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Area of Science:

  • Vascular biology
  • Immunology
  • Cell biology

Background:

  • Perivascular cells are crucial for vascular function, but roles beyond smooth muscle cells and pericytes are unclear.
  • The specific functions of perivascular macrophages in healthy adult tissues remain largely unknown.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of perivascular macrophages in maintaining vascular integrity under nonpathological conditions.
  • To understand the contribution of macrophages to vascular permeability regulation.

Main Methods:

  • Confocal microscopy to visualize perivascular macrophages.
  • In vivo cell depletion using clodronate liposomes and antibodies.
  • In vitro assays to assess macrophage function and endothelial cell interactions.
  • Reconstitution experiments with specific macrophage subtypes.

Main Results:

  • Perivascular macrophages are as frequent as pericytes around capillaries.
  • Macrophage depletion led to increased vascular hyperpermeability.
  • Reintroducing M2-like macrophages, but not M1-like macrophages or dendritic cells, rescued vascular permeability.
  • Permeability-inducing agents caused macrophage migration and dissociation from vessels.
  • M2-like macrophages inhibited VE-cadherin phosphorylation in vitro.

Conclusions:

  • Macrophages directly contribute to maintaining vessel barrier integrity.
  • Heterotypic cell interactions involving macrophages and endothelium regulate vascular permeability.
  • M2-like macrophages play a specific role in preserving vascular barrier function.