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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 294, Issue 1, Pages C88-C96Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00148.2007
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cotransport; brain microvessels; cerebral ischemia; cerebral edema; bumetanide
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- NCRR NIH HHS [C06 RR17348-01] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS039953, NS-039953] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES [C06RR017348] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS039953, R56NS039953] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Increased transport of Na across an intact blood-brain barrier (BBB) contributes to cerebral edema formation in ischemic stroke. Our previous studies have shown that ischemic factors stimulate activity of a luminal BBB Na-K-Cl cotransporter, and we have hypothesized that during ischemia, the cotransporter together with the abluminal Na/K pump mediates increased transport of Na from blood into the brain. However, it is possible that elevated Na-K-Cl cotransporter activity could also cause cell swelling if it outpaces ion efflux pathways. The present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of hypoxia on intracellular volume of BBB cells. Cerebral microvascular endothelial cell (CMEC) monolayers were exposed to varying levels of hypoxia for 1 to 5 h in an O-2-controlled glove box, and cell volume was assessed using 3-O-methyl-D-[3H] glucose and [14C] sucrose as markers of total and extracellular water space, respectively. Cells exposed to either 7.5%, 3%, or 1% O-2 showed gradual increases in volume (compared with 19% O2 normoxic controls) that became significant after 3 or more hours. By ion chromatography methods, we also found that a 30-min exposure to 7.5% O-2 caused an increase in bumetanide-sensitive net Na uptake by the cells without increasing cell Na content. CMEC Na content was significantly increased, however, following 3 or more hours of exposure to 7.5% O-2. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that during cerebral ischemia, the BBB Na-K-Cl cotransporter is stimulated to mediate transendothelial uptake of Na into the brain and that increased cotransporter activity also contributes to gradual swelling of the cells.
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