PMID- 38240014 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240210 IS - 1662-5099 (Print) IS - 1662-5099 (Electronic) IS - 1662-5099 (Linking) VI - 16 DP - 2023 TI - Blocking of microglia-astrocyte proinflammatory signaling is beneficial following stroke. PG - 1305949 LID - 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1305949 [doi] LID - 1305949 AB - Microglia and astrocytes play an important role in the neuroinflammatory response and contribute to both the destruction of neighboring tissue as well as the resolution of inflammation following stroke. These reactive glial cells are highly heterogeneous at both the transcriptomic and functional level. Depending upon the stimulus, microglia and astrocytes mount a complex, and specific response composed of distinct microglial and astrocyte substates. These substates ultimately drive the landscape of the initiation and recovery from the adverse stimulus. In one state, inflammation- and damage-induced microglia release tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin 1alpha (IL1alpha), and complement component 1q (C1q), together "TIC." This cocktail of cytokines drives astrocytes into a neurotoxic reactive astrocyte (nRA) substate. This nRA substate is associated with loss of many physiological astrocyte functions (e.g., synapse formation and maturation, phagocytosis, among others), as well as a gain-of-function release of neurotoxic long-chain fatty acids which kill neighboring cells. Here we report that transgenic removal of TIC led to reduction of gliosis, infarct expansion, and worsened functional deficits in the acute and delayed stages following stroke. Our results suggest that TIC cytokines, and likely nRAs play an important role that may maintain neuroinflammation and inhibit functional motor recovery after ischemic stroke. This is the first report that this paradigm is relevant in stroke and that therapies against nRAs may be a novel means to treat patients. Since nRAs are evolutionarily conserved from rodents to humans and present in multiple neurodegenerative diseases and injuries, further identification of mechanistic role of nRAs will lead to a better understanding of the neuroinflammatory response and the development of new therapies. CI - Copyright (c) 2024 Prescott, Munch, Brahms, Weigel, Inoue, Buckwalter, Liddelow and Peterson. FAU - Prescott, Kimberly AU - Prescott K AD - Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, United States. FAU - Munch, Alexandra E AU - Munch AE AD - Neuroscience Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States. FAU - Brahms, Evan AU - Brahms E AD - Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States. FAU - Weigel, Maya K AU - Weigel MK AD - Neuroscience Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States. FAU - Inoue, Kenya AU - Inoue K AD - Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, United States. FAU - Buckwalter, Marion S AU - Buckwalter MS AD - Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States. AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States. FAU - Liddelow, Shane A AU - Liddelow SA AD - Neuroscience Institute, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States. AD - Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States. AD - Department of Ophthalmology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States. AD - Parekh Center for Interdisciplinary Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States. FAU - Peterson, Todd C AU - Peterson TC AD - Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, United States. AD - Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States. LA - eng GR - F32 NS089162/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EY033353/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240104 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Mol Neurosci JT - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience JID - 101477914 PMC - PMC10794541 OTO - NOTNLM OT - astrocyte OT - infarct volume reduction OT - macrophage OT - recovery of function OT - stroke COIS- SL declares ownership in AstronauTx Ltd, and sits on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Global BioAccess Fund, Tamborine, and Synapticure. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision. EDAT- 2024/01/19 06:42 MHDA- 2024/01/19 06:43 PMCR- 2023/01/01 CRDT- 2024/01/19 03:50 PHST- 2023/10/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/12/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/01/19 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/01/19 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/01/19 03:50 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1305949 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Mol Neurosci. 2024 Jan 4;16:1305949. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1305949. eCollection 2023.