Molecular signature and functional properties of human pluripotent stem cell-derived brain pericytes
Bosworth, A.; Griffin, C.; Chakhoyan, A.; Sagare, A. P.; Nelson, A. R.; Wang, Y.; Kisler, K.; Montagne, A.; Clementel, V.; TCW, J.; Rust, R.; Coba, M.; Zlokovic, B.
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Brain pericytes maintain the blood-brain barrier (BBB), secrete neurotrophic factors and clear toxic proteins. Their loss in neurological disorders leads to BBB breakdown, neuronal dysfunction, and cognitive decline. Therefore, cell therapy to replace lost pericytes holds potential to restore impaired cerebrovascular and brain functions. However, the molecular composition and function of human iPSC-derived brain pericytes (iPSC-PC) remains poorly characterized. Here, we show by a quantitative analysis of 8,344 proteins and 20,572 phosphopeptides that iPSC-PC share 96% of total proteins and 98% of protein phosphorylation sites with primary human brain pericytes. This includes cell adhesion and tight junction proteins, transcription factors, and different protein kinase families of the human kinome. In pericyte-deficient mice, iPSC-PC home to host brain capillaries to form hybrid human-mouse microvessels with ligand-receptor associations. They repair BBB leaks and protect against neuron loss, which we show requires PDGRFB and pleiotrophin. They also clear Alzheimers amyloid-{beta} and tau neurotoxins in an ex vivo brain slice assay via lipoprotein receptor. Thus, iPSC-PC may have potential as a replacement therapy for pericyte-deficient neurological disorders.
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