treated cerebral ischemic rats and endothelial cells exposed to glutamate toxicity with CDK5 knock-down (CDK5-KD) astrocytes to determine the role of CDK5 in neurovascular integrity. We found that the effects of CDK5-KD were sustained for 4 months, preventing neuronal and astrocyte loss, facilitating the recovery of the BBB via the production of BDNF by endogenous astrocytes (GFP^-) surrounding vessels in the motor cortex and the corpus callosum of global ischemic rats, and improving neurological performance. These findings were supported by the in vitro findings of increased transendothelial resistance, p120-ctn+ adhesion and reduced intercellular gaps induced by a CDK5 inhibitor (roscovitine) in bEnd.3 cells in a glutamate-toxicity model. Additionally, CDK5-KD astrocytes in co-culture protected the endothelial cell viability, increased BDNF release from astrocytes, increased BDNF immunoreactivity in neighboring astrocytes and endothelial cells and enhanced cell adhesion in a glutamate-toxicity model. Altogether, these findings suggest that a CDK5 reduction in astrocytes protects the endothelium, which promotes BDNF release, endothelial adhesion, and the recovery of neurovascular unit integrity and brain function in ischemic rats.

Keywords: Astrocytes; BDNF; CDK5; Cerebral stroke; Neuroprotection; Neurovascular unit.

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