Astrocytic glutamate regulation is shaped by adversity and glucocorticoid signalling
Kaul, D.; Curry, A. R.; Gerstner, N.; Froehlich, A. S.; Krontira, A. C.; Kyrousi, C.; Smith, C. C.; Sutherland, G. T.; Dottori, M.; Ziller, M.; Chatzinakos, C.; Daskalakis, N.; Cappello, S.; Czamara, D.; Binder, E. B.; Cruceanu, C.; Knauer-Arloth, J.; Mechawar, N.; Schwab, S. G.; Ooi, L.; Matosin, N.
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Astrocytes are a brain cell type vulnerable to the effects of stress and the development of psychiatric-like phenotypes in animals, yet how this translates to humans is unclear. Here, we probed the diversity of [~]145,000 total human cortical astrocytes with single nucleus and spatial transcriptomics, showing that human astrocytes comprise a molecularly and anatomically diverse cell population. In individuals with psychiatric disorders and high adversity exposure, we identified distinct alterations to glutamate-related synaptic functions, supported by histological quantification of >20,000 astrocytes. Early-life adversity exposure produced more pronounced cellular changes than adversity experienced later in life, and female cases displayed stronger transcriptomic associations than males with adversity exposure. Human pluripotent stem cell-derived astrocytes from both two- and three-dimensional models confirmed that glutamate signalling is directly impacted by glucocorticoid activation. Our findings highlight astrocytes as crucial players in how exposure to severe adversity raises risk to psychopathology and position them as strategic pharmacological targets for future intervention strategies.
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