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ArticleBiological research2024

Dissecting reactive astrocyte responses: lineage tracing and morphology-based clustering.

Lina M Delgado-García, Ana C Ojalvo-Sanz, Thabatta K E Nakamura, Eduardo Martín-López, Marimelia Porcionatto, Laura Lopez-Mascaraque

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Article in Biological research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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6 authors.

Lina M Delgado-GarcíaDepartamento de Neurobiología Molecular, Celular y del Desarrollo, Instituto Cajal-CSIC, Avenida Dr. Arce 37, 28002, Madrid, Spain.
Ana C Ojalvo-SanzDepartamento de Neurobiología Molecular, Celular y del Desarrollo, Instituto Cajal-CSIC, Avenida Dr. Arce 37, 28002, Madrid, Spain.
Thabatta K E NakamuraDepartamento de Neurobiología Molecular, Celular y del Desarrollo, Instituto Cajal-CSIC, Avenida Dr. Arce 37, 28002, Madrid, Spain.
Eduardo Martín-LópezDepartamento de Neurobiología Molecular, Celular y del Desarrollo, Instituto Cajal-CSIC, Avenida Dr. Arce 37, 28002, Madrid, Spain.
Marimelia PorcionattoDepartamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo UNIFESP, Rua Pedro de Toledo 669, Sao Paulo, 04039032, Brazil.
Laura Lopez-MascaraqueDepartamento de Neurobiología Molecular, Celular y del Desarrollo, Instituto Cajal-CSIC, Avenida Dr. Arce 37, 28002, Madrid, Spain. mascaraque@cajal.csic.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7154-5687

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Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2022-136882NB-I00Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 406258/2022-8Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior 001Fundação de Ampara à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 19/09183-7Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 16/19084-8Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 22/04258-1Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2019-105218RB-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain damage triggers diverse cellular and molecular events, with astrocytes playing a crucial role in activating local neuroprotective and reparative signaling within damaged neuronal circuits. Here, we investigated reactive astrocytes using a multidimensional approach to categorize their responses into different subtypes based on morphology. This approach utilized the StarTrack lineage tracer, single-cell imaging reconstruction and multivariate data analysis. Our findings identified three profiles of reactive astrocyte responses, categorized by their effects on cell size- and shape- related morphological parameters: "moderate", "strong," and "very strong". We also examined the heterogeneity of astrocyte reactivity, focusing on spatial and clonal distribution. Our research revealed a notable enrichment of protoplasmic and fibrous astrocytes within the "strong" and "very strong" response subtypes. Overall, our study contributes to a better understanding of astrocyte heterogeneity in response to an injury. By characterizing the diverse reactive responses among astrocyte subpopulations, we provide insights that could guide future research aimed at identifying novel therapeutic targets to mitigate brain damage and promote neural repair.

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AstrocytesAnimalsCell LineageCluster AnalysisMiceSingle-Cell AnalysisAstrocyte lineagesBrain injuryGlia biologyMorphometricsReactive astrocyte response

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PMID39143594
PMCPMC11323641

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