A collaboration between immune cells and the choroid plexus epithelium in brain inflammation
Xu, H.; Lotfy, P.; Gelb, S.; Pragana, A.; Hehnly, C.; Shipley, F. B.; Zawadzki, M. E.; Cui, J.; Deng, L.; Taylor, M.; Webb, M.; Lidov, H. G. W.; Andermann, M. L.; Chiu, I. M.; Ordovas-Montanes, J.; Lehtinen, M. K.
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The choroid plexus (ChP) is a vital brain barrier and source of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Here, we use chronic two-photon imaging in awake mice and single-cell transcriptomics to demonstrate that in addition to these roles, the ChP is a complex immune organ that regulates brain inflammation. In a mouse meningitis model, neutrophils and monocytes accumulated in ChP stroma and surged across the epithelial barrier into the CSF. Bi-directional recruitment of monocytes from the periphery and, unexpectedly, macrophages from the CSF to the ChP helped eliminate neutrophils and repair the barrier. Transcriptomic analyses detailed the molecular steps accompanying this process, including the discovery of epithelial cells that transiently specialized to nurture immune cells, coordinate their recruitment, survival, and differentiation, and ultimately, control the opening/closing of the ChP brain barrier. Collectively, we provide a new conceptual understanding and comprehensive roadmap of neuroinflammation at the ChP brain barrier.
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