Journal
MICROCIRCULATION
Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 187-195Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/micc.12110
Keywords
vascular hyperpermeability; blood-brain barrier; endothelial cells; ischemia reperfusion
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- Scott and White Hospital
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ObjectiveMicrovascular hyperpermeability that occurs due to breakdown of the BBB is a major contributor of brain vasogenic edema, following IR injury. In microvascular endothelial cells, increased ROS formation leads to caspase-3 activation following IR injury. The specific mechanisms, by which ROS mediates microvascular hyperpermeability following IR, are not clearly known. We utilized an OGD-R in vitro model of IR injury to study this. MethodsRBMEC were subjected to OGD-R in presence of a caspase-3 inhibitor Z-DEVD, caspase-3 siRNA or an ROS inhibitor L-AA. Cytochrome c levels were measured by ELISA and caspase-3 activity was measured fluorometrically. TJ integrity and cytoskeletal assembly were studied using ZO-1 immunofluorescence and rhodamine phalloidin staining for f-actin, respectively. ResultsOGD-R significantly increased monolayer permeability, ROS formation, cytochrome c levels, and caspase-3 activity (p<0.05) and induced TJ disruption and actin stress fiber formation. Z-DEVD, L-AA and caspase-3 siRNA significantly attenuated OGD-R-induced hyperpermeability (p<0.05) while only L-AA decreased cytochrome c levels. Z-DEVD and L-AA protected TJ integrity and actin cytoskeletal assembly. ConclusionsThese results suggest that OGD-R-induced hyperpermeability is ROS and caspase-3 dependent and can be regulated by their inhibitors.
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