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Basu R, Nair V, Winkler CW, Woods TA, Fraser IDC, Peterson KE. Age influences susceptibility of brain capillary endothelial cells to La Crosse virus infection and cell death. J Neuroinflammation 2021; 18:125. [PMID: 34082753 PMCID: PMC8173794 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-021-02173-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background A key factor in the development of viral encephalitis is a virus crossing the blood-brain barrier (BBB). We have previously shown that age-related susceptibility of mice to the La Crosse virus (LACV), the leading cause of pediatric arbovirus encephalitis in the USA, was associated with the ability of the virus to cross the BBB. LACV infection in weanling mice (aged around 3 weeks) results in vascular leakage in the olfactory bulb/tract (OB/OT) region of the brain, which is not observed in adult mice aged > 6–8 weeks. Thus, we studied age-specific differences in the response of brain capillary endothelial cells (BCECs) to LACV infection. Methods To examine mechanisms of LACV-induced BBB breakdown and infection of the CNS, we analyzed BCECs directly isolated from weanling and adult mice as well as established a model where these cells were infected in vitro and cultured for a short period to determine susceptibility to virus infection and cell death. Additionally, we utilized correlative light electron microscopy (CLEM) to examine whether changes in cell morphology and function were also observed in BCECs in vivo. Results BCECs from weanling, but not adult mice, had detectable infection after several days in culture when taken ex vivo from infected mice suggesting that these cells could be infected in vitro. Further analysis of BCECs from uninfected mice, infected in vitro, showed that weanling BCECs were more susceptible to virus infection than adult BCECs, with higher levels of infected cells, released virus as well as cytopathic effects (CPE) and cell death. Although direct LACV infection is not detected in the weanling BCECs, CLEM analysis of brain tissue from weanling mice indicated that LACV infection induced significant cerebrovascular damage which allowed virus-sized particles to enter the brain parenchyma. Conclusions These findings indicate that BCECs isolated from adult and weanling mice have differential viral load, infectivity, and susceptibility to LACV. These age-related differences in susceptibility may strongly influence LACV-induced BBB leakage and neurovascular damage allowing virus invasion of the CNS and the development of neurological disease. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12974-021-02173-4.
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- Rahul Basu
- Research and Technologies Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, 903 S. 4th Street, MT, 59840, Hamilton, USA.,Signaling Systems Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 4 Memorial Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Research and Technologies Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, 903 S. 4th Street, MT, 59840, Hamilton, USA
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- Research and Technologies Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, 903 S. 4th Street, MT, 59840, Hamilton, USA
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- Research and Technologies Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, 903 S. 4th Street, MT, 59840, Hamilton, USA
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- Signaling Systems Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 4 Memorial Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Research and Technologies Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, 903 S. 4th Street, MT, 59840, Hamilton, USA.
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Ramelteon Ameliorates LPS-Induced Hyperpermeability of the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) by Activating Nrf2. Inflammation 2021; 44:1750-1761. [PMID: 33876343 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-021-01451-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is important for protecting the brain tissue by selectively exchanging substances between the blood and brain. The integrity of the BBB can be damaged by multiple factors, including oxidative stress and inflammation. Ramelteon is an oral hypnotic drug, and in the present study, we investigated its protective effect on BBB damage, as well as the underlying mechanism. LPS was used to induce BBB damage on mice and stimulate injury on endothelial cells. Evans blue staining assay was used to measure the brain permeability. The expressions of ZO-1 and Occludin were evaluated using immunostaining and Western blot in the brain tissue and endothelial cells, respectively. qRT-PCR and ELISA were used to detect the production of IL-1β and MCP-1 in the brain vessels. TBA assay was utilized to examine the concentration of MDA in the brain tissue and endothelial cells. The expression of Nrf2 in the nucleus and NQO1 were determined using Western blot assay. The endothelial permeability of the monolayer was examined using the FITC-dextran permeation assay. Firstly, the increased brain permeability and downregulated expression of tight junction proteins in the brain tissue induced by LPS were significantly reversed by treatment with Ramelteon, accompanied by the decrease in the production of IL-1β and MCP-1 in the vessels in mice. Also, the Nrf2 signaling was activated and oxidative stress in the brain vessels was alleviated by treatment with Ramelteon. Secondly, LPS-induced increase in endothelial monolayer permeability and decrease in tight junction protein expression in bEnd.3 brain endothelial cells were significantly reversed by Ramelteon, accompanied by activated Nrf2 signaling and alleviated oxidative stress. Lastly, the protective effects of Ramelteon against LPS-induced reduction of ZO-1 and Occludin, and the increase in endothelial monolayer permeability were dramatically abolished by silencing Nrf2. Ramelteon might ameliorate LPS-induced hyperpermeability of the BBB by activating the Nrf2 signaling pathway.
