Ketaki A Katdare, Andrew Kjar, Natasha M O'Brown, Emma H Neal, Alexander G Sorets, Alena Shostak, Wilber Romero-Fernandez, Alexander J Kwiatkowski, Kate Mlouk, Hyosung Kim, Rebecca P Cowell, Katrina R Schwensen, Kensley B Horner, John T Wilson, Matthew S Schrag, Sean G Megason, Ethan S Lippmann
Brain endothelial cells (BECs) play an important role in maintaining central nervous system (CNS) homeostasis through blood-brain barrier (BBB) functions. BECs express low baseline levels of adhesion receptors, which limits entry of leukocytes. However, the molecular mediators governing this phenotype remain mostly unclear. Here, we explored how infiltration of immune cells across the BBB is influenced by the scaffold protein IQ motif containing GTPase activating protein 2 (IQGAP2). In mice and zebrafish, we demonstrate that loss of Iqgap2 increases infiltration of peripheral leukocytes into the CNS under homeostatic and inflammatory conditions...
April 12, 2024: bioRxiv