RESUMO
Astrocytes display diverse morphologies in different regions of the central nervous system. Whether astrocyte diversity is attributable to developmental processes and bears functional consequences, especially in humans, is unknown. RNA-seq of human pluripotent stem cell-derived regional astrocytes revealed distinct transcript profiles, suggesting differential functional properties. This was confirmed by differential calcium signaling as well as effects on neurite growth and blood-brain barrier formation. Distinct transcriptional profiles and functional properties of human astrocytes generated from regionally specified neural progenitors under the same conditions strongly implicate the developmental impact on astrocyte diversity. These findings provide a rationale for renewed examination of regional astrocytes and their role in the pathogenesis of psychiatric and neurological disorders.
Assuntos
Astrócitos/fisiologia , Diferenciação Celular/genética , Neurogênese/genética , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes/fisiologia , Transcriptoma , Sequência de Bases , Biomarcadores/análise , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Córtex Cerebral/citologia , Córtex Cerebral/metabolismo , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Humanos , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes Induzidas/fisiologia , Células-Tronco Neurais/fisiologia , Especificidade de Órgãos/genética , Prosencéfalo/citologia , Prosencéfalo/metabolismo , Análise de Sequência de RNARESUMO
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