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Branca JJV, Maresca M, Morucci G, Becatti M, Paternostro F, Gulisano M, Ghelardini C, Salvemini D, Di Cesare Mannelli L, Pacini A. Oxaliplatin-induced blood brain barrier loosening: a new point of view on chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicity. Oncotarget 2018; 9:23426-23438. [PMID: 29805744 PMCID: PMC5955120 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.25193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Oxaliplatin is a key drug in the treatment of advanced metastatic colorectal cancer. Despite its beneficial effects in tumor reduction, the most prevalent side-effect of oxaliplatin treatment is a chemotherapy-induced neuropathy that frequently forces to discontinue the therapy. Indeed, along with direct damage to peripheral nerves, the chemotherapy-related neurotoxicity involves also the central nervous system (CNS) as demonstrated by pain chronicity and cognitive impairment (also known as chemobrain), a newly described pharmacological side effect. The presence of the blood brain barrier (BBB) is instrumental in preventing the entry of the drug into the CNS; here we tested the hypothesis that oxaliplatin might enter the endothelial cells of the BBB vessels and trigger a signaling pathway that induce the disassembly of the tight junctions, the critical components of the BBB integrity. By using a rat brain endothelial cell line (RBE4) we investigated the signaling pathway that ensued the entry of oxaliplatin within the cell. We found that the administration of 10 μM oxaliplatin for 8 and 16 h induced alterations of the tight junction (TJs) proteins zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) and of F-actin, thus highlighting BBB alteration. Furthermore, we reported that intracellular oxaliplatin rapidly induced increased levels of reactive oxygen species and endoplasmic reticulum stress, assessed by the evaluation of glucose-regulated protein GRP78 expression levels. These events were accompanied by activation of caspase-3 that led to extracellular ATP release. These findings suggested a possible novel mechanism of action for oxaliplatin toxicity that could explain, at least in part, the chemotherapy-related central effects.
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- Jacopo Junio Valerio Branca
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Anatomy and Histology Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Anatomy and Histology Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Anatomy and Histology Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Anatomy and Histology Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Anatomy and Histology Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Regulation of human brain vascular pericytes and human astrocytes in a blood–brain barrier model using human brain microvascular endothelial cells: Expression of TGF-β1, VEGF, MMP-9 and P-gp. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Łukasiewicz S, Błasiak E, Szczepanowicz K, Guzik K, Bzowska M, Warszyński P, Dziedzicka-Wasylewska M. The interaction of clozapine loaded nanocapsules with the hCMEC/D3 cells - In vitro model of blood brain barrier. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2017; 159:200-210. [PMID: 28797970 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.07.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Revised: 06/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Despite progress in the development of novel pharmacological compounds, their efficacy in the treatment of neuropathologies is not satisfactory. One strategy to achieve safe and efficient brain targeting therapy is to design nanocarriers capable of transporting antipsychotic drugs through the BBB (without affecting the normal functions of the barrier) in a defined part of the brain. Here we investigate the interaction of clozapine-loaded polymeric Nano capsules (CLO-NCs) with hCMEC/D3 (human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells, D3 clone) cells that constitutes an in vitro model of the blood brain barrier (BBB). CLO-NCs (average size of 100nm) were constructed by the technique of sequential adsorption of polyelectrolytes (LbL), using biocompatible polyanion PGA (Poly-l-glutamic acid sodium salt) and polycation PLL (poly L-lysine) on clozapine-loaded nano-emulsion cores. Pegylated external layers were prepared using PGA-g(39)-PEG (PGA grafted by PEG poly(ethylene glycol)). The influence of the physicochemical properties of the CLO-NCs (charge, size, surface modification) on cell viability was determined. Advanced studies of CLO-NCs internalization (including endocytosis and transcytosis experiments) using confocal microscopy, flow cytometry and fluorescence spectroscopy are presented. Our results indicate that among the studied NCs, the pegylated clozapine-loaded NCs were the most protected from their uptake by macrophages, and they were the least toxic to hCMEC/D3 cells. They were also the most efficient in the transcytosis experiment, which serves as an indicator of their ability to cross a model BBB.
