Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

Carole Escartin; Elena Galea; András Lakatos; James P. O’Callaghan; Gabor C. Petzold; Alberto Serrano-Pozo; Christian Steinhäuser; Andrea Volterra; Giorgio Carmignoto; Amit Agarwal; Nicola J. Allen; Alfonso Araque; Luis Barbeito; Ari Barzilai; Dwight E. Bergles; Gilles Bonvento; Arthur M. Butt; Wei Ting Chen; Martine Cohen-Salmon; Colm Cunningham; Benjamin Deneen; Bart De Strooper; Blanca Díaz-Castro; Cinthia Farina; Marc Freeman; Vittorio Gallo; James E. Goldman; Steven A. Goldman; Magdalena Götz; Antonia Gutiérrez; Philip G. Haydon; Dieter H. Heiland; Elly M. Hol; Matthew G. Holt; Masamitsu Iino; Ksenia V. Kastanenka; Helmut Kettenmann; Baljit S. Khakh; Schuichi Koizumi; C. Justin Lee; Shane A. Liddelow; Brian A. MacVicar; Pierre Magistretti; Albee Messing; Anusha Mishra; Anna V. Molofsky; Keith K. Murai; Christopher M. Norris; Seiji Okada; Stéphane H.R. Oliet; João F. Oliveira; Aude Panatier; Vladimir Parpura; Marcela Pekna; Milos Pekny; Luc Pellerin; Gertrudis Perea; Beatriz G. Pérez-Nievas; Frank W. Pfrieger; Kira E. Poskanzer; Francisco J. Quintana; Richard M. Ransohoff; Miriam Riquelme-Perez; Stefanie Robel; Christine R. Rose; Jeffrey D. Rothstein; Nathalie Rouach; David H. Rowitch; Alexey Semyanov; Swetlana Sirko; Harald Sontheimer; Raymond A. Swanson; Javier Vitorica; Ina Beate Wanner; Levi B. Wood; Jiaqian Wu; Binhai Zheng; Eduardo R. Zimmer; Robert Zorec; Michael V. Sofroniew; Alexei Verkhratsky

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Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

Carole Escartin, Elena Galea, András Lakatos, James P. O’Callaghan, Gabor C. Petzold, Alberto Serrano-Pozo, Christian Steinhäuser, Andrea Volterra, Giorgio Carmignoto, Amit Agarwal, Nicola J. Allen, Alfonso Araque, Luis Barbeito, Ari Barzilai, Dwight E. Bergles, Gilles Bonvento, Arthur M. Butt, Wei Ting Chen, Martine Cohen-Salmon, Colm CunninghamBenjamin Deneen, Bart De Strooper, Blanca Díaz-Castro, Cinthia Farina, Marc Freeman, Vittorio Gallo, James E. Goldman, Steven A. Goldman, Magdalena Götz, Antonia Gutiérrez, Philip G. Haydon, Dieter H. Heiland, Elly M. Hol, Matthew G. Holt, Masamitsu Iino, Ksenia V. Kastanenka, Helmut Kettenmann, Baljit S. Khakh, Schuichi Koizumi, C. Justin Lee, Shane A. Liddelow, Brian A. MacVicar, Pierre Magistretti, Albee Messing, Anusha Mishra, Anna V. Molofsky, Keith K. Murai, Christopher M. Norris, Seiji Okada, Stéphane H.R. Oliet, João F. Oliveira, Aude Panatier, Vladimir Parpura, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Luc Pellerin, Gertrudis Perea, Beatriz G. Pérez-Nievas, Frank W. Pfrieger, Kira E. Poskanzer, Francisco J. Quintana, Richard M. Ransohoff, Miriam Riquelme-Perez, Stefanie Robel, Christine R. Rose, Jeffrey D. Rothstein, Nathalie Rouach, David H. Rowitch, Alexey Semyanov, Swetlana Sirko, Harald Sontheimer, Raymond A. Swanson, Javier Vitorica, Ina Beate Wanner, Levi B. Wood, Jiaqian Wu, Binhai Zheng, Eduardo R. Zimmer, Robert Zorec, Michael V. Sofroniew, Alexei Verkhratsky

