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The medical burden of stroke extends beyond the brain injury itself and is largely determined by chronic comorbidities that develop secondarily. We hypothesized that these comorbidities might share a common immunological cause, yet chronic effects post-stroke on systemic immunity are underexplored. Here, we identify myeloid innate immune memory as a cause of remote organ dysfunction after stroke. Single-cell sequencing revealed persistent pro-inflammatory changes in monocytes/macrophages in multiple organs up to 3 months after brain injury, notably in the heart, leading to cardiac fibrosis and dysfunction in both mice and stroke patients. IL-1β was identified as a key driver of epigenetic changes in innate immune memory. These changes could be transplanted to naive mice, inducing cardiac dysfunction. By neutralizing post-stroke IL-1β or blocking pro-inflammatory monocyte trafficking with a CCR2/5 inhibitor, we prevented post-stroke cardiac dysfunction. Such immune-targeted therapies could potentially prevent various IL-1β-mediated comorbidities, offering a framework for secondary prevention immunotherapy.

Authors: Alba Simats, Sijia Zhang, Denise Messerer, Faye Chong, Sude Beşkardeş, Aparna Sharma Chivukula, Jiayu Cao, Simon Besson-Girard, Felipe A Montellano, Caroline Morbach, Olga Carofiglio, Alessio Ricci, Stefan Roth, Gemma Llovera, Rashween Singh, Yiming Chen, Severin Filser, Nikolaus Plesnila, Christian Braun, Hannah Spitzer, Özgün Gökçe, Martin Dichgans, Peter U Heuschmann, Kinta Hatakeyama, Eduardo Beltrán, Sebastian Clauss, Boyan Bonev, Christian Schulz, Arthur Liesz

Date Published: 22nd Jul 2024

Publication Type: Journal

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The bone marrow in the skull is important for shaping immune responses in the brain and meninges, but its molecular makeup among bones and relevance in human diseases remain unclear. Here, we show that the mouse skull has the most distinct transcriptomic profile compared with other bones in states of health and injury, characterized by a late-stage neutrophil phenotype. In humans, proteome analysis reveals that the skull marrow is the most distinct, with differentially expressed neutrophil-related pathways and a unique synaptic protein signature. 3D imaging demonstrates the structural and cellular details of human skull-meninges connections (SMCs) compared with veins. Last, using translocator protein positron emission tomography (TSPO-PET) imaging, we show that the skull bone marrow reflects inflammatory brain responses with a disease-specific spatial distribution in patients with various neurological disorders. The unique molecular profile and anatomical and functional connections of the skull show its potential as a site for diagnosing, monitoring, and treating brain diseases.

Authors: Zeynep Ilgin Kolabas, Louis B Kuemmerle, Robert Perneczky, Benjamin Förstera, Selin Ulukaya, Mayar Ali, Saketh Kapoor, Laura M Bartos, Maren Büttner, Ozum Sehnaz Caliskan, Zhouyi Rong, Hongcheng Mai, Luciano Höher, Denise Jeridi, Muge Molbay, Igor Khalin, Ioannis K Deligiannis, Moritz Negwer, Kenny Roberts, Alba Simats, Olga Carofiglio, Mihail I Todorov, Izabela Horvath, Furkan Ozturk, Selina Hummel, Gloria Biechele, Artem Zatcepin, Marcus Unterrainer, Johannes Gnörich, Jay Roodselaar, Joshua Shrouder, Pardis Khosravani, Benjamin Tast, Lisa Richter, Laura Díaz-Marugán, Doris Kaltenecker, Laurin Lux, Ying Chen, Shan Zhao, Boris-Stephan Rauchmann, Michael Sterr, Ines Kunze, Karen Stanic, Vanessa W Y Kan, Simon Besson-Girard, Sabrina Katzdobler, Carla Palleis, Julia Schädler, Johannes C Paetzold, Sabine Liebscher, Anja E Hauser, Özgün Gökçe, Heiko Lickert, Hanno Steinke, Corinne Benakis, Christian Braun, Celia P Martinez-Jimenez, Katharina Buerger, Nathalie L Albert, Günter Höglinger, Johannes Levin, Christian Haass, Anna Kopczak, Martin Dichgans, Joachim Havla, Tania Kümpfel, Martin Kerschensteiner, Martina Schifferer, Mikael Simons, Arthur Liesz, Natalie Krahmer, Omer A Bayraktar, Nicolai Franzmeier, Nikolaus Plesnila, Suheda Erener, Victor G Puelles, Claire Delbridge, Harsharan Singh Bhatia, Farida Hellal, Markus Elsner, Ingo Bechmann, Benjamin Ondruschka, Matthias Brendel, Fabian J Theis, Ali Ertürk

Date Published: 17th Aug 2023

Publication Type: Journal

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