Neural metabolic imbalance induced by MOF dysfunction triggers pericyte activation and breakdown of vasculature
- 15 June 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 22 (7), 828-841
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-020-0526-8
Abstract
Mutations in chromatin-modifying complexes and metabolic enzymes commonly underlie complex human developmental syndromes affecting multiple organs. A major challenge is to determine how disease-causing genetic lesions cause deregulation of homeostasis in unique cell types. Here we show that neural-specific depletion of three members of the non-specific lethal (NSL) chromatin complex—Mof, Kansl2 or Kansl3—unexpectedly leads to severe vascular defects and brain haemorrhaging. Deregulation of the epigenetic landscape induced by the loss of the NSL complex in neural cells causes widespread metabolic defects, including an accumulation of free long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs). Free LCFAs induce a Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)–NFκB-dependent pro-inflammatory signalling cascade in neighbouring vascular pericytes that is rescued by TLR4 inhibition. Pericytes display functional changes in response to LCFA-induced activation that result in vascular breakdown. Our work establishes that neurovascular function is determined by the neural metabolic environment.Funding Information
- Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CRC992, CRC1425, CRC 1381)
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