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- Sylwia Łukasiewicz
- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland.
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- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry PAS, 30-239 Krakow, Poland,.
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland.
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Nguyen HM, Mejia EM, Chang W, Wang Y, Watson E, On N, Miller DW, Hatch GM. Reduction in cardiolipin decreases mitochondrial spare respiratory capacity and increases glucose transport into and across human brain cerebral microvascular endothelial cells. J Neurochem 2016; 139:68-80. [PMID: 27470495 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Microvessel endothelial cells form part of the blood-brain barrier, a restrictively permeable interface that allows transport of only specific compounds into the brain. Cardiolipin is a mitochondrial phospholipid required for function of the electron transport chain and ATP generation. We examined the role of cardiolipin in maintaining mitochondrial function necessary to support barrier properties of brain microvessel endothelial cells. Knockdown of the terminal enzyme of cardiolipin synthesis, cardiolipin synthase, in hCMEC/D3 cells resulted in decreased cellular cardiolipin levels compared to controls. The reduction in cardiolipin resulted in decreased mitochondrial spare respiratory capacity, increased pyruvate kinase activity, and increased 2-deoxy-[(3) H]glucose uptake and glucose transporter-1 expression and localization to membranes in hCMEC/D3 cells compared to controls. The mechanism for the increase in glucose uptake was an increase in adenosine-5'-monophosphate kinase and protein kinase B activity and decreased glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta activity. Knockdown of cardiolipin synthase did not affect permeability of fluorescent dextran across confluent hCMEC/D3 monolayers grown on Transwell(®) inserts. In contrast, knockdown of cardiolipin synthase resulted in an increase in 2-deoxy-[(3) H]glucose transport across these monolayers compared to controls. The data indicate that in hCMEC/D3 cells, spare respiratory capacity is dependent on cardiolipin. In addition, reduction in cardiolipin in these cells alters their cellular energy status and this results in increased glucose transport into and across hCMEC/D3 monolayers. Microvessel endothelial cells form part of the blood-brain barrier, a restrictively permeable interface that allows transport of only specific compounds into the brain. In human adult brain endothelial cell hCMEC/D3 monolayers cultured on Transwell(®) plates, knockdown of cardiolipin synthase results in decrease in mitochondrial cardiolipin and decreased mitochondrial spare respiratory capacity. The reduced cardiolipin results in an increased activity of adenosine monophosphate kinase (pAMPK) and protein kinase B (pAKT) and decreased activity of glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (pGSK3β) which results in elevated glucose transporter-1 (GLUT-1) expression and association with membranes. This in turn increases 2-dexoyglucose uptake from the apical medium into the cells with a resultant 2-deoxyglucose movement into the basolateral medium.
