Neurotoxic reactive astrocytes induce cell death via saturated lipids
NATURE(2021)
摘要
Astrocytes regulate the response of the central nervous system to disease and injury and have been hypothesized to actively kill neurons in neurodegenerative disease 1 – 6 . Here we report an approach to isolate one component of the long-sought astrocyte-derived toxic factor 5 , 6 . Notably, instead of a protein, saturated lipids contained in APOE and APOJ lipoparticles mediate astrocyte-induced toxicity. Eliminating the formation of long-chain saturated lipids by astrocyte-specific knockout of the saturated lipid synthesis enzyme ELOVL1 mitigates astrocyte-mediated toxicity in vitro as well as in a model of acute axonal injury in vivo. These results suggest a mechanism by which astrocytes kill cells in the central nervous system.
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Astrocyte,Neurodegeneration,Science,Humanities and Social Sciences,multidisciplinary
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