人少突胶质前体细胞与人脑微血管内皮细胞相互作用促进彼此功能活化

Reciprocal functional activation between human oligodendrocyte precursor cells and human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells through cellular crosstalk

  • 摘要: 背景 人少突胶质前体细胞(human oligodendrocyte precursor cells,hOPCs)与人脑微血管内皮细胞(human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells,hCMECs)间的相互作用参与调控早产儿脑白质损伤和缺血性脑卒中等多种中枢神经系统疾病的病理进展,在疾病发生发展中扮演重要角色。目的 探讨体外共培养条件下,hOPCs与hCMECs的相互作用,为其在中枢神经系统疾病治疗中的应用提供实验依据。方法 通过Transwell 小室及探索的共同培养基建立hOPCs与hCMEC/D3 体外共培养模型,共培养中的hOPCs或hCMEC/D3 为共培养组,单独培养的hOPCs或hCMEC/D3 为对照组。通过Edu染色检测细胞增殖能力;Transwell 迁移实验检测hOPCs 迁移能力;体外血管生成实验检测hCMEC/D3 血管生成能力;RT-qPCR 及Western blot 检测hCMEC/D3 紧密连接相关分子的表达情况;转录组测序检测并分析hOPCs对hCMEC/D3 分子层面的影响;ELISA检测hCMEC/D3 免疫调节因子的分泌含量。结果 EdU染色及Transwell 迁移实验表明,共培养组hOPCs的增殖(P<0.001)及迁移能力(P<0.01)高于对照组,同时,共培养组hCMEC/D3 的增殖能力高于对照组(P<0.05);体外血管生成实验显示,共培养组hCMEC/D3 的血管生成能力高于对照组(P<0.01);RT-qPCR 显示,共培养组hCMEC/D3 中CLDN5 的mRNA表达水平高于对照组(P<0.0001),ZO-1 和OCLN呈上调趋势但差异无统计学意义;Western blot 进一步验证了共培养组hCMEC/D3 中CLDN5 的蛋白表达量高于对照组(P<0.05);转录组测序分析显示,与对照组比较,hOPCs提高了hCMEC/D3 增殖、血管生成、紧密连接及部分免疫调节因子的基因表达(P<0.05,|log₂ Fold Change|≥1);ELISA 结果显示,共培养组hCMEC/D3 上清中的IL-6 及CXCL10 的含量高于对照组(P<0.001)。结论 hCMEC/D3 与hOPCs 相互作用并协同促进了增殖、迁移和血管生成能力,提高了hCMEC/D3 的紧密连接相关分子的表达及免疫调节因子的分泌,有望成为干预中枢神经系统中神经血管功能障碍相关疾病的治疗途径,并为中枢神经系统疾病的细胞治疗提供了新的实验依据。

     

    Abstract: Background The intercellular interactions between human oligodendrocyte precursor cells (hOPCs) and human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells (hCMECs) participate in regulating the pathological progression of various central nervous system disorders, including white matter injury in premature infants and ischemic stroke, thereby playing a pivotal role in the onset and advancement of these diseases.Objective This study investigates the interactions between hOPCs and hCMECs in an in vitro co-culture system and examines their roles in the treatment of relevant diseases.Methods An in vitro co-culture model was built using Transwell cell culture chamber together with a co-culture medium that had been optimized in-house. hOPCs or human cerebral microvascular endothelial cell line D3(hCMEC/D3) maintained in co-culture were designated as the co-culture group, whereas their counterparts grown in monoculture served as the control group. Proliferation was measured by EdU incorporation, the migratory capacity of hOPCs by the Transwell assay, and the angiogenic capacity of hCMEC/D3 by the in vitro tube formation assay. RT-qPCR together with Western blot were applied to profile tight junction molecules of hCMEC/D3; RNA-seq was carried out to map transcriptome changes elicited in hCMEC/D3 by hOPCs; and ELISA quantified immunomodulatory cytokines of hCMEC/D3. Results EdU labeling and Transwell migration assays revealed that hOPCs kept in co-culture proliferated more actively (P<0.001) and migrated further (P<0.01) than their monocultured counterparts. Consistent with this, hCMEC/D3 co-cultured with hOPCs showed enhanced proliferation (P<0.05) and formed more extensive tube-like networks (P<0.01) than controls. At the transcriptomic level, the presence of hOPCs drove upregulation of transcripts linked to proliferation, angiogenesis, tight junction, and a subset of immunomodulatory factors in hCMEC/D3 (P<0.05, |log ₂ Fold Change| ≥1). RT-qPCR revealed that the mRNA expression level of CLDN5 in hCMEC/D3 was significantly higher in the co-culture group than in the control group (P < 0.0001), while ZO-1 and OCLN showed an upward trend without statistically significant differences. Western blot confirmed the upregulation of CLDN5 at the protein level within the experimental group (P<0.05). ELISA results showed that IL-6 and CXCL10 concentrations in the culture supernatants were likewise higher under co-culture conditions (P<0.001).Conclusion hCMEC/D3 and hOPCs engage in reciprocal crosstalk that jointly promotes proliferation, migration, and angiogenesis, while also raising the expression of tight junction components and immunomodulatory mediators—findings that may represent a promising therapeutic avenue for targeting neurovascular dysfunction-related disorders of the central nervous system and provides new experimental basis for cell therapy targeting central nervous system diseases.

     

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