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- Hieu M Nguyen
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. .,Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Center for Research and Treatment of Atherosclerosis, University of Manitoba, DREAM Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
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Mitchell RW, Hatch GM. Fatty acid transport into the brain: of fatty acid fables and lipid tails. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2011; 85:293-302. [PMID: 21816594 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2011.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The blood-brain barrier formed by the brain capillary endothelial cells provides a protective barrier between the systemic blood and the extracellular environment of the central nervous system. Brain capillaries are a continuous layer of endothelial cells with highly developed tight junctional complexes and a lack of fenestrations. The presence of these tight junctions in the cerebral microvessel endothelial cells aids in the restriction of movement of molecules and solutes into the brain. Fatty acids are important components of biological membranes, are precursors for the biosynthesis of phospholipids and sphingolipids and are utilized for mitochondrial β-oxidation. The brain is capable of synthesizing only a few fatty acids. Hence, most fatty acids must enter into the brain from the blood. Here we review current mechanisms of transport of free fatty acids into cells and describe how free fatty acids move from the blood into the brain. We discuss both diffusional as well as protein-mediated movement of fatty acids across biological membranes.
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- Ryan W Mitchell
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, A307 Chown Building, 753 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 0T6
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Cardoso FL, Brites D, Brito MA. Looking at the blood-brain barrier: molecular anatomy and possible investigation approaches. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 64:328-63. [PMID: 20685221 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2010.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 389] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2009] [Revised: 05/18/2010] [Accepted: 05/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a dynamic and complex interface between blood and the central nervous system that strictly controls the exchanges between the blood and brain compartments, therefore playing a key role in brain homeostasis and providing protection against many toxic compounds and pathogens. In this review, the unique properties of brain microvascular endothelial cells and intercellular junctions are examined. The specific interactions between endothelial cells and basement membrane as well as neighboring perivascular pericytes, glial cells and neurons, which altogether constitute the neurovascular unit and play an essential role in both health and function of the central nervous system, are also explored. Some relevant pathways across the endothelium, as well as mechanisms involved in the regulation of BBB permeability, and the emerging role of the BBB as a signaling interface are addressed as well. Furthermore, we summarize some of the experimental approaches that can be used to monitor BBB properties and function in a variety of conditions and have allowed recent advances in BBB knowledge. Elucidation of the molecular anatomy and dynamics of the BBB is an essential step for the development of new strategies directed to maintain or restore BBB integrity and barrier function and ultimately preserve the delicate interstitial brain environment.
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- Filipa Lourenço Cardoso
- Research Institute for Medicines and Pharmaceutical Sciences (iMed.UL), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Mitchell RW, Edmundson CL, Miller DW, Hatch GM. On the mechanism of oleate transport across human brain microvessel endothelial cells. J Neurochem 2009; 110:1049-57. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06199.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Longitudinal changes in zinc transport kinetics, metallothionein and zinc transporter expression in a blood-brain barrier model in response to a moderately excessive zinc environment. J Nutr Biochem 2007; 19:129-37. [PMID: 18061429 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2007.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2007] [Revised: 06/20/2007] [Accepted: 06/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A blood-brain barrier (BBB) model composed of porcine brain capillary endothelial cells (BCEC) was exposed to a moderately excessive zinc environment (50 micromol/L Zn) in cell culture, and longitudinal measurements were made of zinc transport kinetics, ZnT-1 (SLC30A1) expression and changes in the protein concentration of metallothionein (MT), ZnT-1, ZnT-2 (SLC30A2) and Zip1 (SLC39A1). Zinc release by cells of the BBB model significantly increased after 12-24 h of exposure, but decreased back to control levels after 48-96 h, as indicated by transport across the BBB from both the ablumenal (brain) and the lumenal (blood) directions. Expression of ZnT-1, the zinc export protein, increased by 169% within 12 h, but was no longer different from controls after 24 h. Likewise, ZnT-1 protein content increased transiently after 12 h of exposure, but returned to control levels by 24 h. Capacity for zinc uptake and retention increased from both the lumenal and the ablumenal directions within 12-24 h of exposure and remained elevated. MT and ZnT-2 were elevated within 12 h and remained elevated throughout the study. Zip1 was unchanged by the treatment. The BBB's response to a moderately high zinc environment was dynamic and involved multiple mechanisms. The initial response was to increase the cells' capacity to sequester zinc with additional MT and to increase zinc export with the ZnT-1 protein. But the longer-term strategy involved increasing ZnT-2 transporters, presumably to sequester zinc into intracellular vesicles as a mechanism to protect the brain and to maintain brain zinc homeostasis.
