IBRAHIM, Akkouh, Hana HŘÍBKOVÁ, Marta GRABIEC, Eva BUDINSKÁ, Attila SZABO, Tomáš KAŠPÁREK, Andreassen A. OLE, Yuh-Man SUN and Srdjan DJUROVIC. Derivation and Molecular Characterization of a Morphological Subpopulation of Human iPSC Astrocytes Reveal a Potential Role in Schizophrenia and Clozapine Response. SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, vol. 48, No 1, p. 190-198. ISSN 0586-7614. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbab092.
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Original name Derivation and Molecular Characterization of a Morphological Subpopulation of Human iPSC Astrocytes Reveal a Potential Role in Schizophrenia and Clozapine Response
Authors IBRAHIM, Akkouh (guarantor), Hana HŘÍBKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Marta GRABIEC (616 Poland, belonging to the institution), Eva BUDINSKÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Attila SZABO, Tomáš KAŠPÁREK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Andreassen A. OLE, Yuh-Man SUN (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, belonging to the institution) and Srdjan DJUROVIC.
Edition SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2022, 0586-7614.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30215 Psychiatry
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
Impact factor Impact factor: 6.600
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14110/22:00125260
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbab092
UT WoS 000746192700022
Keywords in English hiPSC; astrocyte diversity; transcription; glutamate; d-serine
Tags 14110222, 14110513, podil, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Michaela Hylsová, Ph.D., učo 211937. Changed: 9/3/2023 20:00.
Abstract
Astrocytes are the most abundant cell type in the human brain and are important regulators of several critical cellular functions, including synaptic transmission. Although astrocytes are known to play a central role in the etiology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia, little is known about their potential involvement in clinical response to the antipsychotic clozapine. Moreover, astrocytes display a remarkable degree of morphological diversity, but the potential contribution of astrocytic subtypes to disease biology and drug response has received little attention. Here, we used state-of-the-art human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) technology to derive a morphological subtype of astrocytes from healthy individuals and individuals with schizophrenia, including responders and nonresponders to clozapine. Using functional assays and transcriptional profiling, we identified a distinct gene expression signature highly specific to schizophrenia as shown by disease association analysis of more than 10 000 diseases. We further found reduced levels of both glutamate and the NMDA receptor coagonist D-serine in subtype astrocytes derived from schizophrenia patients, and that exposure to clozapine only rescued this deficiency in cells from clozapine responders, providing further evidence that D-serine in particular, and NMDA receptor-mediated glutamatergic neurotransmission in general, could play an important role in disease pathophysiology and clozapine action. Our study represents a first attempt to explore the potential contribution of astrocyte diversity to schizophrenia pathophysiology using a human cellular model. Our findings suggest that specialized subtypes of astrocytes could be important modulators of disease pathophysiology and clinical drug response, and warrant further investigations.
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EF15_003/0000469, research and development projectName: Cetocoen Plus
MUNI/A/1418/2021, interní kód MUName: Biomedicínské vědy II (Acronym: BIOMED)
Investor: Masaryk University
NV15-31063A, research and development projectName: Buněčné markery vedoucí ke specifické léčbě "na míru" schizofrenním pacientům
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