Metalloproteinase mediated occludin cleavage in the cerebral microcapillary endothelium under pathological conditions
| Autor: | Christian Pieper, Gokulan Thanabalasundaram, Hans-Joachim Galla, Mira Lischper, Simon Beuck |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Endothelium
Cell Survival Swine Biology Matrix metalloproteinase Blood–brain barrier Occludin GM6001 chemistry.chemical_compound Electric Impedance medicine Animals Humans Collagenases Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Biology Cells Cultured Barrier function Cerebral Cortex chemistry.chemical_classification Analysis of Variance Reactive oxygen species Dose-Response Relationship Drug Tight junction General Neuroscience Endothelial Cells Membrane Proteins Dipeptides Hydrogen Peroxide Oxidants Cell biology medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Immunology cardiovascular system Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 Neurology (clinical) Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Brain Research. 1326:114-127 |
| ISSN: | 0006-8993 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.02.054 |
| Popis: | Reactive oxygen species (ROS) as well as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) induce modifications in the tight junction (TJ) protein occludin which is crucial for the blood-brain barrier (BBB) function. We investigated the role of ROS and MMPs in endothelial autoregulatory response on oxidative stress with respect to occludin and the BBB integrity. The ROS hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) was applied to our well-established BBB cell culture model based on primary porcine brain capillary endothelial cells (PBCEC). At low concentrations (2.5 mM), H(2)O(2)-induced barrier impairment correlated with an altered occludin phosphorylation. At high, cell toxic H(2)O(2) concentrations (>or=10 mM) occludin cleavage occurred and elevated levels of active MMP-2 were detected. Under those conditions intercellular gaps were formed within the monolayer visualizing the barrier breakdown also determined by impedance analysis. A primary structure sequence analysis revealed potential type IV collagenase sensitive motives in the first extracellular loop, thus providing evidence that occludin might be an MMP-2 substrate. MMP inhibition by the metalloproteinase inhibitor GM6001 prevented occludin degradation and reduced the intercellular gap formation. However, the barrier function quantified by impedance measurement could not be maintained despite MMP inhibition. When we applied an enzymatic activity level which caused occludin cleavage in injured PBCEC to intact PBCEC, neither occludin cleavage nor barrier impairment was observed. Thus, in our model occludin cleavage is not an autoregulatory mechanism of microcapillary endothelium in barrier modulation under oxidative stress, but only occurs upon endothelial damage. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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