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Brillaud E, Piotrowski A, de Seze R. Effect of an acute 900MHz GSM exposure on glia in the rat brain: a time-dependent study. Toxicology 2007; 238:23-33. [PMID: 17624651 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2007.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2006] [Revised: 05/10/2007] [Accepted: 05/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Because of the increasing use of mobile phones, the possible risks of radio frequency electromagnetic fields adverse effects on the human brain has to be evaluated. In this work we measured GFAP expression, to evaluate glial evolution 2, 3, 6 and 10 days after a single GSM exposure (15min, brain averaged SAR=6W/kg, 900MHz signal) in the rat brain. A statistically significant increase of GFAP stained surface area was observed 2 days after exposure in the frontal cortex and the caudate putamen. A smaller statistically significant increase was noted 3 days after exposure in the same areas and in the cerebellum cortex. Our results confirm the Mausset-Bonnefont et al. study [Mausset-Bonnefont, A.L., Hirbec, H., Bonnefont, X., Privat, A., Vignon, J., de Seze, R., 2004. Acute exposure to GSM 900MHz electromagnetic fields induces glial reactivity and biochemical modifications in the rat brain. Neurobiol. Dis. 17, 445-454], showing the existence of glial reactivity after a 15min GSM acute exposure at a brain averaged SAR of 6W/kg. We conclude to a temporary effect, probably due to a hypertrophy of glial cells, with a temporal and a spatial modulation of the effect. Whether this effect could be harmful remains to be studied.
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- Elsa Brillaud
- INERIS, Unité de Toxicologie Expérimentale, Parc Technologique ALATA, BP no. 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
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Jeliazkova-Mecheva VV, Hymer WC, Nicholas NC, Bobilya DJ. Brief heat shock affects the permeability and thermotolerance of an in vitro blood-brain barrier model of porcine brain microvascular endothelial cells. Microvasc Res 2006; 71:108-14. [PMID: 16430926 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2005.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2005] [Revised: 11/14/2005] [Accepted: 11/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Heat shock was imposed on an in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) by submersion into prewarmed growth medium. Transendothelial electrical resistance (TEER) was used to assess the functional integrity of the endothelial barrier. Consequences of the heat shock were highly dependent upon the temperature and duration of exposure. Temperatures below 47 degrees C required more than 30 s of exposure to significantly impair barrier function, but full recovery occurred within 1 h. When the temperature was 50-54 degrees C, an exposure of only 10 s significantly diminished barrier function. Ten seconds of 51 degrees C or 54 degrees C caused a significant loss of barrier function (45% and 80%, respectively). Full recovery from the 51 degrees C shock occurred within 5 min, while recovery from the 54 degrees C shock required more than 10 h. When the temperature was 57 degrees C or greater, a 3-s duration diminished barrier function by 80%. In response to heat shock, the brain microvascular endothelial cells developed thermotolerance and over-compensated in their ability to form a physiological barrier. The BBB models lost more than 60% of barrier function when initially exposed to 53 degrees C for 5 s but lost only 30% of function when exposed to the same treatment 24 h later. The BBB models over-compensated to produce a reinforced barrier with double the original TEER following repeated application of heat treatment (57 degrees C for 3 s). In vivo experiments will require exquisite manipulation of the temperature and duration in order to achieve the desired opening of the BBB in therapeutic applications.
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- Valentina V Jeliazkova-Mecheva
- Department of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Kendall Hall, 129 Main St., Durham, NH 03824-3590, USA
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Burgess M. The use of interferon beta-1b (Betaferon) in multiple sclerosis and the MS nurse's role. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.12968/bjnn.2005.1.3.18615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Megan Burgess
- Greater Manchester Neuroscience Centre, Hope Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford M6 8HD
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