Neuronal migration depends on blood flow in the adult mammalian brain
2025
Takashi Ogino | Akari Saito | Masato Sawada | Shoko Takemura | Yuzuki Hara | Kanami Yoshimura | Jiro Nagase | Honomi Kawase | Takamasa Sato | Hiroyuki Inada | Vicente Herranz-Pérez | Yoh-suke Mukouyama | Masatsugu Ema | José Manuel García-Verdugo | Junichi Nabekura | Kazunobu Sawamoto
In animal tissues, several cell types migrate along blood vessels, raising the possibility that blood flow influences cell migration. Here, we show that blood flow promotes the migration of new olfactory-bulb neurons in the adult mammalian brain. Neuronal migration is facilitated by blood flow, leading to accumulation of new neurons near blood vessels with abundant blood flow. Blood flow inhibition attenuates blood vessel-guided neuronal migration, suggesting that blood contains factors beneficial to neuronal migration. We found that ghrelin, which is increased in blood by hunger, directly influences neuronal migration. Ghrelin signaling promotes somal translocation by activating actin cytoskeleton contraction at the rear of the cell soma. New neurons mature in the olfactory bulb and contribute to the olfactory function for sensing odorants from food. Finally, we show that neuronal migration is increased by calorie restriction, and that ghrelin signaling is involved in the process. This study suggests that blood flow promotes neuronal migration through blood-derived ghrelin signaling in the adult brain, which could be one of the mechanisms that improves the olfactory function for food-seeking behavior during starvation.
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