PMID- 37829206 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231020 IS - 2589-0042 (Electronic) IS - 2589-0042 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 10 DP - 2023 Oct 20 TI - Heterogeneity of perivascular astrocyte endfeet depending on vascular regions in the mouse brain. PG - 108010 LID - 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108010 [doi] LID - 108010 AB - 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-2delta, Kirrel2, and podoplanin. Immunofluorescence microscopic analysis revealed that nectin-2delta and podoplanin were concentrated mainly in arteries/arterioles and veins/venules of the mouse brain, whereas Kirrel2 was mainly in arteries/arterioles. Nectin-2alpha/delta, 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. CI - (c) 2023 The Authors. FAU - Kameyama, Takeshi AU - Kameyama T AD - Division of Pathogenetic Signaling, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0047, Japan. AD - Department of Immunology and Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan. FAU - Miyata, Muneaki AU - Miyata M AD - Division of Pathogenetic Signaling, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0047, Japan. AD - Division of Pathogenetic Signaling, Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan. FAU - Shiotani, Hajime AU - Shiotani H AD - Division of Pathogenetic Signaling, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0047, Japan. AD - Division of Pathogenetic Signaling, Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan. FAU - Adachi, Jun AU - Adachi J AD - Laboratory of Proteomics for Drug Discovery, Center for Drug Design Research, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Osaka 567-0085, Japan. AD - Laboratory of Clinical and Analytical Chemistry, Center for Drug Design Research, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Osaka 567-0085, Japan. FAU - Kakuta, Soichiro AU - Kakuta S AD - Laboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Biomedical Research Core Facilities, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan. AD - Department of Cellular Molecular Neuropathology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Uchiyama, Yasuo AU - Uchiyama Y AD - Department of Cellular Molecular Neuropathology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Mizutani, Kiyohito AU - Mizutani K AD - Division of Pathogenetic Signaling, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0047, Japan. AD - Division of Pathogenetic Signaling, Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan. FAU - Takai, Yoshimi AU - Takai Y AD - Division of Pathogenetic Signaling, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0047, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230921 PL - United States TA - iScience JT - iScience JID - 101724038 PMC - PMC10565786 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Immunology OT - Molecular neuroscience OT - Vascular anatomy COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2023/10/13 06:45 MHDA- 2023/10/13 06:46 PMCR- 2023/09/21 CRDT- 2023/10/13 04:00 PHST- 2023/02/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/09/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/10/13 06:46 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/13 06:45 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/13 04:00 [entrez] PHST- 2023/09/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2589-0042(23)02087-4 [pii] AID - 108010 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108010 [doi] PST - epublish SO - iScience. 2023 Sep 21;26(10):108010. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108010. eCollection 2023 Oct 20.