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GPR124 Alleviates Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption by Enhancing Microvascular Endothelial Function after Traumatic Brain Injury.

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Authors: Chen Wang1, Lin Cai1, Qiuyuan Gong1, Yang Yang1, Yuqing Liang1, Xinyu Niu1, Lai Wei1, Ze Liu2, Shengju Wu2, Yinghui Men2, Yaohui Tang2, Jun Ding1, Hengli Tian1, Hao Chen1
ORCID iDs: Hengli Tian
  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
  2. School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Journal: Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), volume 13, issue 51, article e01197
Dates: received 19 January 2025; accepted 7 June 2026; published online 15 June 2026; in print September 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY
Identifiers: DOI 10.1002/advs.202501197 · PMID 42294584 · PMCID PMC13336676 · OpenAlex W7164849848
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: data only
Categories: mouse (organism), traumatic brain injury (population), cellular / molecular (subfield)
Methods: Statistics, Smoothing, state filtering, decompositions, Connectivity, Machine learning
Keywords: blood–brain barrier, endothelial cells, GPR124, traumatic brain injury, Wnt/β‐catenin signaling
MeSH: Blood-Brain Barrier*, Brain Injuries, Traumatic*, Endothelial Cells*, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled*, Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Knockout, Wnt Signaling Pathway (* major topic)
Topic: Barrier Structure and Function Studies (Neurology, Neuroscience), according to OpenAlex
Funding: Research Foundation of Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital (ynms202210); National Natural Science Foundation of China (82301557, 82471400, 82071404, 82171373); Double Hundred Talents Program of SJTUSM-Research Physicians (20240819); Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (YG2022ZD019)
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 37 references in the paper

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death among young adults worldwide. However, the role of G protein‐coupled receptor 124 (GPR124), a key regulator of the nervous system, in TBI remains unexplored. We employed a controlled cortical impact (CCI) model combined with single‐cell RNA sequencing to analyze the localization of GPR124 expression following TBI. Additionally, we used mice with endothelial cell (EC)‐specific conditional knockout (CKO) of GPR124 to perform behavioral experiments. A stretch injury (SI) model was also established to investigate the effects of GPR124 on ECs. Neurological recovery after TBI was significantly impaired in mice with the EC‐specific CKO of GPR124. Furthermore, GPR124 knockdown reduced EC function after SI. Notably, tight junction integrity was disrupted both in vivo and in vitro after GPR124 knockdown. Mass spectrometry and immunoprecipitation analyses confirmed that GPR124 interacts with fibroblast growth factor binding protein‐1, thereby activating the Wnt/β‐catenin pathway. Our study demonstrates that GPR124 regulates microvascular endothelial function and maintains blood–brain barrier integrity by activating the Wnt/β‐catenin pathway. This mechanism plays a crucial role in improving TBI prognosis and may represent a potential new therapeutic target.

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The scRNAseq data have been deposited in Gene Expression Omnibus. (GSE302863 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE302863)). Cai L., et al., Data from “ALKBH5 Demethylates the m6A Modification of SOCS3 in Microglia/Macrophages and Alleviates Neuroinflammation after Brain Injury.” GEO. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc = GSE302863 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE302863). Deposited 17 July 2025.

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Wang, C., Cai, L., Gong, Q., Yang, Y., Liang, Y., Niu, X., Wei, L., Liu, Z., Wu, S., Men, Y., Tang, Y., Ding, J., Tian, H., & Chen, H. (2026). GPR124 Alleviates Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption by Enhancing Microvascular Endothelial Function after Traumatic Brain Injury. Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 13(51), e01197. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202501197

BibTeX

@article{wang2026gpr124,
author = {Wang, Chen and Cai, Lin and Gong, Qiuyuan and Yang, Yang and Liang, Yuqing and Niu, Xinyu and Wei, Lai and Liu, Ze and Wu, Shengju and Men, Yinghui and Tang, Yaohui and Ding, Jun and Tian, Hengli and Chen, Hao},
title = {{GPR124 Alleviates Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption by Enhancing Microvascular Endothelial Function after Traumatic Brain Injury}},
journal = {Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)},
year = {2026},
month = jun,
volume = {13},
number = {51},
pages = {e01197},
publisher = {Wiley},
issn = {2198-3844},
doi = {10.1002/advs.202501197},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202501197},
pmid = {42294584},
pmcid = {PMC13336676}
}

RIS

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AU - Cai, Lin
AU - Gong, Qiuyuan
AU - Yang, Yang
AU - Liang, Yuqing
AU - Niu, Xinyu
AU - Wei, Lai
AU - Liu, Ze
AU - Wu, Shengju
AU - Men, Yinghui
AU - Tang, Yaohui
AU - Ding, Jun
AU - Tian, Hengli
AU - Chen, Hao
TI - GPR124 Alleviates Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption by Enhancing Microvascular Endothelial Function after Traumatic Brain Injury
T2 - Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
J2 - Adv Sci (Weinh)
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/06/15
VL - 13
IS - 51
SP - e01197
SN - 2198-3844
PB - Wiley
DO - 10.1002/advs.202501197
UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202501197
LA - en
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