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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 32, Issue 3, Pages 169-178Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-007-0018-3
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14-3-3; RAP-1A; Cerebral endothelial cells; MALDI-TOF; multiple sclerosis; proteomic
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK43785] Funding Source: Medline
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Several groups have recently described the endothelial cell (EC) as an important target of pathological mediators in multiple sclerosis (MS). Despite the recognition of the EC as a significant target in MS and a possible beneficiary of Beta-interferon therapy, the structural changes which occur in the cerebrovascular endothelium and the effects of interferon-beta 1b on these changes have not been closely evaluated. Disruption or dysregulation of the blood brain barrier (BBB) in MS represents a loss of endothelial integrity, which may facilitate the transendothelial migration of activated leukocytes responsible for the development of demyelinating lesions of MS. We used proteomics (2-dimensional gel electrophoresis and MALDIMS) to characterize the effects of serum from MS patients with active disease (with and without interferon-beta 1b therapy) on human cerebral endothelial cells. The results of this study revealed the up- and down-regulation of expression of several proteins related to blood vessel development, cell structure, and cell cycle control. Using this approach we have identified protein 14-3-3, metavinculin, myosin-9, plasminogen, reticulocalbin-2 and-3, ribonuclease/angiogenin inhibitor 1, annexin A1, tropomyosin and Ras-related protein Rap-1A as potential new markers of active MS disease. A more complete description of cerebrovascular endothelial biomarkers and mediators in MS pathogenesis and how they are regulated by inflammatory cytokines and P-interferons may lead to the development of more effective therapies and more accurate diagnostic markers in MS.
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