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Reactive astrocytes are astrocytes undergoing morphological, molecular, and functional remodeling in response to injury, disease, or infection of the CNS. Although this remodeling was first described over a century ago, uncertainties and controversies remain regarding the contribution of reactive astrocytes to CNS diseases, repair, and aging. It is also unclear whether fixed categories of reactive astrocytes exist and, if so, how to identify them. We point out the shortcomings of binary divisions of reactive astrocytes into good-vs-bad, neurotoxic-vs-neuroprotective or A1-vs-A2. We advocate, instead, that research on reactive astrocytes include assessment of multiple molecular and functional parameters—preferably in vivo—plus multivariate statistics and determination of impact on pathological hallmarks in relevant models. These guidelines may spur the discovery of astrocyte-based biomarkers as well as astrocyte-targeting therapies that abrogate detrimental actions of reactive astrocytes, potentiate their neuro- and glioprotective actions, and restore or augment their homeostatic, modulatory, and defensive functions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	312-325
Number of pages	14
Journal	Nature neuroscience
Volume	24
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-020-00783-4
State	Published - Mar 2021

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Funding: CNRS, CEA, ANR, and France Alzheimer to CE.; MCINN (PID2019-107633RB-I00) and Generalitat de Catalunya (2017-SGR547, Grup de demències Sant Pau) to E.G. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to J. P.O. Alzheimer’s Association (AACF-17-524184) and NIH-NIA (K08AG064039) to A.S.-P. DFG (SPP1757, STE 552/5, STE 552/4), EU (H2020-MSCA-ITN project 722053 EU-GliaPhD) and BMBF (16GW0182 CONNEXIN) to C.S. Swiss National Science Foundation grant 31003A 173124/1; SNSF NCCR ‘Transcure’ (51NF40-160620); Synapsis Foundation Heidi Seiler-Stiftung 2018-PI01 to A.Volterra. NIH-NINDS (NS084030), Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Foundation and Wings for Life to M.V.S. The authors thank T. Yohannan of Alpha Language Services, Barcelona, for expert copy editing.

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Escartin, C., Galea, E., Lakatos, A., O’Callaghan, J. P., Petzold, G. C., Serrano-Pozo, A., Steinhäuser, C., Volterra, A., Carmignoto, G., Agarwal, A., Allen, N. J., Araque, A., Barbeito, L., Barzilai, A., Bergles, D. E., Bonvento, G., Butt, A. M., Chen, W. T., Cohen-Salmon, M., ... Verkhratsky, A. (2021). Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions. Nature neuroscience, 24(3), 312-325. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-020-00783-4

Escartin, C, Galea, E, Lakatos, A, O’Callaghan, JP, Petzold, GC, Serrano-Pozo, A, Steinhäuser, C, Volterra, A, Carmignoto, G, Agarwal, A, Allen, NJ, Araque, A, Barbeito, L, Barzilai, A, Bergles, DE, Bonvento, G, Butt, AM, Chen, WT, Cohen-Salmon, M, Cunningham, C, Deneen, B, De Strooper, B, Díaz-Castro, B, Farina, C, Freeman, M, Gallo, V, Goldman, JE, Goldman, SA, Götz, M, Gutiérrez, A, Haydon, PG, Heiland, DH, Hol, EM, Holt, MG, Iino, M, Kastanenka, KV, Kettenmann, H, Khakh, BS, Koizumi, S, Lee, CJ, Liddelow, SA, MacVicar, BA, Magistretti, P, Messing, A, Mishra, A, Molofsky, AV, Murai, KK, Norris, CM, Okada, S, Oliet, SHR, Oliveira, JF, Panatier, A, Parpura, V, Pekna, M, Pekny, M, Pellerin, L, Perea, G, Pérez-Nievas, BG, Pfrieger, FW, Poskanzer, KE, Quintana, FJ, Ransohoff, RM, Riquelme-Perez, M, Robel, S, Rose, CR, Rothstein, JD, Rouach, N, Rowitch, DH, Semyanov, A, Sirko, S, Sontheimer, H, Swanson, RA, Vitorica, J, Wanner, IB, Wood, LB, Wu, J, Zheng, B, Zimmer, ER, Zorec, R, Sofroniew, MV & Verkhratsky, A 2021, 'Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions', Nature neuroscience, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 312-325. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-020-00783-4

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