Neurovascular unit crosstalk: Pericytes and astrocytes modify cytokine secretion patterns of brain endothelial cells

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Crosstalk among brain endothelial cells (BECs), pericytes, and astrocytes occurs by way of soluble factors, including cytokines. Here, we studied cytokine secretion from both mouse BEC monocultures and tri-cultured with pericytes and astrocytes. Four cytokines were constitutively secreted by BEC monolayers, 12 by LPS-stimulated BECs, 10 by tri-cultures, and 14 by LPS-stimulated tri-cultures. Cytokine levels were generally higher with either LPS stimulation or tri-culture when compared to monocultures and highest in tri-cultures stimulated by LPS. LPS-stimulated secretions fell into eight patterns as categorized by the polarization of cytokine secretions. To determine the cellular origin of cytokine increases in tri-cultures, we cultured mouse BECs with human pericytes and astrocytes and measured cytokines in species-specific assays. Thus, cytokines detected in the human immunoassay were from pericytes/astrocytes and those detected in the mouse immunoassay were from BECs. Several unique patterns were thus found. For example, TNF-alpha was only of pericyte/astrocyte origin; granulocyte colony-stimulating factor was only of BEC origin; IL-6, MCP-1, and GM-CSF of astrocyte/pericyte origin were found in both the luminal and abluminal chambers, suggesting the presence of brain-to-blood transporters. We conclude that crosstalk influences cytokine secretion under constitutive and stimulated conditions from both BECs and pericytes/astrocytes.

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Banks, W. A., Kovac, A., & Morofuji, Y. (2018). Neurovascular unit crosstalk: Pericytes and astrocytes modify cytokine secretion patterns of brain endothelial cells. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 38(6), 1104–1118. https://doi.org/10.1177/0271678X17740793

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