Vascularizing neurospheroids to probe vascular contributions to α-synuclein pathology in Parkinson's disease
Alim, A.; Lwin, S.; Saha, P.; Baek, Y.; Lee, M.; Paek, J.
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Neurodegenerative diseases are increasingly associated with vascular dysfunction beyond progressive neuronal degeneration, yet how vascular pathology contributes to disease progression remains poorly understood, largely due to the lack of a neurodegenerative disease model capable of capturing neuronal pathology alongside associated vascular dysfunction. Here, we developed a microengineered 3D vascularized brain tissue model that integrates neurospheroids with a self-assembled, perfusable vascular network to recapitulate key features of the neurovascular interface. Using this model, we investigated the vascular contribution to Parkinson's disease pathology by introducing -synuclein preformed fibrils into the engineered vasculature. Intravascular -syn fibril exposure induced endothelial barrier disruption, vascular leakage, inflammation, and vascular regression. Notably, this vascular insult was accompanied by intraneuronal -synuclein aggregation within neurospheroids, suggesting that vascular dysfunction may facilitate the exposure of neural tissue to pathogenic -synuclein. Our neurodegenerative disease modeling approach establishes a versatile and tractable platform for investigating vascular contributions to neurodegenerative disease progression.
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