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Cerebrovascular p16INK4A expression induces cerebral small vessel disease-related phenotypes

ABSTRACT: Cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD) is the most common cause of vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) and highly associated with Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis. There is an urgent need to establish relevant animal models for cSVD. As aging is the strongest risk factor for these diseases, cerebrovascular senescence is implicated in cSVD pathogenesis. We investigated how AAV-based expression of senescence marker CDKN2A/p16INK4A in cerebrovascular endothelial cells influences cSVD phenotypes in adult wild-type mice. A single intraperitoneal injection of the AAV carrying CDKN2A/p16INK4A caused blood-brain barrier impairments, neurovascular uncoupling, and reduction of cerebral blood flow, accompanied with behavioral changes in mice. While single cell RNA-sequencing and immunostaining revealed the upregulation of VCAM1 in cerebrovascular endothelial cells, in vivo two-photon excitation microscopy detected aggravated leukocyte adhesions to capillaries. Our findings demonstrate the contributions of p16INK4A in cerebrovascular endothelial cells to cSVD and VCID pathogenesis through new mouse model.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE304696 | GEO | 2025/08/20

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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